WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
With a steep deficit facing them at halftime, the thought of a game-winning basket to send them to the Class 5A PIAA Championship Game was the last thing on Mars’ minds. But with perseverance, that’s exactly what they got. With nine seconds left in the game, senior Cade Hetzler lost his defender and was able to… More »
Jimmy Malone continued his strong start to the 2018 season, tossing eight shutout innings in a 5-0 victory over Castleton Saturday afternoon for Saint Vincent College. The sophomore southpaw recorded six strikeouts and issued just one walk in the victory. Malone scattered four hits and limited the Spartans to a .179 batting average. The Connellsville graduate… More »
Christian Aldrich hit .538 (7 for 13) in a pair of non-conference doubleheader splits for Thiel College last week. He totaled four doubles and a pair of home runs while driving in eight runs and scoring five. He finished the week with a .563 on-base percentage. In Sunday’s split at No. 18 Baldwin Wallace University, Aldrich… More »
The future was looking bleak for the Class 5A WPIAL champions at halftime of its PIAA quarterfinal game. Down 24-17 to Highlands, Mars turned things around in the second half to come away with a 60-51 win at Gateway High School and advance to its second PIAA semifinals in three years. The Planets shot 57… More »
In a rematch of last year’s WPIAL championship game, the North Allegheny Tigers again prevailed over the Bethel Park Black Hawks with a 44-34 victory in the PIAA quarterfinals on Friday night at Baldwin High School. The Tigers punched their ticket to the state’s final four for the third straight year and matched the program… More »
Mars and Thomas Jefferson were neck-and-neck all game long, but the Planets found the extra edge in the fourth quarter to pull out a 61-53 win at Plum in the PIAA second round. Down 44-43 entering the fourth quarter, Mars outscored Thomas Jefferson 18-9 in the fourth quarter. They were able to chip away in… More »
The Gateway girls’ basketball team picked up their 17th straight win on Wednesday night with a 57-25 win against Harbor Creek at Farrell High School in the PIAA Second Round. Known for their defense all season long, the Class 5A WPIAL champions delivered again with allowing another opponent under 30 points. Gateway led 26-14 at… More »
Oakland Catholic allowed only five points in the first half and zero in the second quarter on its way to a 46-34 win against Palmyra at Altoona in the PIAA second round on Wednesday. The WPIAL runner-up led 17-5 at halftime and were able to maintain that margin of victory in the second half. Junior… More »
The Pine-Richland boys’ basketball team kept their quest to return to the PIAA Championship Game for the second straight year alive on Wednesday with a 83-63 win against State College at University of Pitt-Johnstown. The Rams got by with relative ease from the second quarter on. The entered the second quarter with a 14-11 lead… More »
Highlands is out to prove that its loss in the WPIAL semifinals was a fluke. The Golden Rams won their second straight game by at least 19 points in the PIAA playoffs on Tuesday with a 73-54 at Gateway. Highlands opened up a 18-14 lead after the first quarter and continued to slow its lead… More »