Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for Jan. 29, 2023 is Iyanna Wade. A Clairton sophomore, Wade already has 475 points this season through 14 games. Off the court, Wade has a 4.0 grade point average.

“There is definitely a lot of expectations, but I want to live up […]

The Oakland Catholic girls are off to a 15-2 start under new coach Eddie Benton. The former Perry and University of Vermont standout has spent more than twenty years as an assistant or head coach at the collegiate level – and is at the high school level for the first […]

Emma Paul and Kyla Fitzgerald are juniors from Armstrong high school. The standout players have helped the team get off to its best start in eight years.

“They’re two of the best that I’ve had, and they’re probably two of the best players that Armstrong has had, boys or girls basketball […]

East Allegheny’s Amani Johnson is enjoying a record-breaking career at Kennesaw State. The 5-foot-6 point guard broke the school’s all-time scoring record at the end of 2022. Johnson also holds Kennesaw State’s all-time records for most career assists, steals, minutes played and assists in a single season.

“I just kind of […]

As the only returning starter, Clairton is relying heavily on Iyanna Wade this season. Of the 203 points the team has earned, she has scored 150 of them, which is 73.9%. In her first four games, the sophomore has averaged 37.5 points per game — tops in the WPIAL.

“Coming into […]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Junior point guard Jenna Clark (Pittsburgh, Pa.) of the Yale women’s basketball team has been selected as one of 20 watch list members for the 2023 Nancy Lieberman Award. The award, now in its 24th year, recognizes the top point guard in women’s college basketball. The […]

Junior point guard Alayna Rocco announced a verbal commitment to Harvard.

Tribune-Review Terrific 10 basketball player Rocco has received offers from many schools, including recent ones from Buffalo, Richmond, Yale, Georgetown, Navy, Bucknell, Kent State and George Washington.

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Article: Bill Beckner Jr.: bbeckner@triblive.com

Western PA Bruins announces a partnership with the Alexandria, VA-based firm Firestarter to provide ongoing personal branding and name, image, and likeness (NIL) education and support to Bruins student-athletes.

Firestarter is led by award-winning marketing, public relations, and events professional Frances Reimers, who has over 20 years of experience building […]

Latrobe standout Emma Blair announced Sunday a verbal commitment to South Carolina Upstate, a Big South school in Spartansburg, S.C.

Also a player to watch for the Western Bruins in AAU, Blair saw her recruiting shift into overdrive this summer as schools swarmed.

“I chose Upstate because the whole environment there is […]

North Catholic’s Alayna Rocco is having another big summer with the Western PA Bruins AAU club, and Division 1 college coaches are pursuing her talents heavily.

The 5-foot-10 junior guard just added scholarship offers from George Washington, BYU and Georgetown to her list that also includes Davidson, Navy, Bucknell, Kent State, […]