WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Canon-McMillan survived two late-inning threats by North Allegheny to capture its first WPIAL championship with a 2-1 win over the Tigers on Wednesday night in the Class 6A title tilt at Wild Things Park in Washington, PA. The Big Macs pitching staff left a runner stranded at third base in the sixth and seventh innings to… More »
The North Hills baseball team waited over 40 years to get back to the WPIAL Championship. It took them a little bit longer to finally put the gold medals around their neck. The Indians defeated Mars in the Class 5A Championship Game on Wednesday, 3-2 in 11 innings, at Wild Things Park. Senior Joe Pusateri hit… More »
This wasn’t the same Hempfield softball team that dominated its opponents over the last few years, but they were dominate enough to capture its fourth straight WPIAL championship on Wednesday with a 2-1 win in 10 innings against section rival Latrobe at Seton Hill University. This was a rematch of last year’s final, but the… More »
While the Class 5A Baseball Championship Game was being played out at Wild Things Park on Wednesday night, the consolation game between West Allegheny and Hampton was taken place right next door at Washington & Jefferson’s Memorial Field to see who the final team would be to advance to the PIAA tournament. After suffering only… More »
Ally Bezjak was not ready for her season to end. In the Class 5A WPIAL Consolation Game, Bezjak drove in three runs, including the game-winning run in the eighth inning to lift Albert Gallatin to a 4-3 win against Connellsville at Seton Hill University on Tuesday. Bezjak’s single in the eighth inning qualified the Colonials… More »
The Baldwin girls softball team came one game shy of competing for the Class 6A WPIAL Championship. Although the Highlanders will not be able to earn gold on that level, they will have an opportunity to do so at the state level after qualifying for the PIAA tournament with a 7-1 win against Norwin in… More »
The North Hills Indians defeated West Allegheny 11-4 in the WPIAL Semifinals on Thursday night at North Allegheny High School to advance to the Class 5A WPIAL Championship Game. The semifinal appearance was the first one for the Indians since 1974. Beau Braunlich pitched five strong innings, scattering six hits, allowing four runs while striking… More »
For the second year in a row, the Mars baseball team will have a shot at playing at Wild Things Park in Washington, Pa. for the Class 5A championship. After losing in the title game last year, the Planets earned their return trip with a 4-0 win against their section rival, Hampton, at North Allegheny… More »
During the baseball and softball all-section banquet held on Monday, May 21 at the Monroeville Convention Center, four outstanding young men and women were acknowledge for their work on and off the field, being named this year’s Scholar Athlete Award winners. Congratulations to Seneca Valley’s Caleb Cekella, Peters Township’s Luke Mary, Fox Chapel’s Greta Lazzara… More »
Class 5A First-Team Photo Gallery