Football

Players from South Park and East Allegheny meet at midfield for the coin toss before their playoff game Nov. 10, 2023, at East Allegheny.
East Allegheny holds off South Park to advance to 1st semifinal since 1992
November 10, 2023
Tears swelled in East Allegheny coach Dom Pecora’s eyes Friday as he discussed the emotional 28-21 WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal victory the Wildcats had just completed to advance to their first semifinal since 1992.

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Avonworth takes the field for its WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal against Beaver on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023.
Avonworth running game revs up in 2nd half of quarterfinal win over Beaver
With their undefeated season on the line, only leading by a touchdown at halftime, No. 2 Avonworth turned to its run game to open the second half.

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Captains for Bishop Canevin take the field before their game against Fort Cherry on Sept. 30.
Bishop Canevin gets ground game going to finish off California
Coming into the WPIAL Class A quarterfinal between No. 3 Bishop Canevin and No. 6 California, the Trojans’ running attack was grabbing all the headlines.

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North Allegheny’s Logan Kushner scores against Central Catholic in last year’s WPIAL championship game.
North Allegheny routs Canon-McMillan to set up rematch with Central Catholic
North Allegheny quarterback Logan Kushner won a foot race four plays into Friday night’s WPIAL Class 6A semifinal playoff game at Wright Field.

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North Allegheny’s Tyree Alualu celebrates a long run against Central Catholic on Sept. 22.
WPIAL Class 6A high school football playoff previews for Nov. 10, 2023
November 9, 2023
Some fans are calling it Final Four Friday while others refer to it as Quarterfinals Friday. Whatever classification you are focused on, welcome to the second night of the 2023 WPIAL football playoffs.

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Clairton’s Zae-Mear Correll pulls in a pass past Leechburg’s Tim Andrasy on Sept. 22.
WPIAL Class A high school football previews for Nov. 10, 2023
Some fans are calling it Final Four Friday while others refer to it as Quarterfinals Friday. Whatever classification you are focused on, welcome to the second night of the 2023 WPIAL football playoffs.

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Steel Valley coach Ray Braszo
WPIAL Class 2A high school football playoff previews for Nov. 10, 2023
Some fans are calling it Final Four Friday while others refer to it as Quarterfinals Friday. Whatever classification you are focused on, welcome to the second night of the 2023 WPIAL football playoffs.

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Avonworth’s Andrew Kuban carries past West Mifflin’s David Fleming on Sept. 29.
WPIAL Class 3A high school football playoff previews for Nov. 10, 2023
Some fans are calling it Final Four Friday while others refer to it as Quarterfinals Friday. Whatever classification you are focused on, welcome to the second night of the 2023 WPIAL football playoffs.

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Central Valley’s Jance Henry celebrates after scoring against West Allegheny on Oct. 19.
WPIAL Class 4A high school football playoff previews for Nov. 10, 2023
Some fans are calling it Final Four Friday while others refer to it as Quarterfinals Friday. Whatever classification you are focused on, welcome to the second night of the 2023 WPIAL football playoffs.

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Moon’s Josh Bladel scores past Peters Township’s Nolan Dilucia on Oct. 6.
WPIAL Class 5A high school football playoff previews for Nov. 10, 2023
Some fans are calling it Final Four Friday while others refer to it as Quarterfinals Friday. Whatever classification you are focused on, welcome to the second night of the 2023 WPIAL football playoffs.

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Aliquippa’s Demarkus Walker (5) celebrates with Tikey Hayes after returning a fumble for a touchdown against Central Valley on Oct. 27.
Trib 10: Time for top teams in power rankings to join playoff fray
November 8, 2023
This week, we hit the midway point of the WPIAL football playoffs.

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Latrobe’s Alex Tatsch celebrates with John Wetzel after Wetzel’s second-quarter touchdown run against West Allegheny in a WPIAL Class 4A first-round playoff game last Friday.
The Birdie’s No. 1 priority is picking Westmoreland County playoff games
Last week: 8-1 (88.9%)

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Peters Township’s Carter Shanafelt scores on a 4-yard touchdown catch against Moon on Oct. 6.
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school football rankings for Nov. 7, 2023
November 7, 2023
Thanks to plenty of postseason byes, Trib HSSN PIAA football rankings held steady with no changes.

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Deer Lakes’ Zach Grant (3) finds room to run against Southmoreland on Nov. 3, 2023, at Deer Lakes High School.
Trib HSSN football team of the week for 2023 Week 10
November 6, 2023
The year 2023 really is the Year of the Deer.

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Union quarterback Braylon Thomas throws a pass on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, in Union.
Trib HSSN football player of the week for 2023 Week 10
November 5, 2023
Early in the third quarter of their WPIAL Class A first-round playoff game Friday, Burgettstown had just scored to take a 30-14 lead over defending champion Union.

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North Allegheny coach Art Walker talks with officials before a game against Central Catholic on Sept. 22.
North Allegheny trying to make most of calm before the playoff storm
The North Allegheny football team didn’t have a game in the first week of the playoffs, but that doesn’t mean the Tigers took a week off.

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Hampton ball carrier Brock Borgo (22) runs the ball as Highlands defender Aaran Randolph (4) goes in for the tackle on Oct. 27.
‘Challenging’ season ends with Hampton football on wrong side of playoff tiebreaker
The Hampton football season began with an injury and ended with an insult.

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Penn Hills quarterback Julian Dugger throws a pass against Pine-Richland on Sept. 8.
Penn Hills wins conference title, rivalry trophy to head into playoffs with momentum
The Penn Hills football team was crowned “King of the Hills’ by beating Woodland Hills to end the regular season. The winner of the game being awarded a trophy caught Indians coach Charles Morris off guard.

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Young coaches get their football fix on Norwin staff
Anthony Giansante and Jackson Pruitt were supposed to be playing college football this fall.

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Latrobe’s Cody Krall celebrates with John Wetzel after Wetzel’s second-quarter touchdown run in Friday’s WPIAL playoff win over West Allegheny.
WPIAL announces sites, times for Friday’s football playoff games
November 4, 2023
WPIAL football playoffs

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