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Trib HSSN – Player of the Week
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 [...]
Oakland Catholic New Coach Eddie Benton
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 [...]
Armstrong Off to Best Start in School History
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, [...]
Record-Breaking Career for Amani Johnson
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 [...]
Clairton’s Iyanna Wade Exceeding Expectations
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 [...]
Clark Named to Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List
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, [...]
North Catholic’s Alayna Rocco Commits to Harvard
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 [...]
Western PA Bruins Announces Personal Branding & NIL Education Partnership With Firestarter
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, [...]
Emma Blair Verbally Commits to SC Upstate
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 [...]
Alayna Rocco Continues to Receive Offers
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 [...]
Blair Attracts College Attention
Emma Blair, a 6-foot-1 forward/center who will be a senior, is attracting college attention while playing for the Western PA Bruins 17U National Team this summer on the AAU circuit. Despite the ever-changing nature of [...]
Former Perry Star is New Girls Oakland Catholic Coach
Since graduating from the University of Vermont as the school’s all-time leading scorer in 1997, Eddie Benton has spent most of the past 25 years coaching at the collegiate level, enjoying plenty of success at [...]
Plum’s Montue Player of the Year
A dominant WPIAL player, Plum leading scorer Kennedie Montue was named Valley News Dispatch Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Learn more about Montue and view the first and second team selections here. — Article: [...]
BGCWPA Youth of the Year
Boys and Girls Clubs of Western PA have named Aislin as 2021 Youth of the Year. As a proud Clubhouse member, state champion and one of Pennsylvania’s top recruits with over 18 Division I basketball [...]
Reilly Sunday picks Duquesne
Moon High School point guard Reilly Sunday made a verbal commitment to Duquesne. One of the top junior girls basketball players in the WPIAL, Reilly had more than a dozen Division I offers. She'll be [...]