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What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Sept. 25, 2023: Peters Township hosting Canon-McMillan in girls soccer showdown
Now that we are into the second half of section play in WPIAL girls soccer, there are a definitive top two teams being chased by others in many of the district sections. However, there are a couple of sections where the fight for first place is a lot murkier. In...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Sept. 25, 2023
The high school football regular season hits the midway point as we say so long to September football with Week 5 action this weekend on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video coverage of Week 5 with five WPIAL football games Friday plus links to plenty of...
Trib HSSN football team of the week for 2023 Week 4Video
There was a lot of excitement this week in the WPIAL with so many big high school football games. However it was a week of mixed emotions for one of the most successful coaches in WPIAL history. On Tuesday, Regis Cherpak, the father of Bill Cherpak, died at the age...
Deacon Durham’s 2 punt return touchdowns help spark Shady Side Academy victory
On the Shady Side Academy football roster, senior Deacon Durham is listed as a wide receiver, cornerback and free safety. Perhaps the initials LR should be added to identify him as a lethal returner. Durham returned two punts for touchdowns as Shady Side Academy took care of business and defeated...
Trib HSSN don’t-miss high school football matchups for 2023 Week 4
It may say September on the calendar, but Week 4 of the WPIAL football season has more of a November feel to it with big games here, there and everywhere. Friday features not one, not two, but three games pitting top-ranked teams against teams rated No. 2 in the latest...
What to watch for in Western Pennsylvania high school sports on Sept. 21, 2023: ‘Dice vs. ‘House in City League football
They are the two most dominant football programs in recent City League history and on Thursday, they meet to open up Week 4 of the high school football season. It’s the ‘Dice battling the ‘House. Since 2017, Allderdice and Westinghouse have combined to win all six City League football championships....
Trib 10: Week 4 filled with marquee matchups between power-ranked teams
We still have two high school football weekends left in September, but Week 4 will have a November football feel to it. No, the weather will be just fine, but the quality of football should be playoff-like with big matchups here and there across all six classifications. The best example...
Penn-Trafford’s Amelia Williams, Winchester Thurston’s Cecilia Gurgel earn WPIAL singles top seeds
Youth was served last fall when Penn-Trafford freshman Amelia Williams won the 2022 WPIAL Class 3A singles tennis championship. Williams is back to defend her crown and is joined by numerous underclassmen as the field is set for the 2023 district girls tennis singles championships Wednesday. Half of the Class...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Sept. 20, 2023: Unbeaten girls soccer powers to face off
On Tuesday, there was a boys soccer battle between Seneca Valley and North Allegheny. On Wednesday, it will be a Class 4A girls soccer first-place showdown with the Raiders and Tigers. In the last 10 years, these two programs have dominated the highest classification. Seneca Valley won district gold in...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school football rankings for Sept. 19, 2023
There were not a lot of changes in this week’s Trib HSSN PIAA football rankings, but that could be changing big time in Week 4. Of the 30 ranked teams in the Top 5, only two came up on the short end of the stick last weekend. In 5A, Roman...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Sept. 19, 2023: Battle of unbeatens set between North Allegheny, Seneca Valley
The last two boys soccer teams to win back-to-back WPIAL championships in the highest classification are Seneca Valley and North Allegheny. The only undefeated teams left in WPIAL Class 4A boys soccer this season are the Raiders and the Tigers. The two district juggernauts prepare to battle for the first...
Trib HSSN football team of the week for 2023 Week 3
Knoch second-year coach Tim Burchett has an offensive background, serving as offensive coordinator under T.J. Plack at Peters Township before taking the Knights head coaching job. He calls the plays for a Knights team that is now 4-0 and is averaging more than 32 points per game. However, Knoch was...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Sept. 18, 2023: Girls soccer South Hills showdown on tap
There are only 11 WPIAL girls soccer teams that have yet to lose a match this season, and two of them go head-to-head Monday. First place in Section 2-4A will be up for grabs when Upper St. Clair visits Peters Township. Just over a decade ago, these programs won WPIAL...
Trib HSSN football player of the week for 2023 Week 3
Throwing for more than 200 yards in a high school game is solid. Rushing for more than 200 yards in a game is a very good night at the office. To accomplish both in one game is rare air. It is safe to say Trinity sophomore quarterback Jonah Williamson had...
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...
