WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
The Class 5A girls basketball playoffs are underway tonight with the first round. The 12 team field will feature byes for the top four seeds, Chartiers Valley, Oakland Catholic, Gateway, and Penn Hills, respectively. All games will be played on a neutral court. No. 5 Franklin Regional Panthers (16-6) vs. No. 12 South Fayette Lions (13-9) At Keystone Oaks, 8 p.m. Franklin Regional finished a game behind Gateway for the section title,… More »
The WPIAL basketball playoffs get revved up today, including the start of the Class 5A boys basketball playoffs. The 13 team field will feature byes for the top three seeds, Mars, Penn Hills, and Moon, respectively. All games will begin at 8 p.m. and will be played on a neutral court. No. 4 Woodland Hills Wolverines (17-5) vs. No. 13 West Allegheny Indians (9-13) At Mt. Lebanon West Allegheny tying… More »
First-Team Photo Gallery
First-Team Photo Gallery
The feeling is different when you are named co-section champs or outright section champs. The Penn Hills boys basketball team made sure they felt the latter on Friday night. The Indians knocked off the defending Section 1-5A champions, Woodland Hills, with a 63-57 win on the road. The win gave them the regular season sweep… More »
With one game remaining in the section schedule, the Oakland Catholic girls basketball team clinched the Section 3-5A section title with a 48-43 win at Penn Hills on Tuesday night. The Indians still had a chance of catching the Eagles for the section title with a win, which would’ve given them the regular season sweep…. More »
Back on Dec. 21, the Latrobe girls basketball team suffered a 60-48 loss at Penn Hills. It was a much different result the second time around at home on Thursday night. With 6.9 seconds left, senior Kayla White made the game-winning shot to propel Latrobe to a 57-56 win against Penn Hills. It was the only… More »
Friday night’s Fox Chapel at Penn Hills boys basketball game had no barring on the section standings, but it had the excitement level of two teams battling for first place. With 20.7 seconds left in double overtime and his team down by two points, Kyree Hairston-Mitchell dialed up from way beyond the 3-point line to give… More »
The Penn-Trafford girls basketball team handed Penn Hills its first section loss of the season with a 42-38 win in overtime. Penn Hills had all the momentum heading into overtime after senior Adia Brisker made a shot at the buzzer to force overtime. The would be the last field goal the Indians would make as the… More »
As they say over in Penn Hills, “It’s A Great Day To Be An Indian”. Tuesday night was a great night to be an Indian as the Penn Hills boys and girls basketball teams swept section rival, Woodland Hills, to take over first place in its respective sections. The girls team won 68-41, followed by… More »