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Football Class 5A First Round Preview

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The WPIAL held its pairings meeting on Monday and with an expanded Class 5A from a year ago, had its work cut out for them. With three sections, the 16-team field will feature no byes and all eight first round matchups occurring tonight at the location of the higher seed. All games will kickoff at… More »

Boys Class 5A WPIAL Playoff First Round Preview

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The WPIAL playoff brackets that were revealed earlier this week gave us a look at the matchups that will start the Class 5A boys basketball playoffs. All first round games will be played on Tuesday, Feb. 20. The top three seeds — Mars, Highlands, and Franklin Regional — each received byes into the quarterfinals. The… More »

Girls Class 5A WPIAL Playoff First Round Preview

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The 16-team field in the girls basketball Class 5A bracket will feature every team playing in the first round and the top four seeds receiving a bye. Below are capsules on each first round matchup that will take place on Friday. No. 1 Trinity Hillers (19-3) vs. No. 16 Plum Mustangs (6-16) At West Allegheny,… More »

Defense Leads Mars to Section Win At Armstrong

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The Mars girls’ basketball team won its sixth straight game on Thursday by continuing to play stellar defense, defeating Armstrong on the road, 43-33. This was the third straight game the Planets held their opponents to under 35 points. Mars jumped out to an early 13-5 lead in the first quarter that they held on… More »

Armstrong Pulls Away From Franklin Regional In Fourth Quarter

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The Armstrong girls’ basketball team broke a deadlock tie with Franklin Regional heading into the fourth quarter for a 53-44 victory and sole possession of third place in Section 4-5A. The River Hawks and Panthers were tied 34-34 heading into the final eight minutes at Franklin Regional. A big key to closing out the game… More »