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Trib HSSN state football rankings for Nov. 3, 2020
As district tournaments wind down and the Road to Hershey begins, tops teams across Pennsylvania start falling by the wayside with golden dreams turned to season-ending nightmares. All things considered, though, only three HSSN football teams ranked in the top 5 in each classification across the state were bumped from...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for Week 8
Since moving to Class 5A when the PIAA expanded to six classifications in football before the 2016 season, Penn-Trafford has been so agonizingly close to a WPIAL title. However, no victory cigar has been puffed on. The Warriors are a combined 38-10 the last four years with two semifinals appearance...
This week’s Trib HSSN broadcasts
We kick off a November to remember with a golden week of championship soccer, volleyball, field hockey and football action this week only on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Week 9 of the high school football season features 10 WPIAL semifinals video streams and audio broadcast of the Class...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for Week 8
The Apollo-Ridge program rose to new heights in 2013 and ‘14 thanks to athleticism of Tre Tipton. Success on the football field continued for the Vikings in 2015 and ‘16 thanks to the running of Duane Brown. For the past four years, the team has been led on the ground...
South Fayette golfer emerging as one of WPIAL’s top players
Summer camp is usually a time for kids to do some hiking, swimming, biking and perhaps create a craft or two. Summer camp for 9-year-old Caroline McConnell is where she learned to play golf. “I started with the sport at a summer camp out at Scally’s,” McConnell said. “I have...
Playoff loss hard to handle after brilliant season for Bishop Canevin girls soccer
One and done. It’s the beauty of the high school sports postseason. It’s also a painful reminder for all the qualifying teams that only one school is left at the end to raise the championship trophy. The bitterness of a postseason loss is a little easier to swallow when a...
WPIAL Class 6A football semifinals preview
Class 6A semifinals No. 4 Seneca Valley (4-2) at No. 1 North Allegheny (5-0) 7 p.m. Friday at Newman Stadium, McCandless On the air: Audio on TribHSSN.TribLive.com Winner plays: Winner of No. 3 Central Catholic (4-2) vs. No. 2 Mt. Lebanon (4-2) in WPIAL championship game, 7 p.m. Nov. 6,...
Trib 10: Upset knocks Thomas Jefferson down a few pegs in power rankings
The same 10 teams have once again earned spot in this week’s HSSN football power rankings. However one big eyebrow raiser did shuffle the deck a bit as the regular season concluded and the district postseason is set to begin. McKeesport going to Thomas Jefferson and ending the defending WPIAL...
Trib HSSN state football rankings for Oct. 27, 2020
It was another week of very little movement for the HSSN football teams ranked in the Top 5 in each classification across the state. Only two teams were bumped from last week. They were Imhotep Charter in 5A, replaced by Governor Mifflin, and a swap of WPIAL teams in Class...
Trib HSSN football team of the week for Week 7
After the result came in Friday and fans throughout the WPIAL raised a collective eyebrow, one had to wonder what McKeesport coach Matt Miller said to motivate his Tigers prior to their big Class 4A Big Eight Conference showdown at Thomas Jefferson. “Nothing different than any other game,” Miller said....
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for Week 6
The victory in Week 7 for Clairton to seal the deal on another outright Eastern Conference championship came against a playoff-bound team and was historically significant. But it was just another day at the office for senior running back Dontae Sanders. For the fifth time in six games, Sanders rushed...
Chartiers Valley soccer teams aiming for return to playoffs in 2021
The Chartiers Valley soccer programs were riding high four years ago. The boys team beat Mars for the WPIAL Class 3A championship and reached the PIAA quarterfinals during an 18-win season. The girls team won 11 games, finished tied for third place in their section and lost to Class 3A...
Optimism abounds for Bishop Canevin boys, Carlynton girls soccer programs
Sometimes in sports, a small snow ball rolls to the point it becomes an avalanche. A tough early loss rolls into another, then another, and, eventually, the season is in the rear-view mirror. The wins are few and far between. Such was the case for the Bishop Canevin boys soccer...
WPIAL girls volleyball playoff clinchings through Oct. 22, 2020
The WPIAL girls volleyball regular season has come to an end, sort of. There is at least one more playoff spot up for grabs in a match on Saturday plus a spot undecided in both Class AAA and AA. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district...
Trib HSSN don’t-miss high school football matchups for Week 7
Class 6A Central Catholic (3-2, 3-2) vs. Baldwin (2-2, 1-2) 7 p.m. Friday, Cibic Stadium at Baldwin HS On the air: Audio on TribHSSN.TribLive.com Coaches: Terry Totten, Central Catholic; Tim Sweeney, Baldwin Players to watch: Eddy Tillman, Central Catholic (Sr., 5-8, 165, RB); Colton Brain, Baldwin (Sr., 5-10, 165, QB)...
Trib 10: Top teams tune up for playoffs
Ten bells for the 10 teams in HSSN football power rankings. All 10 were victorious on the second-to-last weekend of the WPIAL regular season. Nine of the teams will close the door on conference play on Friday while North Allegheny enjoys the weekend off after their game at Hempfield was...
WPIAL Clinched: Final boys soccer playoff spots decided
Section play in the regular season is in the books as the field for the 2020 WPIAL boys soccer playoffs is now set. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie...
WPIAL Clinched: Girls soccer playoff field set
Section play in the 2020 regular season is complete and the field is set for the WPIAL girls soccer playoffs. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie also qualify for...
Trib HSSN state football rankings for Oct. 20, 2020
For the first time all season, all 30 teams included in the Trib HSSN state rankings were in action. It was a banner week for the elite teams in Pennsylvania as 28 of them were victorious and only two fell to defeat and fell out of the top five. One...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for Week 6
Elizabeth Forward realizes it is not easy to win a football conference championship. The Warriors have done it four times in their history —1966, 1985, 2017 and 2018. The last two titles were shared with two other teams as part of a tri-championship. So EF’s journey to first place in...
WPIAL girls volleyball playoff clinchings through Oct. 18, 2020
The WPIAL girls volleyball regular season has one week left. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie all qualify for the postseason. Trib HSSN’s exclusive coverage of the 2020 WPIAL...
WPIAL girls soccer playoff clinchings through Oct. 18, 2020
There is one day left in section play in WPIAL girls soccer with two more spots in 4A up for grabs. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie all qualify...
WPIAL boys soccer playoff clinchings through Oct. 18, 2020
There are two days left in section play in WPIAL boys soccer with only one Class 3A spot still available. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie all qualify for...
TribHSSN broadcasts: Week of Oct. 19-24
The ‘Stretch Run’ of the 2020 high school football season concludes as we wrap up the regular season and look ahead to the postseason this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Week 7 of the high school football season features 31 video and audio broadcasts on Friday and...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for Week 6
With a possible playoff berth in the balance, twice Upper St. Clair fell behind Moon by two touchdowns. However, Panthers fans had no fear because Ethan Dahlem was there. USC’s senior quarterback had a huge night and engineered multiple comebacks in Week 6, the last coming when he scored on...
