WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Frank Cinicola hit .429 (9-for-21) over six starts last week for Westminster College, who went 3-3. He finished the week with three doubles, eight RBIs and six runs scored while posting a .571 slugging percentage and .458 on-base percentage. Cinicola has a hit in all eight games this season for the Titans. He is hitting… More »
The Chartiers Valley girls basketball team hasn’t had to endure too much stress this season, winning convincingly in almost every game. That wasn’t the case on Saturday in its PIAA quarterfinal game against Oakland Catholic at Peters Township. The Colts were able to hold off the pesky Eagles, coming away with a 46-43 win. Oakland… More »
The Thomas Jefferson girls basketball team continues to prove everyone wrong. The Jaguars entered the Class 5A WPIAL playoffs as the No. 6 seed and made it all the way to the WPIAL title game before losing to Chartiers Valley. They were able to quickly rebound and now find themselves with another date with the… More »
Norwin was the final top tier WPIAL team with an opportunity to bring down undefeted WPIAL champion, Peters Township. The Knights couldn’t slow down the Indians, as Peters went on to win 64-47 on Friday night at Keystone Oaks High School in the Class 6A PIAA quarterfinals. The Indians controlled the game from the opening… More »
One way to assure a win is to make all of your shots. Mars nearly did that in the second half of its PIAA quarterfinals game on Friday night at Sharon High School against District 10 champion, Meadville. The Planets converted on 14 of 16 shot attempts in the second half to break open the… More »
The Moon boys basketball team knows the heartache of losing on a last second shot going back to the Class 5A WPIAL Championship Game. Now the Tigers know the triumph of being on the other end. With two seconds left in overtime against District 3 champion, Lower Dauphin, in the PIAA quarterfinals on Friday, senior… More »
Penn State Behrend senior AJ Nichols was named the AMCC Softball Player of the Week. The Shaler graduate finished the week with a .379 batting average and eight RBIs. She had 11 hits including five doubles and one triple. Nichols had an on-base percentage of .438 for the week, as well as a .621 slugging percentage. Against… More »
Tyler Woodrow hit .500 (11-for-22) with a pair of home runs, a double and a triple last week for Waynesburg University. He drove in a team-best 10 runs and scored six more. Woodrow slugged .909 last week and posted a .542 on-base percentage. The Pine-Richland graduate was named Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Rookie of the… More »
Ramon Milke hit .571 (8-for-14) over five starts last week for Saint Vincent College, helping the Bearcats return north with a 6-1 record at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational. He totaled eight RBIs and five runs scored. In last Monday’s 12-1 game one victory over Hilbert, Milke went 4-for-4 with four RBIs and a run…. More »
In a 2-0 week for Shippensburg University that included a home win over West Chester University and a 38-point rout of Bloomsburg University, Jake Biss shot 71 percent (22 of 31) from the field, including 63.6 percent from 3-point range (7 of 11). He averaged 28.5 points, 5.0 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game while… More »