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Trib HSSN 2023-24 WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball preseason breakdown
The four-year reign of district and state dominance ended last season for Our Lady of the Sacred Heart as the 2022-2023 season became the Year of the Deer in Class 3A. OLSH moved up to 3A last season after winning four straight WPIAL Class 2A championships. However, the Chargers’ run...
Trib HSSN 2023-24 WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball preseason breakdown
With apologies to the late voice of NFL Films, John Facenda, there are 24 teams in WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball, then there are the Lincoln Park Leopards. The Leopards may be better than last year, and all they did in 2022-2023 was go 30-1 and sweep WPIAL and PIAA...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for 2023 Week 13Video
When asked how many medals and trophies he has earned in his youth as a three-sport standout, Fort Cherry sophomore quarterback Matt Sieg has no idea. However, it’s safe to say that the one he earned on Friday at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh has moved to the head of the...
Trib HSSN 2023-24 WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball preseason breakdown
The 2022-23 season was the year of the Indians in WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball. A pair of tribes met for gold in the district title game as Penn Hills edged Peters Township to capture the program’s sixth WPIAL crown and first since 2018. The classification kept up its reputation...
Trib HSSN football team of the week for 2023 Week 13Video
The year-long battle to climb the hill and be the only one standing at the top in the end is the ultimate golden experience. It’s one thing to do that once, but to do it again can be very challenging. Three WPIAL football teams were able to repeat this season...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Nov. 27, 2023
We swing into winter high school sports mode as November becomes December this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. The PIHL feature games this week are a high school hockey doubleheader Thursday. We get the ball rolling on a new basketball season with coverage of all four boys...
2023-24 PIHL standings through Nov. 26, 2023
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, 6-1-0 = 12 Pine-Richland, 5-2-0 = 10 Seneca Valley, 5-2-0 = 10...
PIAA reveals sites, dates, times for football semifinals
The March to Mechanicsburg has hit Final Four weekend. There are four teams remaining in each classification in the hunt for state gold and seven of the 24 teams left in the PIAA playoffs are from the WPIAL and City League. Freshly minted District 7 champions Aliquippa in 4A, Belle...
Trib HSSN 2023-24 WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball preseason breakdown
Will there be a history-making repeat for Central Catholic as WPIAL champion, and can a district team finally win an elusive PIAA Class 6A state crown? These are just a couple of questions facing the 12 boys basketball teams heading into a new season of Class 6A hoops. Here is...
WPIAL playoff recap: 3 repeats, 2 first-time champs and a Cinderella
The 2023 WPIAL football playoffs are in the books, and when the dust settled, three district teams repeated, two struck gold for the first time in school history and a No. 10 seed took home a title for the second straight season. North Allegheny and Belle Vernon are still kings...
PIAA football quarterfinal previews for Nov. 25, 2023
While the WPIAL prepares to crown four district champions at Acrisure Stadium on Friday, the 2023 PIAA postseason continues with state quarterfinals. Recent District 7 title winners North Allegheny in 6A and Peters Township in 5A will battle teams from Erie on Friday while City League champion Westinghouse also faces...
WPIAL Class 4A football championship preview: Aliquippa vs. McKeesport
Two storied programs will clash in the final game of the day Friday at Acrisure Stadium on the North Shore of Pittsburgh in the Class 4A championship game. Undefeated and top-seeded Aliquippa will battle the No. 2 seed, once-beaten McKeesport. This is the 43rd season of Class 4A football in...
WPIAL Class 3A football championship preview: Avonworth vs. Belle Vernon
A rematch is set in the third of four title games Friday at Acrisure Stadium on the North Shore of Pittsburgh in the Class 3A championship game. Undefeated and No. 2-seeded Avonworth will face defending WPIAL and PIAA champion Belle Vernon for a second straight season. This is the 109th...
Trib 10: Ranking the last 10 WPIAL teams left standing
Coming up with this week’s 10 teams was easy because they are the only teams still playing from the WPIAL. However, ranking them in the weekly Trib 10 power poll was not easy. Seven teams have been part of the power rankings for at least two weeks now and some...
WPIAL Class 2A football championship preview: Steel Valley vs. Beaver Falls
A rematch is set in the second of four title games Friday at Acrisure Stadium on the North Shore of Pittsburgh in the Class 2A championship game. Defending district champion and top seed Steel Valley will go up against the Cinderella team of the WPIAL football postseason, No. 10 Beaver...
WPIAL Class A football championship preview: Fort Cherry vs. South Side
It will be a battle of unbeaten teams in the first of four title games at Acrisure Stadium on the North Shore of Pittsburgh in the Class A championship game. Undefeated and No. 2-seeded Fort Cherry will battle unbeaten and top-seeded South Side in what should be the perfect lid-lifter...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school football rankings for Nov. 21, 2023
As the playoff field dwindles following the first round of the 2023 PIAA football playoffs, changes are in the air in the latest Trib HSSN PIAA football rankings. Several head-to-head clashes and other results led to two changes each in Class 6A, 5A and 2A and one change in the...
Trib HSSN high school football team of the week for 2023 Week 12
Avonworth coach Duke Johncour has been part of the program for the last 22 years. While this season the Antelopes are a perfect 12-0 heading into the WPIAL Class 3A championship game Friday at Acrisure Stadium, there were some years early on in his days wearing red and white when...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Nov. 20, 2023
Trib HSSN hits the ice again for more high school hockey action and concludes the district football playoffs on a holiday week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Our PIHL feature games this week are a high school hockey doubleheader Monday. Plus, the Rebel Yell podcasts continues with Player...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for 2023 Week 12
Peters Township sophomore quarterback Nolan DiLucia has had great success this fall in leading the Indians offense. He has proven to have a good arm and can do damage with his legs. Early in the WPIAL Class 5A football championship game, the young QB also proved he has a short...
2023-24 PIHL standings through Nov. 19, 2023
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, 6-1-0 = 12 Pine-Richland, 5-2-0 = 10 Seneca Valley, 5-2-0 = 10...
PIAA football quarterfinals schedule set for this weekend
North Allegheny in Class 6A and Peters Township in 5A captured district gold after winning WPIAL championships on Saturday. Now they formally begin the March to Mechanicsburg this weekend. The first round is in the books as the elite eight in each classification prepare for the quarterfinals in the 2023...
PIAA high school football 1st-round playoff pairings for Nov. 17-18, 2023
The PIAA football playoffs turn 35 this fall. Back in 1988, the first state champions crowned were Central Catholic in Class 4A, Berwick in 3A, Bethlehem Catholic in 2A and Camp Hill in A. Those first championships were played at four different sites. Class 4A was at Beaver Stadium, 3A...
WPIAL 2023 Class 5A football championship game preview: Peters Township vs. Pine-Richland
For the second straight year, the WPIAL Class 5A championship game will be played at Norwin Stadium in North Huntingdon. The Class 5A finals will be Saturday at noon as Peters Township faces defending champion Pine-Richland. The reason the two highest classifications are playing their title games a week earlier...
WPIAL 2023 Class 6A football championship game preview: Central Catholic vs. North Allegheny
For the second straight year, the WPIAL Class 6A championship game will be played at Norwin Stadium in North Huntingdon. The 6A championship game features 2022 champion North Allegheny against Central Catholic for the second year in a row. The reason Class 6A and 5A are playing their title games...
