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What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 16, 2025: Top teams jockey for position in Class 3A boys soccer
As we get closer to the midway point of section play in WPIAL boys soccer, the fight for first place in two Class 3A sections intensifies Tuesday. The top four teams in Section 2-3A square off when Thomas Jefferson (7-0-1) visits Trinity (4-2) and Bethel Park (4-1-1) travels to Laurel...
Trib HSSN high school football team of the week for Sept. 15, 2025Video
Trib HSSN football team of the week – Avella Eagles Coach: Ryan Cecchini (15th season) Result: Avella 18, West Greene 7 Record: 1-0 in the Class A Tri-County South, 4-0 overall #Earned: From 2015-2024, the Avella football program finished with more than three wins in a season twice with five...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Sept. 15, 2025: Section showdowns set in Class 4A girls soccer
A new week of WPIAL girls soccer begins in grand style with first place in all three Class 4A sections up for grabs on Showdown Monday. In Section 1-4A, Penn-Trafford is 3-0 in the section and 3-2-1 for the season as it prepares to host a Norwin team that is...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for Sept. 14, 2025Video
Trib HSSN football player of the week: Scoop Smith School: Woodland Hills Class: Senior Height/Weight: 5-foot-6, 150 Position: Wide receiver, cornerback #Earned: The dynamic senior wide receiver has been known to do some special things on the football fields, basketball courts and tracks around Western Pennsylvania, and in a big...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Sept. 15, 2025
As we hit the midway point of September, we also hit the halfway mark of section play in district high school soccer and volleyball this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 4 of this high school football season,...
Trib HSSN don’t miss high school football matchups for 2025 Week 3
Week 3 of the regular season will feature the opening of conference play for 12 of the 17 WPIAL conferences. So in that dozen of sections that kick off conference play this weekend, how did their collective teams fare in three tune-up weeks filled with nonconference action? Class 6A was...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 11, 2025: Thursday night MACtion kicks off Week 3
Week 3 of the WPIAL football season kicks off a day early with a rare Thursday night game featuring a Class 2A Midwestern Athletic Conference opener. It was 40 years ago that Riverside was crowned WPIAL Class 2A champions with a victory over Swissvale, 21-15. It is the Panthers’ lone...
Trib 10: Preseason favorites drop out of weekly power rankings
Two teams with high expectations that began the season ranked No. 1 in their respective classifications have now been bumped out of the power rankings. Two straight losses by banged-up McKeesport dropped the Tigers out of the big school Trib 10 while a second loss in three games by Steel...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 9, 2025: Fox Chapel, Hampton girls battle for top spot
The Fox Chapel girls soccer program is used to the spotlight. The Foxes were WPIAL Class 4A champions in 2023, and after relocating to Class 3A last season, won the Section 1-3A title and were the No. 1 seed in the 2024 Class 3A playoffs before falling in the title...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school football rankings for Sept. 9, 2025
After a week of turmoil and surprises in the Top 5, the elite teams in the state got their mojo back in a big way in Week 2. With two ranked teams not playing, the other 28 teams were a combined 27-1 in the first weekend of September. The only...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 9, 2025: Undefeated teams to meet in Class 4A boys soccer
Two weeks into the new WPIAL boys soccer season, one of the top games of the young season highlights the Tuesday schedule. Two of the three undefeated teams in Class 4A are set to collide for first place in Section 2-4A when Canon-McMillan hosts Peters Township. Playoff teams from a...
Trib HSSN football team of the week for Sept. 8, 2025Video
Trib HSSN football team of the week – Southmoreland Scotties Coach: Dustin Shoaf (first season) Result: Southmoreland 54, Laurel Highlands 7 Record: 3-0 overall #Earned: There was a time not that long ago that the one distinction the Southmoreland football program had was owning the longest WPIAL playoff drought. Don’t...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Sept. 8, 2025
The weather looks wonderful for the week ahead with even a little crispness in the air to signify we are in fall high school sports mode this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 3 and the start of conference...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Sept. 8, 2025: Section 2-3A girls soccer foes to square off
A new week begins with a busy day of section play on the pitch for WPIAL girls soccer teams. The top four teams in Section 2-3A will square off Monday. Moon leads the way with a 3-0 record in the section and a 4-0 mark overall. Both Montour and West...
Trib HSSN football players of the week for Sept. 7, 2025
Trib HSSN football players of the week – Joe Felitsky and Logan Schade School – North Catholic Class – Seniors Height/weight – Felitsky: 6-foot-1, 175 pounds; Schade: 5-11, 165 Position – Felitsky, quarterback; Schade, running back, free safety #Earned – The dynamic senior duo in the North Catholic offensive backfield...
Trib HSSN don’t miss high school football matchups for 2025 Week 2
Week 2 of the 2025 WPIAL season is the final tuneup for some District 7 teams before conference play begins next week. Already the third weekend of the new season is minus one game after Shady Side Academy pulled out of its nonconference game at Clairton. For now, the game...
What to watch for in high school sports on Sept. 4, 2025: City League play to kick off
Conference play in WPIAL football kicks off next weekend, but league play gets an early start in District 8 with two games here in Week 2. City League play starts Thursday and features a former power against the current king of the district. Brashear (0-2) will challenge three-time defending City...
Trib 10: Losses knock smattering of teams out of big school, small school power rankings
So how low should a team go in the power rankings after a loss? The answer is there is no answer. Every team that loses has different circumstances that determine the final outcome. In the big school Trib 10 this past week, three teams lost, but both Pine-Richland and McKeesport...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 2, 2025: Class 4A girls soccer kicks off section play
Section play finally begins Wednesday in WPIAL girls soccer Class 4A, along with four other sections in the other three classifications. Two of the three 4A section champions from a year ago are in action Wednesday, and they both open up at home against 2024 playoff teams. The defending Section...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school football rankings for Sept. 2, 2025
Week 1 turned out to be a tough week for teams ranked No.1 In a week filled with Top 5 showdowns, more than half of the top-ranked teams from last week’s Trib HSSN state rankings were knocked off. For a second straight week, Class 6A power St. Joseph’s Prep lost...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Sept. 2, 2025: Girls volleyball section play tips off
Welcome to September and opening night of section play in WPIAL girls volleyball for teams in Class 3A and 2A. The feature match to get the ball rolling in Section 1-2A is a rematch of the district finals last fall. A year ago, Quaker Valley went a perfect 14-0 to...
Trib HSSN football team of the week for Sept. 1, 2025Video
Trib HSSN football team of the week – Mars Fightin’ Planets Coach – Eric Kasperowicz (Fourth season) Result – Mars 17, Bethel Park 13 Record – 2-0 overall #Earned – The Mars football team has always been known for two things — playing a hard-nosed, physical style of football with...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Sept. 1, 2025
After spending the weekend saying farewell to another summer, we get back into the fall high school sports season this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 2, with more than 25 WPIAL, District 6 and District 9 football games....
Trib HSSN football player of the week for Aug. 31, 2025Video
Trib HSSN football player of the week – James “BooBoo” Armstrong School – Hopewell Class – Sophomore Height/weight – 6-foot-2, 215 pounds Position – Quarterback #Earned – Coming off a big freshman season in which he threw for 1,344 yards and 10 touchdowns and led the team in rushing with...
Trib HSSN don’t miss high school football matchups for 2025 Week 1
Welcome to Week 1 of the 2025 WPIAL football regular season. While most of the district teams are hitting the field for a second time this season, seven teams are making their 2025 debuts. It is the season opener for Aliquippa, Belle Vernon, Burgettstown, Carmichaels, Springdale, Union and West Allegheny....
