Football
Mars gets revenge by shutting out Armstrong in rout
October 14, 2023
With 2 minutes, 30 seconds remaining on a stopped second-quarter clock, it was hard to imagine the same two teams on the field Friday night at the Mars Athletic Complex had scored a combined 86 points a year ago.
WPIAL Class 4A football roundup: West Allegheny rallies past Blackhawk for Parkway win
Brock Cornell ran for 75 yards and the game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter as West Allegheny slipped past Blackhawk, 10-6, in the Class 4A Parkway Conference on Friday night.
WPIAL Class 6A, 5A football roundup: Top-ranked Central Catholic tops Penn Hills
Payton Wehner threw for 276 yards and three touchdowns as Class 6A No. 1 Central Catholic earned a 45-12 victory over Class 5A No. 2 Penn Hills (6-2) in a nonconference football game Friday night.
Stribling throws 5 TD passes to lead Serra Catholic over Ligonier Valley
October 13, 2023
Serra Catholic has its eyes set on a Class 2A Allegheny Conference title, and it looked the part of a section champion during Friday night’s 47-0 dismantling of Ligonier Valley.
Defense, rushing tandem of Grabowski, Whipple leads Penn-Trafford over Plum
Tasso Whipple and Ben Grabowski spearheaded the Warriors rushing attack as Penn-Trafford ran its way to victory over Plum, 21-6, on Friday night.
Franklin Regional surges past Hempfield for 4th straight victory
The more progressions he goes through and the more repetitions he gets, the more Chase Lemke looks the part of Franklin Regional’s starting quarterback.
Frazier runs through Springdale for 1st win
For the first time “in a very long time,” Frazier had two players rush for more than 100 yards as the Commodores picked up their first win of the season Friday.
42-point 1st half leads Belle Vernon past Mt. Pleasant
Teams in the Interstate Conference are well aware that, when it comes to the order of power, there is defending state champion Belle Vernon and then the other five teams.
East Allegheny holds off Deer Lakes in 2nd half to preserve 17-13 win
Dom Pecora said when you turn on the film to watch his East Allegheny football team, it won’t be the prettiest footage, but it will show toughness.
Trib HSSN don’t miss high school football matchups for 2023 Week 7
October 12, 2023
Welcome to the 2023 edition of the “stretch run,” otherwise known as the final three weeks of the high school football regular season.
Might Penn Hills try to ‘simulate’ winning strategy in matchup with Central Catholic?
Needless to say, Penn Hills was interested in watching game film from Central Catholic’s loss last week, since that was the first time the Vikings had looked vulnerable all season.
Trib 10: Upsets send new team to top of power rankings
Surprise, surprise, as a couple of eyebrow raisers in Week 6 of the WPIAL football season shook up the top half of the Trib 10 this week.
Don’t be alarmed when the Birdie makes his Westmoreland County Week 7 picks
Last week: 10-3 (76.9%)
Westmoreland County high school football matchups for 2023 Week 7
Class 5A Big East Conference
Westmoreland County football players to watch in 2023 Week 7
Player of the week
A-K Valley high school football matchups for 2023 Week 7
Class 5A Big East Conference
Birdie paints playoff picture, makes Week 7 A-K Valley picks
Last week: 9-2 (81.8%)
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school football rankings for Oct. 10, 2023
It was a strong start to the final month of the regular season for teams ranked in the Trib HSSN PIAA football rankings.
Trib HSSN football team of the week for 2023 Week 6
October 9, 2023
Coming off a 35-point loss to North Allegheny the previous week, there were not many people outside of the Pine-Richland locker room that gave them a chance in Week 6 against the No. 2 Class 6A team in the state, undefeated Central Catholic.
