WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
By: Steve Brodzinski, Pittsburgh Basketball Report In the WPIAL’s largest classification, Quad-A, there are no nights off. Certain programs seem to re-load with talent year after year. To find success at this level is very difficult, but to add longevity to that success is very uncommon. Fox Chapel’s 6’3” senior shooting guard Matt D’Amico has… More »
The playoff-bound Hempfield Spartans cruised past the Kiski Cavaliers for a 65-14 victory in a Section 1-AAAA contest on Thursday night.. After some brief sluggish play at the outset, Hempfield coach Aaron Epps called a timeout and the Spartans regained their form to top the Cavs for an easy victory. Hempfield jumped out to a… More »
In tonight’s Quad-A Network Girls Basketball broadcast, the Hempfield Spartans hope to bounce back from last night’s loss to Penn-Trafford with a road game against Section 1-AAAA foe Kiski Area. The Spartans dropped a 53-49 decision to the Warriors last night, but despite the loss Hempfield has still won five of its last seven games…. More »
Announced Tuesday was the Pennsylvania Team for the annual Big 33 Football Classic and the WPIAL’s Class AAAA has ten representatives on this year’s squad. The Quad-A school fielding the most players is the Pittsburgh Central Catholic with a total of three. Quarterback and Florida State-recruit J.J. Cosentino, linebacker Niko Thorpe, and defensive back Tre… More »
In a battle between two teams atop the Section 4-AAAA standings, the third-ranked Bethel Park Black Hawks earned a 52-38 home win over the second-ranked Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils on Monday night. The reigning WPIAL champions handed Mt. Lebanon its first section loss of the season and pulls a half-game in front of their South… More »
Tonight the Bethel Park Black Hawks and Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils clash in the MSA Sports & Quad-A Conference Girls’ Basketball Game of the Week. This evening’s contest pits two Section 4 titans and perennial WPIAL championship contenders. Between the two, Bethel Park and Mt. Lebanon have won four of the last five WPIAL titles. … More »
by: Aaron Modrak, Hawk Eye The Bethel Park Black Hawks took on Upper St. Clair for a greatly anticipated Quad-A Section 4 match-up on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Bethel Park came into Tuesday’s game with a two-game losing streak against Cannon-McMillan and Mt. Lebanon. With the Storm Squad in full effect, Bethel Park defeated USC, 72-48…. More »
The North Allegheny Tigers clinched a playoff spot out of Section 3-AAAA on Friday night with an 80-65 victory over the Seneca Valley Raiders in the MSA Sports & Quad-A Conference Boys Basketball Game of the Week. The Tigers jumped to a 43-26 lead by halftime and held off the Raiders comeback efforts in the second… More »
The Baldwin Highlanders were 4.1 seconds away from a critical road victory, but Upper St. Clair junior Diandra Conwell drained a three-point shot at the buzzer to force overtime and the Panthers went on to claim a 63-58 win in Section 4-AAAA on Thursday night. The win clinches a playoff spot for the Panthers and… More »
In tonight’s MSA Sports & Quad-A Conference Girls Basketball Game of the Week, the Baldwin Highlanders (9-6, 3-5) visit the Upper St. Clair Panthers (10-4, 5-3) in a Section 4-AAAA battle. The Highlanders have won 10 of the last 12 games in this series, but it was the Panthers who won the earlier meeting this… More »