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Trib HSSN’s 2025 Week 7 top performers for passing, rushing, receiving
Top performers for Week 7 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 323 - Luke Miranda, Chartiers Valley (24 of 40) 297 - Tyler Smiley, Ellwood City (14 of 22) 295 - Travis Clear, Beaver (21 of 32) 289 - Landyn Artman, Kiski Area (22 of 33) 262 -...
Upper St. Clair outscores Bethel Park for important Allegheny Six win
Last season, Bethel Park and Upper St. Clair didn’t decide their game until the final minute, a 14-10 road win for the Panthers. After jumping out to a 14-0 lead in Week 7’s contest Friday night, the Panthers led by 15 at the half and ran away with a 25-point...
Frazier football team comes up big to beat Riverview
With its back against the wall and playoff hopes hanging in the balance, Frazier delivered its most complete performance of the season, riding senior Derek Diamond’s monster night to a 41-20 win over Riverview on Friday. Diamond was everything Frazier needed — and then some. In a game where momentum...
White House: Trump gets covid shot in preparation for upcoming travel
President Donald Trump has received updated flu and covid-19 booster shots in preparation for upcoming travel, the president’s physician announced Friday. Sean P. Barbabella, a Navy captain, shared the information in a letter submitted Friday to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. “President Donald J. Trump successfully completed a scheduled...
South Allegheny football team shuts out Apollo-Ridge
South Allegheny coach Brian Hanson has preached to his team that the work it does from November to August will pay off come the regular season. He was right, and now the Gladiators control their own destiny in Class 2A’s Allegheny Conference. The Gladiators used a quick-strike offense, taking advantage...
Clairton batters Leechburg, extends streak to 6
After giving up 19 points in their opening game of the 2025 season, the Clairton Bears are on a historic run. The Bears have not given up a point since, with six straight shutouts on the way to outscoring their opponents 350-0 and each of those games going to mercy...
Pittsburgh Riverhounds put coach Bob Lilley on administrative leave
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds have placed longtime coach Bob Lilley on administrative leave, the team announced in a statement Friday night. Assistant coach Rob Vincent will serve as acting head coach effective immediately, the team said. The Riverhounds are scheduled to play host to the Indy Eleven at 7 p.m. Saturday...
Education Department lays off roughly 20% of its workforce amid shutdown
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education on Friday laid off over 460 employees, dramatically reducing the workforce of a beleaguered agency that is already struggling to serve students on the heels of massive cuts. The number was made public in a court filing the same day from the Justice...
Plum earns dominant shutout victory over Fox Chapel
Fox Chapel needed an early spark from its kicker, Harran Zureikat. The senior set the WPIAL record last week with a 57-yard field goal in a loss to Franklin Regional. Down 7-0 to Plum in a Class 5A Northeast clash Friday, the Foxes tried to test their luck with Zureikat...
Burrell holds successful Pink Out game to raise money, awareness to battle breast cancer
The Burrell School District community held a special event Friday that went well beyond playing a football game. The district called for a Pink Out game, in which fans were encouraged to wear pink in support of the Change for Cancer campaign. The campaign raises money for research and awareness...
Myles Garrett thinks ‘winning’s definitely still at the forefront’ for Browns after trades
BEREA, Ohio — Myles Garrett made it clear in February he wanted to play for a contender. The Browns defensive end ultimately ended his public trade request with a four-year contract extension to keep him in Cleveland until he’s in his mid-30s. Five games into the season, the Browns are...
Brewers will lean on home-field advantage in deciding game of NLDS
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers will be looking to their hard-earned homefield advantage as they try to stave off the Chicago Cubs in the decisive fifth game of the National League Division Series on Saturday night. Seemingly in control after winning the first two games against their Central Division rivals...
Major U.S. online retailers remove listings for millions of prohibited Chinese electronics
The chair of the Federal Communications Commission said Friday major U.S. online retail websites have removed several million listings for prohibited Chinese electronics as part of a crackdown by the agency. FCC Chair Brendan Carr said in an interview the items removed are either on a U.S. list of barred...
Trump to posthumously award Charlie Kirk the Medal of Freedom at White House ceremony
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he will posthumously award slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk the Medal of Freedom at a White House celebration next week. Trump said he’ll be rushing back to the U.S. from Israel and Egypt, following a trip that’s tied to a ceasefire and hostage-release deal...
White House lays off thousands of U.S. government workers, blaming shutdown
President Donald Trump on Friday blamed Democrats for his decision to lay off thousands of workers across the U.S. government as he followed through on his threat to cut the federal workforce during the government shutdown. Job cuts were under way at the Treasury Department, the U.S. health agency, the...
Nor’easter without a name to bring ocean flooding and high winds to U.S. East Coast
A storm without a name was expected to bring flooding to the East Coast from South Carolina to New Jersey and high winds to New York City over the holiday weekend. While the storm affecting the eastern U.S. wasn’t tropical, two other tropical storms were churning in the Atlantic Ocean...
Washington County man found not guilty in baby’s death
A Washington County man who was facing a potential death sentence if convicted of killing his infant son was instead, on Thursday, found not guilty. Joshua George, 35, left the courthouse a free man after the jury deliberated for less than 90 minutes. The verdict, some say, bolsters the claims...
Browns promote Shedeur Sanders to No. 2 QB vs. Steelers
Shedeur Sanders will back up fellow rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel when the Cleveland Browns visit the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, coach Kevin Stefanski announced Friday. Sanders, the son of Colorado coach and Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, ascended to the No. 2 spot following this week’s trade of...
Greyserman leads PGA Tour event in Japan by 4 shots
Max Greyserman carded an 8-under-par 63 in the second round Friday to secure a four-stroke lead at the Baycurrent Classic in Yokohama, Japan. He sprinkled six birdies around an eagle on the par-5 fourth hole to reside at 12-under 130 at Yokohama Country Club. He was in a three-way tie...
Feds say UPMC subpoena is part of broad probe into gender-affirming care for minors
Subpoenas for records of minors seeking gender-affirming care at hospitals across the country, including UPMC, are part of a nationwide investigation into off-label drug use and fraudulent billing, the federal government revealed last week in a court filing. Filed in response to a motion to quash a subpoena at UPMC...
Report: Buccaneers WR Chris Godwin out vs. 49ers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin Jr. is not expected to play in Sunday’s home game against the San Francisco 49ers because of a fibula injury, ESPN reported Friday. Godwin, 29, has six catches for 52 yards over the past two games after missing the first three weeks of...
Raiders will be without TE Brock Bowers for 2nd straight game
Raiders star tight end Brock Bowers has been ruled out of Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Titans, marking his second straight absence for Las Vegas because of a knee injury. Bowers missed practice all week, and coach Pete Carroll saw no reason to wait another few days to see if...
MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding; other schools still mulling
Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she “cannot support” a memo the White House sent to nine elite U.S. universities last week detailing policies they should follow to get preferential consideration for federal funding. In an open letter to U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon, Kornbluth said...
NFL, NFLPA launch review of Giants QB Jaxson Dart’s concussion protocol
The NFL has initiated a review of the concussion protocol applied in the evaluation of New York Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart during Thursday’s win over the Philadelphia Eagles. The league announced Friday that the review will be conducted jointly with the NFL Players Association. Giants coach Brian Daboll ventured...
Trump ratchets up U.S.-China trade war, promising new tariffs
President Donald Trump revived the trade war against Beijing on Friday, ending an uneasy truce between the two largest economies with promises to sharply hike tariffs in a reprisal against China curbing its critical mineral exports. The president unveiled additional levies of 100% on China’s U.S.-bound exports, along with new...
