Don Rebel stories, Page 16

The WPIAL Class A girls basketball championship game featured the best team in the district the last two years against the WPIAL scoring champion the last three seasons. In the end, a balanced offensive attack in which seven players scored at least five points and a tough zone defense was...

Somewhere, Mister Rogers is smiling as it is indeed a beautiful day in the Neighborhood. Thursday’s WPIAL Class A boys basketball championship game was a microcosm of the season for top-seeded Neighborhood Academy as it dominated the middle two quarters in defeating No. 2 Serra Catholic, 67-44. Senior and Yale...

These are the final state girls basketball rankings before the district playoffs conclude and the state playoffs are set. There were very few changes in the latest Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings, with only four teams being bounced deep into the district postseason. Mechanicsburg, Gwynedd-Mercy and two Class A...

It was a rough week for those who wear the bull’s-eye atop their respective classifications. Two top-ranked teams tumbled from No. 1, one dropping to No. 5 and the other free falling out of the latest Trib HSSN boys basketball rankings. Imhotep Charter takes over the lead in Class 6A...

The Path to the Pete is set with six boys and six WPIAL basketball championship games at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center on Thursday through Saturday. Four schools will double up by sending both the boys and girls teams to the district finals: Upper St. Clair, Peters Township, Aliquippa and Union....

The day before the district gold rush begins at the Petersen Events Center, the consolation bracket continues in both the boys and girls basketball postseason. There are 10 games on the boys side and six contests on the girls side. Of the 16 games, 13 will be for state postseason...

Coming into the final night of the district semifinals Tuesday, both the boys and girls Trib 10 saw two teams fall out of the power rankings, seeing their hopes of WPIAL gold dashed as well. Then the biggest shoe to fall dropped in a boys Class 5A final four match....

Members of the boys basketball team aren’t the only players walking the hallways at Upper St. Clair who can be defensive. The Panthers girls basketball team proved Tuesday in the Class 6A semifinals it can defend the basket as well. A suffocating defense was the key as Upper St. Clair...

The final pieces of the district basketball championship puzzle will be determined Tuesday on the final night of WPIAL semifinals action with boys Class 5A and 3A and girls Class 6A and 2A final four contests. In the boys Class 5A playoffs, the left side of the tournament went as...

Late in the third quarter of a WPIAL boys Class 6A semifinal Monday, the lights completely went out for a few moments in the gym at Peters Township. Unfortunately for Central Catholic, their hopes of gold for the second time in three years went to black a lot earlier. Upper...

Welcome to the second of three days of WPIAL basketball semifinal action Monday with boys 6A, boys 2A, girls 4A and girls A in the spotlight. It is becoming a postseason tradition — Upper St. Clair facing Central Catholic in the boys 6A semifinals. Their meeting Monday marks the third...

The Path to the Pete is heating up with eight more girls basketball semifinals games in Class 6A, 4A, 2A and A on Monday and Tuesday before the six WPIAL championship games are set for later this week at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. At the same time, consolation games will...

The Path to the Pete is heating up with eight more boys basketball semifinals games in Class 6A, 5A, 3A and 2A on Monday and Tuesday before the six WPIAL championship games are set for later this week at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. At the same time, consolation games will...

The Path to the Pete is nearly complete with a few more days of final four action before the hardwood gold starts flowing on this final week of February on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have some audio broadcasts of select WPIAL boys and girls semifinals, consolation and...

Here are the latest 2024-25 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday, along with the latest playoff qualifiers. The point system in the PIHL this year gives three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime win and one point for an overtime loss. *- indicates clinched a...

The first of three days of WPIAL basketball semifinal action takes place Saturday with boys Class 4A and A and girls Class 5A and 3A taking center stage. The final four in boys 4A is a scorer’s delight. The top three boys basketball scoring leaders this winter will be leading...

In a wild game of back-and-forth runs, the third meeting between Section 2-3A foes Bishop Canevin and Keystone Oaks was the most exciting of the three. However, in the end, the result was the same as the Crusaders defeated the Golden Eagles, 67-58. “Just win. That’s what they say, and...

Welcome to the final night of elite eight WPIAL basketball action with the quarterfinal focus on boys Class 5A and 3A and girls Class 6A and 2A. In the eight-year history of Class 5A, never has one of the top two seeds in the boys bracket not advanced to the...

At first glance, it would appear the 13-day layoff for WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball top seed Upper St. Clair played a role in the very slow start to its quarterfinal playoff game against visiting Woodland Hills on Thursday. Whatever the case, the Panthers were able to find their scoring...

It’s the middle of three nights of the district basketball quarterfinals with the spotlight shining on the elite eight of boys 6A, boys 2A, girls 4A and girls Class A. Upper St. Clair is the defending WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball champion, however prior to the Panthers taking home the...

Only two teams lost their spot in the latest Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings this week as the first round of the 12 district postseasons wrap up. The undefeated season for Penn-Trafford in District 7 ended with a quarterfinal loss to Thomas Jefferson in Class 5A. One week after...