Sports
5 things we learned in high school football Week 1: Longtime Bethel Park coach returns but on opposite sideline
September 2, 2023
Seeing Jeff Metheny at Bethel Park’s football stadium isn’t unusual, but seeing the longtime Black Hawks coach wearing Mt. Lebanon colors certainly is.
Trib HSSN WPIAL football rankings: Week ending Sept. 3, 2023
WPIAL football rankings
Riverview keeps rolling in rout of Carlynton
Turning a program around is never easy, but those who pull it off usually lean on the fundamentals. Blocking, tackling and winning the line of scrimmage.
Westmoreland athletes of the week: Penn-Trafford’s Ava Hershberger, Nick Turowski
Ava Hershberger
Westmoreland high school football notes: Derry finally shakes long losing streak
Derry did something Friday night it had not done since the disruptive, covid-plagued season of 2020: It won a football game.
Riverview boys soccer to count on young roster
For the second time in three years, the Riverview boys soccer team is youthful with no seniors on the roster.
Plum boys soccer team learns from early setback
The Plum boys soccer team had a most interesting, and exhausting, opening to its season Aug. 26.
Norwin volleyball looks to take ‘baby’ steps forward coming off playoff season
“Don’t drop the baby” has become one of Norwin’s favorite games to play at volleyball practice.
Norwin notebook: Knights show potential in football opener
Norwin showed some fight in its first football game of the season.
Franklin Regional notebook: Panthers pay tribute to late teammate at opener
Franklin Regional will never forget Joe Purdue.
Young Franklin Regional boys golf team shows depth with key victories
How deep is the Franklin Regional boys golf team’s lineup?
Hopes are sky high for Hampton girls volleyball
The Hampton girls volleyball team looks so promising this season that winning a section title would hardly qualify as a goal.
Hampton girls tennis ready to fight for playoff berth
During the second day of Hampton girls tennis tryouts in mid-August, four upperclassmen playing doubles argued over whether a serve was in or out.
Fox Chapel cross country standout working back into form
Rowan Gwin never discovered what the cause of his hip flexor injury was last spring. Trying to navigate through great pain, Gwin competed in the WPIAL Class 3A track and field championship at Slippery Rock University.
Fox Chapel notebook: Soccer teams tested early
Section play is grueling for all WPIAL soccer programs. The way the calendar falls necessitates playing tough games early in the schedule.
Aliquippa debuts at new Heinz Field with convincing victory over Armstrong
Aliquippa debuted its renovated stadium Friday night the only way the Quips knew how, with a dominant victory.
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 1, 2023
High schools
High school football roundup for Sept. 1, 2023: Avonworth takes down Central Valley
Carson Bellinger threw for 105 yards and a touchdown as Class 3A No. 4 Avonworth earned a 28-20 victory over Class 4A No. 4 Central Valley (1-1) in a nonconference football game Friday night.
Trib HSSN’s 2023 Week 1 top performers for passing, rushing, receiving
Top performers for Week 1 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania.
South Fayette comes alive in 2nd half to top old conference rival West Allegheny
It was technically a Class 4A vs. 5A nonconference matchup, but it was more like a clash of two old rivals as West Allegheny and South Fayette collided Friday night.
