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Trib HSSN don’t-miss high school football matchups for 2022 Week 1
Welcome to Week 1 of the 2022 WPIAL football season. While most teams decided to suit up and play in Week Zero, this is opening night for a few WPIAL teams. All of the games this weekend around the district are once again nonconference matchups with the exception of one...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 1, 2022: Top teams meet on busy night of boys soccer
Welcome to September, where the thought of fall colors and cooler temperatures down the road may help deal with another summer-like day around the various district athletic fields. Thursday marks another busy evening of boys soccer section action around the WPIAL. Some of the better matches on the pitch on...
Trib 10: Aliquippa tops season’s 1st power rankings
With Zero results in the books, so to speak, which district teams are feeling enough power to earn a spot in the first Trib 10 of the 2022 season? If you are familiar with the weekly power rankings, you know there are no rules and no boundaries in selecting the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Aug. 31, 2022: South Hills soccer showdown in spotlight
We close out the month of August with another busy evening of WPIAL girls soccer on the pitch. One of the top district matches Wednesday has Bethel Park hosting neighboring Peters Township. Both teams won their section openers Monday as Bethel Park edged Norwin, 2-1, while Peters Township shut out...
Trib HSSN State Football Rankings for Aug. 30, 2022
Another high school football season is upon us as we present the first edition of the 2022 Trib HSSN PIAA weekly state rankings. We left off in 2021 with six champions crowned in Hershey, an unprecedented four WPIAL teams winning state gold. Mt. Lebanon (6A), Penn-Trafford (5A), Aliquippa (4A) and...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Aug. 30, 2022: Section play begins in boys soccer
Ready or not, the WPIAL begins its section schedule for the 2022 boys high school soccer season Tuesday. Thirty-six of the district’s 105 boys soccer teams will not only be opening up section play Tuesday, but also it will be their season opener. Similar to the girls side, the biggest...
Trib HSSN football team of the week for 2022 Week Zero
The Mars football program had a rare down year in 2021. The Fightin’ Planets not only missed the postseason for only the fifth time in the last 30 years, but they also finished 2-8 overall with one of those wins coming via forfeit. The offseason brought major change as the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Aug. 29, 2022: Girls soccer section play begins
Three days into another girls high school soccer season, the district rolls out the red carpet on the start of section play around the WPIAL on Monday. For two-thirds of the 98 District 7 soccer teams, their section opener also will be their season opener. The biggest change after realignment...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Aug. 29, 2022
With opening weekend of the high school football season in the rearview mirror, we extend the scholastic sports menu this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week 1, with nearly 30 WPIAL, District 6, D-9 and D-10 high school...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week 2022: Week Zero
At Penn-Trafford, they love their green and gold. Last season, Carter Green helped lead the Warriors to the school’s first WPIAL and PIAA football championships with 1,265 yards passing and 1,155 yards rushing. After Green graduated in the spring, P-T coach John Ruane decided to stay Greene and moved now...
Butler looking to build off most successful season in 25 years
Sometimes the grass is greener on the other side. After going a combined 0-20 in 2018 and 2019, the Butler football program decided to leave the WPIAL to play an independent schedule. After finishing 2-4 in 2020, the Golden Tornado enjoyed a winning season last fall for the first time...
Albert Gallatin football loving the independent life
These are the glory days of high school football at Albert Gallatin. The story is familiar by now. In 2018, the Colonials finished 0-10 and were outscored 479-46, an average score of 48-4 with most of the games ending with a running clock. The program hadn’t had a winning season...
Trib HSSN don’t-miss high school football matchups for 2022 Week Zero
Welcome to the 2022 WPIAL football season. Zero usually means nothing, but in this case, Week Zero equates into a lot of excitement and optimism as a new campaign kicks off. All but nine of the 117 WPIAL football teams will be in game action this weekend while eight others...
Carlynton working to end playoff drought
Twenty-one years. After finishing tied for third place in the 2001 Class AA Interstate Conference, Carlynton traveled to Reeves Field at Geneva College to battle heavy favorite Beaver Falls in the first round of the district playoffs. The Tigers, who eventually lost in the finals to Washington, had more than...
Burgettstown brings momentum into new Black Hills Conference
Burgettstown returned to the playoffs in 2021 for the sixth time in seven years thanks to a strong finish with three straight regular season must-wins. The Blue Devils finished 5-5 overall after falling to eventual champion Bishop Canevin in the Class A first round, but second-year coach Greg Marshall won’t...
Championship roster almost entirely intact as Bishop Canevin aims to defend WPIAL title
Two years removed from a one-win season, Bishop Canevin quickly built a solid foundation for the football program that led to the school’s first WPIAL championship since 1990 last fall. “It was a great year for the Bishop Canevin school, alumni, community and our program,” second-year coach Richard Johnson said....
Mohawk football season on hold amidst hazing allegation
As 117 WPIAL football teams prepare to begin their new season this weekend with a Week Zero game or a second scrimmage, one district team’s season is on hold after allegations surfaced of a possible hazing incident within the team. Lawrence County and Mohawk School District officials are investigating possible...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Aug. 22, 2022
Let the games begin! We kick off another high school sports season with the start of scholastic football in the heat of August this weekend on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage of Week Zero with 29 WPIAL, District 6, D-9 and D-10...
After smooth coaching transition, resilient Keystone Oaks ready for another run
After eight successful seasons in which he went 45-34, Greg Perry left as Keystone Oaks football coach in the offseason, in part because of a cut in pay for his assistant coaches. However, one of Perry’s assistant coaches, Steve McCormick, has taken over the program and is set for a...
Chartiers Valley soccer teams determined to get back on playoff path
Five years ago, the Chartiers Valley soccer teams were in contender mode. The boys team finished 16-5 and reached the WPIAL semifinals. The girls squad was 12-6-1, tied for second in its section. But last time the girls team qualified for the WPIAL playoffs was 2017, and the boys have...
WPIAL Class 6A football breakdown: In tiny field of 5, contenders line up to take shot at Mt. Lebanon
At its zenith, the highest classification in the WPIAL, then called Quad-A, had 28 teams in the early 2000s. That number stayed steady over the next decade-plus and was at 25 teams for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. Expansion to six classifications has steadily shrunk 6A, which started with 14...
South Park looks to regain winning ways after tough season
South Park enters the new season in rebound mode. After splitting their first four games in 2021, the Eagles lost their final five contests by a combined score of 171-27, keeping them out of the WPIAL postseason for the first time since 2018. “I commend our kids for doing the...
Avonworth hopes to climb to top of Western Hills and beyond
When it comes to consistently excellent football programs in the district, Avonworth is right there in the conversation. The 2019 WPIAL Class 2A champions and PIAA runners-up have reached the playoffs every season since 2007 with the exception of the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign when the Antelopes finished tied for second...
After close call last year, McKeesport hopes to make a run at Class 4A gold
Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher used to say, “there is a fine line between winning and losing in the NFL.” The same could be said for high school football. One district team that found out the hard way how true that statement was in 2021 was McKeesport. The...
Experience puts Montour in the mix as a challenger in deep Class 4A field
For the last 17 years under Lou Cerro, the Montour football program has always competed. Even in years the Spartans finished under .500 or didn’t make the playoffs, they had a competitive team that usually is alive for the playoffs until the final week of the regular season. Staring at...
