WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
As teams across the state get ready to compete for the state championship this weekend – including Gateway and Pine-Richland – others found out what classification they will be competing in 2018. A number of Class 5A and 6A schools in the WPIAL have changed their classification. In Class 6A, Penn Hills, Shaler, Bethel Park… More »
Fox Chapel will enter the 2017-18 boys basketball season as the defending Section 2-AAAAAA regular season champion. The Foxes compiled a 19-4 overall record and 12-2 mark in the section. They advanced to the WPIAL quarterfinals where they lost to Woodland Hills, 52-47. Head coach Zach Skrinjar is entering his ninth season as the Foxes… More »
Cheyenne Trest, a Canon-McMillan graduate, averaged 13.5 points and 5.0 rebounds in the two Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference crossovers this past weekend. She scored 14 points and had seven rebounds in the loss to East Stroudsburg University. She then added 13 points and three rebounds in the win at West Chester University. Trest has scored… More »
Two local graduates received postseason honors as members of the Bucknell University football team this season. The Bisons finished the season 5-6. The two players contributing on and off the field for the Bison were Franklin Regional graduate Colin Jonov and Hempfield graduate Joey DeFloria. Jonov earned the C. Dale Wolfe Recognition Award as the… More »
The 2017-2018 basketball season tips off on Friday night and one of the top tip-off tournaments in the area will be the Wright Automotive Tournament at North Allegheny. The Wright Automotive Tip-Off Tournament is a four-day hoops spectacular that features six of the most prominent programs in girls’ basketball in Western Pennsylvania, including the reigning… More »
Lauren Gilbert averaged 16.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.0 steals last week for the 2-0 Washington & Jefferson College Presidents, converting on 43.5 percent (10 of 23) of her field goal attempts and 50.0 percent (7 of 14) of her 3-point shots. Gilbert finished with a game-high 26 points in last Wednesday’s 70-56 home win… More »
All season long, Pine-Richland relied on its potent offense to get the job done, but in a change of events, the defense was the primary factor in sending the Rams to the Class 6A PIAA Championship Game next week at Hershey. The Rams forced five Manheim Township turnovers and allowed only 69 rushing yards in… More »
Freshman Jayson Jenkins made the biggest kick of his young career on Friday night, lifting Gateway to the Class 5A PIAA championship for the first time in school history. Jenkins’ 23-yard field goal in the waning seconds broke a 28-28 tie to give the Gators a 31-28 victory against Manheim Central at Mansion Park Stadium… More »
North Allegheny athletics recently concluded a dazzling fall sports season with three state titles (Girls Tennis, Girls Golf and Girls Volleyball) to go along with an individual state champion (Ashley Huang – Girls Tennis) as well. Before the winter sports season has even tipped off, the North Allegheny girls’ basketball team is projected as Class 6A’s No…. More »