Don Rebel stories, Page 74
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 11, 2023: Heavyweights collide when New Castle meets Erie
Opening weekend on the Road to Hershey continues Saturday. Last year, New Castle lost in the WPIAL finals to Laurel Highlands and then ripped off four wins in the state playoffs to reach the PIAA Class 5A championship game, where the Red Hurricane lost to Imhotep Charter. The last time...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 10, 2023: Lincoln Park, other WPIAL champs set for PIAA openers
Welcome to the ribbon-cutting ceremony on the Road to Hershey. The 2023 PIAA boys and girls basketball playoffs tip off Friday with first-round games for 5A boys, 4A boys, A boys, 6A girls, 3A girls and 2A girls. One big change in the PIAA brackets these next two years is...
PIAA playoff factoids: WPIAL basketball teams embark on Road to Hershey
The 2023 PIAA boys and girls basketball playoffs tip off with first-round games Friday and Saturday. Since the PIAA expanded to six classifications for the 2017 season, there have been five completed postseasons in the books. The 2020 state playoffs were stopped in the quarterfinals and never finished due to...
What to watch for in Western Pa. high school sports on March 9, 2023: PIHL seeds look to avoid upset bug
The third and final day of the high school hockey quarterfinals is Thursday with Class A and Division 2 playoffs taking center stage. This has already been a tough postseason for some of the higher seeds in the Penguins Cup playoffs. In Class A, two higher seeds lost earlier in...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for March 8, 2023
Two classes were unchanged and a total of six new teams replaced schools that fell in their district title game as we prepare to cut the ribbon on the Road to Hershey. While Class 5A and A remain the same, Upper St. Clair (6A), Delone Catholic and Blackhawk (4A), Westmont-Hilltop...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for March 8, 2023
There were eight changes in the Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings following the 2023 district playoffs and right before the start of the PIAA hoops postseason. Dropping out due to semifinal or championship losses are New Castle in 6A, Archbishop Ryan in 5A, Fleetwood and Valley View in 4A,...
Trib 10: WPIAL champs occupy top spots in power rankings headed into states
There has been a bit of a shuffling of the deck following the WPIAL district postseason on the brink of the PIAA state playoffs. The 2023 WPIAL basketball champions hold the top six spots in the weekly Trib 10 as they feel the power of winning district gold. Only one...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for March 7, 2023
Yes, North Catholic won a WPIAL girls basketball for a record 22nd time Saturday and indeed, the Trojanettes repeated as district champions; however, you’ll excuse junior Ava Walker for feeling like a champion for the first time. Walker and North Catholic lost in the finals to Mohawk her freshman season,...
Trib HSSN boys basketball player of the week for March 6, 2023
Central Catholic beating New Castle to win the WPIAL 6A boys basketball championship last week may have raised an eyebrow or two, but not to one of the Vikings. Senior Dante DePante felt this title was a long time coming for No. 3-seeded Central Catholic. “It was amazing,” DePante said....
What to watch for in high school sports for March 7, 2023: Norwin hockey set for rematch with McDowell
Last year, Norwin hoisted its first PIHL Penguins Cup title after shutting out McDowell, 5-0, in the Class A final. Then-sophomore Mario Cavallaro had two goals and an assist and fellow 10th grader Owen Burmeister stopped all 22 shots he faced in the championship victory. The Knights and Trojans will...
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week for March 5, 2023
In the four years before Rob Nogay was hired as girls basketball coach at his alma mater, the Union program won a total of 8 games. Four years after Nogay took over as sideline boss, the Scotties are district champions. Top-seeded Union captured its first WPIAL Class A girls basketball...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for March 5, 2023
It’s official: 2023 is the Year of the Deer. At least when it comes to WPIAL 3A boys basketball. No. 5 seed Deer Lakes became the streak busters for the second time this season against Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. First, the Lancers ended the Chargers’ district- and state-record...
