WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
By Jonathan Spina Senior Percise Colon took a punt back 60 yards with 2:55 to go in the game and a 2-point conversation gave North Allegheny an 11-10 victory over top-ranked Central Catholic in Friday night’s showdown at Shaler Middle School. With the victory, Head Coach Art Walker picked up his 200th career coaching win. Walker coached… More »
It turned out to be a “painful” victory for Penn-Trafford coach John Ruane. During Cole Defillippo’s 31-yard interception return to seal a 28-7 victory against No. 1 Gateway, Ruane believes he ruptured the Achilles tendon in his right leg. The Warriors held one of the top offenses in the WPIAL to a single touchdown in… More »
Peters Township used a pair of scores from Josh Casilli to knock off Upper St. Clair, 29-21, in the teams’ WPIAL Class 5A Allegheny 8 Conference opener Friday night. The No. 2-ranked Indians (2-0, 1-1) started fast with a long return from Aidan McCall on the opening kickoff. Peters Township’s drive ended at the 1-yard… More »
Junior Nico Flati’s 37-yard touchdown run on a fourth-and-2 play with less than 90 seconds left in the game lifted West Allegheny to a 35-31 victory over Chartiers Valley on Friday night. The home victory was also the first for head coach Chris Lucas as the Indians coach who took over for Bob Palko. Flati… More »
Pine-Richland didn’t ease into this new football season. Junior quarterback Cole Spencer threw two touchdowns in the first 2½ minutes as host Pine-Richland defeated Penn Hills, 21-0, in a Week Zero contest that matched the defending WPIAL Class 6A and 5A champions. The Rams scored on their first two possessions with an onside kick in… More »
Moon sacked Montour quarterback Luke Persinger 11 times and forced two Spartan turnovers en route to a 14-10 victory in a non-conference game Friday night. It was the second year in a row the Tigers defeated Montour to begin the season. Persinger was pressured all night, especially in the fourth quarter as Montour was trying… More »
The North Allegheny Tigers claimed an impressive 21-0 victory over Friendship Collegiate Academy (DC) in Week Zero to open the 2019 season on Friday night at Newman Stadium. It was NA’s first shutout since the Tigers blanked Morgantown, 45-0, in Week Zero in 2017. Fittingly, it was the defense that made the first big play… More »
Losing in the Class 5A WPIAL semifinals is a distant memory for the Penn-Trafford softball team. It turned out that would be their last lost of the season as the Warriors claimed the program’s first PIAA championship on Friday with a 5-3 win against Lampeter Strasburg at Penn State University’s Beard Field. Penn-Trafford led from… More »
For the first time in program history, the Penn-Trafford softball team will be playing for a state championship. The Warriors, who entered the Class 5A PIAA tournament as the No. 3 seed, survived District 3 runner-up, Donegal, 5-4 at Mt. Aloysius College on Tuesday afternoon. Penn-Trafford flirted with danger throughout the game, but was able… More »
By Jonathan Spina North Allegheny took advantage of four Pine-Richland errors to take the grudge match from the Rams, 4-1, to advance to the PIAA Semifinals. Ryan Partridge threw a complete game and Shane Murphy had two big two-out RBI hits to propel NA to victory. Pine-Richland got the scoring started in the bottom of the first when… More »