WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Photo Credit: North Allegheny Sports Network BASEBALL SECTION 1-5A Franklin Regional 15, Penn Hills 1 Franklin Regional (3-3, 1-0) N.J. Ramchandran – 3 for 4, Double, 4 RBIs Brady Yarabinetz – 3 RBIs Josh Hudak – 2 RBIs Blake Bertucci – 2 RBIs Penn Hills (0-1, 0-1) Connor Lehman – Double #5 Fox Chapel 4,… More »
by: Don Rebel 5A CO-CHAMPS OPEN ON THE ROAD The only section baseball action this week in the three highest classifications is in Section 1-5A where three games get the ball rolling in the only seven-team section in those three classes. Only two games separated the top four playoff teams a year ago in Section… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A CHAMPIONSHIP (7-2) Franklin Regional (27-3) vs. (12-1) Imhotep Charter (28-3) – FRIDAY, 8 PM, GIANT CENTER FRANKLIN REGIONAL Head Coach: Jesse Reed (3rd season) State Championships: 0 WPIAL PLAYOFFS def. #15 Mars (67-50), def. #7 Gateway (53-35), def. #3 Shaler (69-40), lost to #1 Moon (53-48) in WPIAL Championship STATE PLAYOFFS… More »
Photo Credit: @Shaler_Baseball BASEBALL #1 (5A) Shaler 6, Franklin Regional 0 Shaler (3-0) Colby Weber – Winning Pitcher, 6 innings, 1 hit allowed, 8 strikeouts Landon Schiffhauer – 2 doubles, 3 RBIs Colby McGuire – 3 hits (including a double) Franklin Regional (0-2-1) Blake Bertucci – 2 hits Central Catholic 11, Germantown Friends 1 Central… More »
SOFTBALL Burrell 21, Kiski Area 11 Kiski Area (0-1) Isabella Delia – Double, 2 RBIs Grace Yeager – 3 RBIs Norwin 6, Mt. Pleasant 2 Norwin (1-0) Diem Wardzinski – game-tying RBI in 7th inning, Homerun Josey Michalski – go-ahead two-run homerun Brookelyn Kotch – 3 hits (including a triple), Winning Pitcher *scored 5 runs… More »
Trib HSSN girls basketball team of the week: McKeesport Tigers Coach: Matt Miller (1st season) Record: 10-2 and second place in Section 3-5A, 24-4 overall For complete story and interview, click here.
In the WPIAL Championship, Franklin Regional had a double digit lead in the second half only to see Moon storm back and claim WPIAL gold. Things got eerily similar on Monday night when Franklin Regional jumped out to 15 points lead after a quarter of play only to see it disappear by halftime. In the… More »
Photo Credit: @MoonTigersBB FRIDAY BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A QUARTERFINALS (7-1) Moon 67, (7-6) Bethel Park 51 Moon (26-3) Aiden Reesman – 26 points Elijah Guillory – 12 points Bethel Park (15-14) Mike Mathias – 17 points Nick Brown – 10 points (7-2) Franklin Regional 63, (7-3) Shaler 51 Franklin Regional (26-3) Cooper Rankin – 23… More »
Photo Credit: @MoonTigersBB by: Don Rebel The WPIAL had dominated boys 5A through two rounds. All four teams in the “western” semifinals are from District 7. There is little surprise that section champions Moon, Franklin Regional and Shaler have reached the third round of the state playoffs. Those three teams have a combined overall record of 75-9 with each owning… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 6A SECOND ROUND (7-1) Upper St. Clair 63, (6-1) State College 43 Upper St. Clair embraces the madness, avenges loss to State College GIRLS BASKETBALL (7-4) Oakland Catholic 48, (7-1) South Fayette 28 Oakland Catholic makes statement without injured star, drops WPIAL champ South Fayette (7-2) Armstrong 54, (6-1) Hollidaysburg 39 Armstrong… More »