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This week on Trib HSSN for week of Sept. 18, 2023
One of the best weeks of WPIAL football in the regular season takes place this weekend on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video coverage of Week 4 with six WPIAL football games Friday, including No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdowns in both Class 6A and 5A,...
Trib HSSN don’t-miss high school football matchups for Week 3 2023
While Class 6A and 5A may have had a head start with two conference games each the last two weeks, much of the rest of the WPIAL joins the fun as the starter’s pistol goes off this weekend with 43 conference football games highlighting Week 3 in the WPIAL. There...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 14, 2023: Union, Shenango set for Thursday night football
A busy weekend of conference openers in high school football kicks off with a rare WPIAL Thursday night contest. Two long-time Lawrence County rivals meet when defending Class A champion Union hosts Shenango in a Big 7 Conference opener. This marks the 89th encounter between the Scotties and the Wildcats...
Trib 10: Losses shake up back half of high school football power rankings
Week 2 proved to be rough one for WPIAL teams that took home gold in 2022. Pine-Richland (5A), Steel Valley (2A) and Union (A) all lost; however, the combined record of the teams that beat them — Penn Hills, Seton LaSalle and Cornell — is an impressive 8-1. Two other...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 13, 2023: South Hills rivals to square off in girls soccer
Last year, four South Hills rivals qualified for the WPIAL Class 4A girls soccer playoffs. Those same four schools sit stop the Section 2-4A standings midway through September. On Wednesday, those four schools square off when Bethel Park visits Upper St. Clair and Mt. Lebanon hosts Peters Township. The perfect...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school football rankings for Sept. 12, 2023
It was a bit of a rough week for Districts 3 and 7 as they both lost two teams from last week’s Trib HSSN PIAA football rankings. Five teams lost and dropped out of the state Top 5, including Harrisburg (6A) and Manheim Central (4A) from D-3 and Steel Valley...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 12, 2023: Clash of undefeated boys soccer teams in Class 2A
There are two WPIAL boys soccer teams in Class 2A that have yet to lose this season, and they’ll square off Tuesday for first place in their section. South Park sits in first place in Section 2-2A with a 4-0 section record, 6-0 overall, a half-game ahead of East Allegheny....
Trib HSSN football team of the week for 2023 Week 2Video
Thankfully this “streaking” thing that the Waynesburg football team has grown accustomed to has nothing to do with the crazy fad from 50 years ago. The Raiders put to rest an ugly 13-game losing streak, including a winless 2022 season, when they won in Week Zero. Now the script has...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Sept. 11, 2023: Girls soccer showdowns on tap
The first full week of high school sports in September begins with a couple of showdowns in WPIAL Class 3A girls soccer. In Section 2-3A, there are three teams tied for first place. Laurel Highlands is 3-0 in section play, and Thomas Jefferson and Elizabeth Forward are 2-0. The first...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for 2023 Week 2Video
Montour senior quarterback Jake Wolfe huffed and puffed and blew away the Lions. He also threw and ran through and around South Fayette in leading his Spartans to a nonconference victory in a battle of undefeated teams, 42-35. “He has really embraced the new offense and has taken a big...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Sept. 11, 2023
We get ready for the ribbon-cutting ceremony and the grand opening of conference play for most teams in WPIAL football this weekend of WPIAL football here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video coverage of Week 3 with six WPIAL football games Friday plus links to...
Springdale football snaps long losing skid with victory over Summit Academy
It’s been more than 22 months, but the Springdale football team finally can celebrate a victory. Boom go the Dynamos. Springdale raced to a big first-quarter lead and held on to beat host Summit Academy, 35-21, in a Class A nonconference battle Saturday afternoon. “That was a long time coming,”...
Trib HSSN don’t-miss high school football matchups for Week 2 2023
The avalanche of conference openers is coming for most WPIAL football teams next week. However, here in Week 2, we triple the amount of conference games from last week, going from one to three. Three weeks into the season and after Friday, Canon-McMillan will be halfway through its four-game Class...
What to watch for in Western Pa. high school sports on Sept. 7, 2023: City League blue bloods to collide
The two most successful football programs in City League history will kick off the District 8 schedule at George Cupples Stadium on the South Side to get the ball rolling on Week 2 of the high school football season Thursday. Last year was a dream season for Westinghouse, winning the...
Trib 10: As list of undefeated teams gets smaller, top of WPIAL power rankings stays the same
Just two weeks into the new high school football season, only 38 of 177 WPIAL teams remain undefeated. Two of those teams that tasted defeat for the first time in 2023 last week dropped out of the Trib 10 as Central Valley lost to Avonworth and Canon-McMillan fell to North...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 6, 2023: Final girls soccer section openers set
Through the first week-plus of the WPIAL girls soccer season, each section has opened up play with teams having one or two games under their belts heading into the holiday weekend. However, there are three girls soccer sections that have yet to play a conference match. That all changes when...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school football rankings for Sept. 5, 2023
Not a lot has changed in the weekly Trib HSSN PIAA football rankings in the first few weeks of the 2023 season as the elite across the state have taken care of business. Only two teams lost in Week 1 and fell out of the state top 5: Upper Dublin...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for 2023 Week 1
Following back-to-back winless seasons in 2020 and 2021, Connellsville ended a long losing streak with a win over Albert Gallatin in Week Zero last season. They could not follow up that win with another victory though to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the last time the Falcons started 2-0. This...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Sept. 5, 2023: Boys soccer section showdowns on tap
In WPIAL Section 1-4A boys soccer, three teams are tied for first place with 2-0 section records while two others have split their first two section matches. Four of those five teams go head-to-head Tuesday as we begin another busy week on the pitch. Seneca Valley, which won the 2020...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Sept. 4, 2023
We labor our way through another week that leads up to another weekend of WPIAL football here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video coverage of Week 2 with five WPIAL football games Friday and one more Saturday, plus links to plenty of other video and...
Trib HSSN football team of the week for 2023 Week 1Video
Two of the top teams in Class 4A collided in Week 1, yet the game itself almost took a back seat to the site of the early season showdown. After playing the 2022 season without a home field because of major renovations at The Pit and still winning another district...
Riverview keeps rolling in rout of Carlynton
Turning a program around is never easy, but those who pull it off usually lean on the fundamentals. Blocking, tackling and winning the line of scrimmage. On a picture-perfect Saturday afternoon, that is exactly what Riverview did on its way to a 42-0 win over Carlynton in a Class A...
Trib HSSN don’t-miss high school football matchups for Week 1 2023
Most of the district teams knocked off the rust, buckled the chin straps tight and began the 2023 high school football season last week in Week Zero. However, there were still a handful of teams that went old school and decided to play a second scrimmage and wait to officially...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Aug. 31, 2023: Boys soccer teams to battle for early section lead
We close out August with plenty of boys soccer section matches. It’s still early days, but there are three standout matches Thursday in WPIAL Class 3A boys soccer with at least a share of the section lead at stake. In Section 2, defending district champion Moon, along with Montour, South...
Trib 10: Big schools move to front of the line in 1st edition of WPIAL football power rankings
It’s our first look at which teams have the power in WPIAL football, at least through Week Zero. The inaugural edition of the weekly Trib 10 power rankings is top heavy with big schools. The top two schools are the top two teams in our latest Trib HSSN Class 6A...
