Basketball
Team-first mentality leading Highlands boys during postseason run
February 24, 2020
For the third time in just as many years, the Highlands Golden Rams are heading to the semifinals of the WPIAL playoffs.
WPIAL Girls Basketball Player of the Week — Week ending Feb. 22
February 23, 2020
Nearly 30 years ago, back in 1991, the Michigan men’s basketball team made history by starting five freshmen and reaching the NCAA championship game. They were known as the Fab 5.
WPIAL Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Week ending Feb. 22
Over the last 11 years, Win Palmer has led his Sewickley Academy boys basketball team to four WPIAL championships and two PIAA titles.
Jeannette boys, Norwin girls hold out hope for PIAA playoff berths
The list might be short, but there are some Westmoreland basketball teams still in the hunt for spots in the PIAA playoffs.
Southmoreland girls basketball spearheads Scotties’ sports turnaround
One observer of Southmoreland athletics put it bluntly.
Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings for Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020
The district playoffs continued last week around the PIAA, and the elite teams held their own with one exception.
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Girls basketball No. 2
There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the last 10 years.
Trib HSSN broadcasts for Week of Feb. 24-March 1
The Path to the Pete concludes with the WPIAL basketball semifinals and championship games from Pitt this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network.
Westmoreland County basketball playoff preview capsule: Game of Feb. 24, 2020
Today’s game
Quartet of Alle-Kiski Valley girls basketball teams hopeful for PIAA playoff spot
Despite losses in the WPIAL quarterfinals, Fox Chapel, Riverview, Freeport and Knoch remain alive for the PIAA girls basketball playoffs that begin March 6.
WPIAL announces sites, times for basketball semifinals
The UPMC Events Center at Robert Morris will host a WPIAL basketball playoff doubleheader Wednesday.
High school roundup for Feb. 22, 2020: Woodland Hills girls fend off Moon upset bid
February 22, 2020
The Moon Tigers had a lot going for them in a WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball quarterfinal Saturday afternoon.
Jake Hoffman scores 40 as defending champ Mt. Lebanon pounds Bethel Park
Mt. Lebanon senior Jake Hoffman started the regular season with a statistical anomaly: four straight games in which he scored exactly 30 points.
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Boys basketball No. 3
There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the past 10 years.
Strong 2nd half carries Upper St. Clair past Pine-Richland, into semifinals
Maybe it is the team’s gritty style. Maybe it is coaching adjustments, or maybe it is just the names on the roster.
Avonworth girls push past South Park into WPIAL semifinals
The Avonworth girls basketball team understood that if it wanted to return to the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals, the Antelopes would have to play to their strength — their size.
Belle Vernon boys basketball upsets Quaker Valley, clinches PIAA spot
Listed at 5-foot-9, Devin Whitlock was the shortest player on the floor in Saturday’s game between Quaker Valley and Belle Vernon, but what he lacks in size he makes up for in many other areas.
Central Catholic boys upset No. 2 Fox Chapel in WPIAL quarterfinals
Central Catholic boys basketball first-year coach Brian Urso never doubted his team Saturday afternoon.
New Castle boys hold on to beat No. 2 seeded Knoch
When the playoffs roll around, New Castle instantly becomes a tough team to beat and Knoch learned that the hard way Saturday afternoon at North Allegheny.
Ethan Morton, No. 1 Butler outlast Peters Township in double-overtime barnburner
It took four quarters, two overtimes and 32 points and a buzzer beater from Ethan Morton for No. 1 Butler to finally escape a tough No. 9 Peters Township (14-10) team, but escape they did in a 78-76 victory in the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball playoffs.
