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Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for April 6, 2025Video
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week – Eli Graff School – Thomas Jefferson Class – Sophomore Position – First base, outfielder #Earned – Thomas Jefferson started the week sitting at 2-2 as it began its Section 4-5A schedule with back-to-back games against Baldwin. On Tuesday, Eli Graff was 2...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of April 7, 2025
The first full week of April will be busy and chilly as section play tries to heat up in all the spring sports this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have video and audio coverage of WPIAL baseball, softball, boys and girls lacrosse and boys volleyball....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 4, 2025: Boys lacrosse powers to square off
With the baseball and softball schedule in jeopardy with wet weather expected Friday, the spotlight shines on district lacrosse. Last year, Mars won the boys lacrosse Section 2-2A regular season crown by one game over Hampton after defeating the Talbots in their only regular season meeting. The two then clashed...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 3, 2025: Class 6A section series wrap up
Three Class 6A three-game section series will conclude Thursday with a rubber game and two teams going for sweeps. Second place will be on the line in Section 1-6A when Seneca Valley (1-1, 3-3) hosts Central Catholic (1-1, 4-1) at 4 p.m. The Vikings won Monday at SV, 7-6, while...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school softball rankings for April 2, 2025
There was little movement in the weekly Trib HSSN state softball rankings as we transition from March softball to April softball. Each classification saw one change of teams among the Top 5 with the exception of Class 3A, which despite one slide, all five teams remain ranked. The five teams...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school baseball rankings for April 2, 2025
Going from March to April in high school baseball across the state provided a little bit of change in two classifications but status quo for the most part in the other four classes. Both Class 3A and 2A saw a fresh coat of paint as both Top 5s saw the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 2, 2025: Class 2A softball powers to collide
We hit midweek with a busy day on the softball diamonds (weather permitting) around the district. Last season, Neshannock edged out Laurel to win the Section 1-2A softball title by sweeping the head-to-head regular season meetings. It looked like the two Lawrence County rivals would collide for a third time...
Trib 10: Top teams in power rankings flex muscles in 1st month of season
The mercury might be up and down, but the Trib 10 has remained consistent as we move into April. Through a second week of section series in for most district baseball teams, the power rankings barely changed with one flip-flop at the bottom. On the softball side, defending 5A champion...
Trib HSSN Head of the Class: 2025 WPIAL girls basketball players of the year
There were a lot of players who enjoyed incredible success on the court this season in what became another large step forward for district girls basketball this winter. Monessen great Gina Naccarato’s all-time district career scoring record was in jeopardy, but survived by 245 points as Iyanna Wade of Clairton...
Trib HSSN Head of the Class: 2025 WPIAL boys basketball players of the year
What an incredible season for so many of the top boys basketball players around the WPIAL. While some players surpassed the magical 1,000-point scoring mark for their career this winter, a couple eclipsed the rare 2,000 points-scored plateau. While we salute all of those who participated in a memorable 2025...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 1, 2025: 6A baseball dives into 3-game section series
May Day! We begin the fourth month of the year with no attempt to fool, just an effort to point out some of the key high school sporting events set for a sunny Tuesday. While the other five classifications began section series play last week, Monday marked the start of...
Trib HSSN Head of the Class: WPIAL 2025 girls basketball coaches of the year
Girls high school basketball continues to grow thanks in part to the men and women who give of their time to teach, coach and mentor young women throughout the WPIAL. While we would like to now salute all 126 WPIAL girls basketball coaches from the 2024-2025 campaign, we have a...
Trib HSSN Head of the Class: WPIAL 2025 boys basketball coaches of the year
Coaching high school sports nowadays is a year-round venture with offseason workouts, summer leagues and fall open gyms. While we would like to now salute all 133 WPIAL boys basketball coaches from the 2024-2025 campaign, we have a special seat in the front of the classroom for those who were...
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week for March 31, 2025Video
Trib HSSN girls basketball player of the week – Juliette Leroux School: South Fayette Class: Junior Height: 5-foot-11 Position: Guard/Forward #Earned: All season long, the South Fayette junior triumvirate of Ryan Oldaker, Haylie Lamonde and Juliette Leroux led a balanced attack averaging between 15 and 17 points per game. In...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for March 31, 2025: Serra Catholic, Eden Christian set to battle
We close out March with a focus on the first of two games in the WPIAL baseball section series Monday. Last season, Serra Catholic and Eden Christian Academy reached the WPIAL baseball championship game at Wild Things Park, the Eagles in 2A and the Warriors in A. Both had to...
Trib 10: State champions climb atop final power rankings
Six WPIAL basketball teams invaded Hershey this weekend with state championship dreams. Now that finals are in the books, four teams returned west with silver while two are celebrating first ever PIAA titles. South Fayette fell to Peters Township in the WPIAL girls basketball championship game to end a three-year...
Final 2024-25 Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school girls basketball rankings
The wealth and the gold were spread out when it came to the 2025 PIAA girls basketball championships. Six different districts had one team each win a state basketball title this winter. While Districts 2, 3, 8 (City League), 9, 10 and 11 were left out of the celebrations, district...
Final 2024-25 Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school boys basketball rankings
Five new champions and one repeat performer have been crowned in the PIAA boys basketball championships. It was a golden state postseason for the Philadelphia Catholic League. Father Judge in 6A, Neumann-Goretti in 5A, Devon Prep in 4A and West Catholic in 3A all won PIAA gold. It was back-to-back...
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for March 30, 2025Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball teams of the week – The Neighborhood Academy Bulldogs Coach – Jordan Marks (Fourth season) Records – 10-0 and champions in Section 2-A, 29-1 overall #Earned – Wrapping up his fourth season as head coach of The Neighborhood Academy, Jordan Marks referred to this as a...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of March 31, 2025
March slides into April, and that’s no joke, as the focus switches full time to spring sports this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of WPIAL baseball, softball, boys and girls lacrosse and boys volleyball. Plus the Rebel Yell podcasts make...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 29, 2025: 2 teams take their shot at state gold on final day of basketball season
Welcome to final day of the state finals in Hershey and the 2025 high school basketball season. Two more WPIAL teams will hit the Giant Center court playing for state basketball gold Saturday. For one of those district teams, it’s their first appearance in the PIAA basketball title game in...
South Fayette set to face juggernaut Archbishop Wood for PIAA title
The ongoing debate about boundary and non-boundary schools has surfaced again in these PIAA basketball championships. Of the 24 teams that qualified for the state championship in Hershey, only seven are public schools despite the fact nearly 70% of all high schools in the state are public schools with set...
Trib 10: Pine-Richland, Seneca Valley top 1st edition of baseball, softball power rankings
The diamond power rankings are back. Each week this spring, Trib HSSN will rank the Top 10 baseball teams and softball squads without any classification limits. Before we look at this year’s inaugural rankings, let’s look back at the end of the 2024 season. In baseball, there were no district...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on March 28, 2025: Sewickley Academy, Upper St. Clair get their crack at PIAA gold
Welcome to Day 2 of the 2025 PIAA basketball championships. On Friday, two more WPIAL teams have a shot at winning state basketball gold in Hershey and both teams have captured PIAA crowns in the past. First in the boys 2A finals, Sewickley Academy (24-5) will go up against District...
Upper St. Clair’s husband-wife tandem looking to make history at PIAA championships
In each of the last two years, history was nearly made by Berlin Brothersvalley, a small District 5 school located outside of Somerset. The Mountaineers boys basketball team, coached by Brentwood grad Tanner Prosser, reached the PIAA Class A championship game in 2023 and 2024, but lost both years to...
