Don Rebel stories, Page 73

The week begins with a bang with the WPIAL spotlight shining bright on basketball bracketology. The district will release the brackets for the upcoming WPIAL boys and girls basketball playoffs. Whether your favorite school is in a classification with first-round byes or preliminary-round contests prior to the opening round, you...

Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings and postseason clinchings through Sunday: *- indicates clinched a playoff spot x- indicates eliminated from playoff chase #- indicates ineligible for Penguins Cup playoffs Class 3A: (7 of 8 teams have clinched playoff spots) Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout...

Hear ye, hear ye! The high school basketball postseason is upon us starting with the unveiling of the brackets this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN begins our exclusive coverage of the District 7 hoops postseason with the unveiling of the brackets on the WPIAL...

The Path to the Pete will be revealed Monday when the WPIAL basketball playoff pairings are announced at 3 p.m. on TribLive HSSN. While we wait to see what the WPIAL basketball committee decides, here’s a look at how HSSN’s Don Rebel would seed the girls basketball brackets. Check out...

The 2023 WPIAL boys basketball playoff field is set. Trib HSSN will once again have exclusive coverage of the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs starting on Monday with the Playoff Pairings Show at 3 p.m. as we unveil the brackets to the masses. Here is the final list of teams that...

Section play for WPIAL boys basketball teams concludes Friday. There are playoff spots up for grabs with as many as 15 postseason tickets that could be punched and four section championships to be decided in head-to-head contests. Three of the four are matchups between teams that have clinched at least...

The 2023 WPIAL girls basketball playoff field is set. Trib HSSN will once again have exclusive coverage of the WPIAL girls basketball playoffs starting Monday with the Playoff Pairings Show at 3 p.m. as we unveil the brackets to the masses. Here is the final list of teams that have...

Section play for most WPIAL girls basketball teams concludes Thursday with a few playoff spots up for grabs and a couple of section championships to be decided. There are two win-and-you’re-in games slated for Thursday. In Section 3-3A, Burrell (3-6, 9-12) hosts Deer Lakes (3-6, 5-16) with the winner finishing...

The district boys and girls basketball elite are finishing strong as we head toward the “Path to the Pete.” There were two changes in the boys weekly Trib 10, with Indians from both Penn Hills and Peters Township debuting while North Hills and South Allegheny were bumped. There were zero...

There were not a lot of changes in the weekly Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings, but that doesn’t mean it was smooth sailing into the start of February. The top two teams in Class 4A tasted defeat this past week, but losing to 6A Cardinal O’Hara and 5A Cathedral...

The first few days of February turned out to be a struggle for state-ranked teams. Some only dropped a few spots while others fell out of the Pennsylvania elite 30. In all, nine teams ranked in last week’s Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings lost with five of those losing...

The 2023 WPIAL boys basketball playoff field is nearly set with only a few days left in the regular season. Trib HSSN will once again have exclusive coverage of the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs starting on Monday with the Playoff Pairings Show at 3 p.m. as we unveil the brackets...

New Castle is 7-1 and in first place in WPIAL boys basketball Section 1-6A with one week left. Its opponent on Tuesday, Pine-Richland, is 1-7 and in the section basement. The other four section teams are fit to be tied. Seeding and a playoff berths are up for grabs in...

When New Castle star senior Isaiah Boice went down with a fracture in his foot in early January, there were some who thought the top-ranked WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball team was in big trouble. “This is the first major injury I’ve dealt with in 13 years as a coach,”...

Vinnie Cugini stands 6-foot-2, but he is now a giant in WPIAL basketball lore. The Aquinas Academy senior guard broke the all-time district scoring record last week against Neighborhood Academy when he registered 33 points. The Pitt-Johnstown recruit broke the 30-year scoring record set by Tom Pipkins of Valley in...

The 2023 WPIAL girls basketball regular season is winding down and the playoff field is nearly set. Trib HSSN will once again have exclusive coverage of the WPIAL girls basketball playoffs starting Monday, Feb. 13 with the Playoff Pairings Show at 3 p.m. as we unveil the brackets to the...

After grinding it out through December and January, every high school basketball coach wants their team to be peaking in early February so they can have success in late February and early March. For veteran coach Jim Callipare, now in his second year with the Armstrong girls, his team’s actions...

The 2023 WPIAL girls basketball regular season is winding down and the playoff field is growing. Trib HSSN will once again have exclusive coverage of the WPIAL girls basketball playoffs starting Feb. 13 with the Playoff Pairings Show at 3 p.m. as we unveil the brackets. Here is the updated...

The 2023 WPIAL boys basketball playoff field is starting to take shape with only one week left in the regular season. Trib HSSN will once again have exclusive coverage of the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs starting Feb. 13 with the Playoff Pairings Show at 3 p.m. as we unveil the...

Neshannock senior Mairan Haggerty has become a versatile and valuable player for the Lancers. At 6-foot-1, she is the tallest player on the roster, so, many times, he will be tussling with opponents for position on the blocks. But she also can handle the ball and score from the perimeter...

As the final week of the WPIAL girls basketball regular season begins, there are key games to determine section titles and playoff berths up and down the six classifications. The section where the spotlight shines the brightest Monday is Section 2-4A. There, not only is first place up for grabs,...

The final week of the 2023 high school basketball season is upon us with plenty of key games on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has another week full of big WPIAL, District 6 and District 9 boys and girls games. We are also your home for several...

Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings and postseason clinchings through Sunday: *- indicates clinched a playoff spot x- indicates eliminated from playoff chase #- indicates ineligible for Penguins Cup Playoffs Class 3A: (7 of 8 teams have clinched playoff spots) Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout...

They made history last year when they met in the WPIAL team wrestling 2A finals. Now they will collide again, a round earlier in the district semifinals. No. 2-seeded and defending champion Quaker Valley will battle longtime master of the mat, No. 3-seeded Burrell, on Saturday afternoon. The Quakers are...

At halftime, West Mifflin held a half-court shot contest for fans in which the winner would receive half of the pot. South Allegheny senior Bryce Epps beat them to the punch. The most prolific scorer in Gladiators program history hit a half-court shot at the buzzer at the end of...