WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
by: Don Rebel SHALER BOYS OUT TO DEFEND SECTION TOP SPOT With time ticking away in January and the high school basketball regular season, the “stretch run” of section play begins in boys hoops Tuesday. The chase for section supremacy in Section 2-5A has become a three-team race. Shaler (16-2) is alone in first place with… More »
CLASS 6A Section 1 Norwin North Allegheny Seneca Valley Section 2 Peters Township CLASS 5A Section 1 Indiana Plum Section 2 Armstrong North Hills Hampton Section 3 Oakland Catholic McKeesport Penn-Trafford Section 4 Lincoln Park Trinity
GIRLS BASKETBALL SECTION 1-6A #2 Norwin 64, Butler 47 Norwin (15-3, 7-0) Lauren Palangio – 19 points Ava Kobus – 15 points Butler (4-14, 1-6) Sydney Patterson – 9 points Amelia McMichael – 9 points Hempfield 36, #5 Seneca Valley 32 Hempfield (8-11, 1-6) Sarah Podkul – 17 points Ashley Hosni – 14 points Seneca… More »
by: Don Rebel TRYING TO STAY OFF THE BUBBLE Indiana and Plum are the top two teams in Section 1-5A girls basketball and will square off next week with likely section championship ramifications. However, the next four teams in the section are jammed up, fighting for two playoff spots with only two games separating them…. More »
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week: Lincoln Park Coach: Ryan Kacsur (sixth season) Record: 6-0 in Section 4-5A, 17-0 overall For complete story and interview, click here.
Photo Credit: North Allegheny Sports Network CLASS 6A Section 1 Norwin Section 2 Peters Township CLASS 5A Section 1 Indiana Plum Section 2 Armstrong North Hills Hampton Section 3 Oakland Catholic Section 4 Lincoln Park
Photo Credit: @lebohoops CLASS 6A Section 1 None Section 2 Mt. Lebanon Upper St. Clair CLASS 5A Section 1 Thomas Jefferson Section 2 None Section 3 None Section 4 Moon
Photo Credit: @lebohoops by: Don Rebel THRICE AS NICE Coming into Friday’s district boys basketball action, there are five sections where two teams are tied for first place. However, there is a Class 6A section where three teams are deadlocked for the top spot. Section 2-6A has Baldwin, Mt. Lebanon and Upper St. Clair on top with 4-1 section records…. More »
Photo Credit: North Allegheny Sports Network Of the six finalists for the Willie Thrower Award of the 2024 season, four of them played for Big 56 schools. Peters Township’s Nolan DiLucia, North Allegheny’s Logan Kushner, Penn Hills’ Julian Duggar and Central Catholic’s Payton Wehner are all finalists. Willie Thrower is a New Kensington High School… More »
Photo Credit: @ButlerTornadoBB GIRLS BASKETBALL SECTION 1-6A #5 Seneca Valley 66, Butler 44 Seneca Valley (12-5, 4-2) Natalie Hambly – 24 points Mikalya Canty – 13 points Pine-Richland 52, Hempfield 36 Pine-Richland (5-10, 3-3) Madison Zavasky – 30 points Maren Iski – 14 points Hempfield (7-10, 0-6) Sarah Podkul – 16 points #2 Norwin 64,… More »