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Chartiers Valley boys basketball ready to tackle challenge of remaining among WPIAL elite
The Chartiers Valley boys basketball program was already established as a force in the district when Brandon Sensor took over as head coach three years ago. He has done nothing to change that. In his first year, the Colts won 18 games, finished second in their section and lost in...
Trib HSSN 2021-22 WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball preseason breakdown
Thirty years ago, Penn Hills was winding down one of the most dominant stretches in district girls basketball history, winning a seventh straight WPIAL Class AAAA title. This year, North Allegheny is trying to three-peat and capture a fifth WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball championship in the last six years....
Trib HSSN 2021-22 WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball preseason breakdown
When it comes to 6A boys basketball this season, bigger might be better. A year after Upper St. Clair won the WPIAL 6A boys basketball championship with one starter over 6-0, most of the top players in the classification check in at 6-1 and taller. Here is a rundown of...
Trib 10: WPIAL champs take their rightful place in top 6 in power rankings
The WPIAL playoffs are in the books with five new champions crowned. The results ended several lengthy title droughts among the 2021 champions. Mt. Lebanon in Class 6A ended a 21-year drought, Serra Catholic in 2A went 14 years between crowns, and Bishop Canevin won gold for the first time...
Trib HSSN state football rankings for Nov. 30, 2021
The 2021 football season has reached the final four in the PIAA. Now, only the remaining teams plus one “honorable mention” get to sit on the throne that is the Trib HSSN weekly state rankings. In all but Class 5A, there were few surprise results as the elite across the...
Trib HSSN broadcast schedule: Week of Nov. 29, 2021
The cruise down the Highway to Heinz is over for 2021. Now the drive on the Road to Hershey kicks into full gear this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. The PIAA football playoffs hit the state semifinals and HSSN has audio coverage of the 5A and...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for Nov. 29, 2021
From 2012-2016, the Serra Catholic football team was a combined 10-38 in five seasons with one playoff appearance. After Jose Regus was hired before the 2017 campaign, the Eagles have gone 38-17, have reached the district playoffs all five years with a postseason record of 6-4 and are now WPIAL...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for Nov. 29, 2021
From 2012-2016, the Serra Catholic football team was a combined 10-38 in five seasons with one playoff appearance. After Jose Regus was hired before the 2017 campaign, the Eagles have gone 38-17, have reached the district playoffs all five years with a postseason record of 6-4 and are now WPIAL...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for 2021 Week 13
Penn-Trafford started as hot as the weather in its much anticipated WPIAL Class 5A football championship game against top-seeded and unbeaten Moon. Heinz Field was cold and turning white, with snow flurries falling throughout the evening Saturday. Despite the slow start after falling behind 14-3 in the second quarter, the...
2021-22 PIHL standings through Nov. 28, 2021
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday: Team, Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Class 3A North Allegheny, 8-1-0 = 16 Peters Township, 7-3-0 = 14 Central Catholic, 5-4-0 = 10 Baldwin, 4-1-2 = 10 Mt. Lebanon, 4-4-1 = 9 Pine-Richland, 4-2-0 =...
PIAA announces sites for football semifinals
With the WPIAL football playoffs and the Highway to Heinz in the rearview mirror, the focus now turns to the PIAA postseason and the Road to Hershey. The state playoffs have reached the final four as six WPIAL champions are one win away this weekend from heading to Hershey in...
WPIAL Class A football championship breakdown: Bishop Canevin vs. OLSH
WPIAL Class A football championship No. 9 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart vs. No. 3 Bishop Canevin 2 p.m. Friday, Heinz Field On the air: Video: HSSN.TribLive.com; Audio: 92.1 FM Winner plays: Redbank Valley/Northern Bedford winner in the PIAA semifinals Dec. 3 or 4 WPIAL titles: OLSH 1 (2018);...
