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Beaver is the ninth on the WPIAL all-time wins list and is the fourth-oldest football program in the district, starting in 1899. Beaver has a winning culture. Coach Cort Rowse hasn’t missed the playoffs since taking over in 2021. Rowse took home Western Hills Conference coach of the year honors...

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. There’s been a bit of a sour mood lurking in the Avonworth camp, where the Antelopes play. They almost won it all in 2024, but close...

Jack Kopas was elected a team captain this year at Hempfield, a reflection of his breakout junior season and, perhaps more over, his noticeable growth as a player and teammate. “There’s no way the coaches would have seen me as a (future) captain when I was a sophomore,” the senior...

TribLive HSSN will break down the top players at one position per day until Week Zero. Here is a look at the top wide receivers for the 2025 season. 1. Khalil Taylor Pine-Richland Junior, 6-0, 180 College recruiting outlets rate Taylor as one of the top junior wideouts in the...

High schools Golf Monday’s results Jerry Roman Memorial Chairman’s Cup At Cedarbrook Boys Class 3A: 1. South Fayette 382. 2. Peters Township 394. 3. Morgantown 428. 4. Wheeling Park 430. 5 . Bethel Park 436 Class 2A: 1. Ligonier Valley 422. 2. Mt. Pleasant 443. 3. Sewickley Academy 444. 4....

Dustin Shoaf made sure his team didn’t leave hungry on the final day of football heat acclimatization workouts. The new Southmoreland football coach cut the last practice short Friday and surprised his players with a post-practice meal of brisket and macaroni and cheese for what he called a “well done”...

A new offensive line for the Greensburg Salem football team will be on display when the Golden Lions begin play Aug. 22 at Albert Gallatin. “I’m really excited to see what we can do,” junior quarterback Brody Chismar said. By the time the team plays its first home game at...

The watch list is out for the 2025 Moe Rosensteel Most Outstanding Player award in WPIAL girls soccer. Finalists — traditionally three, but four last year — will be named during the WPIAL playoffs, and the winner will be announced after the PIAA championships. Molly Kubistek of Peters Township, a...

TribLive HSSN will break down the top players at one position per day until Week Zero. Here is a look at the top running backs for the 2025 season. 1. Kemon Spell McKeesport Junior, 5-9, 185 Two websites that analyze college football recruits — 247Sports and ESPN — list Spell...

Last year, Ryan Love served as an understudy to running back Zier Williams. The current Deer Lakes senior tailback learned and grew in the game during his junior season, one that saw the Lancers finish 8-3 and record their third straight trip to the WPIAL playoffs. When he got the...

Anthony Smith should be getting ready for the first football games of his sophomore season. Instead, the record-breaking quarterback is in court, fighting for the opportunity to play football after the PIAA denied an appeal last week, leaving him ineligible for the season that starts in two weeks. “I’m optimistic...

Trinity has been making a lot of racket lately. Maybe it’s time for the Hillers to rumble. Armed with a four-year starting quarterback and a coaching staff oozing with confidence, the Washington-based school is marching into another season with a purpose. “We’re proud of what we’re doing here. And I...

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. Due to production schedule conflicts, the Laurel Highlands and Ringgold previews will be published later in the month. Thomas Jefferson has racked up 10 WPIAL championships...

After spending nearly 20 years on college sidelines, new Chartiers Valley coach Steve Spence was searching for a change, something new. “Being at the college level for that long, I wanted to shake things up,” Spence said. “Coming here, it’s been nice to run the show.” Being an assistant at...

There may be a new football coach at Belle Vernon, but the goals remain the same: win and play for titles. Scott Bryer has taken over for Matt Humbert, who resigned in February after 11 seasons when he led the Leopards to WPIAL and PIAA Class 3A titles in 2022...

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...

Starting today, TribLive HSSN will break down the top players at one position per day until Week Zero. Here is a look at the top quarterbacks for the 2025 season. 1. Matt Sieg Fort Cherry Senior, 6-0, 180 Sieg and Jeannette great Terrelle Pryor are the only players in WPIAL...

Southmoreland plans to have new turf installed and ready for a girls soccer game Aug. 27 and the home football opener two nights later. Athletic director Brian Pritts said the old turf will be torn out and replaced at Russ Grimm Field beginning Saturday. The project was supposed to start...

In Burrell’s run-heavy offense last year, Trey Coury shined. He was a workhorse for the Bucs, carrying the ball an average of 26.9 times a game. He finished the season with 1,143 yards and seven touchdowns. When the opportunity presented itself for him to catch the football, he did so...

Becoming the starting quarterback at Greensburg Central Catholic motivates sophomore Bobby Smithnosky. Especially with last year’s starter, all-everything senior Samir Crosby, also in the competition. There has been a buzz around GCC that Crosby is going to move to wide receiver, the position he is likely to play in college...

Four individuals and one team will be inducted into the Sewickley Academy Sports Hall of Fame this fall. The Class of 2025 consists of former athletic director/basketball coach Win Palmer, Tom Droney (2010), Tara Utchel (1999), Katarina Lackner (2005) and the 2003 girls state championship soccer team. The Hall of...

Awards and accolades were dispatched freely throughout the 2024 season for the Quaker Valley girls tennis team. And with good reason. The Quakers finished with a 16-3 overall record and were 6-0 in section play — losing only two individual lines all year. That meant back-to back-section titles for the...

Quaker Valley grad Molly MacDonald is a tall and talented, highly educated athlete. Yes, she was a top-notch volleyball player for the Quakers for four seasons, but she’s also played a variety of other sports in her accomplished athletic career. “I was happy playing soccer, lacrosse, basketball and tennis and...

The Foxes proved to be champions at the third annual Queens of the ‘Burgh girls volleyball tournament. “This was our best year yet,” said Avonworth coach John Skarupa, who founded the event. “We had seven teams, 64 players. There were 37 high schools and 10 clubs represented. It was a...

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. Due to production schedule conflicts, the McKeesport preview will be published later this month. After back-to-back trips to the semifinals, the Mars Fightin’ Planets are looking...