WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Photo Credit: ThompsonFoto12 (Twitter) The Pittsburgh Union Progress released their inaugural Boys Basketball All-Star Team yesterday. Five Big 56 players made the cut. For the complete list, click here. FIRST TEAM Rylee Kalocay – Upper St. Clair Kalocay averaged 20 points per game as a sophomore on a team that made the WPIAL Championship game…. More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride (Twitter) The Pittsburgh Union Progress released their inaugural Boys Basketball All-Star Team yesterday. Five Big 56 players made the cut. For the complete list, click here. FIRST TEAM Royce Parham – North Hills Parham averaged 28 points and 11 rebounds during his junior campaign. He was a member of the Big… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride (Twitter) GIRLS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A CHAMPIONSHIP Archbishop Wood 61, South Fayette 54 Archbishop Wood’s Kara Meredith made a statement seven seconds into the game when she hit a deep three and Archbishop Wood (25-5) held off South Fayette (28-3) 61-54 to win their third consecutive state championship on Saturday evening at… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride (Twitter) GIRLS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A CHAMPIONSHIP 7-1 South Fayette (28-2) vs. 12-1 Archbishop Wood (24-5) – 6 pm – GIANT Center, Hershey, PA – WJPA South Fayette is in the state championship game for the first time in school history. This has been an impressive turnaround for South Fayette as in… More »
RECAP: MARCH 22, 2023 BASEBALL NON-CONFERENCE Bethel Park 1, Canon-McMillan 0 – 8 inn. Evan Holewinski and Sebastian Schein allowed two hits over eight innings and Bethel Park (1-0) came away with the 1-0 victory in non-conference play on Wednesday. Jason Nuttridge had the game’s only run to go along with two hits. Austin Winkelblech… More »
MARCH 22, 2023 BASEBALL Moon (0-0) at Butler (1-0) – 3:30 pm Moon went 4-15 a season ago. They finished in last place in Section 3-5A. Jacob Despot (P/INF) and Coleman Fletcher (P/INF) are players to watch for Moon. Butler went 15-6 last season, finishing tied for fourth place in Section 1-6A. Butler defeated Pine-Richland,… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride (@willmcbride412) GIRLS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A SEMIFINALS South Fayette 58, Oakland Catholic 54 It has been a theme for South Fayette (28-2) for most of the postseason. Start fast, get a double digit lead, and roll from there. The Lions once again started fast, this time got push back from Oakland Catholic… More »
Photo Credit: FotoThompson12 (Twitter) GIRLS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A SEMIFINALS 7-2 Oakland Catholic (25-4) vs. 7-1 South Fayette (27-2) – at Peters Township – 6:30 pm This is a rematch of the WPIAL Championship Game, won by South Fayette 64-49. Villanova recruit Maddie Webber had 16 points in the game. Webber got in foul trouble late… More »
GIRLS BASKETBALL PIAA 6A SEMIFINALS Cedar Cliff 55, Norwin 47 (OT) It was a battle all night long but Cedar Cliff (30-0) was able to stay composed and pull away in the overtime period to advance to their first state championship, beating Norwin (24-5) 55-47 in overtime, on Monday night at Altoona High School. Things… More »
Photo Credit: NA Sports Network GIRLS BASKETBALL PIAA 6A SEMIFINALS 3-1 Cedar Cliff (29-0) vs. 7-3 Norwin (24-4) – at Altoona HS – 7 pm Cedar Cliff Cedar Cliff has beaten Garnet Valley (45-28), Upper Dublin (39-26) and Upper St. Clair (39-22) in the PIAA playoffs. They were the top seed in the District 3… More »