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Trib HSSN don’t miss high school football matchups for Week 3
Class 5A nonconference No. 2 Gateway (2-0) at No. 1 Pine-Richland (2-0) 7 p.m. Friday, Pine-Richland Stadium at Pine-Richland HS On the air: Audio on KDKA-AM 1020 and Video at TribHSSN.TribLive.com Coaches: Don Holl, Gateway; Eric Kasperowicz, Pine-Richland Players to watch: Derrick Davis, Gateway (Sr., 6-2, 195, RB); Cole Spencer,...
Trib 10: Central Valley uses historic win to stay in upper echelon
History was made in Week 2 as Greensburg Salem became the fifth WPIAL school to reach No. 700 wins. The historic victory was not enough for the Golden Lions to earn a spot in this week’s HSSN power rankings, but another milestone win helped a district team remain in the...
Which WPIAL football team will reach a milestone next?
History was made in Week 2 of the WPIAL football season as two district teams picked up milestone victories. Greensburg Salem notched program win No. 700 in a 13-12 victory over Knoch. “The feeling at the end of the Knoch game was a mixed emotion,” Greensburg Salem coach Dave Keefer...
Trib HSSN state football rankings for Sept. 22, 2020
It was another relatively quiet week with more and more teams starting to kick off the 2020 high school football season across the state. Eight of the 30 HSSN ranked teams did not play. For those that did, it was business as usual with a couple of exceptions. Defending PIAA...
Trib HSSN Team of the Week for Week 2
Last fall, Peters Township enjoyed one of the best football seasons in school history. The Indians finished 12-2 and lost in the WPIAL Class 5A championship game to Gateway, 21-20. After having to sit out Week 1 due to covid-19 restrictions, Peters Township got very defensive in its 2020 season...
This week’s Trib HSSN broadcasts
As summer turns to autumn, we celebrate with plenty of high school fall sports action this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We turn our attention to Week 3 of the high school football season with 37 video and audio broadcasts with a special Monday night edition,...
Trib HSSN High School Football Player of the Week for Week 2
Keystone Oaks coach Greg Perry has a reputation of being a “quarterback whisperer.” In his successful career as an assistant and head coach at Seton LaSalle and Keystone Oaks, he has coached standout scholastic quarterbacks such as Bruce Gradkowski, Bill Stull, Luke Brumbaugh, Tyler Perone and Alex Smith. All of...
South Fayette, Chartiers Valley have pieces in place to return to volleyball playoffs
After a delay of a couple of weeks, the 2020 WPIAL girls volleyball season has begun. A pair of local Class AAA teams that reached the playoffs last year entered this season with great expectations. South Fayette was the Section 2-AAA champion a year ago. The Lions reached the WPIAL...
Trib HSSN don’t miss high school football matchups for Week 2
Class 6A No. 4 Mt. Lebanon (0-0) at Canon-McMillan (0-1) 7 p.m. Friday, Big Mac Stadium in Canonsburg Coaches: Bob Palko, Mt. Lebanon; Mike Evans, Canon-McMillan Players to watch: Cooper Austin, Mt. Lebanon (Jr., 6-2, 255, OL/DL); Ryan Angott, Canon-McMillan (Jr., 5-10, 185, RB) Last week: Mt. Lebanon did not...
Freedom football coach Greg Toney steps down
The first coaching change of the new WPIAL football season came quickly and was surrounded by confusion. One week into the new campaign, Freedom coach Greg Toney resigned after only one year and one game. Toney did not want to discuss the situation, but in a text to HSSN, the...
Trib 10: Central Catholic stays atop football power rankings
A high school football season like no other is underway in Western Pa. Here is the latest edition of the Trib 10 football power rankings for the 2020 season. There are no changes from last week as the ranked teams flexed their power on opening night to the tune of...
Trib HSSN state football rankings for Sept. 15, 2020
It was a quiet start to the 2020 high school football season this past week, and not just because fans were not allowed or were limited at stadiums across the state. No, there were very few ripples in the current rankings because there are still many schools and districts that...
