Football
Seneca Valley comes up big in ground game, dominates Hempfield
October 10, 2025
Seneca Valley had been practicing the play it calls “White Whale” for weeks.
Big plays, Tevin Owen-Cratsenberg’s huge game help Highlands beat Burrell to clinch playoff spot
Big plays carried the Highlands football team to an Allegheny 7 Conference win over Burrell on Friday at Burrell’s Buccaneers Stadium.
Elizabeth Forward overpowers Yough with balanced attack
Efficient. A term that is often overlooked in high school football.
Hopewell races past Freeport, which drops 2nd straight after winning 1st 6
Hopewell running back Nasir Wade felt the urgency atypical for a nonconference game. The Vikings needed to make a statement to the rest of the WPIAL Class 3A field that they are interested in being a wild card if they can’t be one of the automatic qualifiers from their conference.
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.
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.
Pine-Richland wide receiver Khalil Taylor no longer committed to Penn State
Pine-Richland junior Khalil Taylor, one of the top wide receiver recruits nationally, is no longer committed to Penn State.
Sellout expected for Mt. Pleasant-Southmoreland football, tickets limited
Russ Grimm Field will be jam-packed for Friday night’s Class 3A Interstate Conference football matchup between Mt. Pleasant and Southmoreland.
Westinghouse football team forfeits victory to Butler
City League football power Westinghouse has forfeited a win over Butler for using an ineligible player.
Trib 10: Handful of teams tumble from power rankings
October 8, 2025
While the top teams stayed intact with victories in Week 6, a couple of middle of the pack and lower-end power-ranked teams were knocked off and knocked out of this week’s Trib 10.
A-K Valley high school football players to watch for 2025 Week 7
Player of the week
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school football rankings for Oct. 7, 2025
Other teams that lost slid down the rankings or completely fell from the Top 5, but when LaSalle College lost to Roman Catholic two weeks ago, it remained No. 1 in Class 6A.
Springdale ekes out section win over formidable Riverview
October 6, 2025
When the Riverview and Springdale girls soccer teams met for the first time this season under the lights Sept. 11 at Riverside Park in Oakmont, the Dynamos had the better of play and came away with a four-goal victory.
Trib HSSN high school football team of the week for Oct. 6, 2025
Trib HSSN football team of the week – Apollo-Ridge Vikings
High school roundup for Oct. 4, 2025: South Allegheny’s Cook brothers roast Shady Side Academy
October 4, 2025
The Cook brothers turned up the heat Saturday afternoon, leading South Allegheny to a 62-21 victory over Shady Side Academy in the Class 2A Allegheny Conference.
Near-record kick from Harran Zureikat provides highlight for Fox Chapel football
Fox Chapel football coach Dave Leasure trusts Harran Zureikat to know his limits. The senior kicker, who committed to play at Georgia next season, broke his own school record by booting a 54-yard field goal against Pine-Richland last Friday.
Riverview chasing 1st WPIAL football playoff berth since 2016
The last time the Riverview football team qualified for the WPIAL Class A playoffs was in 2016.
Upper St. Clair routs South Fayette with 40 unanswered points
October 3, 2025
Upper St. Clair piled on with 40 unanswered points, defeating South Fayette, 50-14, on Friday at Panther Stadium.
Norwin storms back to defeat Hempfield thanks to huge game from Jake Knight
Oh, what a Knight for the Norwin football team.
Jeannette holds off rally by GCC, Crosby for crucial Eastern Conference win
Two lifelong friends who grew up together in Jeannette had another blast playing backyard football against each other, trading big runs and pass plays in the latest chapter of the Jeannette-Greensburg Central Catholic rivalry.
