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Trib HSSN don’t-miss high school football matchups for 2022 Week 6
We begin the second half of the 2022 regular season with gray skies, a threat of rain and temps in the 50s … in other words, October football is upon us. With little margin for error, especially in Class 6A (with a four-team playoff field) and Class 5A (with eight...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 5, 2022: GCC, Frazier set for Thursday night football
The second half of the high school football regular season begins with a bang with not one but two district games slated for Thursday. In a rare WPIAL Thursday matchup, Greensburg Central Catholic will try to maintain its focus as it travels to Perryopolis for a Class A Eastern Conference...
Trib 10: 2 new teams enter WPIAL football power rankings
Midnight struck for one of the surprise football teams in the WPIAL in Week 5. Now how do they respond “the next day?” Both Hempfield and North Allegheny were bounced from the list of district undefeated teams with midway-point losses last week. These defeats also bounced both the Spartans and...
WPIAL girls soccer playoff clinchings through Oct. 5, 2022
Section play in the regular season in the 2022 WPIAL girls soccer season has just over one week remaining. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie all qualify for the...
Mt. Lebanon, Sewickley Academy earn top seeds for WPIAL tennis playoffs
Last year was the Year of the Panthers in WPIAL girls team tennis. Upper St. Clair won the Class 3A team tennis title while Sewickley Academy won 2A gold, its fourth district championship in five years. Now the brackets have been unveiled for the 2022 WPIAL girls team tennis playoffs,...
WPIAL boys soccer clinchings through Oct. 4, 2022
Section play in the regular season in the 2022 WPIAL boys soccer season has just over one week remaining. The top four teams in each section qualify for the district playoffs. All teams tied for a playoff spot in which head-to-head does not break the tie all qualify for the...
What to watch in WPIAL sports for Oct. 5, 2022: Top 4 Section 1-A soccer teams to face off
As time winds down on section play in WPIAL girls soccer, the focus turns toward capturing one of the top four spots in each section to earn a berth in the district postseason in two and a half weeks. There are 35 girls soccer section matches slated for Wednesday, including...
Trib HSSN state high school football rankings for Oct. 4, 2022
It’s the midway point of the 2022 high school football regular season, and it’s time for the elite teams in the state to flex their muscles heading into the second half. Of the 30 teams ranked last week in the Trib HSSN state football rankings, only two lost and were...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Oct. 4, 2022: First place on the line in volleyball sections
With three weeks left in WPIAL girls volleyball section play, five matches are set for Tuesday with at least a share of first place up for grabs. • Section 1-4A: Pine-Richland (3-1) visits North Allegheny (4-0) in a match you can hear on HSSN. The Tigers beat the Rams in...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week 2022: Week 5
Montour quarterback Jake Wolfe was enjoying a good season through the first five games. He had thrown for 347 yards on 32 completions with four touchdown passes and two scoring runs as the Spartans entered Week 5 and the midway point of the regular season with a 2-3 overall record....
Knoch, Shady Side Academy duos earn top seeds for WPIAL doubles tournament
In 2019, with Libby Conlan and in 2020 with Brooke Bauer, Ally Bauer of Knoch was part of the winning duo that won WPIAL girls tennis doubles gold. In 2021, the Greb sisters, Lindsey and Emily, also of Knoch, won the district girls double tennis title. Now, Ally Bauer and...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week 2022: Week 5
Entering a Week 5 Class 4A Big Seven Conference home game, Laurel Highlands was coming off a big road win at Latrobe and had won two of its last three games. However, history was not on the side of the Mustangs, at all. Laurel Highlands was 0-28 all-time against visiting...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Oct. 3, 2022
There is nothing to be frightened about when it comes to our coverage of WPIAL high school sports in the month of October, starting this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio football coverage of Week 6, with 34 WPIAL, District 6, D-9...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Oct. 3, 2022: First place up for grabs in girls soccer
With two weeks left in WPIAL girls soccer section play, time is running out in the chase for section titles. There are 42 section matches slated for a busy Monday around the district with two contests set where at least a share of first place is up for grabs. One...
Trib HSSN don’t-miss high school football matchups for 2022 Week 5
The second half of the 2022 regular season begins on the final day of September. While there is still a lot of football left, five of the six games below are for at least a share of first place in their respective conferences. The lone exception is in 6A, where...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 29, 2022: Allderdice looks to clinch playoff spot
Midway through the high school football season, Week 5 kicks off Thursday with City League action from Cupples Stadium. District 8 defending champion Allderdice will try to clinch a playoff berth when it faces Brashear on Thursday. The Dragons are 1-1 in the City League and sit in second place...
Trib 10: Big midseason shake-up in power rankings
Several head-to-head matchups between Trib 10 teams in Week 4 has led to sweeping changes as we hit the midway point of the WPIAL football regular season. Four teams lost last week and have dropped out of the power rankings, opening the door for four new teams to join the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 28, 2022: Top 4A girls soccer teams look to break logjam
It has become crowded at the top of Section 2-4A in WPIAL girls soccer. Five teams in that section are separated by only two and a half games heading into a busy Wednesday that includes 43 district section soccer matches. Four of the top five teams will go head-to-head in...
Trib HSSN State High School Football Rankings for Sept. 27, 2022
Once again, there were few changes in the weekly Trib HSSN state football rankings as we have reached the midway point of the 2022 regular season. There were two head-to-head showdowns in Week 4 with one losing team dropping from No. 1 to No. 5 while the other fell completely...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Sept. 27, 2022: Plum, Franklin Regional renew rivalry
The second half of section play around WPIAL boys soccer begins for many teams Tuesday with 47 section matches on the schedule. One of the top contests is a battle between the two top teams in Section 4-3A as Plum hosts Franklin Regional. The Mustangs are in first place with...
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for 2022 Week 4
Following a winless 2019 season and a total of four wins in 2020 and 2021 combined, losing the first three games of this season made it seem like another long fall was ahead for West Mifflin football. However, these Titans decided that recent struggles weren’t going to define them. After...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Sept. 26, 2022: Golfers begin championship tournaments
The top district golfers in Class 2A boys and in both 3A and 2A girls will put ball on tee Monday morning to begin the first two rounds of the WPIAL golf championships. The new format has the championships being played on two days at two different golf courses. In...
Trib HSSN Football Player of the Week for 2022 Week 4
The smart little pig that built his house with brick was able to survive and thrive the menacing big bad wolf. Beaver Falls football coach Nick Nardone was just as wise four years ago when he decided to build his offense around a freshman that has been a rock for...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Sept. 26, 2022
We don’t need a calendar to tell us. An autumn chill is in the air as we close out the month of September with plenty of fall high school sports broadcasts this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio football coverage of...
Chartiers Valley girls volleyball adjusts to new section opponents
Every two years based on enrollment numbers, the PIAA sets the parameters for each classification in every high school sport. The WPIAL then sets up sections in each sport based on which schools are in each class. In this two-year cycle that started this school year, realignment to the WPIAL...
