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Trib 10: Belle Vernon makes big jump in WPIAL football power rankings
The first two teams have been bounced from Trib 10 power rankings after head-to-head showdown losses in Week 2. For now, both Penn-Trafford and Aliquippa are on the outside looking up at the Trib 10 teams that include two newcomers. The Warriors lost to then-No. 8 Belle Vernon last week...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 14, 2021: Field hockey blue bloods square off
One of the more amazing streaks in the WPIAL is the on-going rivalry between Shady Side Academy and the Ellis School in field hockey. The programs have faced each other in the last seven WPIAL Class A or AA championship matches. SSA has won the last three titles while Ellis...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 14, 2021: Girls soccer section contenders collide
Last season, they finished in first and second place in their respective WPIAL girls soccer sections. On Tuesday, they meet for the first of two regular season meetings. There are four such matchups around the district, including a pair in Class 3A. In Section 2-3A, Connellsville finished first and Belle...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for Sept. 13, 2021
The nonconference portion of the 2021 McKeesport football schedule has been like a box of mixed chocolates: Each one is different from the other and no two are alike. The Tigers have gone from Class 6A Baldwin to very athletic and run-oriented Woodland Hills to pass-happy Armstrong. Thus far, each...
This week on Trib HSSN: Week of Sept. 13, 2021
This weekend marks the start of conference play for WPIAL football teams in Class 6A and A, along with some in 4A, 3A and 2A, with a lot of the action seen or heard on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week...
2021 Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for Week 2
Through two weeks of the 2021 WPIAL football season, Abraham Ibrahim had modest stats. The Chartiers Valley senior wide receiver had five receptions for 26 yards. That changed in a big way in Week 2. Ibrahim had nine catches for 229 yards and caught four touchdown passes from Colts quarterback...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Sept. 13, 2021: Section 2-A boys soccer gets started
Finally, WPIAL boys soccer section play will begin in Section 2-A on Monday. The section only has six teams, but other six-team sections began last week. Opening day of section play has Serra Catholic visiting Geibel Catholic at 4 p.m. while St. Joseph hosts Jeannette at 7 p.m. It is...
Shawn Curry runs for 256 yards as Carlynton pulls away from Riverview
Saturday afternoon did not start well for visiting Carlynton. For a Cougars team that entered their nonconference game at Riverview with an 0-2 record and with only six total points scored, the Cougars’ first two possessions went this way: interception, then a 1-yard loss, 2-yard gain, 2-yard gain and punt....
Trib HSSN don’t-miss high school football matchups for 2021 Week 2
Area high school football fans, we are inching closer to the start of conference games. Those are the games that will decide which teams qualify for the WPIAL playoffs in November. However, in this final full weekend of nonconference games, there are a lot of quality matchups up and down...
Trib 10: New team takes over top spot in WPIAL power rankings
With plenty of big contests in Week 1, there was a shuffling of the deck in this week’s Trib 10 power rankings. Nobody fell out of the power rankings this week, but both top-ranked Gateway and No. 6 North Allegheny fell after losses. The Gators dropped after losing to the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 9, 2021: Thursday night football on the South Side
Week 2 of the 2021 high school football season kicks off Thursday with another battle between the WPIAL and the Pittsburgh City League. After its first loss of the season, Southmoreland (1-1) tries to get back on the winning track when it visits Perry (1-0) for a 7 p.m. kickoff...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Sept. 8, 2021: Finals rematch in girls soccer
Last season, North Catholic and Avonworth played to a scoreless tie in their first Section 1-2A meeting, then the Trojans edged the Antelopes in the final section game of the regular season, 2-1. The third meeting of the season between the two WPIAL girls soccer powers came at Highmark Stadium...
Trib HSSN state football rankings for Sept. 7, 2021
The top 30 teams in last week’s HSSN state football rankings were like an old Bachman-Turner Overdrive classic song as they spent Week 1 takin’ care of business. Only three teams lost their grip on a top five spot. Gateway in Class 5A, Lampeter-Strasburg in 4A and Bishop Guilfoyle in...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week 2021: Week 1
It has been 12 years since the Shaler football team has been undefeated through two weeks. While there have been a lot of lean years since 2009, including an 0-7 season last year, the Titans did have back-to-back four-win seasons in 2018 and 2019 that included trips to the WPIAL...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 7, 2021: Boys soccer opens section play
Once again this school year, the network with the best coverage of high school sports brings you a daily dose of what to watch for around scholastic sports that day. We begin with a look at opening night in WPIAL boys section soccer. Tuesday features a pair of contests matching...
Trib HSSN Football Player of The Week 2021: Week 1
Trailing by three points in the final two minutes of an emotional nonconference game against visiting Pine-Richland, Seneca Valley quarterback Graham Hancox showed no signs of nerves as he led the offense on the field. The feeling of self-assurance was unusual for a player making only his third varsity start....
Trib HSSN broadcasts for the week starting Monday, Sept. 6
With the traditional end-of-summer holiday weekend behind us, we labor toward a busy week of high school sports on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 2 of the high school football season with 36 WPIAL and District 6 high school football...
McKeesport edges Woodland Hills in throwback showdown
For the better part of the second quarter Saturday afternoon, the scoreboard clock at McKeesport was not operational. For all of three quarters, fans may have thought the entire scoreboard wasn’t working — neither team registered a point. However, both teams broke through in the fourth quarter with one touchdown...
Trib HSSN don’t-miss high school football matchups for 2021 Week 1
In what we hope is not a flashback to last year, five area high school football games slated for this holiday weekend have been postponed due to covid-19 related issues. Beaver at Central Valley, Hopewell at Blackhawk, Riverview at Chartiers-Houston, Kirtland (Ohio) at Westinghouse and Butler at Erie have been...
Trib 10: Gateway tops 1st power poll of season
Once again this season, teams across the WPIAL can flex their muscles when the Trib 10 power rankings are released each week. Could a Class 2A school beat most 6A schools? Probably not, but these rankings are more like fantasy booking to determine the elite teams each week in District...
Trib HSSN State Football Rankings for Aug. 31, 2021
The first edition of the weekly 2021 HSSN state football rankings is here with a lot of familiar faces from the end of the 2020 high school football season. Five defending PIAA champions are back at the top of their class with St. Joe’s Prep (6A), Thomas Jefferson (4A), Central...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week 2021: Week Zero
On Sept. 22, 2017, Northgate edged Sto-Rox, 17-14 to improve the Flames’ record in the Class A Big Seven Conference to 2-2. Little did anybody know it would be the last Northgate football victory for nearly four years. The Flames torched a district high 32-game losing streak Friday when Northgate...
Trib HSSN broadcasts for the week starting Monday, Aug. 30
We turn the calendar from the heat of August to the comfort (fingers crossed) of September with another busy weekend of high school football on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 1 of the high school football season with 42 WPIAL...
Trib HSSN Football Player of The Week 2021: Week Zero
If he wasn’t on the list of top quarterbacks to watch around the district in 2021, Carson Davidson has ‘thrown’ his hat in the ring after a big start in Week Zero. “He came in confident and didn’t get rattled,” Blackhawk coach Zack Hayward said. “Playing Beaver Falls at Beaver...
Westinghouse dominates Seton LaSalle, scores one for the City League
The dog days of summer produced another hot and steamy evening as Week Zero concluded Saturday at Dormont Stadium. Westinghouse is proving these are the dog days in the City League as well, as the Bulldogs are off and running toward what they hope is a third straight District 8...
