Don Rebel stories, Page 88
Championship girls basketball coach Dori Oldaker steps down at Mt. Lebanon to take spot in South Fayette stands
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...
2022 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Avonworth’s Peyton Faulkner
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: Beaver’s Payton List
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...
Chartiers Valley softball season punctuated by memorable playoff wins
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...
Chartiers Valley girls lacrosse catches lightning in a bottle in WPIAL championship season
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...
2022 Trib HSSN Head of the Class: Softball Player and Coach of the Year for each classification
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...
2022 Trib HSSN Head of the Class: Baseball Player and Coach of the Year for each classification
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...
Trib 10: 4 WPIAL baseball, softball teams end season with PIAA gold
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...
2022 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: Mt. Lebanon’s Kade Capristo
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...
Trib HSSN Final 2022 Softball State Rankings
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’...
Trib HSSN Final 2022 State Baseball Rankings
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...
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week for the week ending June 20, 2022
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...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week: Week ending June 19, 2022
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...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week: Week ending June 19, 2022
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...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week for the week ending June 19, 2022
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...
2022 Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star Team: McKeesport’s Bobbie Boyd Jr.
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....
2022 PIAA Class 5A baseball championship preview: Bethel Park vs. Selinsgrove
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...
2022 PIAA Class 2A baseball championship preview: Neshannock vs. Everett
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...
2022 PIAA Class 4A baseball championship preview: Montour vs. Holy Ghost Prep
PIAA Class 4A baseball championship Montour (20-6) vs. Holy Ghost Prep (18-5) 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Medlar Field, Lubrano Park at Penn State Path to Penn State Montour – The WPIAL runners-up defeated District 6 champion Bellefonte in the first round, 13-9, rolled past District 3 champion East Pennsboro, 12-3,...
Trib HSSN State Softball Rankings for June 14, 2022
Twelve softball teams from across the state have punched their tickets for the final destination of the season: Penn State. The PIAA will crown six new champions Thursday and Friday after the two defending champions still alive in the semifinals, North Penn in Class 6A and Beaver in 4A, were...
Trib HSSN Baseball State Rankings for June 14, 2022
The path is complete and the stage is set for the 2022 PIAA baseball championships at Penn State on Thursday and Friday. Only two teams won in the state quarterfinals and semifinals to hold on to their No. 1 spot from last week in the Trib HSSN state baseball rankings....
Trib HSSN Softball Team of the Week: Week ending June 12, 2022
On April 27, the Seneca Valley softball team lost a third straight game, dropping its record to 5-6. Since then, the high-flying Raiders have been unstoppable. Seneca Valley has won 10 straight games, including a WPIAL championship and a pair of PIAA postseason victories. So what changed? “This is my...
Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week: Week ending June 12, 2022
The Laurel softball machine is used to playing in June. You have to go back to 2017 to find the last time a Spartans season ended before the PIAA postseason. However, in the last three seasons, Laurel entered the state playoffs as WPIAL champion. That run ended a few weeks...
Trib HSSN Baseball Team of the Week: Week ending June 12, 2022
Every team in every sport sets goals at the start of the season. Some of the top programs run dry on ink from checking them off as the season winds down. For other, well, there’s wait until next year. The Burgettstown baseball program has done a lot of waiting, now...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week: Week ending June 12, 2022
The calendar has turned to June. It’s time for the Black Hawks to stretch their wings and fly high across the state, gathering baseball victories in their travels. A year after losing a heartbreaker in the WPIAL title game, only to regroup and go on to win a PIAA championship,...
