WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Gateway gave top-seeded Chartiers Valley all they could handle in the boys basketball Class 5A quarterfinals, but the Colts (21-3) were able to prevail, 53-47, over the No. 8 Gators (8-8). The game was tied at half before Chartiers Valley slowly started to build the lead in the second half to the point where the… More »
Penn-Trafford tied the game with less than 10 seconds left in overtime, but it was enough time for junior Devin Carney to make it down court and threw up an off balanced 3-pointer that found nothing but net to lift No. 5 Butler (12-8) over No. 4 Penn-Trafford (13-6), 58-55. Carney finished with a team-high… More »
The No. 9 Baldwin (9-7) girls basketball team were down by three entering the fourth quarter, but held No. 8 Penn-Trafford (10-7) to four points in the final eight minutes to come away with a 46-43 win in the Class 6A WPIAL First Round There was not much scoring in the game, but senior Meghan… More »
Four players scored in double figures to lift No. 8 Gateway (9-7) over visiting No. 9 Albert Gallatin (10-7), 62-59, in the Class 5A WPIAL First Round on Wednesday. Junior Ryan Greggerson led the charge with 13 points. Freshman Bryson Pavlik had 12 points and junior Will Kromka and sophomore Jayden Carr each had 10… More »
Wednesday’s Class 5A WPIAL First Round win at Thomas Jefferson was Latrobe’s fourth of the season by three points or less. As he has done all season, senior Ryan Sickenberger, was right in the middle of it. Sickenberger’s 3-point play in the final minute of play lifted No. 10 Latrobe (8-6) over No. 7 Thomas… More »
Moon overcame a slow second and third quarter to hold off Indiana, 40-32, in the Class 5A Preliminary Round. No. 19 Indiana held a 25-24 lead entering the fourth quarter, but the No. 15 Tigers outscored the Indians 16-7 in the fourth quarter to take control of the game. Junior Emma Theodorsson scored over half… More »
In a Class 5A boys basketball WPIAL Preliminary Round matchup pitting two teams in the middle of the pack in their sections, No. 15 Plum outlasted No. 18 West Allegheny, 57-53. This was the Mustangs first playoff appearance and win since the 2015-16 season. Plum overcame a five point halftime deficit, outscoring the Indians 21-14… More »
Facing an opponent that wouldn’t have qualified for the postseason in a normal season, No. 12 Franklin Regional came alive in the fourth quarter to upend visiting No. 21 Armstrong, 49-43 in the Class 5A WPIAL Preliminary Round. After scoring only three points in the third quarter, the Panthers scored nearly half of their whole… More »
David Pantelis scored 17 points and No. 1 Upper St. Clair (10-1, 3-0) used a 21-8 surge in the second quarter to defeated Bethel Park on the road in Section 2-6A. Porter Rauch added 13 points and Luke Banbury had 12. Ben Guffey hit six 3-pointers and scored 20 points for Bethel Park (4-8, 1-2)…. More »
Photo Credit Will McBride By Jonathan Spina Friday night pitted the defending WPIAL 6A champion North Allegheny Tigers against the defending WPIAL Class 5A champion Chartiers Valley Colts. It was the Tigers who were able to come out victorious with a hard fought 61-59 victory at Chartiers Valley High School. For full recap, click here.