WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
FOOTBALL CLASS 6A – North Allegheny (2 in a row) CLASS 5A – Peters Township BOYS SOCCER CLASS 4A – Norwin GIRLS SOCCER CLASS 4A – Fox Chapel GIRLS VOLLEYBALL CLASS 4A – North Allegheny BOYS BASKETBALL CLASS 6A – Upper St. Clair CLASS 5A – Moon GIRLS BASKETBALL CLASS 6A – Norwin CLASS 5A… More »
The WPIAL released the boys and girls basketball sections for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 season. The WPIAL went with some larger sections this season. BOYS BASKETBALL CLASS 6A Section 1: Butler, Fox Chapel, New Castle, North Allegheny, North Hills, Pine-Richland, Seneca Valley, Woodland Hills Section 2: Canon-McMillan, Central Catholic, Connellsville, Hempfield, Imani Christian, Mt. Lebanon,… More »
Shaler High School is closing in on hiring former Chartiers Valley boys basketball coach Brandon Sensor. Sensor would replace Rob Niederberger who resigned in April after coaching the Titans boys basketball team for nine years. Shaler went 25-4 last season and made the WPIAL and state semifinals in 5A. Sensor spent six seasons at Chartiers… More »
Photo Credit: @MoonTigersBB Four Big 56 players were named to the PA all-state basketball team including one being named first team. PA ALL-STATE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS CLASS 6A 1st Team Jalil Bethea – Archbishop Wood Nick Coval – Parkland Greg Guidinger – Central York Shareef Jackson – Roman Catholic Yadiel Cruz – Reading Jaron McKie… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL TERRIFIC 10 Name: Elijah Guillory School: Moon Height: 6’5″ Class: Senior Position: Guard Youngstown State commit Led Moon to first WPIAL championship since 2017 21.1 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 3.6 apg, 1.8 spg 39-point performance against Thomas Jefferson in WPIAL Semifinals For complete list, click here.
Photo Credit: @MoonTigersBB BOYS BASKETBALL CLASS 6A PLAYER OF THE YEAR Tyler Robbins – Upper St. Clair 13.6 ppg, 11.3 rpg, 5.5 bpg 22 points, 12 rebounds, 5 blocks in WPIAL Championship CLASS 6A COACH OF THE YEAR Danny Holzer – Upper St. Clair 2nd place finish in section WPIAL Champions State Quarterfinalists CLASS 5A… 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 »
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 »