Don Rebel stories, Page 50

While the 2023-2024 high school basketball season began last Friday with various tipoff tournaments, things have settled into nonsection contests throughout the week. However, two local and two statewide boys basketball tournaments begin Friday. Central Catholic will host the two-day Jack Twyman Tournament that features two defending champions and a...

The final PIAA championship game of the weekend is the second title game that features a multiple-time state winner from the Pittsburgh area against a PIAA power from the Philadelphia as WPIAL champion North Allegheny battles defending champion and District 12 winner St. Joseph’s Prep. This is the 35th year...

The fifth of six PIAA championship games features a defending champion from the west against a first-time finalist from the east as WPIAL champion Belle Vernon tries to repeat when it battles District 11 winner Northwestern Lehigh. This is the 35th year of the PIAA football playoffs, which began in...

Two of the top girls basketball programs in recent years collide in a nonsection battle when Freedom visits Neshannock on Thursday. The host Lancers won WPIAL Class 2A gold in 2021 and again in 2022 and shared the Section 1-3A title with Laurel last season. The Bulldogs were the WPIAL...

The fourth of six PIAA championship games features the first of two battles for state gold this weekend between schools from the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh area as District 12 champion Imhotep Charter battles WPIAL champion Peters Township in another clash of unbeatens. This is the 35th year of the PIAA...

The third of six PIAA championship games features the only rematch from last season as District 4 champion Southern Columbia tries to win a seventh straight state title when it battles City League champion Westinghouse for the second year in a row. This is the 35th year of the PIAA...

For the second time in PIAA football championship history, the WPIAL is sending five teams to the state finals. In 2021, four WPIAL teams won state gold: Mt. Lebanon in 6A, Penn-Trafford in 5A, Aliquippa in 4A and Central Valley in 3A captured PIAA crowns while Serra Catholic was the...

The Canon-McMillan wrestling team captured a WPIAL team championship in 1983. The Big Macs celebrated the 40th anniversary of that title by winning the 2023 Class 3A district crown last season. The Burgettstown wrestling program won its first WPIAL 2A championship in 1974. Nearly 50 years later, they struck gold...

The second of six PIAA championship games features several standout juniors as District 2 champion Dallas, fresh off a double overtime victory over defending champion Bishop McDevitt, battles WPIAL champion Aliquippa, which is in the state title game for a third straight year. This is the 35th year of the...

The first of six PIAA championship games features two brilliant quarterbacks as District 3 and defending PIAA champion Steelton-Highspire takes on WPIAL champion Fort Cherry. This is the 35th year of the PIAA football playoffs, which began in 1988. Since then, the state championship games have been played at one...

The final weekend of the 2023 high school football season is upon us as the six PIAA championship games are set for Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg. Seven of the 12 teams playing for state gold this week also were in the title game a year ago. St. Joseph’s...

Some believe Lincoln Park might be the best boys basketball team in the WPIAL. So if the Leopards are first, then it would only be appropriate that the defending WPIAL and PIAA Class 4A champs are the first to open up section play this season. On Tuesday, Lincoln Park and...

The first full week of high school basketball kicks into full gear with plenty of nonsection roundball in the early part of the week. One matchup to watch in boys basketball Monday is Class 4A power Uniontown opening its season at home against 3A power Washington (0-2). Last season, Uniontown...

The March to Mechanicsburg is complete as five WPIAL and one City League team will be part of the six-pack heading to Cumberland Valley High School and the PIAA football finals this week. This will be the second time District 7 sends as many as five teams to the football...

When not running through or around opposing players on the football field, Aliquippa senior running back John Tracy runs his own business. After being introduced by his cousin, Tracy breeds and trains American Bullies dogs. He should be good at it since he is used to running with the big...

We get the ball rolling on scholastic sports in December by wrapping up the high school football season and continuing with the start of the winter scholastic sports campaign this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Six local high school football teams are headed to the PIAA championships,...

Here are the latest 2023-24 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. Don’t miss live and archived PIHL action every week at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points North Allegheny, 6-2-0 = 12 Pine-Richland, 6-2-0 = 12 Seneca Valley, 6-2-0 = 12...

On opening night of the new WPIAL basketball season at the Novum Upper St. Clair tip-off tournament, a couple of roundball truths were re-enforced. Size matters and defense wins. Host Upper St. Clair broke open a tied game at the half by outscoring Ambridge by 32 points in the second...

The Saints came marching into last season with high hopes and ended the campaign with a golden sweep of WPIAL and PIAA championships. However, the offseason saw plenty of changes for an Imani Christian team that started all underclassmen and looked like it would be a lock for several years...

Final Four weekend is set in all six classifications in the PIAA football playoff — the final stop on the March to Mechanicsburg. For four WPIAL champions, Friday is the first step in the state playoffs as Aliquippa in 4A, Belle Vernon in 3A, Beaver Falls in 2A and Fort...

The WPIAL championships are all over and six teams have hoisted District 7 gold, quickly celebrated and now have their attention on the PIAA postseason and the golden broom as they attempt to sweep district and state crowns. A year ago, Pine-Richland in 5A and Belle Vernon in 3A were...

Aliquippa winning a WPIAL championship is not breaking news anymore, although the Quips’ golden run in Class 2A last season was the school’s first district title in seven years. What raised some eyebrows was the team that finished with silver, as Northgate enjoyed a breakout season and reached the WPIAL...

There are 24 high school football teams still alive, heading into this weekend needing two more victories to win one of six PIAA championships. Considering there were a lot of head-to-head matchups in the quarterfinals last week, there was not a ton of movement in the latest Trib HSSN PIAA...

The four-year reign of district and state dominance ended last season for Our Lady of the Sacred Heart as the 2022-2023 season became the Year of the Deer in Class 3A. OLSH moved up to 3A last season after winning four straight WPIAL Class 2A championships. However, the Chargers’ run...