WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Scouting wasn’t a problem heading into the girls’ volleyball PIAA quarterfinal match on Tuesday at Ambridge. For the third time this season, North Allegheny looked on the other side of the net and saw Seneca Valley, and for the third time this season, they came out victorious. The Tigers swept the Raiders by scores of… More »
Pine-Richland clinched its sixth WPIAL title game appearance with a 49-25 victory over the North Allegheny Tigers on Friday night at Ambridge High School. The Rams rolled up 665 yards of offense in the WPIAL Class 6A semifinal contest and prevailed predominantly on the passing connection of Phil Jurkovec to Jason DiFrancisis. Jurkovec completed 18… More »
No. 1 Pine-Richland Rams (11-0) vs. No. 5 North Allegheny (8-3) At Ambridge (7:30 p.m.) The top-seeded Rams and fifth-seed Tigers both cruised into the semifinals with quarterfinal routs. The Rams defeated Norwin, 49-14, which was right on the dot with how many points they averaged per game this season. Senior quarterback and Notre Dame… More »
No. 1 Penn-Trafford Warriors (10-1) vs. No. 4 Upper St. Clair Panthers (8-3) At West Mifflin (7:30 p.m.) The top-seed Warriors survived their quarterfinal scare against Fox Chapel last week, coming from behind for the 28-21 win. Penn-Trafford had four players account for touchdowns. Senior quarterback Cam Laffoon led the charge with a rushing touchdown… More »
The North Allegheny boys’ soccer team went toe-to-toe with the Pine-Richland Rams for the third time this season in the first round of the PIAA Class AAAA playoffs. The result of Tuesday’s matchup at Fox Chapel High School was the same as the first two meetings as the Tigers again came away victorious, this time… More »
Junior Alex Adams scored two goals to help propel the North Allegheny Tigers to a 2-0 triumph over the Penn-Trafford Warriors in the first round of the PIAA playoffs on Tuesday night at Fox Chapel High School. The Tigers were making their first appearance in the state playoffs since 2011 and stunned the WPIAL champion… More »
After winning the WPIAL Class 4A championship on Saturday, the North Allegheny Lady Tigers set their sights on a state title on Tuesday night and defeated the Cumberland Valley Eagles in the first round of the PIAA playoffs, 3-0. The Tigers maintained their recent postseason trend of earning a hard-fought win in set one and… More »
Joseph Fiasco, a Penn-Trafford graduate, totaled a game-high 13 tackles (10 solo) to go along with 2.0 tackles for loss and an interception in Saturday’s 43-34 win at Grove City College. For his efforts, the junior earned Presidents’ Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week. (photo courtesy of Bethany College)
After falling in the WPIAL finals in 2014 and 2015 and getting bounced in the quarterfinals in 2016, the North Allegheny finally got over the hump sweeping Armstrong 3-0 to capture its first WPIAL championship since 2013. The first set started off strong as the Tigers jumped out to a 9-3 lead, thanks in large… More »
No. 1 North Allegheny (19-0) vs. No. 2 Armstrong (18-1) At Baldwin (6 p.m.) The top two teams throughout the regular season will battle for the WPIAL championship tonight. Although they are the top two, there is still gap between who is the best team. North Allegheny is having on of the more impressive season’s… More »