WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
On the 10 year anniversary of the Canon-McMillan baseball team that won the PIAA championship, the Big Macs are heading back to the title game after a 4-1 win against Council Rock North at Greene Twp. Park in Scotland, Pa. in the Class 6A PIAA semifinals on Tuesday. Like he has all season long, senior Zach… More »
Sophomore Ashley Orischak belted a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning in Tuesday’s Class 6A PIAA Semifinal Game against Nazareth at Norlo Park in Fayetteville and that was all the scoring the Hempfield softball team needed to punch a return ticket to the State Championship Game. The 2-0 win means that the… More »
All season long, the West Allegheny softball team proved they were the team to beat in Class 5A in the WPIAL. And now they have earned the right to represent the WPIAL in the PIAA Championship Game on Thursday at 4 p.m. at Penn State University. The Indians earned the trip to their first state… More »
For the first five innings of its PIAA Quarterfinal Game against Interboro at Carlisle High School, Thomas Jefferson couldn’t muster any runs. The final two innings were a completely different team. The Jaguars scored one in the sixth and three in the seventh to come away with a 4-1 win and set up a rematch… More »
The Two-time defending Class 5A WPIAL Champions West Allegheny continue to steamroll through its opponents in the state playoffs. Albert Gallatin became its latest victim, a 10-3 decision, at Peterswood Park. Seniors Taylor Goldstrohm and Taylor Cummings led the offense surge at the top of the lineup for the Indians. Goldstrohm collected three hits and three RBIs…. More »
With the game tied 1-1 and on a 1-1 count, senior Megan Monzo belted a game-winning home run in the top of the eighth inning to lift WPIAL Class 6A champion Hempfield to a 2-1 win against Baldwin at Latrobe on Thursday. The home run was the first of the season for the senior and sixth… More »
The West Allegheny baseball team was the last WPIAL Class 5A team to qualify for the state tournament. They are also the last team out of the three qualifiers left after its 7-4 win against Red Land at Mt. Aloysius College in the PIAA Quarterfinals. In their two state playoff games, the Indians have scored… More »
The North Allegheny baseball team fell to the Canon-McMillan Big Macs on Thursday afternoon, 6 -3, in the PIAA quarterfinals at Seton Hill University. The Big Macs scored four runs in the first inning and staved off a North Allegheny comeback bid to advance to the state semifinals next week. In the opening frame, the… More »
The Mars baseball team had a few days to digest their tough, extra inning loss in the Class 5A WPIAL Championship Game. Now they can celebrate its own extra inning win, 3-2 in 9 innings against District 3 champion Ephrata, in the PIAA first round. In the top of the ninth, junior Tyler Kowalkowski hit a… More »
For the second time in as many games, the Canon-McMillan baseball team picked up a 2-1 win at Wild Things Park. Six days after winning the Class 6A Championship Game there, the Big Macs returned to their home away from home to accomplish the same feat in the PIAA first round against District 3 third-place… More »