WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
BOYS BASKETBALL NON-SECTION North Catholic 70, Seneca Valley 58 Seneca Valley (1-2) Tyler Pepin – 21 points Owen Congdon – 17 points Kai West – 13 points Shaler 64, Pine-Richland 47 Shaler (3-0) Brandon London – 18 points Keegan Smetanka – 17 points Kaden Orga – 14 points
Photo Credit: @lebohoops BOYS BASKETBALL NON-SECTION Mt. Lebanon 83, North Allegheny 80 (3OT) Mt. Lebanon (1-0) Riley Farabaugh – 32 points Nathaniel Girod – 16 points Brody Barber – 15 points Liam Sheely – 13 points, game-tying putback to send game to third OT North Allegheny (0-1) Anthony Sciote – 26 points, hit half court… More »
On Tuesday, the PIAA released updated enrollments numbers for all sports for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons. These lists are not finalized as teams have until Friday to decide to “play up” in classification. There will also be teams forced to move up because of the PIAA competitive-balance rule which is not determined until after… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride (Twitter) The PA all-state teams were chosen by a statewide vote of sports writers. Four Big 56 players made the cut on the boys side! For complete list, click here. 2023 PA ALL-STATE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM 6A BOYS THIRD TEAM Jonathan Anderson – New Castle 5A BOYS FIRST TEAM Royce Parham… More »
The 2022-23 high school basketball season in Western Pennsylvania was one for the record books. Literally. Throughout the season, scoring rose to new highs, with records falling and offense being showcased in a way that it never has in the region. For complete story, click here.
Photo Credit: Will McBride (Twitter) On Easter Sunday, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette released the 43rd edition of the Fab 5. North Hills’ Royce Parham was the lone Big 56 player to make the list! By Mike White It was 1980 and the Post-Gazette published its first boys Fabulous 5 all-star team. The group included two City… More »
The Post-Gazette released its All-WPIAL teams and Players of the Year for each classification. Below are the 5A and 6A All-WPIAL teams and players of the year! For a complete boys article, click here. For a complete girls article, click here. BOYS BASKETBALL WPIAL 6A Jonathan Anderson – New Castle – 18.1 ppg Adam Bilinsky… More »
This morning, TribLive HSSN released their boys basketball Terrific 10. Three Big 56 players made the cut! For a complete list, click here. BOYS BASKETBALL Terrific 10 Dante DePante – Central Catholic Daemar Kelly – Penn Hills Royce Parham – North Hills
Rosters for the Roundball Classic senior all-star basketball games were revealed over the weekend. The Big 56 is very well represented in it! All games are at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, PA. Schedule: Thursday, May 18 – Girls – East vs. West – 6:30 pm Boys – East vs. West… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL TribLive HSSN 6A Player of the Year: Dante DePante, Central Catholic DePante averaged 16 points per game while leading Central Catholic to their first WPIAL championship in 15 years. DePante got especially hot in the WPIAL playoffs where he averaged 29.3 points per game, including 29 points in the WPIAL championship against New… More »