Sports
Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings for week of Feb. 18, 2019
February 18, 2019
Many of the ranked boys basketball teams across the commonwealth enjoyed a hard week of practice with few if any games as the postseason began.
Franklin Regional’s Smith bowls pair of 300 games in 879 series
Alex Smith knows how to draw a crowd. The Franklin Regional High School junior and standout bowler figured out all he needs to do is roll strikes.
Canon-McMillan wrestler Gerrit Nijenhuis commits to Purdue
Gerrit Nijenhuis is ramping up for the upcoming individual wrestling postseason, but first he made his college decision.
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Derry’s Ty Cymmerman, Southmoreland’s Bailey Kuhns
Ty Cymmerman
DeRubbo leads Trinity girls past Penn-Trafford in WPIAL Class 5A 1st round
The Trinity girls basketball team lost four of its final six games to end the regular season.
Fox Chapel feels it after 1st quarter, beats Seneca Valley
Fox Chapel missed 10 of its first 11 shots Tuesday night, a dismal start that could have doomed the team’s playoff hopes, but then suddenly, they almost couldn’t miss.
High school roundup for Feb. 19, 2019: Canon-McMillan rallies past North Allegheny
The Canon-McMillan boys basketball team trailed by 10 points after three quarters of a WPIAL Class 6A first-round playoff game against North Allegheny.
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Week: South Side’s Sydney Payne
February 17, 2019
Sydney Payne
A-K Valley lookahead for Week of Feb. 18, 2019
MONDAY
PSNK women complete trying resurrection season
The quarters slipped by, and the minutes and seconds ticked off the clock during Thursday’s Penn State New Kensington women’s basketball game with Penn State Beaver.
Trib HSSN PIHL Team of the Week: Connellsville
Connellsville needed a response after last week’s loss to Carrick, having had a chance to clinch a home game in the Division 2 playoffs in that game.
Coach Berger brings calming influence to Ligonier Valley boys
The coach at Ligonier Valley has changed, but the core group of players remained the same, providing an opportunity for another banner year in boys basketball after last season’s District 6-3A championship and PIAA first-round ouster.
Trib HSSN PIHL Player of the Week: Montour’s Ryan Eisel
During the third period of Monday’s Class A contest between Deer Lakes and Montour, one of the Lancers’ captains skated up to the Montour bench and talked with Montour coach Clay Shell and some of the captains for the Spartans.
A-K Valley basketball playoff capsules: Games of Monday, Feb. 18, 2019
Class 4A
A-K Valley high school notebook: Deer Lakes boys basketball eager to continue run
Deer Lakes is no longer preoccupied with 1985.
Westmoreland high school look-ahead: Week of Feb. 18, 2019
MONDAY
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Winchester Thurston Bears
The TribLive Girls Basketball Team of the Week is a two-time WPIAL champion in Class A that is on its way to the Class 2A quarterfinals: the Winchester Thurston Bears.
High school schedules for Feb. 18, 2019
High Schools
Derry’s mission: win program’s 1st playoff game
Derry’s motivation for the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs isn’t completely centered on a timeline aspect. The Trojans had not been to the postseason since 2007-08, so this has been quite a significant run.
High school sports broadcasts scheduled this week on Trib HSSN
The Path to the Pete advances from the first round to the quarterfinals while the winter sports championship coverage continues on the mat and in the pool this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network.
