Don Rebel stories, Page 21

Call it pancakes at the planetarium. Montour is set to visit Mars in a girls-boys section doubleheader Saturday morning. The girls meet first at 10 a.m. in a battle for fourth place in Section 3-5A. The host Fightin’ Planets are in fourth with a section record of 2-3, one game...

We are at the midway point of the regular season as the second half of section play tips off for many district boys basketball teams on another frosty Friday. Top teams do battle in both Class 6A sections to get the ball rolling on the second half. In Section 1-6A,...

We are at the midway point of the regular season with the second half of section play tipping off for many WPIAL girls basketball teams Thursday. The second half begins with a bang in a pair of Class 4A girls hoops sections. In Section 1-4A, top-ranked North Catholic (12-2) visits...

Like the weather, the Trib 10 girls basketball rankings were nearly frozen in time. The 10 girls power-ranked teams were a combined 16-2 last week, with both losses coming to fellow ranked teams. Greensburg Central Catholic fell to No. 3 Shady Side Academy in a Section 2-3A showdown, and Thomas...

There were big changes in the highest classification this week in the Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings, but just minor tweaks to the other five classifications. In Class 6A, both the top two ranked teams from the debut rankings slipped all the way out of the top 5 this...

As we hit the midway point of January, a cold chill along with some changes in the Trib HSSN boys basketball rankings are in the air. Three teams from District 12 that sat atop the rankings a week ago slipped but did not fall from their top spot this past...

Mats throughout the district will be out with midweek high school wrestling duals, the second-to-last section meets of the 2025 season. In Section 6-3A, first place is up for grabs as Shaler (5-0) hosts North Hills (6-3). The Titans and Indians are tied for first place with 1-0 records in...

The first half of section play in WPIAL boys basketball concludes Tuesday with plenty of big games around the district, including a showdown in Section 4-5A. Montour is alone in first place with a 4-0 section record and is 9-1 overall. The Spartans, who have won three straight since a...

Trib HSSN boys basketball teams of the week – New Castle Red Hurricanes Coach: Ralph Blundo (15th season) Record: 5-1 in Section 1-6A, 11-1 overall #Earned: New Castle came out of the gates flying this season, winning its first eight games, which included victories in its first three section contests....

The first half of section play in WPIAL girls basketball concludes with several head-to-head matchups to determine first place. In Class 5A, two of the four sections have showdown contests to conclude the first half. In Section 1, Shaler will try to continue its turnaround season at Franklin Regional. The...

Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week – Shady Side Academy Bulldogs Coach – Jonna Burke (fourth season at SSA, 30th year overall) Record – 13-0 overall, 6-0 in Section 2-3A #Earned – While the defending WPIAL Class 3A champions returned a lot of talent from their run a...

Here are the latest 2024-25 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. 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. Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime Wins-Overtime...

The frigid temps remain outdoors, but indoors there is plenty of red hot winter high school sports action this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have WPIAL, District 6 and District 10 boys and girls basketball, WPIAL boys and girls wrestling, WPIAL boys and girls swimming...

It will be a full day of high school basketball action at a pair of area colleges Saturday. Four boys basketball games are scheduled for LaRoche College in the PBC Classic: • Shady Side Academy takes on Bishop Canevin at 1 p.m. • Seton LaSalle challenges Our Lady of the...

It was youth basketball night at South Park on Friday as futures Eagles showed up for support and to entertain the crowd at halftime. It was appropriate for this night because the showdown for first place in Section 3-3A looked like the South Park boys playing the South Allegheny men....

What a week it has been for showdowns in WPIAL basketball as we get closer to the midway point of section play in the regular season. On Tuesday, we saw the top two teams collide in boys Class 6A as Imani Christian Academy visited Upper St. Clair, followed on Thursday...

A year ago, five districts earned a piece of the championship pie in Hershey with only District 12 winning multiple PIAA titles. Cardinal O’Hara won the Class 6A title while Archbishop Wood brought the 5A golden trophy back to the Philadelphia area. The other four championships went to Blackhawk in...

On Tuesday, the spotlight fell on a WPIAL 6A boys basketball showdown between No. 1 Imani Christian and No. 2 Upper St. Clair in a battle of 2024 district champions. Now on Thursday, a similar matchup is set in girls basketball. Reigning WPIAL Class 3A champion Shady Side Academy hosts...

For the first time in 20 years and only the fourth time in the 124-year history of the boys hoops state playoffs, District 7 teams captured gold in half of the six classifications. It was a repeat performance for Lincoln Park in Class 4A and Imani Christian Academy in Class...

Welcome to the first edition of the Trib 10 power rankings for the 2025 high school basketball season. It’s a weekly look at the top teams from around the district with absolutely no classification boundaries. A year ago, Lincoln Park began and ended the season as the Trib 10 boys...

It might not be like the Pittsburgh Steelers’ gauntlet of three games at Philadelphia, at Baltimore and home to Kansas City in an 11-day span, but it will still be challenging. Inclement weather last Friday forced a change to the original schedule that now has a WPIAL boys basketball Section...