WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
When the WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball playoff bracket was released earlier this week, the the top four seeds were revealed, along with the rest of the bracket. There was seven teams that could have received byes, but the top four in that order were Mt. Lebanon, Woodland Hills, Fox Chapel and Central Catholic. Mt…. More »
The WPIAL playoff brackets that were revealed earlier this week gave us a look at the matchups that will start the Class 5A boys basketball playoffs. All first round games will be played on Tuesday, Feb. 20. The top three seeds — Mars, Highlands, and Franklin Regional — each received byes into the quarterfinals. The… More »
Monday night’s non-section between Central Catholic and Fox Chapel meant nothing in terms of the standings or playoff seedings, but meant a lot in determining who will remain one of the hottest teams entering the Class 6A playoffs. The Vikings, who clinched the Section 1-6A regular season title, traveled to Fox Chapel and came away… More »
A year removed from missing the playoffs, the Central Catholic boys’ basketball team stands at the top of one of the toughest sections in Class 6A. The Vikings claimed the Section 1-6A regular season championship with a 61-54 win against Butler, who was also vying for the section title in the game. The win also… More »
For the first time since 2012, the Woodland Hills boys’ basketball team can call themselves section champs. The Wolverines clinched at least a share of the Section 3-6A title on Tuesday with a 66-56 win against Penn Hills. They were also able to split the regular season series with their section rivals in the process…. More »
Penn Hills and Woodland Hills were competing for the Section 3-6A regular season championship on Tuesday, but the hottest team in the section might have been playing in another game. Fox Chapel won its eighth straight game and fourth straight road game on Tuesday with a 75-65 win at Latrobe. The Foxes have also beat… More »
Senior Terron Taylor‘s jumper with 4.3 seconds left lifted McKeesport to a 53-51 non-section win against Gateway in the Westmoreland Shootout at Seton Hill University on Saturday. Taylor’s bucket saved the Tigers from a collapse after they held a 16-9 lead after the first quarter in a potential Class 5A WPIAL playoff rematch. The Tigers led… More »
It didn’t seem like any team in Class 5A was going to contest the Mars boys basketball team, until Friday night. In its biggest game of the season, Moon was able to stifle its Section 2-5A opponent with a 58-43 win at home. The Tigers handed the Planets their lone section loss of the season… More »
Through three quarters, the Canon-McMillan at Bethel Park Boys Basketball game on Tuesday night had the makings of a blowout, favoring the home team. That didn’t phase the Big Macs as they stormed back for a 58-57 victory. Canon-McMillan trailed by as many as 21 points in the second half and entered the fourth quarter… More »
Entering Tuesday night’s games, it was a safe bet that the section title race for boys basketball in Section 1-6A was going to come down to the final day between Butler, Central Catholic, and Pine-Richland. The Rams made sure that it will remain a three-team race until the very end with a 78-65 win at… More »