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Breaking down WPIAL football playoff matchups for Oct. 31, 2025
Welcome to the start of the 2025 WPIAL football playoffs. Don’t be thrown off if the start of the postseason is a little creepy. There are 25 first-round or quarterfinals games slated for Halloween night around the WPIAL, so 50 teams will have to wait until about 9:30 to find...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 30, 2025: Gold up for grabs during championship weekend
We still have two days left in October, yet Christmas commercials and music are already popping up on us. One popular holiday lyric that fits these next few days for fall high school sports fans is, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year”. There is gold in them there...
Trib 10: 1st round of playoffs features 1 matchup of power-ranked teams
While there was some slight shuffling in both the big school and small school power rankings this week, don’t look for much movement following the first weekend of the WPIAL football playoffs. More than half of the current teams in the Trib 10 are not in action Halloween night. Eleven...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Oct. 29, 2025: Stretch of championship soccer at Highmark Stadium to kick off
This is the 12th time in 13 years that Highmark Stadium in Station Square has hosted the WPIAL soccer championships. The lone year it didn’t since 2013 was in the covid-affected year of 2020. Before expansion to four classifications, the soccer finals were played over two days. Since then, the...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school football rankings for Oct. 28, 2025
The top football teams across Pennsylvania had a strong kick to finish the 2025 regular season. The 30 teams ranked in the Trib HSSN state Top 5 last week dominated Week 9 top the tune of a combined 27-3 record. One loss came in a head-to-head battle in District 12...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 28, 2025: Soccer semifinals wrap up; volleyball semis get going
Welcome to Semifinals Tuesday in the WPIAL soccer and girls volleyball playoffs. The soccer final four features matches in boys Class 4A and 3A along with girls Class 2A and A. It has almost become an autumn tradition in boys soccer: Peters Township against Seneca Valley. The Indians and Raiders...
Trib HSSN high school football team of the week for Oct. 27, 2025Video
Trib HSSN football team of the week – Steel Valley Ironmen Coach: Ray Braszo (38th season overall, 11th season at Steel Valley, seventh season in second stint at SV) Result: Steel Valley 33, South Allegheny 12 Record: 7-3 overall, 5-1 in Class 2A Allegheny Conference #Earned: South Allegheny entered Week...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for Oct. 26, 2025Video
Trib HSSN football player of the week – Bobby Fadden School – Mohawk Class – Senior Height/Weight – 6-foot-1, 170 pounds Positions – Quarterback, defensive back #Earned – One month ago, Mohawk had faded to the back of the pack in the 2A Midwestern Athletic Conference with four straight losses....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Oct. 27, 2025: Boys, girls soccer semifinals on tap
Welcome to Semifinals Monday in the 2025 WPIAL soccer playoffs with final four matches in girls 4A and 3A along with boys 2A and Class A. The semifinalists in the girls 4A district playoffs have a golden shine to them due to the great success all four programs have enjoyed...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Oct. 27, 2025
With the high school football regular season now in the rear-view mirror, it is time for the WPIAL playoffs to begin this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has audio coverage of some of the opening weekend of 2025 WPIAL postseason. All of the video of...
Trib HSSN don’t miss high school football matchups for 2025 Week 9
Welcome to Week 9 of the high school football season, the final weekend of the regular season. There are 65 WPIAL football playoff berths this season, with 49 spots guaranteed to be clinched by the end of Friday in the six classifications, and another 16 wild card spots to be...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 23, 2025: It’s deja vu in the Class 4A girls soccer quarterfinals
Welcome to quarterfinals Thursday in the WPIAL girls soccer playoffs with second-round matches in the Class 4A and 3A tournaments. The Class 4A quarters have a familiar shine to them, as seven of the eight remaining teams were also part of the elite eight a year ago. The only difference...
