Don Rebel stories, Page 69

After not even playing in the district championship games this winter, three WPIAL girls basketball teams can punch their ticket to the state finals with a win Monday. In Class 6A, three District 7 teams reached the PIAA quarterfinals, however WPIAL champion North Allegheny was ousted in its fourth meeting...

While Rodney Gallagher and the Laurel Highlands boys basketball team has brought the basketball spotlight back to Fayette County with two WPIAL championships in the last four years, they had to share center stage in the county and in Class 4A with Uniontown this season. The Red Raiders are 23-5...

Bryce Robson used to spend a lot of his time in the summer on the baseball field. He has backed off that sport after discovering how much he enjoyed putting the ball in the cup, as he has fallen in love with golf. Fortunately for Deer Lakes fans, he still...

A year ago, the PIHL Penguins Cup was raised by Peters Township in 3A, Thomas Jefferson in 2A and Norwin in A, and Neshannock won the Division II championship. This season, Peters Township hopes to repeat while three new champions will be crowned Monday and Tuesday at the UPMC Lemieux...

A busy week wraps up the winter sports season with hockey and state basketball gold to be captured, plus a little dash of spring sports this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues our coverage of the Penguins Cup high school hockey playoffs with video streams...

The PIAA basketball semifinals conclude Tuesday featuring games for Class 6A, 3A and 2A boys, along with 5A, 4A and A girls. Here are the sites and times for the state semifinals Tuesday on The Road to Hershey. Boys 6A Spring-Ford (28-3) vs. Reading (30-1) at Coatesville on Tuesday, at...

The PIAA basketball playoffs hit the final four with semifinals games Monday featuring Class 5A, 4A and A boys along with 6A, 3A and 2A girls fourth-round games. Here are the sites and times for the state semifinals Monday on The Road to Hershey. Boys 5A Erie Cathedral Prep (24-3)...

It’s a realignment year in WPIAL baseball and once again, the higher classifications have taken a hit. While Class 6A is down one team from the last two-year cycle, Class 5A is down one whole section after shrinking from 25 teams to 19 teams for the 2023 and 2024 seasons....

Two state boys basketball powers will collide for the first time in the PIAA postseason Saturday afternoon when New Castle takes on District 3 champion Reading. The Red Hurricane are looking for their 50th all-time state playoff victory (49-24) when they meet the Red Knights at Altoona at 2 p.m....

It’s a realignment year in WPIAL baseball and, once again, the higher classifications have taken a hit. While Class 6A is down one team from the last two-year cycle, Class 5A is down one whole section after shrinking from 25 teams to 19 teams for the 2023 and 2024 seasons....

Cathedral Prep once owned the WPIAL and City League in the PIAA boys basketball playoffs. In a four-year span from 2012-15, the Ramblers were a combined 8-1 against Districts 7 and 8 teams with the only loss coming in the 2013 Class 4A quarterfinals to New Castle, 80-70. However, Cathedral...

Like sand through an hourglass, so go some of the top teams in the state to a season-ending loss on the Road to Hershey. Eleven teams that were ranked in the pre-state playoff Trib HSSN state girls basketball rankings lost in the first two rounds and are instant spectators to...

The PIAA boys basketball playoffs are two rounds old now and the dominoes are starting to fall for teams the Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings. Nine teams total saw their seasons and their ranking status come to an end with a loss in the first or second round. For...

It’s a realignment year in WPIAL baseball and once again, the higher classifications have taken a hit. While Class 6A is down one team from the last two-year cycle, Class 5A is down one whole section after shrinking from 25 teams to 19 teams for the 2023 and 2024 seasons....

Neshannock won the 2022 PIHL Division 2 championship by edging Bishop Canevin in the finals, 2-1. The Lancers were eliminated from this year’s postseason in the quarterfinals by Connellsville, 8-1. So it will be two degrees of Neshannock on Thursday when Bishop Canevin (18-1) faces Connellsville (13-5-1) in a D-2...

The first two rounds of the PIAA basketball playoffs have forced a couple of changes in both the boys and girls power rankings. Central Catholic and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart boys, along with Avonworth and Laurel girls, saw their seasons end and hopes of state gold go with...

The PIAA basketball playoffs hits the midway point with the quarterfinals on Friday featuring Class 5A, 4A and A boys along with 6A, 3A and 2A girls third-round games. Here are the sites and times for the state quarterfinals on Friday on The Road to Hershey. Boys 5A Penn Hills...

It’s a realignment year in WPIAL baseball and once again, the higher classifications have taken a hit. While Class 6A is down one team from the last two-year cycle, Class 5A is down one whole section after shrinking from 25 teams to 19 teams for the 2023 and 2024 seasons....

The Road to Hershey continues Wednesday with more PIAA second-round basketball action. Class 6A district champions collide at Central Cambria as WPIAL winner Central Catholic (17-9) goes up against District 6 champ State College (24-2) at 6 p.m. The Little Lions have won 10 consecutive games since losing to District...

It’s a realignment year in WPIAL baseball and, once again, the higher classifications have taken a hit. While Class 6A is down one team from the last two-year cycle, Class 5A is down one whole section after shrinking from 25 teams to 19 teams for the 2023 and 2024 seasons....

The second round on the Road to Hershey tips off Tuesday. The first round of the PIAA basketball postseason was a clean sweep for the four Class 6A girls basketball teams from the WPIAL. North Allegheny, Upper St. Clair, Norwin and Mt. Lebanon were all victorious by an average margin...

Northgate senior Stephen Goetz stayed home from school Monday with a little stomach virus. Ironic, because he made McConnellsburg feel queasy in the first round of the PIAA boys basketball Class 2A playoffs. Goetz had a monster performance Saturday in leading the Flames past the Spartans. “We told him to...

Standing at 5-foot-4, senior Knoch girls basketball player Nina Shaw may be easy to overlook off the basketball court. But on the hardwood, Shaw has a giant presence and has been a big part of the Knights success the last couple of years. “Her confidence level is very high right...

It’s a realignment year in WPIAL baseball and, once again, the higher classifications have taken a hit. While Class 6A is down one team from the last two-year cycle, Class 5A is down one whole section after shrinking from 25 teams to 19 teams for the 2023 and 2024 seasons....

A year ago, the PIHL Penguins Cup was raised by Peters Township in 3A, Thomas Jefferson in 2A, Norwin in A and Neshannock won the Division II championship. Three of those four are still alive as the league heads into its weeklong Frozen Four. The PIHL will have four days...