Archive for February 2014
New Castle Still Unbeatable
by Patrick McKay There was a packed house, sold out crowd on hand at North Allegheny this evening for the WPIAL semifinal match-up between the top seeded Red Hurricanes of New Castle and the 13th seeded Cavaliers of Kiski. In fact many were turned away as there was standing room only and one of the… More »
Hampton Outlasts NA For Finals Rematch With New Castle
In the WPIAL semifinals on Wednesday night, the Hampton Talbots topped the North Allegheny Tigers by a final of 61-53 from Chartiers Valley High School. It’s the second straight year the Talbots have defeated the Tigers in the semifinals, which pits Hampton against New Castle in a WPIAL final for the third year in a… More »
WPIAL Semifinals – Penn Trafford vs. Fox Chapel (by J.J. LaBella)
Palarino Helps Warriors Hunt Down Foxes In WPIAL Semifinals
In an overtime thriller, the seventh-seeded Penn-Trafford Warriors outlasted the third-seeded Fox Chapel Foxes, 44-43, in the WPIAL semifinals on Tuesday night. The game was tight throughout and was tied 31-31 after three periods of play. In a see-saw battle, the lead changed hands six times in the fourth quarter and overtime until the Warriors… More »
WPIAL Semifinals – Hempfield vs. NA (by J.J. LaBella)
Spartans Slay Tigers En Route To WPIAL Finals
Senior Monica Burns scored a game-high 23 points and helped lift the Hempfield Spartans to a 60-44 win over the North Allegheny Lady Tigers in the WPIAL Semifinals on Tuesday night from Penn Hills High School. The loss snaps a 21-game winning streak for the top-seeded Lady Tigers and sets up an all Section 1… More »
Class Quad A Boy’s Semifinal Match-Ups
By: Steve Brodzinski – Pittsburgh Basketball Report #1 New Castle vs. #13 Kiski Area Star Watch: Malik Hooker (New Castle) – The Ohio State football commit became an internet sensation, shortly after his alley-oop dunk right on a Bethel Park defender went viral after New Castle’s quarterfinal victory. A 1000 point scorer, Hooker led… More »
Boy’s Hoops Quarterfinal Roundup
by Patrick McKay Three teams from Section 3 return to the WPIAL Semi-Finals for the second consecutive season and prove deserving of their top 3 positions in the seeding. #1 New Castle, #2 Hampton and #3 North Allegheny all held the same three spots last season and made the semi’s with Hampton falling to New… More »
NA Advances To Semifinals, Dominates Hempfield
Third-seeded North Allegheny opened the second half with a 21-0 run en route to an 82-59 triumph over the sixth-seeded Hempfield Spartans in the WPIAL Class AAAA quarterfinals. The Tigers led 36-27 at the half and busted the game wide open with the devastating third quarter run. North Allegheny’s strengths, the full court press and… More »