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Westmoreland County high school basketball playoff preview capsules for Feb. 13, 2026
Girls Class 5A First round 10-Latrobe (11-8) at 7-Fox Chapel (14-8) 7:30 p.m. Friday Winner plays: Winner of 15-Penn Hills (11-11)/2-Thomas Jefferson (20-2) on Wednesday in quarterfinals (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Maggie Maiers, Latrobe; Nina Kulikowski, Fox Chapel Layup lines: Latrobe finished third in Section 2, three games...
Cheswick Christian Academy seniors hit 1,500 career points in back-to-back games
There are many low-probability events with unlikely odds of occurring across the universe. The odds of all the planets lining up within one degree occurs once every 13.4 trillion years. Chances of being struck by lightning twice in a lifetime are about 1 in 9 million. The odds of being...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 11, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Monday’s schedule First round Norwin (11-11) at Fox Chapel (13-9), 7 p.m.; Pine-Richland (11-11) at Mt. Lebanon (14-8), 7:30 p.m.; Imani Christian (6-16) at North Hills (15-7), 7 p.m. Quarterfinals Thursday, Feb. 19 Norwin/Fox Chapel winner vs. Upper St. Clair (21-1), TBA;...
Plum bowling repeats as WPIBL boys team champion
In the first game of the stepladder semifinals of the WPIBL boys team championships Wednesday at AMF Mt. Lebanon, Plum struggled. It most definitely was not a sign of things to come. Plum bounced back from a one-game blip, won the next four games and repeated as WPIBL boys team...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 12, 2026: Basketball playoffs tip off with 6 play-in games
Let the games of the 2026 WPIAL basketball playoffs begin. The new name is “play-in” games, and the old school name was “pigtail” matchups, but they are officially called “preliminary round” contests and there are six of them, all on the boys side and all set for Thursday. Three of...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania girls high school basketball rankings for Feb. 11, 2026
There were a few changes to the Trib HSSN girls high school basketball rankings as the regular season concluded and the district postseason is about to begin. Three teams, two of them from District 6, fell out of the state Top 5. Gone for now are Hollidaysburg in 5A, Marion...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania boys high school basketball rankings for Feb. 11, 2026
The challenges for the elite boys basketball teams throughout Pennsylvania are about to change from regular season hurdles to district postseason challenges that could be season ending. Playoffs are about to begin in all 12 districts with two immediate goals: doing what it takes to qualify for the state playoffs...
Alle-Kiski Valley girls basketball notebook: Burrell looks to snap streak
Ten years ago next week, Burrell girls basketball began postseason play as a WPIAL No. 2 seed and capped a four-year run as a top team in WPIAL Class AA. The Bucs that season finished sixth in the WPIAL and went on to upset District 10 champion Harbor Creek and...
Greensburg Salem coach Rick Klimchock retires
“Coach K” is OK with his decision. With 425 wins and 22 playoff trips in his scrapbook, longtime local basketball coach Rick Klimchock is retiring from the high school game after nearly four decades on the sidelines. Klimchock spent the last nine seasons leading the Greensburg Salem girls and told...
Family ties strong with Westmoreland County playoff basketball teamsVideo
When the Franklin Regional girls edged past Shaler, 45-43, last week to clinch a WPIAL Class 5A playoff spot, Panthers coach Bernie Pucka and his daughter, Chloe, did interviews for a local broadcast. They stood side-by-side, taking questions after an exciting yet demanding win. Chloe Pucka, a junior guard, made...
Westmoreland County high school basketball preview capsules for Feb. 12, 2026
Boys Class 5A Preliminary round 19-Mars (9-13) at 14-Latrobe (9-12) 7 p.m. Thursday Winner plays: At 3-Thomas Jefferson (20-2) at 7 p.m. Tuesday in first round Players to watch: Austin Wroblewski, Mars; Ian DeCerb, Latrobe Layup lines: Mars, a returning semifinalist, tied for fourth in Section 4 behind Chartiers Valley,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 10, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Tuesday’s results Nonsection Ambridge 75, St. Joseph 57 City League Brashear 50, Perry Traditional Academy 41 Obama Academy 60, Carrick 37 Southwestern Christian Athletic Conference Harvest Baptist 54, Westmoreland Christian Academy 40 WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Monday’s schedule First round Norwin (11-11) at Fox Chapel (13-9),...
High school roundup for Feb. 10, 2026: Ambridge wins to wrap up WPIAL regular season
Jared Astorino scored 26 points to lead Ambridge to a 75-57 nonsection boys basketball victory over St. Joseph to wrap up the WPIAL regular season Tuesday night. Keldon Carr added 12 points and Shaq West had 11 for the Bridgers (5-16). Ryan McCarthy led St. Joseph (8-13) with 24 points....
