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The two met for gold two years ago. On Tuesday, they battle for a berth in the PIAA Class 5A playoffs and a spot in the WPIAL boys basketball quarterfinals. No. 11 Penn Hills (12-9) travels to face No. 6 Peters Township (15-7) in a battle of second-place finishers in...

Andrew Gettinger scored 17 points to send No. 7 Butler to a 71-54 victory over North Hills (7-16) in the WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball first round Monday night. Stainton Forbes added 16 points, Tayt Lucas followed with 15, Ayden Andrews had 13 and Kyle Casteel finished with 10 for...

Mt. Lebanon’s Sam Deibert scored a game-high 24 points as the sixth-seeded Blue Devils ran away with 61-34 victory over No. 11 Norwin in a first-round rubber match Monday night in the WPIAL Class 6A playoffs. The section foes split their two regular-season matchups starting with a two-point overtime win...

Isabella Sysak patrolled the top of the 3-point line with great interest in procuring the ball. The Bishop Canevin junior guard created chaos Monday night at Donald McGhee Fieldhouse. Sysak produced two steals and scored four points in the first 90 seconds to help spark the Crusaders to a 45-12...

All in all, Greensburg Central Catholic looked the part in its tournament opener as the No. 1 seed in the WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball playoffs. A fast start fueled by full-court pressure and ball movement propelled the host Centurions to a commanding lead on the way to a 67-42...

WPIAL basketball playoffs Tuesday’s local games Boys Class 5A First round 9-Latobe (18-4) at 8-Kiski Area (15-6) 7 p.m. Tuesday Winner plays: Winner of 16-Franklin Regional (11-11)/1-Montour (21-1) Friday (time, site TBD) in quarterfinals Players to watch: Max Butler, Latrobe; Colin Keller, Kiski Area Layup lines: Latrobe is back in...

WPIAL basketball playoffs Tuesday’s local games Boys Class 5A First round 9-Latobe (18-4) at 8-Kiski Area (15-6) 7 p.m. Tuesday Winner plays: Winner of 16-Franklin Regional (11-11)/1-Montour (21-1) Friday (time, site TBD) in quarterfinals Players to watch: Max Butler, Latrobe; Colin Keller, Kiski Area Layup lines: Latrobe is back in...

Some day, maybe Adam Ferguson will fulfill an ambition to join college hockey’s coaching ranks. For now, he’s content with the high school level. “I’m enjoying it, for sure,” said Ferguson, Latrobe’s second-year coach. “I’m enjoying my staff. I’m enjoying being around the players. I certainly can’t complain about how...

When Derry diver Chaeli Keenan finished second at the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association meet last year, she found solace in who beat her out. It was her teammate, Ella Silvis. This year, the script flipped, and it was Keenan who triumphed, with Silvis as the runner-up. “I think that me...

It’s a rare feat when a swimmer can post WPIAL qualifying times in every stroke. Plum senior Giuliana Ricciuti just missed achieving that this season. Out of the eight individual events for which a swimmer can qualify, Ricciuti qualified for seven. She posted 25.91 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle, a...

Allderdice boys basketball coach Devin Crummie knew the shootaround wouldn’t be a picnic at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse the day before the City League championship game. The Dragons needed to be sharp for their battle with a worthy challenger in Obama Academy. “Everybody calls it a shootaround,” Dragons coach Devin Crummie...

High schools Basketball City League Championship Sunday’s result At UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Allderdice 59, Obama Academy 53 WPIAL playoffs Boys Class 6A First round Monday’s schedule Woodland Hills (11-11) at Seneca Valley (11-11), 7 p.m.; North Hills (7-15) at Butler (15-6), 7 p.m.; Norwin (10-11) at Mt. Lebanon (15-7), 7...

They say that opposites attract. If that’s the case, then Woodland Hills and Seneca Valley were destined to meet for a third time in the postseason. That matchup is one of three Class 6A boys basketball first round playoff games and one of 22 WPIAL basketball postseason games Monday. Both...

The Path to the Pete is cooking into its second week with the rest of the district basketball first round and three days of the quarterfinals this week here at the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have plenty of WPIAL boys and girls basketball playoff action with some middle...

Here are the latest 2024-25 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday, along with the latest playoff qualifiers. The point system in the PIHL this year gives three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime win and one point for an overtime loss. *- indicates clinched a...

Bailey White sported a wide smile as she grabbed the City League championship trophy Sunday at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. With the win, White and the Allderdice girls basketball team left no doubt to their spot in the district’s hierarchy. The Dragons’ 52-45 win over Obama Academy was their second straight...

Grace Melocchi has been swimming year-round since she was little. One of the long-term goals of the Shaler senior swimmer surfaced when she made it to middle school. With Melocchi’s form in the pool, a coach mentioned that she would have a realistic shot at setting the school’s record in...

Tony Grenek was ready with the justification before his wife, Megan, approached him about the promise he made before taking the job as Shaler girls basketball coach. Grenek, who coached collegiately at Seton Hill and Point Park before spending the previous two years as North Hills’ varsity coach, said he...

Sewickley Academy’s playoff chances in girls basketball hinged on two things. The Panthers needed to win Feb. 6 and have Eden Christian lose its final section game. They got both. The Sewickley girls won a nailbiter against Leechburg, 36-35, and the Warriors dropped a 75-12 decision to Union, the Section...

The Sewickley Academy boys basketball team rolled through Section 2-2A this season with a 12-0 record, two games ahead of runner-up Northgate at 10-2. Winchester Thurston finished third at 8-4, while Brentwood and Eden Christian tied for fourth with 5-7 records. As a reward, Sewickley Academy (17-4) landed the No....

John Doucette has been the man behind the camera at Quaker Valley since 1994. “I started taking photos after spending two months traveling Europe prior to my student teaching experience in London,” Doucette said. “I moved to the Pittsburgh area in 1993 with a teaching and coaching position in the...

Quaker Valley finished as the runner-up in Section 1-3A in girls basketball with a 10-4 record. As a result, the Quakers, seeded No. 7, drew No. 10 McGuffey on Feb. 14 in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A tournament. McGuffey finished third behind co-champions Keystone Oaks and Seton...