Don Rebel stories, Page 30

In a flash, Rylee Kalocay saw her junior basketball season come to an end Jan. 2 when she tore the ACL and meniscus in her left knee in a game against Peters Township. With rehab nearly complete and great optimism for her senior season at Upper St. Clair, Kalocay has...

While conference games kick off for many WPIAL teams this weekend, Week 3 of the high school football season begins with the second league game in the City League for both Westinghouse and Perry. Following a loss to Beaver in Week Zero, two time state runner-up Westinghouse has won two...

The storms keep coming. While delays, postponements and no contests reared their ugly heads again last week, the Trib 10 remained unscathed. Nine of the 10 power-ranked teams from last week were victorious while the only team that did not pick up a “W” was Pine-Richland after their game scheduled...

Twenty three years later, we will always remember the lives that were lost and the many that were affected by 9/11. First and foremost, it’s a day of reflection. In WPIAL sports, meanwhile, the spotlight turns to girls soccer. Current ties for first place in two Class 4A sections will...

It has been a stormy start to the 2024 high school football season, both weather-wise in some parts of the state and in the weekly PIAA rankings. Last week there were six changes in the state Top 5, and this week there were five as the Trib HSSN state rankings...

Tuesday marks another busy day of WPIAL boys soccer section matches on the pitch. From 1997-2015, championships in the highest classification (3A) were dominated by schools located in the South Hills. The combination of Mt. Lebanon, Bethel Park, Upper St. Clair, Peters Township, Canon-McMillan and Chartiers Valley captured 17 WPIAL...

Trib HSSN football team of the week – Jefferson-Morgan Rockets Coach: Shane Ziats (3rd season) Result: Jefferson-Morgan 49, Burgettstown 14 Record: 3-0 #Earned: The Jefferson-Morgan football pot is now starting to boil. Following years of tepid to outright cold water, the Rockets are taking off and leaving their struggling ways...

On this ninth day of the ninth month, it is a busy night of WPIAL girls soccer action to kick off another busy week of high school sports. A year ago, the Mars girls soccer program was the favorite to win a fourth district championship in the last five years....

We not only cross our fingers, but our arms, legs and toes in the hopes Mother Nature will cooperate and we won’t be talking delays, suspended contests or postponements on another busy Friday night on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week...

Welcome to Week 2 of the 2024 WPIAL football regular season and the final tuneup for some district teams before conference play begins next week. Hopefully weather is not a factor on this third Friday of the season, but if some of the outcomes resemble last week, then it’s good...

While conference play kicks off for most teams in the WPIAL next week, head-to-head football battles begin this weekend in the City League. The District 8 opener is Thursday at George Cupples Stadium as Allderdice faces Perry. While Westinghouse has been so close, losing in the PIAA 2A championship game...

A band of storms that hit parts of the district last Friday resurfaced the term “no contest” on the tongues of many in Week 1 of the high school football season. Several games had already started when the storms hit, forcing stoppages and then cancellations, including the much-anticipated battle of...

Class 4A section play begins in WPIAL girls soccer Wednesday. • North Allegheny has captured three of the last five 4A girls soccer titles. The Tigers begin Section 3-4A action by hosting North Hills in a match on Trib HSSN. NA is 1-1 heading into its section opener, which also...

For only the second time ever, most high school football teams across the state completed two weeks before Sept. 1. As we prepare for September football, you can feel the mercury falling back into the comfortable sweet spot with temps dipping back into the 50s overnight. The weather and calendar...

With picnics and holiday summer weekend in the past, it’s time to labor again for the first time in September on the WPIAL pitches and courts. Most of the boys and girls district soccer Tuesday will be nonsection with the exception of four matches. On the boys side, Penn-Trafford (1-1)...

We open up the month of September laboring toward another busy week of fall scholastic sports action here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 2, with over 25 WPIAL and District 6 football games. We also have WPIAL boys and...

Welcome to Week 1 of the 2024 WPIAL football regular season and one of the busiest Fridays in the WPIAL with only two teams, New Brighton and Summit Academy, slated for a Saturday game. This weekend is also a rare occurrence for high school football throughout the state. For only...

Over the last two seasons, the Westinghouse football program has proven to be a dominant force, not only in the City League but also across the state. The Bulldogs are a combined 27-2 in 2022 and 2023, with both losses coming in the PIAA Class 2A championship game against Southern...

Last year, only two teams sat atop the Trib 10 power rankings throughout the season. Central Catholic was No. 1 from Week Zero through Week 6, and then Aliquippa took over the top spot and remained there the rest of the 2023 campaign. It’s a new season, but the Quips...

With the August weather in full meltdown mode this week, things are heating up in select sections in Class 3A, 2A and A in WPIAL girls soccer. One of the matches to watch pits the two top teams from last year in Section 1-3A as Mars hosts Hampton. Last fall,...

It was a good start for the elite high school football teams across the state, but not a great start as the 27 teams from last week’s HSSN preseason state rankings were a combined 18-9 in Week Zero. Despite nine teams losing, it only cost three schools a place in...

One of the top section openers slated for Tuesday in WPIAL boys soccer pits a team that peaked in the regular season against a school that thrived in the postseason. Defending 3A champion South Fayette visits Bethel Park in a intriguing Section 2-3A opener. Last fall, the Black Hawks won...