WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
by: Don Rebel RIVALS MT. LEBANON, USC TO MEET Two years ago, rivals collided on the district’s biggest stage, playing for WPIAL baseball gold. There is not as much at stake Thursday when the schools meet in a nonsection contest, but the intensity will be there as it always is for Mt. Lebanon against Upper St. Clair. The… More »
BASEBALL SECTION 1-5A Penn-Trafford 3, #5 Fox Chapel 2 Penn-Trafford baseball avenges tight loss to Fox Chapel by walking it off in rematch Plum 6, Armstrong 5 Plum (4-1, 2-0) Colin Watson – 3 hits (2 doubles) Ryan Lafferty – 3 hits (2 doubles), 2 RBIs Jack Anderson – 3 hits, 2 RBIs Armstrong (1-2,… More »
RECAP SOFTBALL NON-SECTION Southmoreland 1, Latrobe 0 Latrobe (1-1) Kayla Williams – Complete game, 2 hits allowed, 10 strikeouts WHAT’S COMING UP by: Don Rebel Its back to work for WPIAL baseball and softball teams Wednesday after a washout Tuesday thanks to all-day precipitation. Fox Chapel (1-0, 2-1) needed extra innings to win its Section 1-5A… More »
Photo Credit: North Allegheny Sports Network BASEBALL SECTION 1-5A Franklin Regional 15, Penn Hills 1 Franklin Regional (3-3, 1-0) N.J. Ramchandran – 3 for 4, Double, 4 RBIs Brady Yarabinetz – 3 RBIs Josh Hudak – 2 RBIs Blake Bertucci – 2 RBIs Penn Hills (0-1, 0-1) Connor Lehman – Double #5 Fox Chapel 4,… More »
by: Don Rebel 5A CO-CHAMPS OPEN ON THE ROAD The only section baseball action this week in the three highest classifications is in Section 1-5A where three games get the ball rolling in the only seven-team section in those three classes. Only two games separated the top four playoff teams a year ago in Section… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A CHAMPIONSHIP (7-2) Franklin Regional (27-3) vs. (12-1) Imhotep Charter (28-3) – FRIDAY, 8 PM, GIANT CENTER FRANKLIN REGIONAL Head Coach: Jesse Reed (3rd season) State Championships: 0 WPIAL PLAYOFFS def. #15 Mars (67-50), def. #7 Gateway (53-35), def. #3 Shaler (69-40), lost to #1 Moon (53-48) in WPIAL Championship STATE PLAYOFFS… More »
Photo Credit: @Shaler_Baseball BASEBALL #1 (5A) Shaler 6, Franklin Regional 0 Shaler (3-0) Colby Weber – Winning Pitcher, 6 innings, 1 hit allowed, 8 strikeouts Landon Schiffhauer – 2 doubles, 3 RBIs Colby McGuire – 3 hits (including a double) Franklin Regional (0-2-1) Blake Bertucci – 2 hits Central Catholic 11, Germantown Friends 1 Central… More »
SOFTBALL Burrell 21, Kiski Area 11 Kiski Area (0-1) Isabella Delia – Double, 2 RBIs Grace Yeager – 3 RBIs Norwin 6, Mt. Pleasant 2 Norwin (1-0) Diem Wardzinski – game-tying RBI in 7th inning, Homerun Josey Michalski – go-ahead two-run homerun Brookelyn Kotch – 3 hits (including a triple), Winning Pitcher *scored 5 runs… More »
BASEBALL NON-SECTION #5 (6A) Pine-Richland 15, Gateway 6 Pine-Richland (1-0) Peyton Ford – 3 for 5, Homerun, 5 RBIs Anthony Annichine – Homerun, 2 RBIs Logan Plummer – Homerun, 2 RBIs Benjamin Husted – Double, Triple, RBI Gateway (0-2) Grady Dunsmore – Single, Double Miles Beavin – Single, Double Ellwood City 6, New Castle 5… More »
McKeesport, known to be one of the better defensive teams in the WPIAL, was able to live up to the hype again in the state semifinals against District 10 champion Cathedral Prep. The problem was, Cathedral Prep’s defense was better and the Tigers offense could never get going in a 35-20 loss on Tuesday night… More »