Trib 10: Big school power rankings get shakeup before regular season finales
Hear ye, hear ye, as we head into the final weekend of the high school football regular season, we proclaim to all that there are no exits and zero entries into this weekly edition of the Trib 10. However, that doesn’t mean Week 8 was business as usual for the...
WPIAL bracketology: Don Rebel, Chris Harlan forecast 2025 football playoff pairings
Math may matter, but not when it comes to WPIAL football wild cards. This is the second year of the playoff format in which wild card teams are no longer determined by Gardner Points or the WPIAL tiebreaker formula. Now, 16 additional berths will have to wait until Selection Saturday...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 22, 2025: Bigger-than-usual field begins quest for Class 4A volleyball gold
The opening round of the WPIAL girls volleyball playoffs concludes Wednesday with the spotlight shining on first-round matches in Class A and 4A. There are only four sections in Class 4A girls volleyball with the top three teams qualifying for the postseason, setting up a field of 12 playoff teams....
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school football rankings for Oct. 21, 2025
The “Stretch Run” is nearly complete with one week left in the regular season, and while the mercury is starting to drop, the top football teams across Pennsylvania are heating up. The 30 teams that last week were ranked in the Trib HSSN state Top 5 were a combined 29-1...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 21, 2025: Familiar faces meet in 1st round of boys soccer playoffs
One week. That is all that separates four WPIAL boys soccer teams from finishing the regular season and starting the postseason against the same opponent. The first round of the district boys soccer playoffs conclude with the focus on four Class 4A opening-round matches. In two of them, familiar foes...
Trib HSSN high school football team of the week for Oct. 20, 2025Video
Trib HSSN football team of the week – Moon Tigers Coach: Ryan Linn (ninth season) Result: Moon 20, Upper St. Clair 13 (2OT) Record: 3-1 in Class 5A Allegheny Six Conference, 6-3 overall #Earned: All Peters Township needed in Week 8 to secure the Class 5A Allegheny Six Conference championship...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Oct. 20, 2025: Rematches highlight 4A girls soccer 1st round
The opening round of the 2025 WPIAL soccer playoffs continues Monday with first round matches in three brackets, including girls Class 4A. There are only four first round matches slated in the opening round as the top four seeds; No. 1 Peters Township (14-2-2), No. 2 Seneca Valley (10-3-2), No....
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Oct. 20, 2025
The “Stretch Run” of the high school football season concludes while the district postseason begins in four other WPIAL fall sports this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 9 of this high school football season, with nearly 30 WPIAL,...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for Oct. 19, 2025Video
Trib HSSN football player of the week – Tyler Eber School – Thomas Jefferson Class – Junior Height/weight – 5-foot-11, 183 pounds Position – Running back, linebacker #Earned – If there is anyone who could have used a soak over the weekend, it was Thomas Jefferson bell cow running back...
2025 WPIAL playoff picture, clinchings through Week 8
One week remains in the 2025 WPIAL football regular season with plenty of district postseason berths and conference crowns still up for grabs. This is the second year of the new look WPIAL football playoffs where wild card teams have expanded and are no longer figured out by the mathematical...
WPIAL girls volleyball playoff field finalized with 68 teams
The 2025 WPIAL girls volleyball regular season is over, and 68 district teams have clinched postseason berths. The top four teams in each section with seven or more teams and the top three teams in sections with six or less teams qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for...
Trib HSSN don’t miss high school football matchups for 2025 Week 8
Welcome to Week 8 of the high school football regular season as the “Stretch Run” continues with the final two weeks of the regular season. Only 49 WPIAL football playoff spots are guaranteed up and down the six classifications with another 16 wild card spots to be determined by the...
What to watch for in high school sports on Oct. 16, 2025: City League playoffs feature familiar matchups
As the Pittsburgh City League football playoffs kick off this weekend, forgive the four semifinalists if they are going through a bit of déjà vu this week. On Thursday at Cupples Stadium, second-place finisher and three-time defending champion Westinghouse (5-3) will battle the third-place team in the district this season,...
