Sports
Expanded roster bolsters Mt. Pleasant’s chances in Interstate Conference
August 14, 2025
Things are looking up for Mt. Pleasant football coach Jason Fazekas and his program.
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Aug. 13, 2025
August 13, 2025
High schools
Countdown to Kickoff ’25: Innovative playoff format enters 2nd season
This will be the second season of the innovative WPIAL football playoff format.
After breakout season, Jeannette receiver Jayce Powell ready for encore
Jayce Powell has been stealing scenes in Jeannette football games since he broke into the starting lineup as a freshman.
2-way playmaker Drew Ross leading the charge for confident Freeport
Drew Ross is comfortable sitting in the pocket, surveying the field and delivering a strike to any one of several receiving targets in Freeport’s passing game.
2025 Trib HSSN football position-by-position breakdown: Scouting the tight ends
TribLive HSSN will break down the top players at one position per day until Week Zero. Here is a look at the top tight ends for the 2025 season.
Valley confident in ability to improve this season, build program
Valley coach Mark Adams would be the first to agree that the Vikings had a disappointing 2024 season. Valley was winless, with its closest loss being a crushing 38-35 defeat to Riverview in its second game.
Imani Christian vows to again contend for championships
When asked about his team’s goals for the season, Imani Christian coach LaRoi Johnson said the team wants to win a state championship.
Highlands working to adapt offense, keep playoff streak going
Highlands was one quarter away from a trip to last year’s WPIAL Class 3A semifinals.
Coming off playoff berth, strong offseason, Freeport building momentum
The Freeport football team returned to form in 2024.
East Allegheny focused on erasing 1-9 memory
East Allegheny wishes it could forget that awful record, but the returning players and coaches won’t. Besides, they really can’t.
Veteran players committed to keeping winning culture growing at Deer Lakes
The Deer Lakes football program has forged a culture of winning the past couple of years, which has resulted in trips to the WPIAL playoffs and a great deal of excitement among many in the Lancers athletic community.
1st-year coach looks to get Burrell back to WPIAL playoffs
Winds of change swept through the Burrell football program in the offseason.
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Aug. 12, 2025
August 12, 2025
High schools
Countdown to Kickoff ’25: Looking back at last year’s champs
While we continue to prepare for the new high school football season, Countdown to Kickoff 2025 looks back at the 2024 WPIAL football season.
Westmoreland high school notebook: Latrobe football team has ‘big’ surprise for opponents
There’s been a big addition to the Latrobe football team. Emphasis on “big.”
2025 Trib HSSN football position-by-position breakdown: Scouting the wide receivers
TribLive HSSN will break down the top players at one position per day until Week Zero. Here is a look at the top wide receivers for the 2025 season.
After breakout season, Hempfield’s Jack Kopas chasing school receiving record
Jack Kopas was elected a team captain this year at Hempfield, a reflection of his breakout junior season and, perhaps more over, his noticeable growth as a player and teammate.
Defense holds key to improved results for Fox Chapel
Fox Chapel coach Dave Leasure is clear about what it will take for the Foxes to continue their progression as a program. If Fox Chapel wants to challenge for a WPIAL Class 5A playoff spot out of the Northeast Conference, they will have to be better defensively.
WPIAL, state champ Mya Morgan of Elizabeth Forward to golf, study engineering at Central Michigan
Having just started her final season of high school golf, and after years of evaluating her options as a top player in the state, Elizabeth Forward’s Mya Morgan found her fit as she committed to Central Michigan to continue her academic and athletic careers.
