Football
Steelers, NFL roots run deep with North Allegheny football team
October 15, 2023
There usually is a Super Bowl champion or two somewhere in the crowd at North Allegheny football games and it’s been that way for about a decade.
High school roundup for Oct. 14, 2023: Olszewski, Carter spark Bishop Canevin
October 14, 2023
Kole Olszewski was 9 for 11 for 107 yards and four touchdowns and Marquis Carter scored on runs of 90 and 35 yards to lead Bishop Canevin to a 62-0 victory over Chartiers-Houston (0-8, 0-5) in Class A Black Hills Conference football Saturday night.
Buzzatto runs for 400 yards, but Leechburg tops Riverview
It was a sight Sebastian Mason and the Leechburg defense had seen all afternoon.
WPIAL football rankings: Week ending Oct. 15, 2023
WPIAL football rankings
Norwin notebook: Knights strive for better starts
While Norwin’s football team has been more resilient and competitive than is has been in a while, the Knights were trying to get off to better starts.
Moon holds off Bethel Park’s 2nd-half surge for Allegheny 6 victory
The Moon Tigers looked poised to make a statement Friday night in their Class 5A Allegheny 6 Conference matchup against Bethel Park.
WPIAL Class A football roundup: Fort Cherry stays unbeaten behind Matt Sieg’s 4 TD runs
Matt Sieg ran for 198 yards and four touchdowns to lead top-ranked Fort Cherry to a 42-13 victory over Cornell (6-2, 3-2) in the Class A Black Hills Conference on Friday night.
WPIAL Class 3A roundup: Shady Side Academy takes advantage of Valley turnovers in win
Isaiah Beckham ran for two touchdowns as Shady Side Academy earned a 43-14 Class 3A Allegheny Conference win over Valley on Friday night.
Mars gets revenge by shutting out Armstrong in rout
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.
