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It was an explosive opening night for WPIAL boys and girls soccer teams Tuesday. WPIAL boys soccer teams were a combined 9-2 in the first round of the PIAA playoffs, while the District 7 girls were even better, going a combined 11-1 with the lone loss coming in an intra-district...

Thanks to plenty of postseason byes, Trib HSSN PIAA football rankings held steady with no changes. However, with two exceptions, 28 of the 30 teams will be playing this weekend in district quarterfinals, semifinals or championship games. With 13 teams earning byes last weekend, the rest of the top 5s...

8-8-7 is not a new area code in Western Pa., rather it was the seeding for three of the four boys soccer champions in the recently completed District 7 postseason. Outside of their respective locker rooms, not many folks felt, when the WPIAL boys soccer playoff brackets came out, that...

Here are the latest 2023-24 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. Don’t miss live and archived PIHL action every week at TribHSSN.TribLive.com. Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points North Allegheny, 4-1-0 = 8 Pine-Richland, 4-1-0 = 8 Upper St. Clair, 4-1-0 =...

Early in the third quarter of their WPIAL Class A first-round playoff game Friday, Burgettstown had just scored to take a 30-14 lead over defending champion Union. The host Scotties never blinked, and thanks to senior quarterback Braylon Thomas, Union scored five straight touchdowns to win 51-37 and advance to...

The ice wars continue as we mix our fall sports postseason coverage with a high school hockey doubleheader this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. The first full week of November begins with a PIHL Class 3A and Class A high school hockey doubleheader on Monday. After the...

It was 47 years ago that Norwin defeated York Suburban to win the 1976 PIAA Class 3A girls volleyball championship. It was the first of 52 state titles captured by WPIAL teams. Last year, North Allegheny in Class 4A and Freeport in 2A added to that total. Now, 13 District...

Two years ago, history was made as WPIAL teams captured five PIAA soccer championships. The Hampton (3A), Quaker Valley (2A) and Winchester Thurston (A) boys and the Moon (4A) and Mars (3A) girls brought home state titles, the most in district soccer history. Last season was a different story though...

Welcome to opening night of the 2023 WPIAL football playoffs. While the Class 6A postseason takes the week off, there are 27 WPIAL quarterfinals or first-round contests from Class A up to 5A on Friday. Here are preview capsules on 13 of the 27 games. The other 14 district postseason...

The WPIAL will celebrate the 50th aniversary of its first girls volleyball championships by handing out four more titles Saturday at AHN Arena at Peters Township. Norwin not only won the first gold in 1973, the Knights also won the first 13 Class 3A championships through 1985. Three girls volleyball...

Welcome to the first postseason edition of the weekly Trib 10 power rankings. The regular season is in the books and the postseason kicks off Friday for most WPIAL team fortunate enough to qualify for November football. You’ll notice, however, that not every postseason team will be in action this...

A busy month of district and state postseason fall sports action begins on this first day of November with volleyball final four matches and boys soccer consolation contests. A year ago, Pine-Richland shocked the district girls volleyball world by defeating top seed and two-time defending champion North Allegheny in the...

The high school football regular season is in the books and the district playoffs begin across the state this weekend. There were only two changes from last week’s Trib HSSN PIAA football rankings as most teams stayed put or moved up. There were two head-to-head matchups in Week 9 between...

Twenty-four district boys and girls soccer and girls volleyball teams will find out Tuesday if this particular Halloween will serves the trick of ending their WPIAL championship hopes or if they will be treated to a spot in the district finals later this week. Welcome to Semifinals Tuesday in the...

The 2023 football season in the WPIAL will be remembered for great sudden turnaround success stories for plenty of programs throughout the district. South Side is not one of them. It has been a steady build in recent years toward a perfect regular season this fall and a top seed...

There is something special about the No. 11 seed when it comes to the WPIAL Class 3A boys soccer playoffs. Last fall, No. 11 Ambridge upset No. 6 Hampton, No. 3 Thomas Jefferson and No. 2 Plum to reach the district championship match. The Bridgers’ miracle run ended with a...

We drop the puck twice this week with the hopes of more treats then tricks on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has a high school hockey Class 3A contest Halloween night and a Class A tilt Thursday as we continue our coverage of the PIHL season into...

Here are the latest 2023-24 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League standings through Sunday. Don’t miss live and archived PIHL action every week on TribHSSN.TribLive.com. Class 3A Team – Wins – Losses – Overtime/Shootout Loss = Total Points Bethel Park, 3-2-1 = 7 Central Catholic, 3-1-0 = 6 Mt. Lebanon, 3-1-0 =...

Welcome to the final week of the 2023 WPIAL football regular season as we wrap up the “stretch run” with meaningful football games aplenty. Ten of the 17 conferences in the district will be decided in showdown games Friday. Some of those contests will determine outright champions while others will...

Welcome to one of the busiest days of WPIAL fall sports postseason action on Thrive and Survive Thursday. There are plenty of quarterfinals matches in boys and girls soccer and girls volleyball, as well as district gold at stake for some of the top area runners. The 2023 WPIAL cross...

It was another calm-before-the-storm week in the latest Trib 10 power rankings. All 10 teams were victorious in Week 8, but things will be changing heading into the WPIAL postseason once the dust settles from what should be a scintillating Week 9. There are two heads-to-head showdowns this Friday with...

The first round of the WPIAL boys soccer Class 3A playoffs was Shutout City. Seven of the eight losing teams were held to nil on the scoreboard, and the only goal scored by an eliminated team came from No. 16 seed Chartiers Valley in a 5-1 loss to top-seeded Plum....

As we inch closer to the district playoffs starting across Pennsylvania in Week 10, the top teams are trying to hit the finish line of the regular season strong. Last week’s Trib HSSN PIAA football ranked teams were a combined 28-2 in Week 8. Only Exeter Township in 5A and...