WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
The North Allegheny Tigers won their first WPIAL championship since 1999 with a 2-1 overtime triumph over the Seneca Valley Raiders at Highmark Stadium on Thursday night. Junior Sean Atwater, who scored his first goal of the season in overtime to beat Pine-Richland in the semifinals on Saturday, again connected for the game-winning marker to… More »
Girls Soccer All-Section Photo Gallery 2nd Team & Honorable Mentions
Boys Soccer All-Section Photo Gallery 2nd Team & Honorable Mentions
Girls Volleyball All-Section Photo Gallery 2nd Team & Honorable Mentions
Congratulations to North Allegheny senior quarterback Ethan Maenza on being named the Athlete of the Week by Varsity Views. Maenza had 23 carries for 219 yards and three touchdowns in a 22-15 win over Mt. Lebanon on Friday, September 30. This has a been a season of well-deserved recognition for Maenza. Earlier in the season, Maenza… More »
Welcome to www.pabig56.com, a new website featuring the schools, teams, and athletes of Class 6-A and 5-A in the WPIAL. For fans familiar with the former Quad-A sports website, you can now visit www.pabig56.com for all the scores, schedules, team pages and championship recaps of the Big 56 Athletic Conferences. Along with coverage of 6-A… More »
Hempfield senior pitcher Morgan Ryan tossed her fifth consecutive playoff shutout and blanked Avon Grove, 1-0, in eight innings to help lift the Spartans to their second straight PIAA title. Avon Grove managed a third-inning hit but Ryan retired 16 batters in a row in a terrific pitcher’s duel. Avon Grove starter, senior Maggie Balint,… More »
For only the second time this season, the Plum Mustangs suffered defeat. Unfortunately for Plum, both heart-breaking losses came with a title at stake as the most recent of those defeats occurred on Thursday afternoon to Boyertown in the PIAA Class AAAA championship game at Penn State’s Medlar Field. Boyertown’s 4-1 win prevented the Mustangs… More »
The Hempfield softball team captured its second consecutive WPIAL title with a 2-0 victory over the Baldwin Highlanders on Friday at Cal-U’s Lilly Field. It’s the Spartans fourth overall WPIAL crown. Hempfield starter Morgan Ryan, a Notre Dame recruit, tossed a complete-game four-hit shutout to earn the victory. Ryan didn’t need much run support, but… More »
On Wednesday night at CONSOL Energy Park in Washington, Norwin did something no one else had done all season, beat the Plum Mustangs. The Knights knocked off the previously unbeaten Mustangs, 7-3, to win their first WPIAL title since 1960. The 14th-seeded Knights used a five-run first inning to stun the top-seeded Mustangs. Jonathan Pingree… More »