Bishop Canevin, OLSH both looking for school’s 2nd WPIAL title in Class A final
Having one WPIAL football championship in the trophy case is good, but having two is twice as nice. That is the goal for the two combatants in the 2021 WPIAL Class A championship game set for 2 p.m. Friday at Heinz Field. It was only three years ago when Our...
WPIAL football championship factoids: A warm welcome back to the North Side
Last year marked the first time a WPIAL football championship game was not played at either Heinz Field or Three Rivers Stadium since 1982. We’re back! The district finals from Class A to 5A will be played for the first time ever in a two-day event at Heinz Field. You...
Trib 10: Big power-rankings shake-up before Heinz Field showdowns
With many head-to-head matchups last weekend and the district field whittled to only 11, there was a big shuffling of the power deck heading into the final weekend of November. We hope that this holiday edition of the Trib 10 power rankings is a feast for all. Still feasting on...
Trib HSSN state football rankings for Nov. 23, 2021
Usually at this time of year, there is a large shuffling of the deck when it comes to state rankings as the district playoffs wind down and morph into the state playoffs. That is not the case this week in the Trib HSSN weekly state rankings as, outside of Class...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for Nov. 22, 2021
Bob Palko knows a thing to two about winning championships. Coming into Saturday’s WPIAL Class 6A football title game against Central Catholic, Palko had led teams to eight district crowns, one shy of the leader, Bill Cherpak of Thomas Jefferson. So when he didn’t like what he saw from his...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for 2021 Week 12
Aliquippa continued to build on its astonishing WPIAL football record Friday when it beat McKeesport in double overtime to reach the district championship game for a 14th consecutive year. This time, the Quips were led in part by a fabulous freshman. Tiqwai Hayes carried the ball 44 times and gained...
Trib HSSN broadcasts for week of Nov. 22-28
The WPIAL football playoffs conclude with a two-day holiday feast at Heinz Field this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has exclusive video coverage of the Class A and 2A championships Friday, along with audio coverage of the 3A, 4A and 5A finals Saturday. Plus, we...
2021-22 PIHL standings through Nov. 21, 2021
Here are the latest PIHL high school hockey standings through Sunday: Team, Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Class 3A North Allegheny, 8-1-0 = 16 Peters Township, 6-3-0 = 12 Baldwin, 4-1-2 = 10 Mt. Lebanon, 4-4-1 = 9 Pine-Richland, 4-2-0 = 8 Seneca Valley, 4-2-0 =...
Chartiers Valley athletes, including 5 girls basketball players, sign with colleges
Nov. 10 was a busy day for eight Chartiers Valley athletes as the seniors put pen to paper and officially signed on the first of two national letter of intent days. None of these current Colts wanted to wait until Feb. 2 for the second NLI day as they look...
Slow start gave Chartiers Valley volleyball a big hill to climb
In her first season as coach of the Chartiers Valley girls volleyball program, Amanda Burgess guided the Colts to a fourth-place finish in Section 2-3A and a WPIAL playoff berth. While Chartiers Valley lost in the preliminary round to Central Valley, the hopes and plans were to build off the...
WPIAL football playoff preview: A closer look at all 13 of this weekend’s games
Welcome to championship weekend in Class 6A and the final stop on the Highway to Heinz in the other five classifications. Ten teams on Friday, from Class A to 5A, will punch their ticket to ride to the North Shore on Thanksgiving weekend to play for a WPIAL championship. Speaking...
Trib 10: One team falls out of power rankings in 2nd week of WPIAL playoff action
It was nearly a perfect week for the teams ranked in the Week 11 edition of the Trib 10 power rankings. Nine of the teams were victorious in their playoffs games with only No. 8 Hampton getting bounced from the chase for district gold and the HSSN power rankings. There...
Trib HSSN state football rankings for Nov. 16, 2021
As the Road to Hershey officially opens up this weekend, there were plenty of changes in the Trib HSSN weekly state rankings as the district playoffs wind down. Seven teams are gone for good in 2021 from the state rankings as district playoffs morph into the state postseason in Week...
