WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Coming off a perfect season, with a WPIAL Championship and PIAA title just a year ago, the Peters Township girls’ basketball team came out flat-footed against Woodland Hills in the opening game of 2019, losing 63-55 in the Baldwin/Peters Township AHN/Highmark Tip-Off Tournament. The Wolverines came out firing on offense, led by strong performances from… More »
The constant downpour didn’t affect the passing attack for No. 2 Gateway (12-2) on Saturday Night as the Gators held of No. 5 Peters Township (12-2), 21-20, in the Class 5A WPIAL Championship Game at Norwin. The title was the second in three years for the Gators and seventh in program history. This was the… More »
For the second week in a row, senior Johnathan Opalko converted on a late field goal to continue Central Catholic’s season. With 1:08 remaining in the fourth quarter, Opalko nailed a 37-yard field goal with room to spare to give the Vikings (12-1) a 24-21 win against District 6 champion, State College, at North Allegheny… More »
Central Catholic may have been the top-seed entering the Class 6A WPIAL Championship Game Saturday Night at Heinz Field, but Pine-Richland was coming in as the two-time defending champions. The Vikings (11-1) weren’t phasing, scoring the final 10 points of the game to pull out a 10-7 victory and winning their first WPIAL title since… More »
By Jonathan Spina For the third straight year, it came down to North Allegheny and Bishop Shanahan. After defeating Bishop Shanahan 3-0 in 2017 and 2018, things were a little closer in 2019 but the Tigers came out on top, 3-2, by set scores of 19-25, 25-22, 25-19, 12-25 and 16-14. It was North Allegheny’s… More »
Gateway and McKeesport met in the Class 5A Big East Conference regular season finale this season. The Gators came away with an easy 36-7 win on that day. Things got a lot tougher on Friday Night at Greensburg Salem in the WPIAL semifinals. The No. 2 Gators (11-2) outlasted the No. 6 Tigers (9-4), 14-7,… More »
The game trend between last year’s playoff matchup and this year’s was polar opposites, but the result remained the same. The No. 5 Peters Township Indians (12-1) knocked off top-seed Penn-Trafford (11-2), 28-10, in the Class 5A WPIAL semifinals on Friday Night at West Mifflin to advance to the program’s first championship game. After virtually… More »
Class 6A First-Team Photo Gallery