WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
As the regular season drew to a close, both Upper St. Clair and Bethel Park already knew they had clinched a playoff spot. That didn’t mean both teams didn’t have something to play for. For the Panthers, they were still in contention for a share of the section title. For the Black Hawks, they wanted… More »
The North Allegheny Tigers planted their flag as undefeated Quad County Conference champions in Class 6A with a 27-7 victory over the Pine-Richland Rams on Friday night at Newman Stadium. Trailing 7-0 at halftime, North Allegheny stormed back in the second half with four unanswered touchdowns and limited the Rams to just 174 yards of… More »
The Class 4A quarterfinal round played out on Wednesday night with chalk holding as the top four seeds advanced to the semifinals today. Both games tonight will be played on neutral sites. No. 1 Seneca Valley Raiders (14-2) vs. No. 4 Upper St. Clair Panthers (13-3) At North Allegheny, 5 p.m. Seneca Valley had the… More »
Senior Austin McColpin scored the game-winning goal in overtime to lift No. 4 Canon-McMillan past No. 5 Pine-Richland, 2-1, in the WPIAL Quarterfinals Thursday night at Moon High School. McColpin’s goal was his eighth of the season. McColpin also had a hat trick in Monday’s First Round game against Fox Chapel. Pine-Richland jumped out to a… More »
For the second night in a row, No. 2 Norwin delivered a 2-1 win on its home field in the WPIAL Quarterfinals. Like the girls did on Wednesday, the boys soccer team accomplished the feat on Thursday against No. 7 Peters Township. The win was the first playoff win for the Knights since 2010. The… More »
The Upper St. Clair girls soccer team led Pine-Richland on four separate occasions in last night’s Class 4A WPIAL Quarterfinal Game, but it took the fourth one in overtime to seal the 4-3 win and trip to the semifinals. The No. 4 Panthers struck first on a goal from eventual overtime here, senior Landy Mertz, for… More »
The Peters Township girls soccer team was in trouble on its home field at halftime against Butler in the Class 4A WPIAL Quarterfinals on Wednesday night. Down 1-0 after after 40 minutes, the No. 3 Indians rallied for two goals in the second half against the No. 11 Golden Tornado for a 2-1 win, advancing… More »
The North Allegheny girls’ soccer team fell to the reigning Class AAAA state champion Norwin Knights on Wednesday night in the WPIAL quarterfinals, 2-1. Sophomore Lacey Bernick scored both of Norwin’s goals to help the Knights advance to the WPIAL semifinals on Saturday to face the Peters Township Indians. North Allegheny outshot Norwin, 12-7, and… More »
With the first round in the books, the quarterfinals are set to begin tonight in CLass 4A boys soccer. The top three seeds who received a bye in the first round will be back in action and will all host. The one neutral site game being played is between the two teams that won their… More »
Tim Vernick led a dominant Slippery Rock University defensive effort that held Clarion University to just 214 yards of total offense and only one offensive touchdown, which came on a one-yard drive after an SRU interception set Clarion up at the 1-yard line. Vernick recorded 12 total tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, one sack, one forced… More »