Don Rebel stories, Page 97

Like sands in the hourglass, so go the dwindling days of the regular season. With only a couple of days left in section play, the elite teams around the WPIAL are honing their games and flexing their power as the postseason nears. Once again, there was not a lot of...

Less than a week remains in section play in the WPIAL boys basketball regular season. This winter, the district returns to earning a ticket to ride on the Path to the Pete with no open tournament and the championships returning to the University of Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center, March 3-5....

During the offseason, Jonna Burke surprised many in the WPIAL basketball bubble by leaving as head coach at her alma mater Bethel Park to take over the girls basketball program at Shady Side Academy. She left a perennial power in 6A to take over a team that finished last and...

Postseason basketball is in the air as the regular season concludes. A sure sign is the elite teams across the state are cranking it up ahead of the upcoming district playoffs. For the first time all year, there were no teams falling out, thus no new teams cracking the Trib...

As we get closer to the end of the regular season and the start of the district playoffs, the weekly Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings have become a battle of the super powers between two districts in the east and west. District 12 leads all districts with 10 teams...

Keystone Oaks came into its home game Tuesday with its playoff hopes on life support. Thanks to a big run in the third quarter and a strong second half, Deer Lakes KO’d the Golden Eagles’ playoff hopes. The Lancers broke open a tie game with an 11-0 run midway through...

Less than a week remains in section play in the WPIAL girls basketball regular season. This winter, the district returns to earning a ticket to ride on the Path to the Pete with no open tournament and the championships returning to the University of Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center, March 3-5....

In the last three years, the Butler boys basketball team lost to Mt. Lebanon in the 6A finals in 2019, beat the Blue Devils to win district gold in 2020 and lost to eventual champion Upper St. Clair in the WPIAL semifinals last year. Now the Golden Tornado are in...

They are the poster child of every darkhorse high school basketball team when the playoffs tip off. The incredible run of the Ellwood City boys basketball team last season should be an inspiration to many come next week. Last year, the Wolverines finished tied for second in their section and...

As Jackson Juzang wraps up a marvelous high school basketball career at Winchester Thurston, he accomplished a personal achievement this past week. Now he’s focused on the team goal. It was an up-and-down week for the Bears, but business as usual for Juzang, who scored 57 points in two games....

There is one week remaining in section play in the WPIAL boys basketball regular season. This winter, the district returns to earning a ticket to ride on the Path to the Pete with no open tournament, and the championships returning to the Pitt’s Petersen Events Center, March 3-5. Trib HSSN...

One week remains in section play in the WPIAL girls basketball regular season. This winter, the district returns to earning a ticket to ride on the Path to the Pete with no open tournament and the championships returning to the University of Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center, March 3-5. Trib HSSN...

The final week of section play in WPIAL basketball begins with a full slate of section contests in girls hoops. Last year, Trinity was perfect in Section 2-5A, winning all 12 games and finishing 2½ games in front of second-place Thomas Jefferson. The Hillers can win their second straight outright...

Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday, Feb. 6. Eight teams in each classification qualify for the PIHL playoffs. *- indicates clinched a playoff spot x- indicates eliminated from playoff chase #-Indicated ineligible for Penguins Cup Playoffs Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss =...

Last year, Albert Gallatin reached the WPIAL girls basketball postseason for the first time since 2013. It was an open tournament with all team invited to participate, but the Colonials earned their spot with a 14-7 record and third-place finish in Section 3-5A. Now Albert Gallatin, seven years removed from...

Last year, Mallory Daly made a big splash to start her high school basketball career. As a fabulous freshman, Daly averaged nearly 18 points per game in leading Brentwood to a Section 3-3A championship and a 12-2 overall record. She turned her blue and white in for green and gold...

Like a blast of arctic air, the first full week of February carries a large punch, including the final week of the high school basketball regular season this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have video and audio coverage of more than 70 high school boys and...

Last week, four teams were tied for first place in Section 2-6A boys basketball. Entering Saturday, it was Bethel Park and Upper St. Clair sitting tied for the top spot. Now, only defending WPIAL Class 6A champion USC is left alone in first place. The Panthers put together a dominant...

Sole possession of first place with one week remaining in section play is at stake in not one, but two WPIAL boys basketball makeup games Saturday. In Section 2-6A, Bethel Park and Upper St. Clair are both 5-2 in the section, one game ahead of Baldwin and Mt. Lebanon. The...

There was not a lot of movement in the boys basketball weekly Trib 10, but there were some seismic tremors in the girls basketball power rankings this week. While only one boys team dropped a few notches but remained part of the power clique, two teams fell out of the...

Only twice in Burrell’s 15-year WPIAL Class 2A team wrestling championship run have the Bucs had to participate in the first round of the district team tournament. They won’t this year, either. The Bucs earned the top seed again and will be one of four teams to scout first-round matches...

The February Frenzy is already living up to its name as half of the six classifications have a new top-ranked team in the latest weekly edition of the Trib HSSN state Top 5 girls basketball rankings. While No. 1 teams from last week Cardinal O’Hara in 5A, Villa Maria Academy...

We close out the month of January with a little shuffling of the deck in the weekly Trib HSSN boys basketball state rankings. We had four teams fall from the Top 5 with four new teams eager to take up a spot in the state rankings, plus we had two...

Less than two weeks remain in section play in the WPIAL boys basketball regular season. This winter, the district returns to earning a ticket to ride on the Path to the Pete with no “open tournament” and the championships returning to the University of Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center, March 3-5....

For two quarters, the South Fayette boys basketball team was limited to 26 points and trailed by double digits by halftime at Chartiers Valley. However, in the second half, the Lions cranked up the aggressiveness on offense and came back to beat the Colts, 79-72, on Tuesday. “When you have...