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Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 13One of the craziest, most thrilling WPIAL boys basketball games ever took place 20 years ago this season, and it known simply as the Lance Jeter [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 12In an early season WPIAL girls basketball showdown between undefeated teams in Section 4-5A, both Peters Township and Thomas Jefferson started out slow, scoring only two [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 11Opening night of the WPIAL girls basketball section schedule arrives with a bang Thursday featuring a battle of unbeatens in Class 5A. Two teams with a [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 11With the state football championships complete, there have been 37 years of PIAA football playoffs. This season marked only the second time in history the WPIAL [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 11We hit midweek with a highly anticipated WPIAL girls basketball section opener between two schools that have combined for nearly 30 district championships. North Catholic has [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 10Upper St. Clair boys basketball coach Danny Holzer is starting to get used to this milestone thing. Last month, he celebrated his 60th birthday. Last week, [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 10It was nearly a clean sweep of gold in the PIAA championships by the top-ranked teams in the Trib HSSN football rankings. Five teams ranked No. [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 9The first two of many WPIAL boys basketball section games will take place Tuesday and both can be viewed here on Trib HSSN. Many district boys [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 8Section play is set to begin for most district teams in WPIAL basketball and wrestling this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 8Two WPIAL girls basketball powers collide Monday in one final tune-up before their respective section seasons begin later in the week. Peters Township, a semifinalist in [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 8Here are the latest 2024-25 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. The point system in the PIHL this year gives three points for a regulation [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 6Early December high school basketball doesn't usually offer many intriguing storylines as teams search for an identity while trying to put one in the win column. [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 6The PIAA Class 3A championship game features two schools making their second appearance in the football state championship game and still in search of their first [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 6On a weekend that featured six schools making their PIAA championship game debut, the final contest of the weekend includes two schools that have been there, [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 5There was great excitement in these parts last season when the WPIAL sent five teams and the City League had one reach championship weekend in the [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 5The second of three days of the 2024 PIAA football championships are set for Chapman Field at Cumberland Valley on Friday. On Day 2 in Mechanicsburg, [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 4Black Friday may have been great for local consumers, but it turned out to be a bad ending to a golden season for four district champions. [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 3For the most part, the Trib HSSN football rankings held true on state semifinals weekend. Five of the six top-ranked teams were victorious and will be [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 2For the first time in over two and a half decades, the Mars boys basketball team is set to hit the court without Rob Carmody as [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 2Trib HSSN football team of the week Central Catholic Vikings Coach: Ryan Lehmeier (2nd season) Result: Central Catholic 38, Harrisburg 33 Record: 12-2 overall #Earned: This [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 1Welcome to the start of the first full week of the winter sports season. With the high school basketball season starting earlier than usual this season, [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 1Winter high school sports blankets the calendar on the first week of December this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has WPIAL [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 1Trib HSSN football player of the week Nico and Luca Neal School Avonworth Class Nico, senior; Luca, junior Height/weight Nico: 5-foot-10, 225 pounds; Luca: 5-10, 190 [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Dec. 1Here are the latest 2024-25 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. The point system in the PIHL this year gives three points for a regulation [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 30The day after Thanksgiving really did turn out to big Black Friday for the WPIAL football champions. Five took the field and only one survived the [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 28Realignment really did a job on the district's smallest classification in boys basketball. This class isn't just small, it's minuscule. Two-time defending district and state champion [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 24What a season it was in 2023-24 for the best from the west and the beast in the east in WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball. Moon [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 24Trib HSSN football team of the week South Park Eagles Coach Brian Abbey (second season) Result South Park 21, Seton LaSalle 14 Record 12-1 overall #Earned [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 24Here are the latest 2024-25 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. The point system in the PIHL this year gives three points for a regulation [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 24In this day and age of spread offenses and teams putting up big numbers on a weekly basis, 2024 has shown that old school, physical football [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 24Four more WPIAL champions were crowned Saturday at Acrisure Stadium, and Central Catholic in Class 6A and Thomas Jefferson in Class 4A were victorious in the [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 23Will there be a history-making repeat for Upper St. Clair as WPIAL boys basketball champion? Can a district team finally win an elusive PIAA Class 6A [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 23It was a turn back the clock day in the 2024 WPIAL Class 2A championship game Saturday at Acrisure Stadium. Nearly two decades since South Park [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 22Two new champions will be crowned in Class 3A and 2A while two teams look to repeat as champions in Class 5A and A as part [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 21While a lot of eyes will be on the four WPIAL championship games at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh on Saturday, the big weekend of high school [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 19Last week was the first week when the district postseason morphed into the state playoffs. While some of the district playoffs conclude with championships this weekend, [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 18Trib HSSN football team of the week Clairton Bears Coach: Wayne Wade (11th season) Result: Clairton 24, Bishop Canevin 0 Record: 13-0 overall #Earned: Nearly four [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 18Trib HSSN football player of the week Maclane Miller School: Pine-Richland Class: Junior Height/Weight: 5-foot-9, 185 pounds Position: Running back, linebacker #Earned: The young man known [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 17Here are the latest 2024-25 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. The point system in the PIHL this year gives three points for a regulation [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 17The District 7 high school football playoffs conclude with four games set for Championship Saturday this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 17Two WPIAL champions are officially on the hunt for PIAA gold while eight other District 7 teams prepare to play for gold at the big house [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 15On Saturday, the WPIAL will crown two football champions with the playing of the district Class 4A and 6A title games. This will be the fourth [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 14The third weekend of the WPIAL football playoffs brings more clarity than confusion. Semifinal Friday consists of eight final four matchups to determine the finalists in [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 13The power-ranked teams flexed their muscles again in the second weekend of the WPIAL football playoffs with nine of the 10 winning and advancing to Semifinals [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 13The journey to Cumberland Valley kicks off this weekend with the start of the 2024 PIAA football playoffs. It's a merger of the district and state [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 13Two WPIAL boys soccer teams are headed east on Friday to play for state gold in the 2024 PIAA boys soccer championships. Both Moon in 3A [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 13Eight years ago, the WPIAL had three teams win PIAA girls volleyball championships as North Allegheny in Class 4A, Knoch in 3A and Freeport in 2A [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 13With three rounds in the books in the 2024 PIAA girls soccer playoffs, only one team from the WPIAL is still alive heading into the state [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 13There were several changes in the three largest classifications this week in the Trib HSSN state rankings, but the three small school classes were unchanged. Two [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Nov. 11When the 2024 WPIAL Class A girls soccer brackets were released, Springdale and Seton LaSalle were the top two seeds and appeared to be destined to [...]