Don Rebel stories, Page 5

Trib HSSN softball player of the week – Marissa Snyder School – Hampton Class – Sophomore Position – Pitcher #Earned – What a difference a year makes. As a fabulous freshman last season, Marissa Snyder helped Hampton reach the 2024 WPIAL 4A championship game. However she struggled against Elizabeth Forward...

Trib HSSN baseball player of the week: Zach Hare School: Riverside Class: Senior Position: Pitcher, first base #Earned: Many high school coaches want their players and teams to improve as the season goes on, hopefully playing their best ball in the postseason. The success curve has been pretty high for...

Not only is the sixth month of the year underway, but one of the final athletic events on the school calendar begins Monday with the first pitch of the PIAA baseball and softball championships. The Seneca Valley baseball team just captured the program’s fifth WPIAL championship. Now it begins its...

With the WPIAL spring sports postseason in the rear view mirror, the only thing left is two weeks of the PIAA playoffs in those recently concluded sports as we kick off June here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have video and audio coverage from several PIAA state...

Some teams thrive on the pressures of a big game; those are the ones that usually are lined up on the basepath with gold hanging from their necks. Then there are those who come up short, and either settle for silver or worse and see their season end short of...

The month of May and the district baseball playoffs finished with the winds of change affecting all but one classification when it comes to the weekly Trib HSSN state rankings. Eight teams came up empty in their quest for district gold and at the same time, could not hold on...

Up until this decade, the PIAA lacrosse playoffs had been a vast wasteland for WPIAL boys and girls lacrosse teams. Now while the girls lacrosse teams from District 7 have not yet cracked the code of playing for a state championship, the Mars boys program has given hope to every...

The 2025 PIAA softball playoffs are set after the unveiling of the brackets Friday. There are 18 WPIAL teams participating in the six tournaments with as many as four district teams in the Class 2A and 5A playoffs and only one representative in Class 6A. There were two PIAA champions...

Let’s all tip our caps to the 12 teams that flexed their muscles and accomplished the golden goal of winning a WPIAL championship. It has become old hat, but kudos to the Neshannock softball team has it captured a fourth consecutive district crown. Halfway to that mark is Mohawk, which...

WPIAL champions North Allegheny in Class 3A and Shaler in 2A lead six district teams into the 2025 PIAA boys volleyball playoffs. Thanks to those two elite programs, District 7 has captured a state championship in all but one of the last six seasons. Shaler won 3A gold last season...

The brackets are set for the 2025 PIAA baseball playoffs. Nineteen WPIAL teams will be participating in the six tournaments with as many as four district teams in the Class A, 3A and 5A playoffs and only one in Class 6A. There were no PIAA champions from District 7 last...

The soggy 2025 WPIAL diamond sports playoffs are in the books with six new baseball champions, four new softball champions, one softball repeat (Mohawk) and one softball four-peat (Neshannock). Now for 19 district baseball teams and 18 WPIAL softball schools, the battle for a state championship begins Monday. Here is...

The year may have changed but the result remained the same in the only rematch of the WPIAL diamond championships this spring. Defending champion Mohawk hammered out 15 hits and defeated top-seeded South Park in the WPIAL Class 3A softball title game Thursday at Lilley Field at PennWest-California, 6-1. “We’ve...

Gold is at stake for 12 district baseball and a dozen district softball teams this week. The 2025 WPIAL baseball finals are slated for EQT Park with Class 6A, 4A, and 5A on Tuesday and Class A, 2A and 3A on Wednesday in that order. This year’s District 7 softball...

The 2025 WPIAL spring sports postseason concludes with diamond championships for a memorable post-Memorial Day this upcoming week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN will have audio coverage of all six WPIAL baseball title games from EQT Park in Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday, along with all...

While there is a chill in the air this holiday weekend, most of the Top 5 teams from the weekly Trib HSSN state softball rankings from a week ago enjoyed district playoff success in search of local gold. Only four teams lost their mojo and their spot in the Top...

The district baseball playoffs are down to the final week with semifinals and championship games coming during or after the Memorial Day holiday weekend. With a week of quarterfinals and semifinals in the books, there were plenty of changes in each class with the exception of Class 5A, which stood...

All of us at Trib HSSN wish a Happy Memorial Day weekend with safe travels for all. This is a time to remember those who have defended our country, it’s a time for fun and food with family and friends, and for district diamond lovers, it’s a time to prep...

Gold will be handed out to the winners of the 2025 WPIAL boys volleyball championship matches Saturday afternoon at Peters Township. One of them could be district title No. 23 for No. 1 North Allegheny (14-1) as the Tigers battle section rival No. 2 Seneca Valley (14-3) in the Class...

Trib HSSN baseball team of the week – Indiana Little Indians Coach: Dan Petroff (second season) Record: Indiana finished as Section 3-4A champion with a record of 10-0, four games in front of both Knoch and Greensburg Salem. The Little Indians have an overall record of 21-1 with eight straight...