Don Rebel stories, Page 84

The North Catholic victory tradition continued to ring loud and clear this past school year. Steady contributions across all three seasons, along with a couple of championship runs, helped the Trojans win a third straight Trib HSSN Cup for Class 3A in 2021-22. “North Catholic has a long standing tradition...

Editor’s note: The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 15 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. The standard is the standard, and the standard for Thomas Jefferson football...

Mike Mastroianni was in a no lose situation in this year’s race for the Trib HSSN Cup in Class 4A. He is the athletic director and boys basketball coach at Quaker Valley while he lives in the Montour school district. Those two schools finished first and second, with Mastroianni’s Quakers...

Hampton captured three district championships and one state title this past school year, with three of those four coming during the fall sports season. Consistent success throughout all three seasons, however, was a big part of the Talbots showing plenty of bark in winning the Trib HSSN Cup for Class...

North Allegheny winning the Trib HSSN Cup comes as no surprise. The fact that it was closer than usual made things interesting in the 6A chase. A strong athletic season at Mt. Lebanon kept it close, but in the end, NA still won comfortably to keep intact its two-decade streak...

Specialization in one sport became the thing to do for high school athletes in the early years of this century. If you showed promise in one sport that could take you to the next level, you were told to focus on that one sport year round to give you the...

Editor’s note: The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 15 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. When Luke Lawson was a freshman, his older brother Gabe led Seneca...

One of the top basketball coaches in the state is putting down her whiteboard and whistle and is preparing to be a fan. Dori Oldaker announced on Wednesday she was stepping down as head coach of the Mt. Lebanon girls basketball team after 19 years and multiple championships. Oldaker and...

Editor’s note: The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 15 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Peyton Faulkner has been there for the highs and the lows of...

2022 Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Year Payton List School: Beaver Class: Senior There are several ways to measure athletic ability. There’s the modern day analytics, using a player’s statistics to help determine their level of greatness. Then there is the old-school eye test. Find folks who know the...

Success isn’t always measured by championships. For a second straight season, the Chartiers Valley softball team enjoyed a strong regular season followed by a deep run in the district playoffs and a season-ending loss in the state postseason. “Overall, I think we had a really good season,” Chartiers Valley coach...

The Chartiers Valley girls basketball team’s run of three straight WPIAL championships ended this past season. However, that doesn’t mean the school didn’t mine any gold this year. The Colts girls lacrosse team captured its first district crown this spring, becoming the third girls program to win a WPIAL team...

This spring, those sitting at head of the softball class had a clear view of so many individual and team standout performances. A perfect season, two schools winning both district and state gold, two schools winning their first WPIAL championships and one school closing the book on a historic title...

This spring, those sitting at head of the baseball class had a chance to see a lot of thrilling title runs and some great encore performances. Two teams that did not win district titles rebounded to claim state gold. There were two teams that repeated, one as WPIAL champion and...

The 2022 WPIAL baseball and softball season are in the books. While the tone of each team’s story may range from a tale of woe to close but no cigar, some of the elite teams in the district are wrapping up a wild ride that yielded treasures of gold and...

Editor’s note: The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 15 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Mt. Lebanon quarterback Joey Daniels threw for over 2,118 yards last fall...

Six new PIAA champions were crowned last week at Penn State, thus concluding the 2022 softball season. Two of the champions finished the season with perfect records. District 2 champion Pittston Area completed a 25-0 season with a victory over Armstrong in the 5A championship game. It was the Patriots’...

Five new champions and one repeat winner are celebrating 2022 PIAA baseball championships after last week’s finals at Penn State. Bethel Park was the only repeat state champion from 2021. The Black Hawks shut out Selinsgrove in 5A to win the program’s third PIAA title (1988, 2021) and become the...

Perfection is hard to achieve. Yet, three high school teams from Pennsylvania had the talent, combined it with a strong work ethic and got some bounces here and there to win district and state championships with an undefeated record: Martinsburg Central baseball, Pittston Area softball and Neshannock softball. The Lancers...

The deer may be home, home on the range, but the Antelopes are celebrating in that rare golden field, where only district and state champions go to play. The Avonworth softball team added to its title collection this spring with a PIAA 3A crown after beating Lewisburg, 7-2, to capture...

When it comes to bright lights on the big stage, Bethel Park junior Evan Holewinski doesn’t crave the spotlight, he just wants his toe on the rubber in the big game. While the right-handed pitcher has been strong when he heads to the mound, he was especially sharp the past...

Perhaps the Montour baseball team should celebrate the programs first PIAA championship at Kennywood Park, because it was an emotional roller coaster of a season for the Spartans. The team won 15 straight after an opening loss, then dropped four straight at the end of the regular season. In the...

Editor’s note: The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 15 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Bobbie Boyd Jr. entered the 2021 football season with seven varsity carries....

PIAA Class 5A baseball championship Bethel Park (20-3) vs. Selinsgrove (23-2) 4:30 p.m. Friday at Medlar Field, Lubrano Park at Penn State Path to Penn State Bethel Park – The No. 3 team out of the WPIAL defeated District 6 champion Central Mountain in the first round, 4-3, shut out...

PIAA Class 2A baseball championship Neshannock (20-7) vs. Everett (20-2) 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Medlar Field, Lubrano Park at Penn State On the air: Trib HSSN (audio) Path to Penn State Neshannock – The WPIAL runners-up defeated District 10 champion West Middlesex in the first round, 4-3, edged section foe...