What to watch for in high school sports for March 6, 2023: Penguins Cup quarterfinals on tap
Five years ago, Seneca Valley defeated Peters Township in the Class 3A finals to win the 2018 PIHL Penguins Cup championship. This postseason, the Raiders are the No. 2 seed and the Indians are No. 1 as the 2023 PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs kick into full gear with eight quarterfinal...
Final 2022-23 PIHL standings
Here are the final PIHL high school hockey standings and postseason clinchings through the end of the regular season. The Penguins Cup playoffs in 3A, 2A and A, along with the PIHL Division II postseason begin with quarterfinal games Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Watch the high school hockey postseason with...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of March 6, 2023
We all take a deep breath with the completion of the WPIAL basketball, wrestling and swimming championships. Now our attention turns to the PIHL Penguins Cup hockey postseason and the PIAA basketball and wrestling playoffs this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues our coverage...
37 WPIAL teams enter state tournament as PIAA releases girls basketball brackets
The Path to the Pete is complete as the focus turns to the Road to Hershey and the start of the PIAA basketball postseason next weekend. The state basketball playoffs tip off Friday and Saturday. Here is a look at the dates, sites and times for the 37 WPIAL girls...
WPIAL boys basketball teams set for opening-round matchups in PIAA playoffs
The Path to the Pete is complete as the focus turns to the Road to Hershey and the start of the PIAA basketball postseason next weekend. The state basketball playoffs tip off Friday and Saturday. Here is a look at the dates, sites and times for the 36 District 7...
Seeds set for 73 WPIAL basketball teams headed to state tournament
The WPIAL consolation “play-in” games have now all been played. With the Path to the Pete complete, the focus turns to the Road to Hershey and the start of the PIAA basketball postseason next weekend. The state basketball playoffs tip off Friday, March 10 and Saturday, March 11. Here is...
PIHL sets quarterfinal matchups for Penguins Cup playoffs
A year ago, the PIHL Penguins Cup was raised by Peters Township in 3A, Thomas Jefferson in 2A, Norwin in A and Neshannock in Division 2. Following four first-round games this week in Class A, the rest of the playoff field is now set for the puck to drop in...
Trib HSSN Girls Basketball State Rankings for March 1, 2023
We are about a week away from the 2023 PIAA girls basketball playoffs. Most of the teams ranked in the weekly Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings have one or two games left in their quest for district gold, which ends for most this weekend. Four ranked teams from last...
Trib HSSN Boys Basketball State Rankings for March 1, 2023
The district boys basketball playoffs across the state are winding down and will be in the books this weekend. The top 30 teams are staying on the golden path with only four teams dropping out from last week’s Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings. Lower Merion in 6A, Hampton and...
Trib 10: New team takes top spot in boys power rankings heading into championship weekend
A week after calm waters led to zero changes in the early playoff edition of the weekly Trib Ten, the winds of change have hit both the boys and girls weekly power rankings. Heading into the 2023 WPIAL basketball championships this weekend at the Petersen Events Center, there were four...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 1, 2023: State playoff bids on the line
The first day of March gives us a day off between the semifinals and the start of the WPIAL basketball championship games. However, it is not a day off from district postseason action as the consolation games continue. There are eight boys games and two girls games on Wednesday. Of...
Motivated Central Catholic slams Upper St. Clair to reach Class 6A title game
Same round, same venue, much different results for Central Catholic. A year after losing to Fox Chapel in the Class 6A semifinals at Peters Township, the Vikings relieved the bad memory, then created a new script as they soundly defeated Upper St. Clair at the same site Tuesday, 65-41, to...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Feb. 28, 2023: Class 6A boys to battle for spot in finals
We close out the month of February with the final night of WPIAL semifinals basketball. Fifteen years ago, Central Catholic won its first and only WPIAL basketball championship, beating Moon in the Class 4A finals, 55-54. The Vikings are two wins from a second district crown after escaping the quarterfinals...
