Basketball
High school roundup for Dec. 16, 2019: No. 1 Bethel Park staves off Upper St. Clair upset bid
December 16, 2019
Maddie Dziezgowski scored 18 points as top-ranked Bethel Park held off Upper St. Clair for a 43-42 girls basketball victory in Section 2-6A Monday night. Olivia Westphal added 10 points for Bethel Park (5-0, 2-0), which jumped out to a 14-6 lead in the first quarter. Ava Keating and Mia Brown had 10 points apiece for Upper St. Clair (2-2, 1-1).
Career night for Ashleigh Connor carries Mt. Lebanon past Hempfield
Pressure — lots of it — came at Hempfield from all angles early in Monday night’s Section 2-6A girls basketball game.
Inaugural TribHSSN boys basketball state rankings
With the new season a week and a half old, Trib HSSN delivers the weekly boys basketball state rankings.
TribHSSN boys basketball player of the week: Mt. Lebanon’s Jake Hoffman
A great start by the defending WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball champions has been overshadowed a bit by an incredible statistical anomaly.
TribHSSN boys basketball team of the week: South Allegheny
Last year, South Allegheny ended December with a 3-6 record and began 2019 with nine losses in eleven games to finish 6-15 overall and tied in the basement of Section 3-3A.
Freeport girls step up on defense, surge past Highlands
Late in the first quarter of Monday’s Section 1-4A girls basketball matchup between Freeport and Highlands, the Yellowjackets and Golden Rams were tied at eight.
Hempfield girls basketball team raises money for Mt. Lebanon junior battling cancer
Hempfield senior basketball player Sarah Liberatore wanted to surprise two of her AAU teammates and, as an extension, help out a friend of theirs who is battling cancer.
Inaugural 2019-2020 PIAA girls basketball HSSN rankings
December 15, 2019
The top five girls basketball teams in each of the six classifications will be unveiled every week through the end of the state basketball playoffs in March.
WPIAL Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Week ending Dec. 14
Jeff Homziak is in his 13th year as girls basketball coach at Hopewell.
WPIAL Girls Basketball Player of the Week — Week ending Dec. 14
The last three seasons have been a bit of a grind for the Plum girls basketball team.
Prepping for the holidays with lots of high school hoops on HSSN
The countdown to the holidays continues with lots of hoops, some wrestling and hockey and a partridge in a pear tree this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network.
Shady Side girls look to reload after losing coach, 4 starters
The Shady Side Academy girls basketball team is coming off a banner season.
Franklin Regional’s Mike Rettger Tournament keeps alumnus’ memory alive
Steve Scorpion looked up to the late Mike Rettger, who was five years older and a co-captain on Franklin Regional’s basketball team.
High school roundup: Rochester girls edge Blackhawk in overtime
Alexis Robison scored a game-high 30 points with six 3-pointers as the Rochester girls basketball team downed Blackhawk, 77-74, in overtime Saturday at The Clash at New Castle.
WPIAL girls basketball rankings for Week of Dec. 15, 2019
Class 6A
Fast start fuels Hempfield boys to win over Kiski Area
Hempfield had been on the wrong end of fast starts this season.
High school roundup for Dec. 13, 2019: Thomas Jefferson wins Class 5A thriller
Jake Pugh scored the go-ahead basket with 36 seconds left and Shane Stump blocked a shot with time running out to preserve a 63-62 win for Thomas Jefferson over South Fayette in Section 2-5A on Friday night.
Greensburg Central Catholic uses second-half surge to run past St. Joseph
December 13, 2019
Greensburg Central Catholic coach Christian Hyland thought his team wasn’t playing hard enough in the first half.
