WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Gateway and McKeesport met in the Class 5A Big East Conference regular season finale this season. The Gators came away with an easy 36-7 win on that day. Things got a lot tougher on Friday Night at Greensburg Salem in the WPIAL semifinals. The No. 2 Gators (11-2) outlasted the No. 6 Tigers (9-4), 14-7,… More »
The game trend between last year’s playoff matchup and this year’s was polar opposites, but the result remained the same. The No. 5 Peters Township Indians (12-1) knocked off top-seed Penn-Trafford (11-2), 28-10, in the Class 5A WPIAL semifinals on Friday Night at West Mifflin to advance to the program’s first championship game. After virtually… More »
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It was a rematch of last year’s PIAA Quarterfinal between North Allegheny and State College and the result was exactly the same, a Tiger victory. The Tigers advance to the PIAA Semifinals for the third straight season sweeping State College, 3-0. For full recap, click here.
Last year, Penn Hills made easy work of McKeesport in the Class 5A Quarterfinals en route to a WPIAL and PIAA championship. Fast-forwarding a year, the two teams found themselves in the same position at Hempfield on Friday night. McKeesport made sure the result would be different as the No. 6 Tigers (9-3) toppled the… More »
For the second season in a row, the Gateway Gators entered the playoffs as a heavy favorite to win the Class 5A WPIAL football championship. After getting upset in the semifinals a year ago, the No. 2 Gators (10-2) avoided that same fate with a last minute touchdown to propel them to a 17-13 win… More »
Less than a week after its heartbreaking overtime loss to Canon-McMillan on Haloween Night in the Class 4A WPIAL Championship Game, the Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils bounced back with a 3-1 win against District 6 champion, Altoona, at Hollidaysburg High School. Danny Simboro was the offensive star for the Blue Devils with two goals. Brady… More »
In a rematch of the 2018 PIAA First Round matchup, the Tigers got back to their winning ways once again defeating McDowell 25-12, 25-17 and 25-11. The Tigers used great serving, picking up seven aces and dominated at the net all night long. For the full recap, click here.
Senior Ava Ruppersberger scored the game’s only goal with 5:01 remaining to help propel North Allegheny to a 1-0 victory over Cumberland Valley in the opening round of the PIAA playoffs on Tuesday night. For the full recap, click here.