WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
When the WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball playoff bracket was released earlier this week, the the top four seeds were revealed, along with the rest of the bracket. There was seven teams that could have received byes, but the top four in that order were Mt. Lebanon, Woodland Hills, Fox Chapel and Central Catholic. Mt…. More »
Monday night’s non-section between Central Catholic and Fox Chapel meant nothing in terms of the standings or playoff seedings, but meant a lot in determining who will remain one of the hottest teams entering the Class 6A playoffs. The Vikings, who clinched the Section 1-6A regular season title, traveled to Fox Chapel and came away… More »
Penn Hills and Woodland Hills were competing for the Section 3-6A regular season championship on Tuesday, but the hottest team in the section might have been playing in another game. Fox Chapel won its eighth straight game and fourth straight road game on Tuesday with a 75-65 win at Latrobe. The Foxes have also beat… More »
Defense and free throws down the stretch allowed the Fox Chapel boys’ basketball team to come away with a 61-54 win at Penn Hills on Friday night. The Foxes led 48-35 entering the fourth quarter, but the Indians stormed back to take a late lead and was not able to run the clock out. After… More »
Woodland Hills’ improbable run to the Class 6A WPIAL semifinals last year has carried over to the 2017-18 season. The Wolverines have started the season 5-0 and 2-0 in Section 3-AAAAAA after a 75-60 win against previously undefeated Fox Chapel. Junior Tre’Mon Josey scored 20 of his team-high 22 points in the second half to lead… More »
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Fox Chapel will enter the 2017-18 boys basketball season as the defending Section 2-AAAAAA regular season champion. The Foxes compiled a 19-4 overall record and 12-2 mark in the section. They advanced to the WPIAL quarterfinals where they lost to Woodland Hills, 52-47. Head coach Zach Skrinjar is entering his ninth season as the Foxes… More »
No. 1 Penn-Trafford (9-1) vs. No. 8 Fox Chapel (6-4) At 7:30 p.m. The top seed Warriors come into the playoffs fresh off their only loss of the season, a 27-24 defeat to the hands of McKeesport. Meanwhile, the Foxes are entering tonight’s quarterfinal game on a five game win streak after starting the season… More »
The WPIAL girls’ soccer quarterfinals will take place tonight, with three of the four match-ups pitting section rivals against each other. Below are the previews of each game. Pine-Richland (16-1-1) vs. North Allegheny (11-6-1) At Hampton (8 p.m.) The Rams are coming in as the heavy favorite as the No. 1 seed and one of the… More »
The WPIAL released the girls’ soccer playoff pairings on Wednesday and Pine-Richland received the No. 1 seed. The Rams finished the regular season 15-1-1, 9-0-1 with their lone loss coming in the first game of the season against Mars. They will host Connellsville Monday night in the first round. All first round games will be… More »