There is a lot of turning this week as we flip the calendar from October to November and move forward from the high school football regular season to the WPIAL playoffs starting this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network.

Trib HSSN football player of the week – Aayden Wright

November begins with a busy night of soccer semifinals and girls volleyball quarterfinals and semis.

CINCINNATI — Bengals defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence had some simple advice for Joe Burrow as the franchise quarterback prepared to take the field with Cincinnati trailing the Tennessee Titans by a touchdown in the fourth quarter.

Goaltender Taylor Gauthier made 43 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-0 shutout of the rival Hershey Bears at the Giant Center in Hershey on Sunday.

Kicking a field goal was never an option when the Pittsburgh Steelers had possession at the 1-yard line with 5 seconds left before halftime.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — With Josh Allen at quarterback, anything seems possible for the Buffalo Bills — including overcoming a sloppy first half.

ST. LOUIS — First basemen Christian Walker of Houston and Matt Olson of Atlanta won their fourth Gold Gloves on Sunday, and Boston right fielder Wilyer Abreu won the fielding honor for the third year in a row.

The quarterfinals are nearly in the book in the 2026 WPIAL girls volleyball playoffs.

The 2026 WPIAL boys soccer brackets have reached the final four with semifinals matches set for Monday and Tuesday.

The district WPIAL girls soccer playoffs are set for the semifinals on Monday and Tuesday.

WPIAL soccer playoffs

WPIAL volleyball playoffs

DETROIT — Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s former opponent in the U.S. Senate primary, Haley Stevens, stunned party officials Sunday by endorsing Republican Mike Rogers as Democratic tensions boiled over days before the election that could determine the balance of power on Capitol Hill.

A union representing employees at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the newspaper’s new owner with the National Labor Relations Board.

JUNEAU, Alaska — A federal judge on Sunday dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses, the latest development in a ballot controversy that has roiled the final days of one of the nation’s most closely watched races.

On America’s election night 10 years ago, I was a diplomat with the U.S. mission to Somalia in Mogadishu. We were hosting a watch party with local political, business and civil society leaders. U.S. elections offer a chance to showcase how democracy works and to share American values, so these watch parties are a public diplomacy staple at embassies all ...

Heidi Klum underwent a bloody transformation to become a giant, gruesome severed hand for her annual Halloween party in New York on Saturday, 25 years after she began hosting the much-anticipated event.

MEXICO CITY — Bright orange marigolds, glowing candles and faces painted like the elegant skeletons known as catrinas fill the streets of Mexico every year during the country’s Day of the Dead celebrations.

WPIAL soccer playoffs

NEW YORK — Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya won the women’s race of the New York City Marathon for the second time in three years on Sunday while Andreas Almgren of Sweden was victorious in his debut in the distance.

The North American box office took a bit of a hit this weekend with the Halloween holiday drawing audiences away from theaters on Saturday. Ticket sales were led by the Elizabeth Holmes documentary “You Can See Everything” and the DC Studios movie “Clayface,” and aren’t likely to surpass $56 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday. That ...

To watch girls play soccer is to see female confidence at its peak. They run the field, hair whipping in the wind and feet dancing around the ball. When they fall, they leap back up.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State fired coach Mike Norvell on Sunday, roughly 12 hours after a home loss to Clemson and despite a buyout of roughly $50 million that is among the largest in college football history.