Don Rebel stories, Page 125

For most WPIAL basketball teams, the final week or so of the regular season is a sprint to the finish with the hopes of a section title or at least a district playoff berth waiting at the finish line. For Quaker Valley, the end of this crazy 2021 season has...

The WPIAL basketball regular season is entering its final days, but there’s no need for playoff scenarios this winter. There are no win-and-you’re-in games this week. No anxious moments for players and coaches on the bubble, knowing their postseason fate rests in hands of others. This year, there’s no bubble....

The final week of this unique WPIAL basketball regular season tips off Monday. One of the marquee matchups is a clash between the top two teams in Section1-6A girls basketball. North Allegheny and Norwin were a combined 28-2 heading into their nonsection games Saturday, but both were handed rare defeats....

For most of this season, the Oakland Catholic basketball team has been trying to stay above water. A four-game losing streak in late January dropped the Eagles under .500. However, February has been a bit brighter for Oakland Catholic, which improved to 9-8 thanks to a couple of big wins...

The Clairton girls basketball story this century is one of great highs and the lowest of lows. The Bears begin the third decade of the 21st century riding a sweet three-year high. Twenty years ago, Clairton won the first of back-to-back championships with a 64-50 triumph over Monessen in the...

Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday. The PIHL announced games for Wheeling Park and Wheeling Central Catholic were postponed until March 1. The Pennsylvania Cup hockey championships are set for April 24. Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Class AAA Canon-McMillan, 10-1-1...

Let the games begin. We complete the regular season and tip off the postseason as February comes to an end this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have plenty of video and audio coverage of WPIAL boys and girls high school high school basketball along with some...

At the start of the season, there were high expectations for the Bishop Canevin boys basketball team. The Crusaders were the preseason No. 1 in the Class A Trib HSSN rankings. Junior guard KeVaughn Price was named the preseason Class A player of the year while teammates senior guard Dom...

Last year, they played for a WPIAL boys basketball crown in two different classifications. One found a pot of gold at The Pete while the other settled for silver after a two-year championship run. On Saturday, No. 3 Mars travels to No. 4 Highlands in a battle not only of...

In the last week, both of these boys basketball teams defeated Section 1-6A front runner North Allegheny to cut the gap between the Tigers and the field. Now, North Hills will host Seneca Valley on Friday with seeding implications in play in the upcoming 6A open postseason tournament. The Indians...

Tied at the end of three quarters, Upper St. Clair finally came up with a way to score against a suffocating Bethel Park defense. Shoot over it. The Panthers hit four 3-pointers in the final quarter, including on three straight possessions midway through the fourth that turned a one-point deficit...

Upper St. Clair, Mt. Lebanon and Bethel Park girls have all been ranked in the Trib HSSN top 5 all season long. The combined overall record of these three juggernauts is 34-6. However, because of the Mt. Lebanon mask policy, not allowing the Blue Devils to play teams without masks,...

Plenty of change this week in the latest HSSN boys basketball state rankings as the sands in the regular season hourglass fade away. Two teams in Class 6A and one each in 5A, 3A and Class A were bounced, opening the door for new entrants Reading and Upper St. Clair...

A week after Belle Vernon made a drastic leap and debuted at No. 1 in the boys Trib 10, there is very little movement this week in the latest HSSN basketball power rankings. As the regular season winds down to a week remaining, only New Castle falling five spots and...

South Allegheny and Shady Side Academy are not only the top two teams in Section 3, they also are two of the best in WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball. The pair meet for a second time in two weeks at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Shady Side Academy in a game...

It was a winning week for most teams in the Trib HSSN girls basketball rankings. Four of the six classifications were unchanged, but one Class 6A team and two teams in 2A fell out of this week’s rankings. Nazareth lost to Northampton and dropped out in the state’s largest classification....

Because of some covid-related stoppages this season, some teams will be busy campers over the next 10 days or so. None will be busier than the Quaker Valley boys team. It’s not only about quantity — the Quakers play six section games in the next nine days — it’s also...

When Chartiers Valley lost big at home to New Castle on Jan. 19 in a battle of then-undefeated teams, Colts senior Brayden Reynolds didn’t sugarcoat his performance. “Honestly it was just one of those nights against,” he said. “It was one of, if not the worst night of shooting in...

The holidays were not merry for the Gateway boys basketball program. They could not play or practice because of the mandatory covid-19 related shutdown by Gov. Tom Wolf. Then four days before Christmas, Gators head coach Alvis Rogers had to undergo heart bypass surgery after he complained of feeling tightness...

A big Class 6A vs. Class 5A boys basketball game highlights the district Monday schedule. It’s a battle of the Panthers as Upper St. Clair hosts Franklin Regional. Franklin Regional is a half-game behind Penn Hills for first place in Section 3-5A, but it has lost two of three, including...

We love our fans so much that we present another jam-packed week of exciting winter high school sports regular and postseason action here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have plenty of video and audio coverage of WPIAL boys and girls high school basketball along with boys and...

It’s almost as if New Castle’s Aayanni Hudson was built for all the hurdles and obstacles that all athletes have had to deal with this season, especially at New Castle. Hudson had another big week on the score sheet, even though the Red Hurricanes lost two of their three games....

Norwin girls basketball coach Brian Brozeski believes coaching has a lot to do with the fact that entering the final week of the regular season, things are still tight in Section 1-6A. “The section has a lot of good coaches and teams that have all shown improvement from the beginning...

Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday. The PIHL announced games for Wheeling Park and Wheeling Central Catholic were postponed until March 1. The Pa. Cup state hockey championships are set for April 24. Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Class AAA Canon-McMillan,...

It has been a challenge for all sports to find any sort of routine or normalcy during this pandemic. However, where there’s a will, there’s a way. Daily practices have been altered and new ways to train have been created as the season creeps closer to the district championships. The...