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A-K Valley high school football players to watch for 2025 Week Zero
Players to watch Amos Glenn Freeport, Sr., RB The Yellowjackets tailback hopes to have the same type of game against Indiana on Friday as he did in a breakout performance last year against the Indians. In that 30-7 victory, Glenn carried the ball 23 times for 167 yards as Freeport’s...
A-K Valley high school football matchups for 2025 Week Zero
Here’s a look at the don’t-miss matchups for Week Zero in the A-K Valley: Nonconference Allderdice at Fox Chapel 7 p.m. Friday, Burke Stadium, Fox Chapel Last year’s meeting: Allderdice 20, Fox Chapel 9 Allderdice got off to a strong start last season, outscoring its first five opponents 115-24, including...
Straight talk from The Birdie as he makes his Week Zero picks in the A-K Valley
If you count the City League, independents and Kiski School, Trib HSSN produced 128 high school football team preview stories to get ready for this season. The Birdie read every one of them. Not for editing or proofreading purposes, of course. No one trusts the feathered fella to do actual...
2025 Western Pa. high school football schedule for Week Zero
Friday KDKA Kickoff Classic (at Wolvarena) North Allegheny at Woodland Hills, 5 p.m. LaSalle College vs. Central Catholic, 8 p.m. Nonconference Allderdice at Fox Chapel, 7 p.m. Baldwin at Thomas Jefferson, 7 p.m. Blackhawk at Beaver Falls, 7 p.m. Brashear at Cornell, 7 p.m. Brownsville at Bentworth, 7 p.m. Burrell...
Trib HSSN’s 2025 preseason WPIAL football rankings
WPIAL football rankings Class 6A Rank, Team, 2024 record 1, Central Catholic, 12-3 2, North Allegheny, 10-2 3, Mt. Lebanon, 3-8 4, Canon-McMillan, 3-7 5, Hempfield, 4-6 Class 5A 1, Pine-Richland, 11-1 2, Peters Township, 11-2 3, Woodland Hills, 8-3 4, Penn Hills, 7-5 5, Upper St. Clair, 11-1 Class...
Westmoreland County high school football players to watch for 2025 Week Zero
Players to watch Aidan Shaffer Yough, Jr. QB/DB The junior was the second leading receiver on the team last season with 26 catches for 501 yards and five touchdowns. Now he moves to quarterback to replace Raidon Kuroda, now at Seton Hill. His main receiver should be senior Ryan Sarver,...
Norwin, Penn-Trafford ready to battle for Route 30 bragging rights
Penn-Trafford senior middle linebacker Jamison Yurt has had Friday’s date circled since last year’s game at Norwin. Norwin senior quarterback Tristyn Tavares also has had this date circled. He and his teammates would like to hang another “L” on Penn-Trafford. The Knights scored three second-half touchdowns and rallied to defeat...
Westmoreland County high school football matchups for 2025 Week Zero
Here’s a look at the don’t-miss matchups for Week Zero in Westmoreland County: Nonconference Connellsville at Latrobe 7 p.m. Friday, Latrobe Memorial Stadium, Latrobe Last year’s meeting: Latrobe 41, Connellsville 0 Connellsville, which plays an independent schedule outside the WPIAL, finished 3-6 last season. Senior quarterback Caden Matthews leads the...
The Birdie is ready to feast his eyes on Westmoreland County football in Week Zero
Last season: 102-34 (.75%) Seeing is believing. The Birdie huffed on his bifocals and wiped them with his T-shirt. He then went to several local training camps to get a closer look at teams and either perpetuate or dash the hype surrounding them. (Some of the stringers, he thinks, tend...
Rivalry battle kicks off 2025 season for Leechburg, Apollo-Ridge
Last year, the Leechburg and Apollo-Ridge football teams played down to the wire in their annual season-opening clash. The Blue Devils trailed the Vikings by a touchdown in the fourth quarter at Veterans Memorial Field before rallying for 12 points to earn a 19-14 Week Zero win in the rivalry...
No-nonsense senior hopes to help Southmoreland achieve biggest goals
Deadpan and focused, Stanley Chapman would just as soon crack a helmet than a smile. With that in mind, you can imagine what picture day was like. Forced grins, squinting at the sun and getting pulled in all directions, while waiting as patiently as he could for practice to start....
A-K valley girls high school soccer preview: Deer Lakes ‘shooting for higher ground’
The Deer Lakes girls soccer team made a number of long trips for section matches last season and faced a few unfamiliar foes. But the Lancers powered through their schedule and fashioned a runner-up finish to Mt. Pleasant in Section 4-2A at 8-2. They also made it to the WPIAL...
