Don Rebel stories, Page 42

The short but sweet PIHL Penguins Cup quarterfinals hit the second and final day with four more high school hockey playoff games. Last year, Peters Township captured a second straight Penguins Cup 3A championship, the first repeat in the league’s highest classification in over two decades. Now the Indians are...

Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week: Upper St. Clair Panthers Coach: Danny Holzer (29th season) Record: 8-2 in Section 2-6A, 20-5 overall #Earned: A hard-fought quarterfinal victory over Butler by seven points sent Upper St. Clair back to the semifinals last Tuesday to face the team that ousted...

Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week: Josh Pratt School: Aliquippa Class: Sophomore Height: 6-foot-1 Position: Guard #Earned: Pratt has led Aliquippa in scoring in each of their four WPIAL playoff victories. In the first round, he and senior Cameron Lindsey and junior Tikey Hayes each scored 11 points...

With temps climbing into the 70’s the next few days, it’s a perfect time to think…ice hockey and the quarterfinals of the PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs. The league has scheduled 16 quarterfinal playoff games into two days with 12 of them taking place Monday. There will be a lot of...

Here are the final 2023-24 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through the end of the regular season, along with all the PIHL playoff qualifiers. The PIHL Penguins Cup quarterfinals are set for Monday and Tuesday. Don’t miss live and archived video of PIHL playoff action at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. *- indicates clinched...

The February Frenzy shifts to the Madness of March as we put the Path to the Pete basketball postseason in the rear view mirror and prepare for the Penguins Cup hockey postseason to kick into full swing and the start of the Road to Hershey this weekend. The playoff basketball...

The brackets are set for the 2024 PIAA girls basketball state playoffs with first-round games scheduled for Friday and Saturday. There are 37 girls teams from the WPIAL ready to battle on the Road to Hershey. Since the expansion to six classifications seven years ago, six District 7 girls basketball...

The PIAA has released the brackets for the 2024 boys basketball state playoffs with first-round games scheduled for Friday and Saturday. There are 36 boys teams from the WPIAL ready to battle on the Road to Hershey. Since the expansion to six classifications seven years ago, eight District 7 teams...

With the Path to the Pete now history, the focus turns to the Road to Hershey and the start of the 2024 PIAA basketball postseason. The state playoffs begin with first round action on Friday, March 8 and Saturday, March 9. Here is a final list of the WPIAL teams...

The top boys basketball teams across the state continue to shine in the district playoffs with only a few changes in the latest Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings. As most of the district postseasons move into the semifinals and championship round this week, the top teams have avoided bracket...

There were four teams that dropped, including three significant changes to the weekly Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings, as the district playoffs enter their final week. District 6 power Bishop McCort was upset in the D-6 quarterfinals and dropped out from the No. 2 spot, replaced by Marian Catholic...

After three rounds of the WPIAL basketball playoffs, there were major changes as expected in the weekly Trib 10 power rankings. The biggest changes were on the girls side, which had been pretty steady through the last month of the regular season. Four girls teams dropped out of the power...

We leap into championship weekend in the WPIAL basketball playoffs with the first three titles games in boys Class 4A and A and girls Class 2A at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center with audio coverage here on Trib HSSN. However, there is still work to be done to finalize the last...

With the WPIAL championships coming up over the next three days, the focus will soon turn to the Road to Hershey and the start of the 2024 PIAA girls basketball postseason. The state playoffs begin with first round action on Friday, March 8 and Saturday, March 9. Here is an...

With the Path to the Pete concluding over the next three days, the focus will soon turn to the Road to Hershey and the start of the 2024 PIAA boys basketball postseason. The state playoffs begin with first-round action Friday, March 8 and Saturday, March 9. Here is an update...

Wednesday is a day of rest for all the semifinals survivors as they prepare to play for district gold at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center on Thursday through Saturday. However, there is still a lot of district basketball coming up with 11 WPIAL consolation matchups Wednesday. One playoff berth is up...

Last week, Baldwin defeated North Allegheny in a boys Class 6A quarterfinal to end an eight-game postseason losing streak by winning their first playoff game in 21 years. It only took the Highlanders four days to win another one. Another Baldwin bucket list item was taken care of Tuesday when...

Welcome to the final night of the 2024 WPIAL basketball semifinals with final four games in boys Class 6A and 2A, along with girls 5A and 4A. Three of the final four teams in boys Class 6A have won recent district championships. Top-seeded Mt. Lebanon won it all five year...

Monday is Day 2 of Round 3 of the 2024 WPIAL basketball playoffs with semifinal games in boys 5A and 3A, along with girls 6A and A. Something has to give in the boys 5A semifinals cat fight between No. 1 Moon and No. 4 Thomas Jefferson in a battle...

With the WPIAL championships coming up later this week, the focus will soon turn to the Road to Hershey and the start of the 2024 PIAA girls basketball postseason. The state playoffs begin with first round action March 8-9. Here is an update on the WPIAL teams that have qualified...

With the Path to the Pete concluding later this week, the focus will soon turn to the Road to Hershey and the start of the 2024 PIAA boys basketball postseason. The state playoffs begin with first round action March 8-9. Here is an update on the WPIAL teams that have...