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Trib 10: WPIAL finalists fill Trib HSSN power rankings
With only 11 teams left standing after the second week of the WPIAL football playoffs, teams that have been eliminated are merely spectators in more ways than one. Sure, when the final rankings come out, perhaps a team currently on the outside looking in finds its way back into the...
Trib HSSN state football rankings for Nov. 10, 2020
After several weeks of very few changes, the Trib HSSN state rankings underwent a major facelift heading into the state quarterfinal round. Nine teams saw their dreams of state gold and their prized spot in the state Top 5 vanish. Most of the teams lost on the field in district...
Trib HSSN football team of the week for Week 9
Welcome to the 2020 Central Catholic revenge tour. Your first stop will be in the South Hills at Mt. Lebanon and then we head north to North Allegheny. Enjoy the ride. The Vikings sure did. Central Catholic finished in a three-way tie for second place in Class 6A with a...
This week’s broadcasts on Trib HSSN
With the district soccer, volleyball and field hockey championships in the rear-view mirror, we turn our attention to WPIAL football championships this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Week 10 of the high school football season features video streams of the WPIAL Class 3A, 2A and A championships...
Trib HSSN Player of the Week for Nov. 8, 2020
When Josh Hough became a big part of the Beaver Falls offense as a sophomore in 2018, people looked at his name and didn’t know if it rhymed with rough or rogue. Now that he has made a name for himself as a big bruising running back, it is Hough...
Carlynton football moving in right direction after 3-win season
While the struggles were evident at times, the Carlynton football program continues to take baby steps after three winless seasons in a four-year period from 2014-17. The Cougars finished 3-5 overall, giving them a combined six wins in back-to-back years for the first time since the 2011 team won five...
Bishop Canevin football eager to take next step
A traditionally strong football program hit rock bottom in 2019. A 26-12 win over Northgate in Week Eight last season helped Bishop Canevin avoid a winless season. The Crusaders finished 1-9 and was staring at another coaching change, their fourth in four years. However, the Crusaders responded to new coach...
WPIAL Class A playoff preview: Clairton, Shenango lean on star running backs
No. 5 Shenango (7-1) vs. No. 1 Clairton (7-0) 7 p.m. Friday, Norwin Knights Stadium at Norwin HS On the air: Video at TribHSSN.TribLive.com Coaches: Jimmy Graham, Shenango; Wayne Wade, Clairton Players to watch: Tino Campoli, Shenango (Jr., 5-11, 190, QB); Dontae Sanders, Clairton (Sr., 6-2, 235, RB) Last week:...
WPIAL Class 2A playoff preview: Can Serra Catholic pull off another upset at Sto-Rox?
No. 7 Serra Catholic (5-0) vs. No. 3 Sto-Rox (7-1) 7 p.m. Friday, Memorial Stadium at Sto-Rox HS On the air: Video at TribHSSN.TribLive.com Coaches: Jose Regus, Serra Catholic; LaRoi Johnson, Sto-Rox Players to watch: Max Rocco, Serra Catholic (Jr., 6-0, 170, QB); Austin Jones, Sto-Rox (Jr., 5-11, 165, QB)...
WPIAL Class 3A playoff preview: Can anyone challenge defending champion Central Valley?
No. 4 Keystone Oaks (5-2) vs. No. 1 Central Valley (8-0) 7 p.m. Friday, Sarge Alberts Stadium at Central Valley HS On the air: Video stream at TribHSSN.TribLive.com Coaches: Greg Perry, Keystone Oaks; Mark Lyons, Central Valley Players to watch: Mark Hutchin, Keystone Oaks (Sr., 5-11, 175, WR/QB); Ameer Dudley,...
WPIAL Class 5A playoff preview: Gateway, Peters Township meet in title game rematch
No. 3 Peters Township (7-0) vs. No. 2 Gateway (5-0) 7 p.m. Friday, Pete Antimarino Stadium at Gateway HS On the air: Video stream at TribHSSN.TribLive.com and on WJPA-FM 95.3 Coaches: T.J. Plack, Peters Township; Don Holl, Gateway Players to watch: Luke Petrarca, Peters Township (Jr., 6-4, 230, TE/LB); Derrick...
Trib 10: Ranked teams clash in second week of WPIAL playoffs
All 10 teams in last week’s HSSN football power rankings were home in Week 8, and all 10 scored victories to keep their district championship hopes alive. However, while there are no changes to the Trib 10 this week, that certainly won’t be the case next week. The challenges become...
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...
