http://www.post-gazette.com/highschoolsports/ High school sports coverage en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:09:47 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210480-54-0.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Ron Gooden, an assistant football coach at Hampton, slept through Thanksgiving last year, but this year promises to be different. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:35:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210383-361-0.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml When baseball slugger Reggie Jackson played for the Yankees, he was known as Mr. October. Dan O'Neil is the WPIAL's Mr. February. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:03:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210341-361.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml His starting five does not fit into traditional roles on the court. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210347-361.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Heading into the WPIAL basketball playoffs with a losing record typically doesn't bode well for a team's hopes of making a run at a Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210350-361.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Last year wasn't a complete bust for Matt Stewart. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210351-361.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Last season, McKeesport missed the playoffs for the first time in eight years. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210353-361.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Let's face facts -- Ciara Gregory is simply a girl who can't be ignored. Take last week, for instance. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210375-361.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml The Shady Side Academy girls' basketball team developed a few bad habits during the regular season that it was able to overcome and Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210376-361.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml What can college basketball possibly throw at Micah Mason that he couldn't overcome? Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210377-361.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml After three seasons of coaching one of the WPIAL's best all-time players, Shawn Bennis wants to concentrate on molding what he hopes Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210379-361.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml The Blackhawk High School boys basketball team was routed by New Castle, 82-44, nine days ago. There was no shame in the loss. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210343-361.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Last season, McKeesport missed the playoffs for the first time in eight years. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210344-361.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml This time last year, the Seton-LaSalle boys basketball team had just wrapped up a 4-18 season, in which the Rebels lost their final Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210349-361.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml With the WPIAL basketball playoffs about to begin, it's time -- at least for a few minutes -- for the Greensburg Salem Golden Lions to Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210388-361.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml There was a time not that long ago that Steve Hearty had little use for basketball. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210267-361-0.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml The WPIAL basketball committee started its playoff pairings meeting at 9:30 a.m. Monday planning to be finished with all brackets by 3 p.m. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:46:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210265-361-0.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml GIRLS CLASS AAAA -- Top seeds: Oakland Catholic is first, Mt. Lebanon second, Gateway third and Penn-Trafford fourth. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:44:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210263-361-0.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml BOYS CLASS AAAA - Top seeds: Shaler is first, Chartiers Valley second, Mt. Lebanon third and Woodland Hills fourth. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:42:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210292-361.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Basketball Box Scores Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210194-100.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml For the second consecutive season, the Shaler High School boys basketball team is the No. 1 seed for the WPIAL Class AAAA basketball playoffs. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210046-361.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Vincentian and Gateway won't be in the same classification when WPIAL girls basketball playoff pairings are announced tonight. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210047-361.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml The WPIAL will have a hearing with school officials and boys basketball coaches from Brentwood and Monessen. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210089-361.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Basketball Box Scores Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209881-139.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova won her second consecutive Pattaya Open title Sunday in Thailand, defeating Russia's Maria Kirilenko, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3. This was Hantuchova's fifth career title and her first since winning in Thailand a year ago. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500