WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Dom Sleva averaged a double-double in two games this week for Shippensburg University despite averaging just 22 minutes per game. In a 17-point win over Wilmington, Sleva scored 11 points on 5-of-10 shooting and led all players with 13 rebounds in just 23 minutes, including nine in the second half. Against California University of Pa., Sleva… More »
The Big 56 Conference is proud to introduce OES Scoreboards (www.oes-scoreboards.com) as our new sponsor. OES has a long history of partnering with schools across North America to help athletic programs bring new levels of excitement and fan engagement to their events. With solutions in pro venues like Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia Eagles), Wells Fargo… More »
Looking ahead to the 2018-19 school year, the Big 56 Conference have set their dates on the first-team all-section banquets, that will again be held at the DoubleTree – Monroeville Convention Center. All banquets will begin at 11 a.m. Below is a list of days that each sport banquet will be held. Boys/Girls Soccer and… More »
Congratulations to all the student-athletes, coaches, and athletic departments on a successful year! Below is a review of all the teams that won WPIAL and PIAA championships this past year.
With a steep deficit facing them at halftime, the thought of a game-winning basket to send them to the Class 5A PIAA Championship Game was the last thing on Mars’ minds. But with perseverance, that’s exactly what they got. With nine seconds left in the game, senior Cade Hetzler lost his defender and was able to… More »
The future was looking bleak for the Class 5A WPIAL champions at halftime of its PIAA quarterfinal game. Down 24-17 to Highlands, Mars turned things around in the second half to come away with a 60-51 win at Gateway High School and advance to its second PIAA semifinals in three years. The Planets shot 57… More »
The Pine-Richland boys’ basketball team kept their quest to return to the PIAA Championship Game for the second straight year alive on Wednesday with a 83-63 win against State College at University of Pitt-Johnstown. The Rams got by with relative ease from the second quarter on. The entered the second quarter with a 14-11 lead… More »
Highlands is out to prove that its loss in the WPIAL semifinals was a fluke. The Golden Rams won their second straight game by at least 19 points in the PIAA playoffs on Tuesday with a 73-54 at Gateway. Highlands opened up a 18-14 lead after the first quarter and continued to slow its lead… More »
The Mars boys’ basketball team won its first WPIAL championship a little but over a week ago, but they continue to strengthen its grip on its WPIAL opponents in the PIAA playoffs. After defeating Hampton for the second time in the postseason in the first round, the Planets did the same to Trinity in the… More »
Thursday, March 8, 2018 is a day that Mars senior Robby Carmody will never forget. Carmody was named the Gatorade Pennsylvania Boys Basketball Player of the Year, as well as receiving his first-team all-section plaque at the Big 56 Conference banquet. All of this came less than a week after Carmody led the Planets to their… More »