WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Jerry Malarkey had to wait on win No. 400 of his coaching career all offseason. His players didn’t want him to wait any longer once the 2018 season began. The Panthers picked up a 6-1 win against Valley down at the Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, SC on Friday to give their longtime head coach his… More »
Keyshawn D’Orso was a monster at the plate for Lock Haven University down in Wilson, NC as the Bald Eagles played three games on its spring break trip. D’Orso went 5 for 10 (.500) at the plate, with eight RBIs and accounted for four runs. He hit one home run and drew two walks while getting… More »
Jimmy Malone continued his strong start to the 2018 season, tossing eight shutout innings in a 5-0 victory over Castleton Saturday afternoon for Saint Vincent College. The sophomore southpaw recorded six strikeouts and issued just one walk in the victory. Malone scattered four hits and limited the Spartans to a .179 batting average. The Connellsville graduate… More »
Christian Aldrich hit .538 (7 for 13) in a pair of non-conference doubleheader splits for Thiel College last week. He totaled four doubles and a pair of home runs while driving in eight runs and scoring five. He finished the week with a .563 on-base percentage. In Sunday’s split at No. 18 Baldwin Wallace University, Aldrich… More »
Bryce Schnatterly went 2-0 with a 2.57 ERA in his two starts last week. The senior righty totaled 14.0 innings and allowed four runs on 12 hits with three walks and a 1.07 WHIP. His week was highlighted by a complete game win against Oberlin College in Saturday’s 5-1 victory. It was Schnatterly’s third career complete… More »
Brandon Rossier hit .516 (16 of 31) during Westminster’s nine-game schedule at the RussMatt Invitational last week. He finished with four doubles, a triple, 13 RBI and six runs scored. He also swiped three bags while posting a .556 on-base percentage. Rossier’s two-out, three-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted the Titans to… More »
CHICAGO (May 30, 2017) — In its 32nd year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, today announced Zach Kokoska of Greater Latrobe Senior High School as its 2016-17 Gatorade Pennsylvania Baseball Player of the Year. Kokoska is the first Gatorade Pennsylvania Baseball Player of the Year to be chosen from… More »
The Big 56 Conference is proud to announce that the Washington Wild Things have signed on as the official sponsor of the Big 56 and the conference’s Spring Sports All-Section Banquet on Thursday, May 25. The Wild Things are a minor league baseball team in Washington, PA. The Wild Things are celebrating their 15th season… More »
2017 Baseball All-Section Photo Gallery ********** Class 6A Second Team & Honorable Mention Class 5A Second Team & Honorable Mention
Welcome to www.pabig56.com, a new website featuring the schools, teams, and athletes of Class 6-A and 5-A in the WPIAL. For fans familiar with the former Quad-A sports website, you can now visit www.pabig56.com for all the scores, schedules, team pages and championship recaps of the Big 56 Athletic Conferences. Along with coverage of 6-A… More »