Some additional excitement for the final week of the WPIAL basketball season is spotlighted Wednesday with several key games being made up from snow and cold weather last week.
Here are some of the boys games to watch:
• In Section 1-4A, Deer Lakes visits Highlands where a win for the visiting Lancers will earn them third place behind North Catholic and Knoch.
• In Section 3-4A, Greensburg Salem hosts East Allegheny. Depending on Tuesday’s results, this could be for fourth place and a playoff berth or survival for the home Golden Lions.
• There is little separation at the top of Section 3-3A with South Park and Seton LaSalle tied for first place. On Wednesday, the Eagles visit Steel Valley and third-place South Allegheny travels to desperate Apollo-Ridge.
• Two teams fighting for fourth place in Section 2-A take on section heavyweights when Geibel Catholic visits first place Neighborhood Academy and St. Joseph hosts second-place Serra Catholic.
Wednesday girls hoops
Here are the girls basketball district games Wednesday with big playoff implications.
• Hempfield looks to move into a tie for fourth place with Mt. Lebanon in Section 2-6A when the Spartans host Connellsville.
• In Section 2-4A, Lincoln Park looks to clinch a playoff berth when it visits a Hopewell team that must win to stay alive.
• Ligonier Valley can move into fifth place in a section where the top five teams qualify if it can pull off the massive Section 2-3A upset at Shady Side Academy.
• In Section 2-A, 2025 runner-up Clairton is fighting to stay alive when it visits Bishop Canevin.
Let them sign
While not what it once was, Wednesday is the final regular football signing day as high school football seniors make their verbal commitments official.
With the advent of the early signing period years ago, some of the excitement of this day has lost a bit of shine with some big names already signing to their schools of their choice starting in early December.
Trib HSSN will have the final list of Division I signings for the Class of 2026, plus a look ahead to the top prospects of 2027.
Wednesday on Trib HSSN
There are 2 broadcasts and one podcast you can watch or listen to at TribHSSN.TribLive.com on the fourth day of February.
Unified Bocce – Video Stream: Ellwood City at Shenango at 3:30 p.m. on Lawrence County SportsNet at TribHSSN.TribLive.com
WPIAL Boys Wrestling – Video Stream: Shaler at Gateway at 7 p.m. on the Gateway Gators Sports Network at TribHSSN.TribLive.com