WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
In a rematch of last year’s WPIAL championship game, the North Allegheny Tigers again prevailed over the Bethel Park Black Hawks with a 44-34 victory in the PIAA quarterfinals on Friday night at Baldwin High School. The Tigers punched their ticket to the state’s final four for the third straight year and matched the program… More »
Mars and Thomas Jefferson were neck-and-neck all game long, but the Planets found the extra edge in the fourth quarter to pull out a 61-53 win at Plum in the PIAA second round. Down 44-43 entering the fourth quarter, Mars outscored Thomas Jefferson 18-9 in the fourth quarter. They were able to chip away in… More »
The Gateway girls’ basketball team picked up their 17th straight win on Wednesday night with a 57-25 win against Harbor Creek at Farrell High School in the PIAA Second Round. Known for their defense all season long, the Class 5A WPIAL champions delivered again with allowing another opponent under 30 points. Gateway led 26-14 at… More »
Oakland Catholic allowed only five points in the first half and zero in the second quarter on its way to a 46-34 win against Palmyra at Altoona in the PIAA second round on Wednesday. The WPIAL runner-up led 17-5 at halftime and were able to maintain that margin of victory in the second half. Junior… More »
The Pine-Richland boys’ basketball team kept their quest to return to the PIAA Championship Game for the second straight year alive on Wednesday with a 83-63 win against State College at University of Pitt-Johnstown. The Rams got by with relative ease from the second quarter on. The entered the second quarter with a 14-11 lead… More »
Highlands is out to prove that its loss in the WPIAL semifinals was a fluke. The Golden Rams won their second straight game by at least 19 points in the PIAA playoffs on Tuesday with a 73-54 at Gateway. Highlands opened up a 18-14 lead after the first quarter and continued to slow its lead… More »
The Mars boys’ basketball team won its first WPIAL championship a little but over a week ago, but they continue to strengthen its grip on its WPIAL opponents in the PIAA playoffs. After defeating Hampton for the second time in the postseason in the first round, the Planets did the same to Trinity in the… More »
There are two teams from District 7 that remain in the Class 6A girls basketball PIAA playoffs, but it wasn’t the top two teams that finished in the WPIAL championship. Along with WPIAL champion North Allegheny, Bethel Park holds that other spot. The Black Hawks entered the state playoffs as the No. 4 seed but… More »
The North Allegheny Tigers entered their playoff tilt with Altoona owning a perfect 26-0 record, including two victories over the Mountain Lions in the regular season. The Mountain Lions boasted a perfect 5-0 record against North Allegheny in state tournament clashes and were 20-3 all-time in PIAA second round games. In Tuesday night’s PIAA second… More »
Madison Schultz has had a strong start to her collegiate career in Florida, hitting .483 (14 of 29) primarily out of the the second spot in the order for geneva College. During her 10 starts she has scored 10 runs, drove in nine and swiped a pair of bases. The Seneca Valley graduate earned Presidents’ Athletic… More »