WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
The North Hills baseball team made it five section wins in a row on five consecutive days with a 4-1 win at Mars in Section 1-5A on Friday. Joey Pusateri was dominant in the complete-game victory, allowing just five Hits, no walks & struck out seven. Senior Garret Barto went 3 for 4 with a… More »
The West Allegheny baseball team erupted for 18 runs on Friday afternoon, and they needed every one of them to get past Montour. In a Section 2-5A showdown, the Indians outlasted the Spartans, 18-15. Montour got out to a q uick start and looked like they were going to cruise to an easy victory with… More »
Senior Christina Kemerer belted a home run in the top of the eighth inning to score the lone run of the game to give the Franklin Regional softball team a 1-0 win at Plum in Section 1-5A on Friday. The one run was enough due to the stellar pitching performance by junior Angalee Beall.Beall pitched a complete… More »
On its way to the Class 5A WPIAL Championship last year, Moon was the last team standing in West Allegheny’s way. The Indians 10-runned the Tigers in the Championship Game and faced them on Thursday for the first time since hoisting the trophy. The result was similar as West Allegheny traveled to Moon and came… More »
Shelby Noel put together another strong week for the 3-1 Saint Vincent College Bearcats. The senior hit .692 (9 for 13) at the plate to go along with a .765 on-base percentage and a 1.231 slugging percentage. Noel totaled 10 runs, six RBIs, five doubles, a triple and 16 total bases last week. She was also… More »
Ben Marsico led the way in Washington & Jefferson’s 7-0 win over Thomas More College last Friday, pitching 8.0 shutout innings and scattering just four hits with two walks and three strikeouts to improve to 1-1 this season. He retired each of the first 10 batters he faced in the game and took a no-hitter into… More »
The Canon-McMillan Big Macs entered Saturday’s game with North Allegheny ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the Trib Live and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette polls, respectively. In an early season non-section showdown in Class 6A, the third-ranked Tigers dealt the Big Macs their first loss of the season with a 4-1 decision at Wild Things Park… More »
There weren’t many baseball games played yesterday, but for Peters Township Head Coach Joe Maize, it will be a day he will never forget. The Indians traveled to Steel Valley and got a game in on its turf field and came away with an 11-4 victory, giving Maize No. 400 of his career, all at one… More »
Scoring 36 points and only five in the first quarter is not the recipe for success in a state championship game. But it was one that worked for the Mars girls’ basketball team on Wednesday Night at the Giant Center in Hershey. The Planets overcame a slow start to win their first state basketball title… More »
Taylor Andres had a hand in all four Washington & Jefferson College’s wins last week, going 3-0 with a save in the circle at the PFX Spring Games in Florida. She went the distance in all three of her starts, winning games against Farmingdale State, SUNY New Paltz and Elmhurst, while picking up a save against… More »