WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Down by two, Butler hit a 3-pointer with eight seconds left in the game to come away with a 36-35 win at Seneca Valley in the Section 1-6A finale. The win gave the Golden Tornado sole possession of second place over the Raiders, who will finish in third place in the section. Seneca Valley had… More »
Jenna Lafko, a Hampton graduate, scored a career-high 17 points off the bench to help Saint Vincent College earn a 70-67 comeback victory over Grove City College Saturday afternoon. The freshman combined to shoot 50.0 percent (9 of 18) from the floor and averaged 12.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game last… More »
Amirah Moore, a Moon graduate, averaged 17.5 points, 3.0 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals in a pair of league wins last week for Washington & Jefferson College. She shot 59.1 percent (13 of 22) from the floor and 81.8 percent (9 of 11) from the free-throw line. Moore posted a career-high 25 points in Wednesday’s… More »
Senior Terron Taylor‘s jumper with 4.3 seconds left lifted McKeesport to a 53-51 non-section win against Gateway in the Westmoreland Shootout at Seton Hill University on Saturday. Taylor’s bucket saved the Tigers from a collapse after they held a 16-9 lead after the first quarter in a potential Class 5A WPIAL playoff rematch. The Tigers led… More »
Top-ranked North Allegheny trailed by four after three quarters against one of the top teams on the eastern side of the state, but they Lady Tigers persevered with a strong fourth for a 50-46 victory at Spring-Ford on Saturday afternoon. In a back-and-forth ballgame, the Lady Tigers outscored the Rams 13-5 in the final stanza… More »
The Peters Township girls’ basketball team welcomed Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic, the top team in Class 4A to its gymnasium on Saturday, and nearly ended up playing two games. The Indians came away with a 69-66 win over the Trojanettes in a non-section tune-up for the playoffs. It was all Peters Township early on with… More »
It didn’t seem like any team in Class 5A was going to contest the Mars boys basketball team, until Friday night. In its biggest game of the season, Moon was able to stifle its Section 2-5A opponent with a 58-43 win at home. The Tigers handed the Planets their lone section loss of the season… More »
The West Allegheny girls’ basketball team trailed most of the night in essentially what would turn out to be the section championship at South Fayette on Friday night. The Indians trailed 50-41 entering the fourth quarter, but they just needed to have patience. That plan worked out when junior Patience Ashaolu connected on the game-winning 3-pointer… More »
It came down to the end of the season, but the Peters Township girls’ basketball team was able to clinch the section title in Section 3-6A. The Indians did so with a 60-54 win at home against a Mt. Lebanon team that gave Peters Township its lone section loss of the season. Peters Township blew… More »
The Seneca Valley girls’ basketball team solidified its spot in the Class 6A WPIAL playoffs on Thursday night with a 43-42 overtime win at Shaler. The Raiders are now tied for second place with Butler, while Shaler is still fighting for a playoff spot, a game behind Pine-Richland for the final spot with a game… More »