Don Rebel stories, Page 19

For the final three quarters of Monday night’s showdown for the Section 3-5A girls basketball crown, Chartiers Valley was able to compete at home. Unfortunately for the Colts, their nightmarish first quarter could not be deleted, which was good news for South Fayette. The Lions clinched the outright section title...

The stretch run of the 2025 WPIAL boys basketball season is down to the final week as the district postseason field continues to grow. A change in the playoff format this season has sections with eight or more teams sending the top five teams to the playoffs while section with...

The stretch run of the 2025 WPIAL girls basketball season has one week left as the district postseason field continues to take shape. A change in the playoff format this season has sections with eight or more teams sending the top five teams to the playoffs while section with seven...

The February Frenzy is upon us with winter sports postseason action on the horizon. For now, the final week of the high school basketball season is here with plenty of key boys and girls hoops games coming your way this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We...

The final week of the regular season in WPIAL basketball begins with a bang with several key games for both a section crown and a postseason berth in girls basketball. There are three games with first place at stake that could determine either an outright winner or co-section champions. In...

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 stretch run of the WPIAL boys basketball season continues as the district postseason field is taking shape. A change in the playoff format this season has sections with eight or more teams sending the top five teams to the playoffs while sections with seven or fewer schools will send...

The power went out on the Bethel Park gym scoreboard several times Friday night. Fortunately for the Black Hawks, the lights did not go out on their playoff hopes. Sophomore guard Will Sabatos tipped in a missed shot to break a tie in the final minute as Bethel Park held...

We say so long to January with a busy “Frayday” of WPIAL boys basketball stretch run action. The three-way tie for first place in Section 1-4A will be whittled down to either two or one team on top following Friday night. Deer Lakes (16-3), Knoch (13-5) and North Catholic (13-5)...

The February Frenzy begins with WPIAL championship wrestling and boys and girls basketball. The district team wrestling semifinals and championships will take place Saturday morning and afternoon at Peters Township. In one of the Class 2A semifinals, top-seed and defending champion Burrell will battle No. 4 Quaker Valley at 10...

The stretch run of the WPIAL girls basketball season is underway as the district postseason field continues to take shape. A change in the playoff format this season has sections with eight or more teams sending the top five teams to the playoffs while sections with seven or fewer schools...

While it appears the chase for the section title in Section 1-6A boys basketball is going to come down to the last night of section play, the lights could be turned out Thursday on the race for a championship in Section 2-6A. Upper St. Clair (18-1) can clinch the section...

In the final Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings of January, the cream is starting to rise to the top in preparation for the upcoming district playoffs coming in a couple of weeks. There was very little movement in the Top 5 this week compared to last week. In fact,...

The battle for top spots took a turn to the west this past week in the latest Trib HSSN boys basketball rankings. A week ago, District 12 had three No. 1 teams atop the state rankings; however, with Roman Catholic slipping to No. 2 behind Upper St. Clair in 6A...

The girls powered along with February basketball in sight while the boys scuffled a bit, leading to a shuffling of the power ranking decks near the bottom of the Trib 10 this past week. All of the girls teams from a week ago enjoyed a perfect week with one big...

Wednesday is a busy night of WPIAL boys team wrestling postseason action with first-round and quarterfinal matches at four sites in each classification. So how important is home-mat advantage when it comes to the first two rounds of the district team wrestling playoffs? In this decade, it has meant a...

The stretch run of the WPIAL boys basketball season is underway as the district postseason field slowly takes shape. A change in the playoff format this season has sections with eight or more teams sending the top five teams to the playoffs while sections with seven or fewer schools will...

Welcome to the stretch run of the 2025 WPIAL boys basketball season, where section titles are won, seeding positioning is fought for and playoff hopes are either realized or dashed. Just about every game is big the rest of the way in Section 1-6A boys hoops with three teams fighting...

The stretch run of the 2025 WPIAL girls basketball season is underway as the district postseason field begins to take shape. A change in the playoff format this season has sections with eight or more teams sending the top five teams to the playoffs while sections with seven or fewer...

Last week, Canon-McMillan defeated Upper St. Clair to unlock the door to first place in Section 2-6A girls basketball. On Monday, defending WPIAL champion Norwin kicked the door in and took over sole possession of the top spot in the section. Defense, rebounding and free throws were big keys as...

Welcome to the stretch run of the WPIAL girls basketball season, the start of the final two weeks of section play. Now the focus just isn’t on the battles for section championships, it is also on securing the needed positioning in a section to secure a district playoff berth. The...