Don Rebel stories, Page 64
Trib 10: Riverside baseball, Hempfield softball top final power rankings
There were a lot of silver linings at the end of the district baseball and softball season. Seven WPIAL teams reached the PIAA finals at Penn State; however, five brought home the silver runner-up trophy. Those teams coming so close to a state championship included Mt. Lebanon baseball, Hempfield softball,...
Trib HSSN Softball State Championship Player of the Week for June 19, 2023
The end came quickly, and it hurt. While a season-ending loss in the PIAA Class A softball championship game may be a lesson and a stepping stone for a young Union team, for the lone senior starter, it was the end of a golden journey capped off with a silver...
Trib HSSN Baseball State Championship Team of the Week for June 18, 2023
In 55 years as head coach of the Riverside baseball program, coach Dan Oliastro has witnessed a lot. One of the things he had never seen a perfect season — until this past week. The Panthers became the first WPIAL baseball team to win a PIAA championship with a perfect...
Royce Parham leaves North Hills to play senior year at Ohio prep school
One of the top high school basketball players in Pennsylvania is leaving the WPIAL and the state for his upcoming senior year. North Hills junior Royce Parham is transferring to Western Reserve Academy, a prep school in Northeast Ohio. The Marquette recruit said the idea of playing his high school...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on June 17, 2023: Mars lacrosse, Shaler volleyball go for gold
The final day of the 2022-2023 high school sports season got a little busier after wet weather led to the postponement of five state baseball and softball games Friday. Check out our front page for previews of the two PIAA championship games involving WPIAL teams: Shaler softball in 5A and...
WPIAL slayer Bellefonte among teams chasing PIAA titles Friday
Five more state champions will be crowned on the diamonds of Penn State University on Saturday. Check out our front page for previews of the two PIAA championship games involving WPIAL teams: Shaler softball in 5A and Mt. Lebanon baseball in 6A. There are three others state title games set...
PIAA Class A softball championship preview: Union vs. Tri Valley
This is the sixth season the PIAA has hosted six state championship softball games. The WPIAL is sending four teams to the state softball championships at Penn State, including Union in Class A. The PIAA Class A final has not been kind to WPIAL teams. Since Class A was formed...
PIAA Class 5A softball championship preview: Shaler vs. Northern York
This is the sixth season the PIAA has hosted six state championship softball games. The WPIAL is sending four teams to the state softball championships at Penn State, including Shaler in Class 5A. This is the fifth straight year that one of the 5A softball participants is from the WPIAL....
PIAA Class 6A baseball championship preview: Mt. Lebanon vs. Father Judge
This is the sixth season the PIAA has hosted six state championship baseball games. The WPIAL is sending three teams to the state baseball championships at Penn State, including Mt. Lebanon in Class 6A. The WPIAL is 1-1 in 6A state baseball title games. Canon-McMillan beat Bensalem, 10-3, to win...
What to watch for in PIAA sports on June 15, 2023: ‘Western’ teams meet for 2A softball, A baseball titles
Twelve state champions will be crowned on the diamonds of Penn State University over the next two days. Check out our front page for previews of the four PIAA championship games Thursday involving WPIAL teams: Hempfield softball in 6A, Montour softball in 4A, Shaler baseball in 5A and Riverside baseball...
PIAA Class 4A softball championship preview: Montour vs. Blue Mountain
This is the sixth season the PIAA has hosted six state championship softball games. The WPIAL is sending four teams to the state softball championships at Penn State, including Montour in Class 4A. Since expansion to six classifications, the WPIAL has had only two teams win PIAA 4A gold: Mt....
PIAA Class 3A baseball championship preview: Riverside vs. Camp Hill
This is the sixth season the PIAA has hosted six state championship baseball games. The WPIAL is sending three teams to the state baseball championships at Penn State, including Riverside in Class 3A. The Panthers are the first WPIAL team to be playing for the PIAA 3A crown since South...
