WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
In an overtime thriller, the second-seeded North Allegheny girls’ basketball team prevailed over top-seed Bethel Park with a 54-50 victory at the Petersen Events Center in the WPIAL Class 6A championship game. With the Tigers trailing 50-49 late in overtime, junior Lizzy Groetsch’s drive and layup gave NA a 51-50 lead with 25 seconds remaining and proved… More »
The Laurel Highlands Mustangs won their first WPIAL title since 1968, defeating the Mars Fighting Planets, 52-51, Friday night at the Petersen Events Center. It was once again a come-from-behind victory for the Mustangs as they trailed 13-12 after a quarter. Momentum was on Laurel Highlands side as they took the lead 31-29 heading into… More »
After trailing early, the Trinity Hillers made the correct second half adjustments running away with a 50-33 semifinal win against the Woodland Hills Wolverines Wednesday night at Mt. Lebanon High School. This is Trinity’s first WPIAL finals appearance since 2016. Scoring was difficult for Trinity in the first period. They didn’t score in the first… More »
For the second game in a row, the top-seeded Butler Golden Tornado went to overtime but came out on top with an 83-79 win against the fifth-seeded Upper St. Clair Panthers Wednesday night at Robert Morris University. Butler is in the WPIAL Championship Game for the second straight season. The first half was very intense,… More »
Top-seeded Bethel Park took care of business Tuesday night against section-foe Mt. Lebanon at Canon McMillan High School, winning 35-29. This served as the rubber match as the two teams split the regular season meetings, both winning at home. The Black Hawks jumped out early getting out to leads of 15-8 after a quarter and… More »
The eighth seeded Laurel Highlands Mustangs kept their dream run in the postseason alive, erasing a halftime double-digit deficit and defeating No. 4 Thomas Jefferson, 44-42, Tuesday night at Woodland Hills High School. The Mustangs will be heading to their first WPIAL championship since 1972. Points came few and far between in the first half… More »
Moon made a late push, but wasn’t able to finish the comeback falling to second-seeded Woodland Hills, 52-49, on Saturday afternoon at Mt. Lebanon High School. Points were at a premium in the first quarter as No. 7 Moon had a 9-7 lead after a quarter of play. Things picked up in the second quarter,… More »
Top-seeded Butler was taken to the limit Saturday afternoon when it took not one, but two overtimes to take down the pesky Peters Township Indians, 78-76, at Mt. Lebanon High School. The No. 9 Indians controlled play in the first quarter and had an 18-11 lead. Butler’s defense started to heat up forcing multiple turnovers… More »
It was one and done for the top-seeded Penn Hills Indians as they fell to Rodney Gallagher and the number eight seed Laurel Highlands Mustangs, 62-60, at Norwin High School Friday night. Gallagher’s go-ahead bucket with 3.5 seconds left in the game proved to be the winner for the Mustangs. Laurel Highlands controlled the pace… More »
In a game that started 40 minutes late because of the game before them going to overtime, No. 7 seed Upper St. Clair, starting four freshmen, were able to avoid opening round jitters and upset third-seeded Norwin Knights, 52-39. Upper St. Clair set the tone early slowing the game down and frustrating the Norwin offense… More »