WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Photo Credit: Will McBride *All records are section records only 6A SECTION 1 New Castle (8-1): Clinched section title outright Central Catholic (6-3): Clinched playoff berth Butler (5-4): Clinched playoff berth Seneca Valley (4-5): Clinched playoff berth 6A SECTION 2 Upper St. Clair (8-1): Clinched share of section title. Can clinch section title outright with… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL 6A SECTION 1 Central Catholic 65, Butler 43 Central Catholic (12-8, 6-3) used a 28-11 second quarter to jump on Butler (14-6, 5-4) to pull out the road victory Tuesday night. Both teams had already clinched a playoff berth coming in. Debaba Tshiebwe led Central Catholic with 16 points. Dante DePante added 14… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL 6A SECTION 1 Central Catholic (11-8, 5-3) at Butler (14-5, 5-3) – 7:30 pm – WBUT Central Catholic fell to New Castle on Friday 67-53 snapping a 3-game winning streak. Butler has won 2 of their last 3 games. Both teams are tied for second place in the section and have both clinched… More »
Photo Credit: @MoonTigersBB Here is the inaugural Big 56 Basketball Reports! Here you can find standings, upcoming schedule for the week by section, playoff clinchings and team offensive and defensive rankings by class! 6A Boys Basketball Report 6A Girls Basketball Report 5A Boys Basketball Report 5A Girls Basketball Report
Photo Credit: Will McBride SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4 GIRLS BASKETBALL 6A SECTION 2 Upper St. Clair 61, Bethel Park 47 Upper St. Clair (17-2, 10-0) used a big second quarter and a huge response in the fourth quarter to defeat Bethel Park (6-12, 3-7) 61-47 on Saturday afternoon. Upper St. Clair has already clinched the section… More »
SATURDAY GIRLS BASKETBALL 6A SECTION 2 Upper St. Clair (16-2, 9-0) at Bethel Park (6-11, 3-6) – 3:00 pm Upper St. Clair have won their last 10 games. They have already wrapped up the section title. Bethel Park has dropped 5 of their last 6 games. They currently sit a game behind Baldwin for the… More »
Photo Credit: @CharValleyHoops BOYS BASKETBALL 6A SECTION 1 Seneca Valley 57, Pine-Richland 37 Seneca Valley (8-10, 3-5) picked up a big win Friday night against Pine-Richland (5-14, 1-7) 57-37. The win coupled with a North Allegheny loss now puts North Allegheny and Seneca Valley tied for the fourth and final playoff spot in Section 1-6A…. More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride BOYS BASKETBALL 6A SECTION 1 New Castle (16-2, 6-1) at Central Catholic (11-7, 5-2) – 7:30 pm The top two teams in Section 1-6A square off Friday night with New Castle being winners of 5 in a row and Central Catholic winning four of their last 5. A New Castle win… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL 5A SECTION 3 Kiski Area 66, Franklin Regional 49 Kiski Area (10-9, 4-3) used a 10-2 second quarter and a 20-12 third quarter to pull away from Franklin Regional (9-9, 3-4) 66-49. This game was made up from Tuesday when Kiski Area had heating issues. The win puts Kiski Area up into third… More »