Don Rebel stories, Page 23

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...

For only the second time in the 37-year history of the PIAA football playoffs, the WPIAL was denied winning any state championships. With Central Catholic in Class 6A and Avonworth in 3A both settling for state silver, it marked the first time since 1992 that a WPIAL team didn’t win...

Early December high school basketball doesn’t usually offer many intriguing storylines as teams search for an identity while trying to put one in the win column. However, a good storyline wasn’t difficult to find Friday in the first game of the Upper St. Clair boys basketball tip-off tournament. Two playoff...

On a weekend that featured six schools making their PIAA championship game debut, the final contest of the weekend includes two schools that have been there, done it several times over. In fact, St. Joseph’s Prep out of the Philadelphia Catholic League in Philadelphia and Central Catholic out of the...

The PIAA Class 3A championship game features two schools making their second appearance in the football state championship game and still in search of their first PIAA gold. Five years ago, WPIAL champion Avonworth suffered one of the biggest losses in PIAA football playoff history, falling to state power Southern...

The second of three days of the 2024 PIAA football championships are set for Chapman Field at Cumberland Valley on Friday. On Day 2 in Mechanicsburg, the Class 2A and 5A state football title games take center stage. Three of the four teams playing Friday are searching for their first...

There was great excitement in these parts last season when the WPIAL sent five teams and the City League had one reach championship weekend in the 2023 PIAA football playoffs. Following several stunning results on the day after Thanksgiving, the district only has two teams remaining to play for state...

Thursday marks the first of the final three days of the 2024 high school football season. The PIAA football championships kick off at Chapman Field at Cumberland Valley with the Class A and Class 4A title games. Three of the four teams are trying to win their first state football...

There was great excitement in these parts last season when the WPIAL sent five teams and the City League had one reach championship weekend in the 2023 PIAA football playoffs. Following several stunning results on the day after Thanksgiving, the district only has two teams remaining to play for state...

Black Friday may have been great for local consumers, but it turned out to be a bad ending to a golden season for four district champions. The state semifinals were the end of the line for WPIAL winners Pine-Richland in 5A, Thomas Jefferson in 4A, South Park in 2A and...

Wednesday marks the start of the college football early signing period. High school seniors can sign binding letters of intent to their school of choice between Wednesday and Friday. The traditional signing period is Feb. 5 through April 1. The college football transfer portal opens between Dec. 9 and Dec....

For the most part, the Trib HSSN football rankings held true on state semifinals weekend. Five of the six top-ranked teams were victorious and will be playing for a PIAA championship this week in Mechanicsburg. The lone exception was in Class A where No. 1 Fort Cherry lost big to...

For the first time in over two and a half decades, the Mars boys basketball team is set to hit the court without Rob Carmody as head coach. Carmody resigned in August after 26 years leading the Fightin’ Planets. His teams won two WPIAL championships and were PIAA runners-up twice....

Trib HSSN football team of the week – Central Catholic Vikings Coach: Ryan Lehmeier (2nd season) Result: Central Catholic 38, Harrisburg 33 Record: 12-2 overall #Earned: This is the second time this season the Vikings have been named the Trib HSSN Team of the Week. The first one was at...

Welcome to the start of the first full week of the winter sports season. With the high school basketball season starting earlier than usual this season, the various tip-off tournaments have been spread out. Several of them opened this past weekend while others will take place this upcoming weekend. One...

Winter high school sports blankets the calendar on the first week of December this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has WPIAL and District 6 boys and girls basketball, along with three PIHL high school hockey contests and a boys and girls swim meet. Plus the...

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 day after Thanksgiving really did turn out to big Black Friday for the WPIAL football champions. Five took the field and only one survived the state semifinals. Golden seasons ended for Pine-Richland, Thomas Jefferson, South Park and Fort Cherry with losses in the PIAA final four. However, District 7...

Realignment really did a job on the district’s smallest classification in boys basketball. This class isn’t just small, it’s minuscule. Two-time defending district and state champion Imani Christian went all the way up to Class 6A over the next two- year cycle, and Carlynton went from Class A to 3A....

The six WPIAL champions from the 2024 season are all headed to the state semifinals two wins shy of more gold drip. This marks the second year in a row and the third time this decade that all six WPIAL champions will be playing in the PIAA final four. The...

Here’s some big news. Class 2A is the biggest classification in WPIAL boys basketball. This two-year cycle, 2A boys hoops has 31 teams. It also will have the largest playoff field as at least 19 teams will be participating in the postseason. Here is a rundown of players to watch,...

Welcome to the PIAA final four with 11 games scheduled for Friday and one for Saturday. With 24 teams set to collide post-Thanksgiving for the opportunity to play in a state championship game, let’s provide a breakdown of which districts remain in the hunt for PIAA gold. For the second...

The shuffling in and out on a weekly basis is now complete as the PIAA playoffs prepare for state semifinals weekend. The final four teams in each classification playing for state gold are set, as are the final five teams in each class. There were no comings and goings in...

Class 3A boys basketball will have a different look in the WPIAL this season. First and foremost, two-time defending champion Deer Lakes moved up to Class 4A, but that’s just the beginning. Two other teams that won or shared section titles departed with Yough joining Deer Lakes in the climb...