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What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Aug. 28, 2025: Stingy defenses square off in 3A boys soccer
When section play began in WPIAL boys soccer Tuesday, the four winners in the eight-team Section 2-3A had zero tolerance for their opponents. All four teams currently tied for first place with 1-0 section pitched shutouts to open section play with victories. Two of those four will square off Thursday...
Trib 10: Week Zero surprises shake up big school, small school power rankings
Some eyebrow raisers up and down the WPIAL led to some early changes in both the big and small school power rankings heading into Week 1. In the big school Trib 10, top-ranked Central Catholic lost to District 12 power LaSalle College in Week Zero, but it wasn’t enough to...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Aug. 27, 2025: Section rivals to clash in girls soccer
The section spotlight shines on three sections in 3A, one 2A section and all four Class A sections on a busy evening of girls soccer Wednesday. Plum was undefeated Section 4-3A champion a year ago, finishing 12-0 and earning the No. 4 seed in the WPIAL 3A playoffs. Following postseason...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school football rankings for Aug. 26, 2025
The 2025 high school football season is underway and while zero means nothing, Week Zero around the state was very meaningful. So much that four teams already lost their grip on a Trib HSSN Top 5 state rankings spot before Week 1 takes place. The exits of Garnet Valley, Danville,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Aug. 26, 2025: Section play starts in 2 boys soccer classes
Welcome to opening night of the WPIAL boys soccer section schedule in two of the four classifications: 3A and 2A. Just days into the new season, section play begins in all four sections in the two district middle classes. A year ago, the South Park boys soccer team won 20...
Trib HSSN football team of the week for Aug. 25, 2025Video
Trib HSSN football team of the week – Upper St. Clair Panthers Coach: Mike Junko (seventh season) Result: Upper St. Clair 35, Mt. Lebanon 14 Record: 1-0 overall #Earned: In the 50th all-time meeting between these South Hills neighbors, visiting Upper St. Clair took the suspense out of this rivalry...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Aug. 25, 2025: Girls soccer section play begins
Following a couple of tournament matches this past weekend, the 2025 section schedule for most girls soccer teams in Class 3A, 2A and A begin on Monday. Both the Moon and Avonworth girls soccer teams had a three-peat they were trying to extend to four crowns in a row last...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Aug. 25, 2025
Now that the 2025-26 high school sports season has begun, we race toward a holiday weekend with plenty of action each day this week. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 1, with more than 25 WPIAL, District 6 and District 9 football games. To cap the Friday...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for Aug. 24, 2025Video
Trib HSSN football player of the week: Gabriel Jenkins School: Imani Christian Class: Junior Height/Weight: 6-foot-2, 182 Position: Quarterback, cornerback #Earned: It was a big week for Gabe Jenkins. It began with him making his college choice, then it continued with an outstanding performance in the season opener against highly...
Trib HSSN don’t miss high school football matchups for 2025 Week Zero
Welcome to the kickoff of the 2025 WPIAL football regular season. Ten years ago, the PIAA initiated the idea of Week Zero, giving schools throughout the state the option to have a traditional second scrimmage or schedule a 10th game for an early taste of Friday night lights. While there...
Trib 10: Check out this year’s rankings, now with twice as much power
A new high school football season brings a change to the traditional Trib 10 power rankings. In the past, we presented our weekly power rankings for teams in all six district classifications. However, unlike basketball, baseball and softball where it is easier for teams at small schools to climb the...
Defending PIAA champions start season atop Trib HSSN state football rankings
Welcome to the 2025 high school football season, which kicks off for most schools across the state with Week Zero games this weekend. Before this season kicks off, here is a quick refresher course on the six 2024 PIAA champions. District 12 powerhouse St. Joseph’s Prep captured its third straight...
This week on Trib HSSN for the week of Aug. 18, 2025
Let the games begin! We kick off a new scholastic sports season with the start of high school football 2025 this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week Zero, with more than 25 WPIAL, District 6 and District 9...
WPIAL Class 6A preview: A decade in, 6-class system produces little big-school drama
Welcome to the 10th season of Class 6A football in the WPIAL and PIAA. The decision for the state to expand from four to six classes in football, boys and girls basketball and baseball and softball prior to the start of the 2016-17 school year was driven by bigger schools...
Countdown to Kickoff ’25: Saturday games not extinct just yet in WPIAL football
There was a time when Saturday afternoon marked a busy end to a high school football weekend around the WPIAL. Twenty years ago, 11 district schools played their home football games on Saturdays, with Bishop Canevin, Duquesne, Geibel Catholic, Riverview, Serra Catholic, Shady Side Academy, Shenango, South Side, Summit Academy,...
Countdown to Kickoff ’25: 26 WPIAL teams have new coaches this fall
The WPIAL football coaching pendulum continues to swing between a lot of offseason changes and not as many new sideline generals. Prior to the 2023 season, there were 26 head coaching changes. Last year was a lot less with only 17. This offseason saw 26 new football coaches hired to...
Countdown to Kickoff ’25: Innovative playoff format enters 2nd season
This will be the second season of the innovative WPIAL football playoff format. The trusty old abacus was retired last fall when it came to figuring out wild card playoff teams. The WPIAL football steering committee decided which schools qualified for the district playoffs as wild cards instead of using...
Countdown to Kickoff ’25: Looking back at last year’s champs
While we continue to prepare for the new high school football season, Countdown to Kickoff 2025 looks back at the 2024 WPIAL football season. Conference champs First, here is a rundown of all the regular season conference champions from last fall: 6A – Central Catholic 5A Allegheny Six – Upper...
Scrimmage schedule set for Western Pa. high school football teams
Training camps officially begin Monday for all 127 WPIAL, City League and independent teams. The week then concludes with a scrimmage. The second week of camp concludes with most teams playing a Week Zero game Aug. 22-23. There are still a few schools that prefer a second scrimmage instead of...
Experienced Montour aims to contend for Parkway Conference crown
The 2024 football season at Montour was a tale of two seasons. A thrilling Week 8 victory over Aliquippa put the Spartans alone in first place in the Class 4A Parkway Conference with one week left in the regular season. With a chance to win the conference title outright, Montour...
Seneca Valley turns to one of its own to take reins of football program
There is a mix of old and new at Seneca Valley, where the hope is that experienced players and a new coaching staff will put the Raiders in perfect harmony for a return to the WPIAL 6A football playoffs. Ron Butschle stepped down as coach after last season, ending his...
Mt. Lebanon looks to improve in 2nd year under Greg Perry
The first year for Greg Perry as head coach at Mt. Lebanon turned into a tale of two seasons. Through the first five weeks, the Blue Devils lost their first five games, including their first two games of Class 6A conference play. They were shutout once and averaged only 10...
Central Catholic has experience, firepower to repeat in Class 6A
In only his second season as head coach at Central Catholic, Ryan Lehmeier etched his name in the record books next to John Fischetti, Art Walker and Terry Totten — Vikings football coaches who have won WPIAL or PIAA championships. Central Catholic ended a three-year golden drought by knocking off...
Coaching inspiration, experience spark Canon-McMillan in 2025
One of the big WPIAL football stories this offseason involved the coaching situation at Canon-McMillan. Ten-year veteran Big Macs coach Mike Evans is battling cancer for a second time. While he remains optimistic for his long term health following surgery to remove his tumor in July, he realized he would...
North Allegheny has questions to answer in quest to return to top of Class 6A
Editor’s note: Trib HSSN will publish team-by-team previews for one conference per day until the start of the high school football season Aug. 22. North Allegheny was trying to make history last year and become only the second team to win three straight outright WPIAL championship games in the highest...