Returning quarterback could help bring stability Springdale needs
Springdale’s offense lacked consistency last season, with injuries and a shorthanded roster forcing coach Chad Walsh to switch his entire scheme upwards of five times. Having to swap linemen and shift skill players over and over was done out of necessity and wasn’t ideal for competing in the Class A...
Westmoreland County girls soccer notebook: Rosensteel Classic kicks off season Saturday
The new WPIAL girls soccer season begins Friday, but the first big event to watch will be Saturday at Ringgold. The fourth annual Moe Rosensteel Memorial Kickoff Classic will feature four games at Joe Montana Stadium. The schedule is as follows: Franklin Regional vs. Thomas Jefferson (girls) at 10 a.m.,...
Westmoreland County girls high school soccer preview: Mt. Pleasant takes another crack at elusive WPIAL title
The question returns each year like the girls soccer season itself. Is this Mt. Pleasant’s year? Last season ended with another look of disappointment on the faces of Vikings players, who lost to playoff nemesis Burrell, 4-0, in the WPIAL 2A quarterfinals, another promising team left stifled. Mt. Pleasant was...
Trib HSSN 2025 WPIAL girls soccer preview: South Fayette chasing 3rd straight title
WPIAL girls soccer preview Class 4A Defending champion: Peters Township Runner-up: Seneca Valley PIAA qualifiers: Peters Township, Seneca Valley Defending PIAA champion: Downingtown West Team to beat: Peters Township has the makings of a repeat with all-state goalkeeper and TribLive HSSN player of the tear Molly Kubistek returning, along with...
Monessen seeks will to match skill
We have the skill, but do we have the will? That is the question fifth-year Monessen coach Wade Brown is asking his players heading into the 2025 season. The Greyhounds ended 2024 on a three-game losing streak, which included a first-round playoff loss to Greensburg Central Catholic. Injuries ate into...
Fort Cherry ready to contend for 3rd straight WPIAL crown
It is hard to complain about the last two seasons if you are involved with Fort Cherry football. After all, in those two years, Fort Cherry won two WPIAL Class A championships. However, it was far from easy, especially in 2024 when the Rangers needed multiple fourth-down conversions on the...
Cornell looks to exceed expectations after playoff win
Cornell was so close to reaching the WPIAL Class A semifinals last year. Following a first-round win over Leechburg, the Raiders looked to knock off top-seeded Fort Cherry. Cornell led Fort Cherry late in the first half, but after the Raiders gave up two touchdowns, they could not rally late...
Chartiers-Houston working to keep moving in right direction
When coach Dan Lis took over at Chartiers-Houston last year, the Buccaneers were coming off an 0-10 season, two years after making the WPIAL playoffs with seven wins. It was all about gaining support in the community and raising expectations in his first year. “I tell the kids all the...
Burgettstown looking to get back to winning ways
Hard times can shape a team, and the Burgettstown Blue Devils hope last season’s struggles will make them better. They are coming back bigger, faster and stronger. Coach Mark Druga went 43-26 with with six playoff berths in seven seasons at the helm of the Blue Devils before going 1-8...
WPIAL champion coach, retired no more, takes over strong Bishop Canevin team
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 Friday. Due to production schedule conflicts, the Serra Catholic preview will be published later this week. Rod Steele gave up coaching last winter, but a job opening at...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Aug. 19, 2025
High schools Golf Tuesday’s results Boys Class 3A Section 1 Kiski Area 210, Penn-Trafford 212 Latrobe 183, Hempfield 210 Medalists: Jack Sacriponte (L) 32; Dean Connell (H) 39 Section 2 Belle Vernon 198, Connellsville 234 Medalists: Jordan Mocello (BV) 37; Hunter Konieczny (C) 44 McKeesport 211, Uniontown 230 Medalists: Brock...
Linebacker Jamison Yurt leads Penn-Trafford defense with championship goals
When Jamison Yurt was in eighth grade, he watched from the stands at Hersheypark Stadium as the Penn-Trafford football team pulled off an unexpected victory in the PIAA Class 5A championship game. Now a senior, Yurt wants to lead the Warriors to their second title. Yurt, a four-year starter at...
2025 Trib HSSN football position-by-position breakdown: Scouting the safeties
TribLive HSSN will break down the top players at one position per day until Week Zero. Here is a look at the top safeties for the 2025 season. 1. Jay Timmons Pine-Richland Senior, 5-11, 185 Timmons is a big play source for the WPIAL Class 5A champions on both sides...