Trib HSSN Team of the Week for Week 1
In four years from 2016-19, Chartiers Valley football played in Class 5A and struggled, winning only four conference games and amassing an overall record of 10-30. After WPIAL realignment dropped the program to Class 4A, the Colts galloped to a quick start out of the gates with an impressive 34-7...
This week’s Trib HSSN broadcasts
The high school fall sports season kicks into full gear this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have the debut of WPIAL boys and girls soccer, girls volleyball and field hockey. We turn our attention to Week 2 of the high school football season with 36 video...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for Week 1
Anytime a key player changes position, there is a little hesitation, a little anxiousness and a whole lot of finger crossing. Belle Vernon made the move from an offense built around a pocket passer the last few years to an run-option dynamic by putting the ball in the hands of...
Reis Watkins stars as Shenango christens new turf with win over Union
Gone is another natural grass field in the WPIAL as they rolled out the new turf at Frank Bongevingo Field at Glenn “Pop” Johnson Stadium at Shenango High School. However, there was nothing artificial about how the host Wildcats opened up the new season with a 25-12 win over rival...
Signal Item girls soccer preview: Chartiers Valley chasing playoff berth in competitive section
Girls high school soccer teams that succeeded last fall begin this season trying to build on that momentum while those who stumbled look to a new year as a building block. Such it is for the Chartiers Valley girls soccer team. Last season, the Colts missed the playoff for a...
Signal Item boys soccer preview: Carlynton has championship potential
The 2020 high school sports season is underway. A season once thought to be in jeopardy of being canceled or possibly moved to the spring has kicked off for athletes playing football, field hockey, volleyball, golf, tennis, cross-country and soccer. Four area boys soccer teams reached the WPIAL playoffs a...
Trib HSSN don’t-miss high school football matchups for Week 1
Class 6A Canon-McMillan (3-8) at No. #1 Central Catholic (12-2) 7 p.m. Friday, Graham Field in Wilkinsburg Coaches: Mike Evans, Canon-McMillan; Terry Totten, Central Catholic Players to watch: Ryan Angott, Canon-McMillan (Jr., 5-10, 185, RB); Edward Tillman, Central Catholic (Sr., 5-8, 165, RB) Four downs: 1. Junior Ryan Angott will...
Trib HSSN preseason state football rankings
The 2020 high school football season kicks off Friday around Pennsylvania with words such as finally, normalcy, excitement and tradition being used to describe games that were up in the air as recently as two weeks ago. Add another word when it comes to state rankings — chaos. First the...
Central Catholic leads preseason Trib 10 football power rankings
Here is the first edition of the Trib 10 high school football power rankings for the 2020 season. These are the weekly rankings where you throw classifications out the window. We allow for some wiggle room for the smaller schools to participate. I mean, is Clairton or Beaver Falls going...
After back-to-back playoff trips, Shaler looking to take next step
What a difference a couple of years make. For most of this recent decade, the Shaler football team entered a season just looking to win a game or two. From 2012-17, fans were forgetting the Titans as they struggled to a 2-56 overall record with five winless seasons. However, the...
South Park motivated by last season’s postseason victory
For the last two years, South Park has played in the strongest of the two WPIAL Class 3A conferences — the Tri-County West. There, the Eagles battled some of the top teams in the class in Aliquippa, Beaver Falls and defending district champion Central Valley. You would think South Park...
WPIAL Class 6A football breakdown: NA, Central Catholic cream of shrinking crop
The expansion to six classifications four years ago has been a bonanza for many of the WPIAL classes. Close regular season battles for playoff berths have led to some nail-biting moments in the postseason. That has not been the case for the WPIAL’s largest classification. While the number of teams...
With Teddy Ruffner in backfield, Mars targets postseason success
In 2005, Mars finished with a 5-5 record after a Class AA first-round playoff loss to Burrell. That was the last time the Fightin’ Planets had a non-winning season. Lately, however, Mars has mastered regular season success, but the Planets aren’t aligning come playoff time. From 2006-15, Mars was able...
