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Strayer, Pease, Schaum set tone for Mt. Pleasant’s physical offensive line
August 17, 2025
If the Mt. Pleasant football team hopes to be successful this season, then the trio of Strayer, Pease and Schaum will have to play well.
WPIAL Class 2A preview: Seton LaSalle roster changes leave title race wide open
As of the middle of July, there was a clear favorite in WPIAL Class 2A football this season.
A-K Valley football teams leaning on their lines this season
Nick Anderson felt confident at the start of last season.
The Birdie offers up some preseason pigskin poetry for A-K Valley teams
Moments after The Birdie turned in his preseason prediction column, his phone rang. (Crazy Train ringtone. RIP, Ozzy.) It was the boss.
Power 4: Westmoreland County standouts, friends, foes eyeing Division I college careers
Samir Crosby and Kymon’e Brown have been exchanging jabs since they began playing Madden against each other in grade school.
The Birdie offers Westmoreland County season predictions that surely won’t crash and burn
Technology and the Birdie never got along.
WPIAL Class A preview: 3-peat within reach for Fort Cherry, but contenders are lurking
Fort Cherry defeated Clairton by the slimmest margin in the WPIAL football final at Acrisure Stadium last season. That 21-20 victory showed just how evenly matched the Class A powerhouses were.
WPIAL Class 6A preview: A decade in, 6-class system produces little big-school drama
Welcome to the 10th season of Class 6A football in the WPIAL and PIAA.
WPIAL Class 5A preview: Pine-Richland looks to break back-to-back curse
Can reigning WPIAL champion Pine-Richland break the Class 5A curse?
WPIAL Class 4A preview: Star-studded McKeesport among contenders to Thomas Jefferson’s throne
Thomas Jefferson found itself in familiar territory last year.
WPIAL Class 3A preview: Defending champ Avonworth again looks like team to beat
Avonworth coach Duke Johncour may not want to hear this, or maybe he does, but opposing coaches say his Antelopes are the team to beat in WPIAL Class 3A.
With bevy of returning starters, Washington looks poised for bounce-back year
Editor’s note: Trib HSSN will publish team-by-team previews for one conference per day until the start of the high school football season Aug. 22. Due to production schedule conflicts, the Charleroi preview will be published later in the week.
Change sweeps through Waynesburg after back-to-back playoff seasons
The winds of change swept into Green County this past offseason, and Waynesburg was in the path of much of it.
Productive offseason provides optimism as Sto-Rox rebuild continues
Brendan Blair knows the grind of football in Western Pennsylvania.
Seton LaSalle to lean on defensive dominance
Seton LaSalle coach Tim Storino is anticipating that the team’s recent growth pattern continues in 2025.
Keystone Oaks players adjusting to new roles after playoff season
Keystone Oaks coach Steve McCormick identified Owen Gearhart as a strong option at quarterback. The benefit of rotating players into different roles is that when a new year comes around, they are capable of handling a variety of tasks.
Expectations elevated for Carlynton after snapping playoff drought
Carlynton senior linebacker Grant Freidhoff has an idea of what things should look like when everything is going well. The Cougars closed out last season with three consecutive wins to end a 23-year playoff drought and earn a WPIAL Class 2A playoff spot out of the Century Conference.
Monessen’s Taylor provides passionate leadership
August 16, 2025
The clunking of dumbbells and iron plates in the Monessen weight room at 4 a.m. likely went unnoticed. Of course it did. Who is awake at that hour?
2025 Trib HSSN football position-by-position breakdown: Scouting the defensive ends
TribLive HSSN will break down the top players at one position per day until Week Zero. Here is a look at the top defensive ends for the 2025 season.
Westmoreland high school notebook: Moe Rosensteel watch list released
The watch list for the Moe Rosensteel Most Outstanding Player Award — the top girls soccer player in the WPIAL — came out last week.
