WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
David Pantelis scored 17 points and No. 1 Upper St. Clair (10-1, 3-0) used a 21-8 surge in the second quarter to defeated Bethel Park on the road in Section 2-6A. Porter Rauch added 13 points and Luke Banbury had 12. Ben Guffey hit six 3-pointers and scored 20 points for Bethel Park (4-8, 1-2)…. More »
Highlands used a big second quarter to jump out to a double digit lead and were able to hold off Plum’s late rally for a 53-50 road section win. The Golden Rams improve to 10-1 overall and 6-1 in the section. Sophomore Jimmy Kunst led Highlands with 21 points. Fellow sophomore Chandler Thimons chipped in… More »
In what was deemed the Game of the Year in WPIAL Boys Basketball thus far, top-ranked New Castle in Class 5A went into previously undefeated Chartiers Valley, convincingly winning, 73-45. The Red Hurricane jumped out to a 19-6 lead after the first quarter and never looked back. New Castle spread the wealth around with five… More »
Jimmy Kunst hit a game-winning 3-pointer with 18 seconds left to lift the Golden Rams to a 52-51 section win at Mars on Friday night. For the full recap, click here.
The North Allegheny boys’ basketball team rallied from 16-point deficit in the second half for an 83-77 victory against neighborhood rival Pine-Richland on Friday night. The win kept the Tigers undefeated in Section 1-6A action and snapped a nine-game losing streak in the head-to-head series with the Rams. It was the first win against Pine-Richland… More »
It may have only been a non-section game, but Wednesday’s 64-62 overtime win for Chartiers Valley at Lincoln Park will be a night senior Brayden Reynolds will never forget. In the win, Reynolds eclipsed the 1,000 point plateau in his high school career, and topped it off with a game-winning 3-pointer in overtime with a… More »
The defending Class 5A WPIAL champion Laurel Highlands were playing in its first game of the season, while McKeesport was trying to pick up its second win in as many nights. The Tigers were able to do so thanks to three free throws by Brison Kisan with 0.3 seconds left to lift McKeesport to a… More »
In a dramatic Section 1-6A opener, the North Allegheny boys’ basketball team earned a hard-fought, 82-79, victory in overtime at North Hills on Friday night. At the same location where they clinched a playoff berth to end the regular season a year ago, the Tigers dealt the Indians another section loss, this time to start… More »
On Thursday, the state released the Class 5A boys basketball all-state teams, with two Big 56 members receiving first-team all-state accolades. Mars’ senior Michael Carmody and Laurel Highlands’ freshman Rodney Gallagher both were named by the Pennsylvania sports writers to the first team after their stellar seasons. Carmody and Gallagher led their teams to the… More »
For the fourth time this postseason, Butler was able to come-from-behind and eliminate an opponent. This time the victim was Upper St. Clair as the Golden Tornado defeated the Panthers, 77-73, Wednesday night at the UPMC Event Center on the campus of Robert Morris. Offensive game plans were very successful in the first quarter as… More »