Boys Basketball Class 5A All-Section Teams Announced
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Girls Basketball Class 5A All-Section Teams Announced
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TIGERS ADVANCE TO 6TH STRAIGHT WPIAL TITLE GAME APPEARANCE
The North Allegheny girls’ basketball team punched its ticket to the WPIAL championship game for a sixth consecutive season thanks to a 49-36 victory over the Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils on Wednesday night in the WPIAL Class 6A semifinals. The Tigers matched up with the Blue Devils in the semifinals for the third time in… More »
Upper St. Clair Holds Off Norwin To Advance to WPIAL Championship
In a low scoring affair, No. 2 Upper St. Clair (15-2) defeated No. 3 Norwin (13-5) in the Class 6A girls basketball WPIAL semifinals on Wednesday. The Panthers scored 12 points in the second quarter, the only quarter that featured either team reaching double figures. That gave USC a 20-15 lead at halftime. Both teams… More »
Chartiers Valley Overcomes Slow Start To Get Past Mars In WPIAL Semifinals
It was looking like deja vu for the Chartiers Valley boys basketball team in the Class 5A WPIAL semifinals again. After losing to Mars each of the past two years, the top-seeded Colts (22-3) fell behind 13-0 to No. 5 Mars (16-4) in the first quarter of the Class 5A semifinals on Wednesday. There was… More »
Newcomer New Castle Dethrones Reigning Class 5A Champion Laurel Highlands
There will be a new WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball champion this year, and it will be a team that wasn’t in the classification last year. No. 2 New Castle (20-2), who competed in Class 4A last year, knocked off No. 3 Laurel Highlands (14-4), 69-60, in the semifinals on Wednesday night. New Castle will… More »
USC Books First Trip to WPIAL Championship since 2005
It was a big hurdle the top-seeded Upper St Clair boys basketball team had to leap over to return to the WPIAL championship for the first time since 2005. Facing No. 5 Butler (12-9), a team they lost to twice in last year’s playoffs, the Panthers (19-1) were able to seek revenge with a 70-62… More »
Late Bucket Leads Woodland Hills Back to WPIAL semifinals
Freshman Hope Hawkins‘ put back with nine seconds left lifted No. 5 Woodland Hills (13-6) to a 48-44 in at No. 4 Thomas Jefferson (12-10) in the girls basketball WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals. Hawkins finished with 10 points. Senior Peyton Pinkney led the Wolverines with 17 points. Junior Jazmine Dunn finished with 10 points. Woodland… More »
Latrobe Overcomes Slow Start To Advance WPIAL Semifinals
The Latrobe girls basketball team fell behind early to No. 3 Hampton (15-6), but the No. 6 Wildcats (14-2) didn’t quit in their 53-48 win in the Class 5A Quarterfinals. Latrobe will be making its first trip to the WPIAL semifinals since 1998. The Wildcats fell behind 16-9 after the first quarter, and were down… More »
Mt. Lebanon Edges Section Foe Bethel Park In Overtime
In a typical season, a playoff matchup between section opponents will be the third matchup of the season. But due to differing mask policies in the regular season, the girls basketball Class 6A quarterfinals between Mt. Lebanon and Bethel Park was their first matchup of the season. The No. 4 Blue Devils (16-3) were able… More »