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Trib HSSN’s WPIAL football playoffs primer
October 30, 2020
The past three months of training and grinding through regular season games has led up to tonight as 44 high school football teams will kick off postseason play in the WPIAL playoffs.
Central Catholic stands in way of Mt. Lebanon’s 1st WPIAL final since 2000
Mt. Lebanon’s motto this season is simply: Why not us?
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 29, 2020
October 29, 2020
Field hockey
High school roundup for Oct. 29, 2020: Strong defense carries Moon to Class 4A semifinals
Defense and a couple of clutch goals can carry a team a long way in WPIAL girls soccer playoffs.
Deer Lakes inches past South Park in overtime, advances to WPIAL boys soccer semifinals
The No. 2 Deer Lakes Lancers were pressing all night long Thursday, waiting for a goal to manifest and propel them to the WPIAL Class 2A semifinals for the third straight year.
Plum girls blank TJ, advance to WPIAL semifinals
Neither a steady rain nor Thomas Jefferson could prevent the Plum girls soccer team from advancing in the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs Thursday evening.
North Allegheny girls soccer looks sharp in shutout win over Norwin
Rain can create rust on untreated metal.
Covid case forces Carmichaels to forfeit WPIAL girls volleyball playoff match
Carmichaels has forfeited its first-round WPIAL Class 2A volleyball playoff match against Shenango scheduled for Thursday night because a member of the team has a presumed positive case of covid-19.
Trib HSSN football players to watch in Week 8
Here are four WPIAL football players to watch for during Week 8:
WPIAL Class 4A football quarterfinals preview
WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinals
WPIAL Class 3A football quarterfinals preview
WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinals
WPIAL Class 2A football quarterfinals preview
WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinals
WPIAL Class A football quarterfinals preview
WPIAL Class A quarterfinals
WPIAL Class 6A football semifinals preview
Class 6A semifinals
WPIAL Class 5A football quarterfinals preview
WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals
Potent offenses highlight Class 5A showdown between Penn-Trafford, Upper St. Clair
Some of the best matchups in the WPIAL football playoffs can occur in the opening round.
The Birdie treats his readers to Westmoreland County playoff picks
Last week: 9-0 (100 %)
A-K Valley football players to watch for Week 8
Preston Sunday
Familiar foes Plum, McKeesport set for marquee opening-round matchup
The playoffs are a time when some teams are meeting for the first time, but when No. 3 Plum and No. 6 McKeesport face off in the opening round of the WPIAL Class 4A football playoffs Friday, that won’t be the case.
‘Tis the season for playoff football in the A-K Valley and the Birdie is psyched
Last week: 10-2 (83%)
