Don Rebel stories, Page 36

The 2024 WPIAL baseball playoff field is nearly finalized heading into the final few days of the regular season. The top four teams in each section qualify for the playoffs with all tied teams advancing if they split their head-to-head meetings. Coverage of the 2024 WPIAL baseball playoffs can be...

The WPIAL softball playoff field is nearly filled as the regular season winds down to the final two days. Coverage of the 2024 WPIAL softball playoffs on Trib HSSN starts with the brackets being unveiled during the Playoff Pairings Show at 2 p.m. Thursday. The top four teams in each...

The WPIAL boys volleyball regular season is winding down with one week left in the regular season. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district postseason. Here is the latest list of teams that have qualified for the playoffs through Sunday: Class 3A: 8 of at least...

For the second straight year, the battle for a Section 1-5A baseball title is coming down to the final section series of the regular season. The four playoff teams have clinched, but the section crown and playoff order is still up for grabs. On Monday, Franklin Regional visits Penn-Trafford at...

The spring sports regular season in nearing an end as we inch closer to the postseason in the first full week of May on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have plenty of WPIAL baseball and softball streams, along with district girls lacrosse and boys volleyball matches. Trib HSSN...

Trib HSSN baseball player of the week: A.J. Verdi School: Mohawk Class: Senior Positions: Catcher, third base #Earned: It was a big week for the senior catcher, as he helped his Mohawk teammates remained undefeated in Section 1-3A and win their ninth, 10th and 11th consecutive game. In back-to-back victories...

One of the oldest and most prestigious track and field meets in the country celebrates a big anniversary this season. The 2024 Baldwin Track & Field Invitational turns a half-century old Friday. Some of the top athletes from Western Pa. will gather at Baldwin for the annual event starting at...

One game will decide a section championship while another will determine a playoff spot. WPIAL Class 6A baseball concludes Thursday with two postseason-style matchups. The Section 1 crown will be determined when North Allegheny visits Pine-Richland. The two district powers were tied for first place coming into this week’s section...

The first power rankings in May have a different look for district baseball teams while the song remains the same in the softball Trib 10. Several top teams losing one or two games this past week caused a shuffling of the deck in the baseball rankings with Montour and Shaler...

The WPIAL softball playoff field is filling up as the regular season winds down. Coverage of the 2024 WPIAL softball playoffs here on Trib HSSN starts with the brackets being unveiled during the Playoff Pairings Show on Thursday, May 9. The top four teams in each section qualify for the...

It was the game that would not end. Belle Vernon scored a run in the top of the seventh inning Monday night to tie its Section 2-4A baseball showdown game with Latrobe, 3-3. The teams then played four more tense scoreless innings before senior Adam LaCarte scored the go-ahead run...

The changes kept coming from last week in the three highest classifications, while the waters calmed a bit in the lower three classes in the latest Trib HSSN state softball rankings. Four teams dropped out of the state rankings in 6A, 5A and 4A combined, while 3A, 2A and A...

With the change from April to May on the calendars, the changes keep coming in the latest edition of the Trib HSSN state baseball rankings. A total of eight teams dropped out of the top five classifications with only Class A producing the same five teams as a week ago....

The 2024 WPIAL baseball playoff field is taking shape with under a week remaining in the regular season The top four teams in each section qualify for the playoffs with all tied teams advancing IF they split their head-to-head meetings. Coverage of the 2024 WPIAL baseball playoffs can be seen...

Welcome to the final day of April and the final day of section play for all the six-team sections in the WPIAL. If the weather cooperates, there are some great races coming down to the last game in the seven WPIAL baseball sections that conclude section play Tuesday. • In...

Trib HSSN softball player of the week – Mackenzie Reese School: Hampton Class: Senior Position: Catcher, third base, first base #Earned: The senior swung a big stick in four section wins that moved Hampton closer to a section championship after finishing in third place a year ago. In a Monday...

The WPIAL softball playoff field is filling up as the regular season winds down. Coverage of the 2024 WPIAL softball playoffs here on TribHSSN starts with the brackets being unveiled during the Playoff Pairings Show on Thursday, May 9. The top four teams in each section qualify for the postseason....

Coming into the final two days of April, three teams had a shot at the WPIAL baseball Section 3-5A championship. Following Monday’s action, one team has clinched a share of the title while another has a chance to share the section crown. North Hills used two big innings to defeat...

The 2024 WPIAL baseball playoff field is starting to take shape with just over a week remaining in the regular season The top four teams in each section qualify for the playoffs with all tied teams advancing if they split their head-to-head meetings. Coverage of the 2024 WPIAL baseball playoffs...

Trib HSSN baseball team of the week: Valley Vikings Coach: Jim Basilone (eighth season) Records: Valley is 5-3 in Section 3-3A, 10-4 overall #Earned: It was a perfect week for Valley, which swept its second section series of the season with two wins over Eat Allegheny, 4-2 on Monday and...

Trib HSSN flips the calendar from April to May as the spring sports regular season is starting to wind down on the diamonds, courts and stadiums this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have plenty of WPIAL baseball and softball streams, along with district boys lacrosse and...

And then there were two. Two days left in April and there are either two section games remaining or two section series left for WPIAL baseball teams. An A+ goes out to the district schedule makers as eight series begin Monday between the top two teams in a section. Three...