WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Highlands used a big second quarter to jump out to a double digit lead and were able to hold off Plum’s late rally for a 53-50 road section win. The Golden Rams improve to 10-1 overall and 6-1 in the section. Sophomore Jimmy Kunst led Highlands with 21 points. Fellow sophomore Chandler Thimons chipped in… More »
In what was deemed the Game of the Year in WPIAL Boys Basketball thus far, top-ranked New Castle in Class 5A went into previously undefeated Chartiers Valley, convincingly winning, 73-45. The Red Hurricane jumped out to a 19-6 lead after the first quarter and never looked back. New Castle spread the wealth around with five… More »
Jimmy Kunst hit a game-winning 3-pointer with 18 seconds left to lift the Golden Rams to a 52-51 section win at Mars on Friday night. For the full recap, click here.
The North Allegheny boys’ basketball team rallied from 16-point deficit in the second half for an 83-77 victory against neighborhood rival Pine-Richland on Friday night. The win kept the Tigers undefeated in Section 1-6A action and snapped a nine-game losing streak in the head-to-head series with the Rams. It was the first win against Pine-Richland… More »
It may have only been a non-section game, but Wednesday’s 64-62 overtime win for Chartiers Valley at Lincoln Park will be a night senior Brayden Reynolds will never forget. In the win, Reynolds eclipsed the 1,000 point plateau in his high school career, and topped it off with a game-winning 3-pointer in overtime with a… More »
Shorthanded Shaler made the most of their section opener at Seneca Valley, coming away with a 39-38 overtime win. The Titans jumped out to a 13-6 lead at the end of the first and hung onto a four point lead at the half. Shaler still maintained a two point lead heading into the final quarter…. More »
The defending Class 5A WPIAL champion Laurel Highlands were playing in its first game of the season, while McKeesport was trying to pick up its second win in as many nights. The Tigers were able to do so thanks to three free throws by Brison Kisan with 0.3 seconds left to lift McKeesport to a… More »
In a dramatic Section 1-6A opener, the North Allegheny boys’ basketball team earned a hard-fought, 82-79, victory in overtime at North Hills on Friday night. At the same location where they clinched a playoff berth to end the regular season a year ago, the Tigers dealt the Indians another section loss, this time to start… More »
The Pine-Richland football program enjoyed their first year in Class 5A, capturing its second title in program history on Friday with a 48-7 win over District 10 champion, Cathedral Prep out of Erie. The Rams also won a state title 2017. The game was much more relaxing for the Pine-Richland fan than the nail-biting come-from-behind… More »
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