Hempfield wins school’s 7th WPIAL team rifle championship
With six shooters hitting the 100 mark, Hempfield became the fifth school to win seven WPIAL team rifle championships Tuesday at the Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen’s Club. The Spartans (798-64x) finished ahead of Butler (798-57x), West Greene (796-56x) and Armstrong (795-63x). The top four teams advance to the state championships. Trinity,...
High school wrestling notebook: PIAA team finals brought surprises
The PIAA Class 3A team championship finals had surprise opponents. While many in the state thought it would be another District 11 (Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton area) final, instead 2026 was dominated by WPIAL teams. Nazareth and Bethlehem Catholic were ranked Nos. 1-2 in the state by Pa Power Wrestling, but it was...
WPIAL individual wrestling rankings: Feb. 10, 2026
Trib HSSN Live Individual Wrestling Rankings WPIAL Class 3A 107: 1. Lee Dreshman, fr., Canon-McMillan (38-4); 2. Michael Johnson, so., West Allegheny (30-3); 3. Bryce Thomas, jr., Moon (27-9); 4. Parker Jennings, so., Trinity (29-7); 5. Riley Smith, jr., Seneca Valley (33-1). 114: 1. Nick McGarrity, jr., Peters Township (31-3);...
WPIAL team wrestling rankings: Feb. 10, 2026
Final team rankings Class 3A rankings Place Team (record) Last week 1. Franklin Regional (22-0) 1 2. Norwin (15-4) 2 3. Connellsville (19-5) 3 4. Canon-McMillan (11-5) 4 5. Trinity (11-3) 5 6. Kiski Area (16-3) 6 7. North Allegheny (11-2) 7 8. Thomas Jeferson (15-3) 8 9. Moon (10-3)...
Trib 10: Top seeds populate power rankings as playoffs begin
Seedings are everything in the WPIAL brackets, but they don’t mean a thing when it comes to the Trib 10. These weekly power rankings arrive right between the end of the regular season and the start of the District 7 postseason. Very little change has taken place in the calm...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 9, 2026
High schools Basketball Boys Monday’s results Nonsection Apollo-Ridge 73, Yough 54 Armstrong 51, Valley 43 Baldwin 75, Elizabeth Forward 55 Beaver 56, Shenango 53 Bentworth at West Greene, ppd. Central Catholic 66, North Catholic 36 Central Valley 54, South Fayette 50 Derry 54, Southmoreland 44 Fort Cherry 75, Cornell 41...
High school roundup for Feb. 9, 2026: Shady Side Academy star Karis Thomas hits 2,000-point mark in playoff tuneup
Karis Thomas scored 25 points, becoming the 47th WPIAL girls basketball player to reach the 2,000-point mark for her career, as Shady Side Academy (20-2) tuned up for the playoffs with a 54-34 victory over Obama Academy (9-2) in nonsection girls basketball Monday night. Thomas also became the school’s all-time...
A-K Valley teams won’t have to wait long for WPIAL playoffs to start
Alle-Kiski Valley basketball teams and their fans don’t have to wait long to kick off their respective WPIAL playoff tournaments. Some, like the Knoch boys, the highest-seeded team among the 16 from the area that qualified for the postseason, begin playoff action Friday. The Knights finished the regular season 18-4...
Jeannette earns top seed, 2 all-Westmoreland matchups set in WPIAL basketball bracketsVideo
It seemed logical enough. Jeannette won the WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball championship last year, returned its entire starting lineup and didn’t lose to a district team this season. Yet there was some belief that the Jayhawks (19-1) would not get the No. 1 seed for this year’s tournament. It...
For WPIAL basketball committee, top seeds weren’t easy decisions
When building a playoff bracket, you have to start at the top. Who gets the No. 1 seed? That is usually a question the WPIAL basketball steering committee hits like a breakaway layup. However, there was plenty of discussion as to who would garner the top seed in nearly half...
Breaking down the 2026 WPIAL boys basketball playoff brackets
Here’s a closer look at the 2026 WPIAL boys basketball playoffs. Class 6A Favorite: Upper St. Clair (20-1) has won the past two WPIAL Class 6A championships, including a 65-43 victory over New Castle last fall at Petersen Events Center. The Panthers lost much of their starting lineup to graduation...
Breaking down the 2026 WPIAL girls basketball playoffs
Here’s a closer look at the 2026 WPIAL girls basketball playoffs. Class 6A Favorite: Though Norwin looked like the clear No. 1 seed for much of the regular season, Canon-McMillan swooped in late with a win over Norwin and won the Section 2 title. The Big Macs, with a senior-heavy...
