Football
Trib HSSN high school football player of the week for 2023 Week 5
October 2, 2023
There are a lot of “dual” threat football players in the WPIAL, but none are as unique as Mohawk quarterback Jay Wrona.
Trib HSSN football team of the week for 2023 Week 5
October 1, 2023
For the Moon football team, it’s not hard to guess what rides they gravitate toward when they visit Kennywood Park.
This week on Trib HSSN for week of Oct. 2, 2023
The second half of the high school football regular season kicks off October football this weekend on the TribLive High School Sports Network.
Penn Hills responds well to dose of adversity
Penn Hills football coach Charles Morris prepared the team to face major adversity from the first day of training camp.
High school roundup for Sept. 30, 2023: Ethan Gardner scores on offense, defense in OLSH win
September 30, 2023
Ethan Gardner scored one touchdown on offense and another on defense to lead OLSH to a 20-12 victory over Chartiers-Houston in Class A Black Hills Conference action Saturday night.
Matt Sieg accounts for 7 TDs, Fort Cherry makes statement with wild win over Bishop Canevin
Behind a spectacular performance from sophomore quarterback Matt Sieg, Fort Cherry stated its case as a legit contender for a WPIAL Class A title with a 48-41 victory over Bishop Canevin at Dormont Memorial Stadium on Saturday night.
Explosive 1st quarter leads Woodland Hills past Shaler
If any fans heading to the Class 5A Northeast Conference matchup between Woodland Hills and Shaler were stuck in homecoming traffic on Mt. Royal Boulevard and were late arriving in the opening quarter, they missed a lot.
Trib HSSN WPIAL football rankings: Week ending Sept. 30. 2023
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Westmoreland high school football notes: Jeannette’s Sanders keeps rolling despite cast
Noah Sanders’ stat line Friday night looked like this: Six carries, 151 yards, two touchdowns, one arm.
Power running game, with dash of an air attack, leads to early season surge for Riverview
Riverview’s powerful run game and ability to execute through the air has led to a strong first half of the season for the Raiders.
WPIAL Class A football roundup: Colin Brady runs for 301 yards, 4 TDs as West Greene outlasts Monessen
Colin Brady ran for 301 yards and four touchdowns to lead West Greene to a 41-32 victory over Monessen in the Class A Tri-County South Conference on Friday night.
WPIAL Class 2A football roundup: Jay Wrona throws for 289 yards, 4 TDs in Mohawk victory
Jay Wrona threw four touchdown passes, including two to Bobby Fadden, as No. 5 Mohawk earned a 38-14 win over Ellwood City (3-3, 1-2) in the Class 2A Midwestern Athletic Conference on Friday night.
WPIAL Class 3A football roundup: Eric Doerue, South Park take down No. 5 Seton LaSalle
Eric Doerue ran for 185 yards and two touchdowns and Parker Cunningham had two interceptions to set up touchdowns as South Park scored a 35-28 victory over No. 5 Seton LaSalle (4-2, 2-1) in the Class 3A Western Hills Conference on Friday night.
WPIAL Class 4A football roundup: Armstrong edges North Catholic in Greater Allegheny
Jaydon Oliver threw for 172 yards and two touchdowns as Armstrong scored a 21-20 victory over North Catholic (3-3, 2-1) in the Class 4A Greater Allegheny Conference on Friday night.
WPIAL Class 6A, City League football roundup: Peter Gonzalez’s 268 receiving yards help Central Catholic roll to victory
Peyton Wehner threw for 365 yards and five touchdowns to lead top-ranked Central Catholic to a 49-6 victory over No. 3 Canon-McMillan (4-2, 1-2) in Class 6A football action Friday night.
Mars jumps on Highlands early to claim conference win
September 29, 2023
Gabe Hein lifted a whole planet Friday night. Many of them, actually.
Moon grinds to victory against South Fayette
It’s not too often that Moon’s wing-T offense will be flashy, and it wasn’t in Friday’s 24-3 win over South Fayette to allow the Tigers (3-3, 1-0 5A-1) to win their third straight and open conference play in the Allegheny Six.
Belle Vernon stars come out in rout of South Allegheny
A week after suffering its first loss of the season at the hands of Thomas Jefferson in nonconference play, Belle Vernon bounced back in dominant fashion Friday night.
Mt. Pleasant sticks with hot hand, rolls past Greensburg Salem
Through its nonconference slate, Mt. Pleasant made a living by bullying its opponents on the ground with its tool shed of running backs, and that was no different for the fourth-ranked team in Class 3A on Friday as it rolled to a 38-7 victory over Greensburg Salem.
5 things to watch in WPIAL Week 5: Finally, every team has reached conference play
WPIAL teams are now five weeks into the football season and 14 schools had yet to play a conference game.