PIAA Class 5A baseball championship preview: Shaler vs. Strath Haven
This is the sixth season the PIAA has hosted six state championship baseball games. The WPIAL is sending three teams to the state baseball championships at Penn State, including Shaler in Class 5A. The WPIAL has won three 5A state baseball title games in five years of 5A baseball. Latrobe...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on June 13, 2023: Shaler, Mt. Lebanon try again to earn state final berths
Mother Nature did a great job cooperating through the district baseball and softball postseason and the first two rounds of the state playoffs. That changed on a wet Monday as several statewide baseball and softball games were postponed. They now join PIAA boys volleyball and boys and girls lacrosse semifinals...
Union softball team rallies again to make PIAA finals
The Union softball team is working very hard at earning the nickname the Cardiac Kids. For the fourth game in a row, the Scotties fell behind, then rallied not once but twice in the PIAA Class A semifinals to beat District 6 champion Claysburg-Kimmel, 10-8, in a wild battle of...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week for June 11, 2023
The Shaler softball team has been spending most of this spring savoring perfection. The Titans’ only loss didn’t come until the WPIAL semifinals against Trinity. Did six-year coach Tom Source see this kind of success coming? “We do a fall program, and we knew we had some good kids coming...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week for June 11, 2023
Following a second straight WPIAL Class A softball championship win the previous week, Union did not start the PIAA playoffs as planned. Two walks, a triple, a passed ball and a wild pitch helped Berlin-Brothersvalley jump out to a quick 3-0 lead after a half-inning. “I feel like in the...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week for June 11, 2023
The new poster boys of ‘Just make it to the playoffs and anything can happen’ are the 2023 Mt. Lebanon and Hopewell baseball teams. The Blue Devils overcame an 0-8 start to win a second straight WPIAL 6A crown and are still alive heading into the PIAA semifinals. The Vikings...
Trib HSSN broadcasts for the week of June 12, 2023
The curtain is about to drop on the 2022-2023 high school sports year, but before it does, our coverage of the state baseball and softball playoffs continue this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Before the spring sports season concludes, Trib HSSN continues our coverage of the PIAA...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on June 12, 2023: Battles of unbeatens for Neshannock softball headlines state semifinals
Halfway through the 2023 PIAA diamond playoffs, only two champions from last spring are alive heading into Semifinals Monday: DuBois Central Catholic baseball and Neshannock softball. Neshannock (22-0) will be involved in the marquee matchup Monday, a battle of undefeated teams, when the WPIAL champion Lancers square off with District...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week for June 11, 2023
Shaler senior Miguel Hugas was hesitant when he learned he was moving to the United States to go to high school at Shaler. However, he has no regrets now. Nor do his Titans teammates. “At the beginning, I didn’t want to come here. I wanted to play in Venezuela,” Hugas...
Trib HSSN State Softball Rankings for June 10, 2023
As we prepare for the PIAA semifinals Monday, it looks like when it comes to state softball, the southwest may be best. Of the 24 remaining teams, seven are from the WPIAL. Other western districts include District 6 with three teams and Districts 5, 9 and 10 with one team...
Trib HSSN State Baseball Rankings for June 10, 2023
Some classes underwent major changes while others are virtually the same in the latest Trib HSSN baseball rankings as we hit the midway point of the PIAA postseason. Class 4A and 2A saw three district champions ousted from the rankings while only one change was made in 5A and A....
4 WPIAL teams set for PIAA baseball semifinals
In the first five years of the six-classification format, the WPIAL has averaged just over three teams per year participating in the PIAA baseball finals. For the district to keep pace with that average, teams will have to be above average in the state semifinals Monday. The WPIAL is down...
7 WPIAL softball teams advance to PIAA semifinals
WPIAL teams are guaranteed to be represented at the PIAA softball championships next week at Penn State in both Class 5A and 4A. Two District 7 teams go head-to-head in the state semifinals Monday in those two classifications. The WPIAL has one team left in Class 6A, 2A and A....
