WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
The Hempfield Spartans are the #1 ranked team in the WPIAL and they looked like it tonight. From the opening tip they stormed out of the gate and there was little the Norwin Knights could do to keep up. Two Division I athletes would steal the show on senior night and they alone outscored the… More »
The #4 MSA ranked Norwin Lady Knights performed like a championship caliber club in their showdown with #8 ranked Hempfield Lady Spartans. It was senior night at Hempfield but a junior would steal the show as Alayna Gribble was just too much to handle. This game was close in the first quarter though the Knights… More »
The Franklin Regional Panthers played host to Gateway Gators in a must win scenario for both teams. Albeit the consequences were different for each team both needed the win equally to achieve their goals. The Panthers playoff hopes were on the line as they were the fifth place team in Section 2 and needed a… More »
The #2 MSA-ranked Hempfield Spartans sent a message to Section 1 this evening in a pivotal match up with the #9 MSA-ranked Greater Latrobe Wildcats. Before the tip both teams were undefeated at 5-0 in section play having defeated all other foes the first time through. However Hempfield proved tonight that they are still the… More »
by Patrick McKay On Tuesday night the Pine Richland Rams hosted the Central Catholic Vikings in a pivotal Section 3 match up. After this year’s run in football for these two schools one might think that it could not compare to AAAA WPIAL football championship but after seeing these two square off it may have… More »
By Patrick McKay The New Castle Red Hurricanes are still undefeated. Though this was the closest and most thrilling of all four of their previous meetings, the Hampton Talbots fell short again 57-55 in the PIAA Quarterfinals. The Red Hurricanes are now 29-0 on the season and will enter the PIAA Semifinals on Tuesday. Their… More »
by Patrick McKay The North Allegheny Girl’s basketball team entered the WPIAL playoffs as the top seed and favorite to win the title. The Section 3 champions finished the regular season 20-1 but came up short of their title hopes in the WPIAL semi-finals with a loss to the Hempfield Spartans by a score of… More »
By: Steve Brodzinski – Pittsburgh Basketball Report New Castle, Hampton, Kiski Area, North Allegheny, Bethel Park, and city league champion Allderdice, will be representing the WPIAL in the Class Quad A PIAA Playoffs, and once again, we get to beat up on each other, before meeting with the powers from the east. In 2010, I… More »
by Patrick McKay There was a packed house, sold out crowd on hand at North Allegheny this evening for the WPIAL semifinal match-up between the top seeded Red Hurricanes of New Castle and the 13th seeded Cavaliers of Kiski. In fact many were turned away as there was standing room only and one of the… More »
By: Steve Brodzinski – Pittsburgh Basketball Report #1 New Castle vs. #13 Kiski Area Star Watch: Malik Hooker (New Castle) – The Ohio State football commit became an internet sensation, shortly after his alley-oop dunk right on a Bethel Park defender went viral after New Castle’s quarterfinal victory. A 1000 point scorer, Hooker led… More »