Don Rebel stories, Page 115

After weeks of calm waters and few changes, the boats were rockin’ as the regular season came to an unsteady finish this past week. Thus, there was a shifting of power in this week’s Trib 10 baseball and softball rankings. Seven teams slid down the baseball power rankings, including Hopewell...

Three of the classifications combined for six changes in the 2021 Trib HSSN state baseball rankings while the other three combined for only one. It was a busy week of shuffling the deck in the Top 5 in Class 6A, 3A and A. Norwin and Bensalem were replaced by LaSalle...

For the first time since 2019, it’s spring bracketology time in WPIAL softball. Trib HSSN will unveil the brackets first on the WPIAL Softball Playoff Pairings Show at 5 p.m. The field is set with eight teams in the Class 6A brackets, 16 teams in both 5A and 2A, and...

After a two-year wait, the WPIAL softball playoffs are back. They were absent a year ago when the pandemic forced the entire season to be canceled, but the 2021 WPIAL softball playoff brackets will be revealed at 5 p.m. Thursday on TribLive HSSN. Who’ll draw the No. 1 seeds? Which...

Only a few section games are left with playoff implications as three of the six classifications have their playoff fields set. Exclusive coverage of the 2021 WPIAL baseball playoffs is only here on TribHSSN.TribLive.com starting with the Playoff Pairings Show at 3 p.m. Friday. Here are the district baseball teams...

The WPIAL softball playoff field is now complete as 76 district teams will participate in the 2021 postseason. Exclusive coverage of the 2021 WPIAL softball playoffs is only here on TribHSSN.TribLive.com starting with the Playoff Pairings Show at 5 p.m. Thursday. Here are the teams that will battle for diamond...

The WPIAL boys volleyball regular season is almost over. There is at least one more playoff spot up for grabs in a match on Saturday plus a spot undecided in both Class AAA and AA. The top five teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied...

Repeating as a WPIAL champion is tough. A three-peat is even more difficult. How about a four-peat? Two district programs have a chance to win a fourth straight team track and field championship on Wednesday. The Butler girls won district gold in 2017, 2018 and 2019. The Golden Tornado hope...

As the sands of the diamond dust slowly disappear in the regular season, it’s another week of just a handful of changes to the HSSN state softball rankings. Only four teams were bumped from the Commonwealth Top 5, including a pair of changes in Class A. Williamsburg and Montgomery are...

The regular season is down to one final day of section play. Much like other spring sports, some teams are now in catch-up mode due to covid-related issues while three softball programs — Western Beaver, Sto-Rox and Washington — have shut down for the spring. Exclusive coverage of the 2021...

While most WPIAL baseball teams are now done with section play, there are still some that have a section game or two or even three remaining. Between covid-related shutdowns and the wet weather last week, there are still some playoff berths up for grabs with a couple of play dates...

No more rain. No more wet fields. No more excuses. For those teams healthy enough to play, there are only a few days left to get section games in before the softball brackets are released Thursday. Here are some of the bigger softball matchups around the WPIAL on Tuesday. •...

The regular season is winding down in WPIAL softball as teams are down to only a few more playing dates left in the regular season. Much like other spring sports, some teams are now in catch-up mode due to covid-related issues while three softball programs — Western Beaver, Sto-Rox and...

The Laurel Highlands baseball team is once again enjoying success on the diamond. Coming into the final week of the regular season, the Mustangs have clinched a Class 4A playoff spot and have won 10 of their 14 games. However, they have a lot of work ahead of them if...

Playing in his first varsity high school baseball season, sophomore Spencer Barnett is either tied or in second place behind junior Cole Young for the lead in most of North Allegheny’s offensive categories. A memorable two games last week against rival Pine-Richland clinched the Section 1-6A title outright for the...

Mt. Lebanon football coach Bob Palko rolled the dice and went for two points in the fourth as the Blue Devils defeated Baldwin, 25-12. Wait, this was softball game, not football. Mt. Lebanon scored eight runs in the second inning then added 13 more in the fourth to beat Baldwin...

If a high school softball player can hit five home runs in a career, that is a pretty good accomplishment. If a scholastic player hits five round-trippers in a season, that earns all-star consideration. If you hit five in a week? You get the Trib HSSN Player of the Week....

The regular season is winding down in WPIAL softball as teams are down to only three more playing dates in the regular season. Much like other spring sports, some teams are in catch up mode because covid related issues. Two softball programs, Sto-Rox and Washington, have shut down for the...

The spring sports regular season concludes as we set the stage for the postseason this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We wrap up the regular season in high school baseball and softball, then unveil the brackets Thursday and Friday for the 2021 WPIAL softball and baseball playoffs....

The final week of the WPIAL baseball and softball regular season could use some good weather after a week of washouts pushed some teams to the brink of make-up games. On a busy day of district baseball, there are two games with section-championship ramifications. First-place Plum (9-1) will visit second-place...

Here are the latest WPIAL girls lacrosse standings through Sunday. The top six teams in each section qualified for the district postseason. Only section records are shown. # — Clinched section championship * — Clinched playoff berth x — Eliminated from playoff chase Class AAA 11 of 12 teams have...

Here are the latest WPIAL boys lacrosse standings, along with the teams that have clinched a playoff berth through Sunday. The top six teams in each section will qualify for the district postseason. Only section records are shown. # — Clinched section championship * — Clinched playoff berth x —...

While some WPIAL baseball teams are done with section play, most still have section games remaining. Between covid-related shutdowns and the wet weather last week, there still are a lot of playoff berths to be determined. The WPIAL is expected to decide early this week the makeup of the 2021...

In the most recent WPIAL softball postseason, Laurel outscored Riverview, Carmichaels, Freedom and Frazier in the Class 2A postseason by a combined score of 49-10 in winning a second straight district championship. “We have just three starters and two coaches left from that 2019 team,” Laurel coach Frank Duddy said....