Don Rebel stories, Page 74

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 on Monday, Feb. 13 with the Playoff Pairings Show at 3 p.m. as we...

The first Fray-day in February is littered with plenty of key WPIAL boys basketball games. One of them is a battle between the two top-ranked teams in Class 6A with first place in Section 1 at stake as New Castle (16-2) visits Central Catholic (11-7) on Chuck Crummie Court. The...

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 on Monday, Feb. 13 with the Playoff Pairings Show at 3 p.m. as we unveil the brackets to the...

Whether or not the groundhog sees its shadow Thursday, an early spring or a longer winter will not affect the five-team chase in the crowded top of Section 2-5A in WPIAL girls basketball. The top five teams are separated by only two games with either two or three section games...

There were a few changes up and down the weekly Trib 10, but the top two teams remain the same. A pair of Class 4A teams remain No. 1 and No. 2 in the boys power rankings. Hampton and Lincoln Park are a combined 33-3 overall. Two new boys teams...

The February frenzy in high school sports begins with a busy night of postseason action on the district mats. The WPIAL team wrestling playoffs kick into full gear with first-round and quarterfinal bouts Wednesday. Last year, the second-longest team championship run in WPIAL history ended when Burrell lost to Quaker...

With time running down on the 2023 regular season, there were a few changes, including a new top-ranked team, in the weekly Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings. Norwin in Class 6A, Scranton Prep in 4A and Greenville in 3A all lost their spot in the Top 5, replaced by...

With only a few weeks left in the regular season before district playoffs begin in mid-February, the elite teams are digging in, proven by the little movement in the latest Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings. After a week of big changes, the state Top 5 remains largely intact with...

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

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

We could be closing out the month of January with a little history Tuesday. It might turn out to be a record-setting day in the neighborhood when Aquinas Academy (3-2, 14-2) visits Neighborhood Academy (3-3, 12-4) in a Section 3-A boys basketball tilt. All eyes will be on Crusaders senior...

The Hampton boys basketball team has found a groove. The Talbots are a well-oiled machine that after two more wins last week, sits atop their section thanks to a nine-game winning streak. However, that machine will not be running at full strength come playoff time. The Talbots’ leading scorer, junior...

In two weeks, couples will celebrate the mid-February tradition of Valentine’s Day. For the Steel Valley boys basketball program, they are fortunate every day is Valentine’s day. Who needs candy or flowers when talented senior Makhai Valentine is raining points down on Ironmen opponents? Valentine dropped 39 points in a...

The 2022-23 WPIAL girls basketball regular season is winding down and the playoff field is starting to grow. 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 to the...

The 2022-23 WPIAL boys basketball playoff field is starting to take shape with two weeks 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 brackets...

It was just another week at the office for one of the top 10th graders in WPIAL girls basketball. Clairton super sophomore Iyanna Wade scored 109 points in three victories for the Bears, to raise her average to 34 points per game, tops in the WPIAL. Wade is doing her...

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: (3 of 8 teams have clinched playoff spots) Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss...

Since coming to North Allegheny prior to the 2017 season as the girls basketball coach, Spencer Stefko and his Tigers have won…a lot. In his seven years in black and gold, NA has won four WPIAL championships, one PIAA title and has been district runner-up twice. The North Allegheny girls...

We say so long to January and hello to both February and the “Stretch Run” of the 2022-23 high school basketball season this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has a week full of WPIAL and District 6 boys and girls high school basketball to go...

There are two weeks left in the WPIAL girls basketball regular season, and the “Stretch Run” begins with a bang on Monday night. There are six games involving the top two teams in their section fighting for at least a share of the section lead. Section 2-5A goes one better...

Some of the top district boys and girls basketball teams will be in action this weekend at Montour as part of the Pittsburgh Basketball Club Hall of Fame Classic. There are 13 boys games with eight on Saturday and five on Sunday. Here is the Saturday schedule: • Brashear vs....

The Section 2-6A battle between first-place Mt. Lebanon and third-place Baldwin had all the making of overtime on Friday. Through three quarters, the game was tied as the visiting Blue Devils’ score by quarters was 10, 10, 16 while the Highlanders’ scoring line read 16, 10, 10. In the fourth...

When the first half of WPIAL boys basketball section play ended last week, there was a three-way tie for the top spot in Section 1-5A. Two of those three teams go head to head to highlight a busy Fray-day of district boys section hoops. The first game between Peters Township...

The WPIAL team wrestling regular season is complete with teams having finished their section schedule on Wednesday. The top three teams from each section qualified for the 2023 WPIAL team wrestling playoffs, which start Monday. The brackets will be released Thursday. Here are the teams that clinched a playoff berth....

They have been the most successful girls basketball programs in the highest classification over the last eight years. On Thursday, they meet for the second time this season in a clash for the top spot in Section 1-6A as Norwin (14-2) visits North Allegheny (10-4). The Knights won the last...