Don Rebel stories, Page 135
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for Jan. 18, 2021
When the governor shut down winter high school sports for three weeks with no activities allowed, coaches around the area and across the state were worried about the shape and skill set of their players with everybody on their own. There was no sign of rust for one district boys...
Terrelle Pryor takes a look back at decorated Jeannette career
In May and June, the TribLive High School Sports Network held a fan vote to determine the Best of the Century among the district’s top male and female athletes. We also had a chance to visit with some of the participants — interviews that have yet to be seen. Join...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for week ending Jan. 17, 2021
The Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils were the queens of Class AAAA girls basketball when they captured three straight PIAA championship in 2009, ‘10 and ‘11. They have a lot of basketball left this season before they can be sized for a crown, but this group of Blue Devils is off...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for week ending Jan. 17, 2021
Three times this century, the Burgettstown girls basketball program began the season with a 3-0 record. That happened in back-to-back years in 2014-15 and again in 2015-16. Both of those times the Blue Devils missed the playoffs. It happened again last season, and Burgettstown made the playoffs only to lose...
What to watch in WPIAL sports Jan. 18, 2021: Chartiers Valley girls chasing history
History could be made Monday night as the Chartiers Valley girls basketball team tries to set the PIAA record for most consecutive victories. But it won’t be easy. The Colts are 3-0 in Section 1-5A, 5-0 overall as they prepare to host a South Fayette team that is 1-0 in...
Winter sports season heats up this week on Trib HSSN
The TribLive High School Sports Network will spend the second half of January on the basketball court, the ice, the mats and the pool. Trib HSSN has plenty of video and audio coverage of WPIAL boys and girls high school basketball, along with some roundball action from Districts 6 and...
Hopewell’s Shatori Walker-Kimbrough featured in Trib HSSN Best of the Century podcast series
Through the end of 2020 and the start of 2021, the Rebel Yell podcast will feature chats with some of the top WPIAL athletes from the first 20 years of this century. In May and June, the TribLive High School Sports Network held a fan vote bracket to determine the...
PIHL standings through Jan. 17, 2021
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday. The PIHL has announced that games for Wheeling Park and Wheeling Central Catholic have been postponed until March 1. Also the Pennsylvania Cup hockey championships are set for April 24. Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss =...
Senior forward confident South Fayette hockey can heat up after slow start
The 2020 portion of this high school hockey season was not kind to South Fayette. A finalist in the PIHL Class A Penguins Cup playoffs two years ago, the Lions struggled out of the gate this season in Class AA with a 1-3-2 record before the season was paused due...
Savanah Abbott leads Bishop Canevin girls basketball into new era
Two program icons that helped Bishop Canevin win the WPIAL Class 2A championship last year, as well as titles in their freshman and sophomore seasons in 2017 and 2018, are playing college ball now. Alyssa Pollice and Diajha Allen left their golden mark on a Crusaders program that has won...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Jan. 16, 2021: North Allegheny hosts MLK showcase
A tradition that was started by Woodland Hills officials a few years ago will continue this weekend at North Allegheny. The Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend Showcase features plenty of action on both Saturday and Sunday showcasing teams from in and out of the state of Pennsylvania. The boys lineup...
Dominant as ever, Lincoln Park beats Montour in 1st section game in 4A
Lincoln Park entered the WPIAL in the 2007-2008 season and has been a dominant force in boys basketball since Day 1. In their early years, they played in Class A based on enrollment. They moved up in the last decade to Class 2A and then to Class 3A. On Friday,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Jan. 15, 2021: Never too early for section showdowns
It is still early in WPIAL boys basketball, but already a logjam is forming in Section 3-5A. After a week of section action, only one game separates the top six teams in the seven-team section. All six of those teams go head-to-head on Friday, games that will either force some...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Jan. 14, 2021: Class 3A showdown in boys basketball
While Thursday is a busy night of girls basketball around the WPIAL, there are only two district boys basketball games scheduled. However, one of them is a nonsection showdown of ranked teams in Class 3A as Washington visits South Allegheny in a game you can hear on Trib HSSN at...
Trib HSSN state boys basketball rankings for Jan. 13, 2021
While basketball is back for most boys basketball teams around the WPIAL, that is not the case around the PIAA. Thus, the Trib HSSN boys state basketball rankings are moving, and will continue to move, like sand in the hourglass. There are nine teams from District 12 among the top...
Trib 10: Chartiers Valley sitting pretty in boys, girls power rankings
The slow progression of the 2020-2021 boys and girls basketball season continues around the WPIAL as some teams try to stay on schedule while others are still trying to tip off. There was some moving up and down of teams on both sides of the weekly Trib HSSN power rankings....
No. 1 Upper St. Clair pulls off gritty win over Bethel ParkVideo
Defense not only wins championships, it never takes a night off. It’s too early for the first one, but Class 6A No. 1 Upper St. Clair remained unbeaten Tuesday thanks in large part to its defense. The Panthers shook off a rough night of shooting and came back to beat...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Jan. 13, 2021: Wrestling rivals collide
Last year, they met in the regular season and again in the team sectionals. On Wednesday, the Washington County rivals square off for the first, but possibly not the last time on a busy night of WPIAL wrestling. After winning their regular season match, Canon-McMillan beat Trinity again in the...
North Allegheny track star Ayden Owens discusses decorated high school career
In May and June, the TribLive High School Sports Network held a fan vote to determine the Best of the Century among the district’s top male and female athletes. We also had a chance to visit with some of the participants — interviews that have yet to be seen. So...
Trib HSSN state girls basketball rankings for Jan. 12, 2021
Now that the four-week stoppage in winter sports has been lifted by the governor, teams around the commonwealth are slowly getting back to game action. There are still plenty of teams in the latest Trib HSSN PIAA girls basketball state rankings that have yet to tip off their season. Thus,...
What to watch for in high school sports for Jan. 12, 2021: OLSH, Springdale square off
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and Springdale were on a collision course for a semifinals showdown in last year’s WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball playoffs. Only problem is the Section 1 co-champion and No. 4 seed Dynamos were stunned by section foe and No. 12 seed Winchester Thurston, 57-54,...
What to watch for in high school sports for Jan. 11, 2021: PIHL set to restart
While most basketball teams in the WPIAL returned to the court this past Friday and Saturday, the restart of the high school hockey season begins Monday. Following a four-plus week shutdown of high school hockey, the 2020-21 PIHL season continues with a busy night on the ice with 15 scheduled...
South Park’s Maura Huwalt featured in Trib HSSN Best of the Century podcast series
Through the end of 2020 and the start of 2021, the Rebel Yell podcast will feature chats with some of the top WPIAL athletes from the first 20 years of this century. In May and June, the TribLive High School Sports Network held a fan vote bracket to determine the...
Dozens of basketball broadcasts on tap this week on Trib HSSN
Although the schedule can change at any moment, the TribLive High School Sports Network has lined up plenty of action on the hardwood, mats and ice in the first full week of winter sports. There will be lots of video and audio coverage of WPIAL boys and girls high school...
Carlynton mat standout sets sights on 100th win, WPIAL title
In his native Ukraine, where he was born and lived his first 10 years, Oleg Melnyk claims his first name is very common. Now he’s trying to make a name for himself around the WPIAL and the state. The Carlynton senior has risen in weight class as he has improved...
