WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Atoning for an early season home loss to Shaler, the Tigers earned a measure of revenge and evened the season series with the Titans with a 64-52 road victory on Friday night. The win is North Allegheny’s third in a row and pulls the Tigers into sole possession of fourth place in the Section 1-6A… More »
The West Allegheny boys’ basketball team continues to prove what a difference a year makes. Last season, the Indians won one game the entire season. Now they are in the thick of the section title race after defeating Chartiers Valley, a Class 5A WPIAL semifinalist last year, 63-53. It was an up-and-down game for both… More »
In a pivotal Section 3-6A game, the Latrobe boys’ basketball team defeated Penn Hills, 80-66, giving the Indians their first loss of the season. Penn Hills was the last Class 6A team to suffer a loss. The tide changed in the third quarter with the Wildcats outscoring the Indians 25-10 in the quarter. The lead… More »
Jimmy Leichliter, a Connellsville graduate, helped guide the Golden Tornadoes to a 3-0 mark last week after averaging 19.3 points, 9.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.7 steals per game. In a league win at Chatham University last Wednesday, he finished with game highs in both points (20) and rebounds (season-best 12). It was his third double-double… More »
Butler erased a four-point deficit heading into the fourth quarter to come away with a 70-63 win, handing Central Catholic its first section loss of the season. The win moves the Golden Tornado to 12-1 and 4-1. They are tied in second place with Pine-Richland, who are both a half-game behind the Vikings, who sit… More »
The North Allegheny boys’ basketball team used a big fourth quarter to capture its first section win over the season with a 54-41 decision over the Seneca Valley Raiders on Monday night. Leading 34-33 going into the fourth quarter, the Tigers outscored the Raiders 20-8 in the final stanza to seize their 20th consecutive win… More »
Joe David picked up his 300th win as the Mt. Lebanon boys basketball coach on Saturday, in a convincing 72-38 home win against Peters Township. David has led the Blue Devils to a 12-1 overall record and 5-0 mark in Section 2-6A. The fifth straight win was a rescheduled game due to Friday’s inclement weather…. More »
Penn Hills and Woodland Hills were two of the few teams that were able to get its game in on Friday due to the weather conditions. The weather didn’t slow the Indians down, as they remained the only undefeated team in Class 6A with a 68-60 win at home against the Wolverines. Penn Hills started… More »
The Upper St. Clair boys basketball team scored the most points out of any WPIAL team this season on Thursday night in its 107-77 non-section win against Obama Academy. The big quarter in the game came in the second for the Panthers when they recorded 34 points. They also scored at least 24 points in… More »
Tuesday night pitted the top two teams in Class 5A, as well as the top two teams in Section 2 when Moon traveled to Mars. Mars remained the No. 1 team and undefeated within the WPIAL with a 72-64 win. Notre Dame commit Robby Carmody stole the show, finishing with a game-high 27 points. Carmody got… More »