Football
Trib HSSN state football rankings for Oct. 20, 2020
October 20, 2020
For the first time all season, all 30 teams included in the Trib HSSN state rankings were in action.
Jeannette freshman QB Brad Birch is ‘for real’
When he talks in casual conversation or even in interviews, Brad Birch likes to finish a lot of sentences with the words, “for real.”
Trib HSSN Football Team of the Week for Week 6
October 19, 2020
Elizabeth Forward realizes it is not easy to win a football conference championship.
TribHSSN broadcasts: Week of Oct. 19-24
October 18, 2020
The ‘Stretch Run’ of the 2020 high school football season concludes as we wrap up the regular season and look ahead to the postseason this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network.
Penn Hills basketball standout Deondre Mitchell earns starting role as 1st-year WR
For the last couple of years, senior Deondre Mitchell has been known for his success on the basketball court for Penn Hills.
Despite shortened schedule Gateway football preparing for run at WPIAL title
The WPIAL last Wednesday revealed a plan to populate the football playoff brackets and deal with unbalanced records and schedules in several of the classifications among a wider announcement of postseason strategies for fall sports.
Brain power: Baldwin quarterback among WPIAL’s top passers
Baldwin’s starting quarterback is a brainiac, for sure.
Leechburg earns 400th win and could record first winning season since 1991
October 17, 2020
Friday night was an important night for Leechburg football.
A-K Valley high school football notebook: Apollo-Ridge could be at mercy of playoff selection committee
The WPIAL on Wednesday laid out a plan to fill playoff brackets for the six football classifications as covid-19 has canceled games and created unprecedented issues for the organization.
Trib HSSN’s Week 6 top performers for passing, rushing, receiving
Top performers for Week 6 high school football in Western Pennsylvania.
WPIAL Class 2A roundup: Hough, Livingston guide Beaver Falls to MAC championship
Josh Hough and Shileak Livingston ran for 193 and 167 yards, respectively, and scored three touchdowns each as top-ranked Beaver Falls scored a 50-14 victory over Freedom (3-3, 3-3) in the Class 2A Midwestern Conference on Friday night.
WPIAL Class A roundup: Birch tosses 7 TD passes as Jeannette blanks Bishop Canevin
Brad Birch threw for 293 yards and seven touchdowns — including five in the second quarter — as No. 3 Jeannette pitched a 49-0 shutout over Bishop Canevin (3-3, 2-3) in Class A Eastern Conference play Friday night.
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 16, 2020
Football
WPIAL Class 3A roundup: Harper leads Avonworth past Hopewell
Nate Harper threw for 191 yards and three touchdowns to lead Avonworth to a 21-13 Class 3A Northwestern 6 Conference win at Hopewell (2-4, 2-2) on Friday night.
WPIAL Class 4A roundup: Plum captures Greater Allegheny Conference crown
October 16, 2020
For the first time in 44 years, the Plum football team is 6-0.
WPIAL Class 6A roundup: Butler snaps 24-game losing streak
Cooper Baxter scored on a 15-yard interception return, a 60-yard fumble recovery, a 3-yard pass from Isaiah Kelly, and runs of 1 and 21 yards as Class 6A Butler snapped a 24-game losing streak by beating Blackhawk, 55-14, in nonconference play.
Antonio Epps powers South Allegheny past South Park in Interstate Conference battle
South Allegheny needed a win to keep any hopes of a wild-card appearance in the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs alive, and that’s exactly what they got.
WPIAL Class 5A roundup: Pine-Richland locks up Northeast Conference title
Cole Spencer threw for 307 yards and three touchdowns as top-ranked Pine-Richland scored 52 first-half points in its 59-13 Class 5A Northeast Conference win over North Hills (2-4, 2-2).
Frazier shuts out Beth-Center on senior night, stays in playoff hunt
Seeking a chance to stay locked into one of the top two positions in Section 3-2A, the Frazier football team turned in a dominating performance on senior night, rolling to a 39-0 victory over visiting Beth-Center on Friday.
South Fayette seniors come up big in win over West Allegheny
South Fayette’s senior stars were turned loose — and not just in their no-huddle offense.
