Lou Rabito

Lou Rabito has been at the Inquirer since September 1989, spending his first 11 years as high school sports editor before working in Inquirer suburban news bureaus for 9 1/2 years. He returned to sports to edit and write in March 2010.

Email Lou at rabitol@phillynews.com

PIAA playoffs could use the Jersey model

Private and charter schools should have their own brackets apart from regular public schools.

By Lou Rabito, Inquirer Columnist

Posted 03/31/2012

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. In the spirit of that, with another set of tournaments in the books, here are two ways to improve the PIAA state basketball championships.

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Lou Rabito Tourney needs more brackets, fewer teams - 03/30/2012: By Lou Rabito, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

Lou Rabito: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. In the spirit of that, with another set of tournaments in the books, here are two ways to improve the PIAA state basketball championships.
Princeton hopes ended with an ill-timed injury - 02/12/2012: GA's Keith Corliss learned a hard recruiting lesson.

By Lou Rabito, Inquirer Columnist

As a kid, Keith Corliss used to think about colleges he would want to attend, and his mind zeroed in on one.
Why can't they simply commit? - 01/29/2012: Schools, others may be hurt by athletes who change their minds.

By Lou Rabito, Inquirer Columnist

May 2011: J.J. Denman, Pennsbury offensive lineman, gives an oral commitment to Penn State. October: Denman changes his mind and commits to Wisconsin.
For a Bonner lifer, a spirited practice despite the bad news - 01/07/2012: By Lou Rabito, Inquirer Columnist

For coach Tim Vanderslice and Monsignor Bonner's freshman basketball players, the first afternoon of the rest of their lives proceeded on a dimly lit practice court in front of a scoreboard that at one point read, appropriately: "Guest 55 Friars 0."
A dose of girl power for a legendary coach - 01/08/2012: By Lou Rabito, Inquirer Columnist

You really couldn't blame Carl Schnellenbach for being surprised. Entering his 52d season as Ridley's coach, he certainly had earned the right to think he had seen all and experienced all he would see and experience in wrestling.
For a Bonner lifer, a spirited practice despite the bad news - 01/07/2012: By Lou Rabito, Inquirer Columnist

For coach Tim Vanderslice and Monsignor Bonner's freshman basketball players, the first afternoon of the rest of their lives proceeded on a dimly lit practice court in front of a scoreboard that at one point read, appropriately: "Guest 55 Friars 0."
Swimmer is happy he's going to Penn State - 12/18/2011: By Lou Rabito, Inquirer Columnist

Shane Ryan committed to Penn State on a swim scholarship around late October, in a simpler time, back when the university was viewed merely as the bedrock of an otherwise sleepy town in the heart of the Commonwealth.
A star gymnast emerges once more at Henderson - 12/15/2011: By Lou Rabito, Inquirer Columnist

NEWARK, Del. - In a small way, Haley Jones has contributed to a gymnastics lore that she hardly knew existed.
Harriton girls go for eighth straight state tennis crown - 10/23/2011: By Lou Rabito, Inquirer Columnist

As a freshman on the Harriton girls' tennis team, Rachel Benstock will play this week in her first PIAA state team tournament. So she doesn't know what it feels like to lose there.
Everts stands out while still fitting in - 10/05/2011: The Conestoga player is the lone boy on a team of girls.

By Lou Rabito, Inquirer Columnist

Olivier "Oliver" Everts stands out at Conestoga field hockey practices, and not only because he's the lone boy on the team.