WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
The top teams in boys basketball Class 5A throughout the season will be the ones competing in the WPIAL semifinals on Tuesday. The top three teams all advanced, along with the fifth seed with a minor upset over No. 4. Both semifinal games will be played at 8 p.m. Below are capsules on each game…. More »
Three out of the four teams in the Class 6A girls’ basketball semifinals are represented by one section, but it is the one team in another section that will be the team to beat. Both semifinal games will take place on Tuesday at 6 p.m. Below are capsules on both games. No. 1 North Allegheny… More »
A wild quarterfinals filled with upsets set up a semifinal where anything can happen in the girls’ basketball Class 5A bracket. The semifinals will happen on Wednesday and both games will be played at 8 p.m. and will not feature any of the top three seeds who were upset in the quarterfinals. Below are the… More »
One of the deepest Class 6A boys’ basketball brackets in recent history will resume on Saturday with four quarterfinal games. Neither game is featuring teams that play in the same section. Below are capsules on each quarterfinal game. No. 1 Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils (19-3) vs. No. 9 Latrobe Wildcats (16-7) At Canon-McMillan, 3 p.m…. More »
The boys’ basketball Class 5A quarterfinal will have a mixture of familiarity with two of the match-ups featuring section rivals and one other one pitting two teams that have already played each other once before this season. All four games will take place on Friday Night at 8 p.m. Below are capsules on each game…. More »
It will be a bunch of unfamiliar faces battling against each other in the girls’ basketball Class 6A quarterfinals. None of the four match-ups will showcase any teams from the same section against each other. All quarterfinals games will take place on Friday at 6:30 p.m. Below are capsules on each game. No. 1 North… More »
The quarterfinal contestants for the girls’ basketball Class 5A playoff bracket were revealed last Friday, and today it was announced where each of those games will be played. The final eight teams are extremely familiar with each other. Three of the four quarterfinal games pit section rivals against each other. The games will take place… More »
Cheyenne Trest led the Griffins to a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West road win at University of Pitt-Johnstown last Wednesday by scoring a game high 24 points. She was 9 of 15 from the floor, 2 of 5 from 3-point range and 4 of 7 from the free-throw line. Trest added two assists. It’s her fifth… More »
Jess Bowen averaged 6.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists last week for the 2-0 Grove City College Wolverines. She averaged 22.0 minutes in a pair of league starts. Bowen, a North Hills graduate, received her third Presidents’ Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week for her performance. Grove City earned a No. 4 seed in the… More »
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