WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
by Steve Brodzinski With New Castle’s domination over the past three seasons in the rearview mirror, there is finally room to breathe in the boys Class Quad A Division. This year provides a nice mix of talented teams, but no real juggernaut at the top, which should make for an exciting year in the WPIAL Class… More »
The Pennsylvania Sports Writers All-State Teams have been released today and there are six WPIAL Quad-A players who have made the list. For the Quad-A boys, New Castle’s Malik Hooker (21.8 ppg) and Hampton’s Ryan Luther (22.1 ppg) received first team all-state selections. Additionally, Luther was named the Pennsylvania Quad-A Player of the Year. New… More »
The New Castle Red Hurricanes joined an exclusive club on Saturday night, capping a perfect 31-0 record with a 52-39 victory over LaSalle College in the PIAA Championship Game at the Giant Center in Hershey, PA. The Red Hurricanes became the 12th WPIAL team to finish an entire season with a perfect record. New Castle… More »
New Castle staved off a furious fourth quarter rally by Abington and advanced to the PIAA title game for the first time since 1998 with a 58-54 win on Tuesday night before a sea of fans wearing black and red at Chambersburg High School. The win pits the undefeated Red Hurricanes against the LaSalle College… More »
By Patrick McKay The New Castle Red Hurricanes are still undefeated. Though this was the closest and most thrilling of all four of their previous meetings, the Hampton Talbots fell short again 57-55 in the PIAA Quarterfinals. The Red Hurricanes are now 29-0 on the season and will enter the PIAA Semifinals on Tuesday. Their… More »
Senior Collin Luther scored his 1,000th point and helped the Hampton Talbots to a 67-45 victory over the McDowell Trojans on Thursday night in the second round of the PIAA playoffs from Farrell High School. Collin Luther netted 10 points in the victory and joins his much ballyhooed twin brother, Ryan Luther, in the Hampton… More »
Quad-A All-Section Basketball Banquet (March 6, 2014) Photos courtesy of photographer Don Sluka. For information on additional photos from the All-Section Banquet held at the Double Tree Hotel in Monroeville on March 6, 2014, contact Don Sluka at slukaphoto@gmail.com.
For the third time this season the undefeated New Castle Red Hurricanes topped the North Allegheny Tigers, this time with a 64-54 victory in the second round of the PIAA playoffs. The WPIAL champions seized a firm handle on the game late in the second quarter with a 13-2 run. The half ending run sent… More »
By: Steve Brodzinski – Pittsburgh Basketball Report They beat each other up during section play and in the playoffs but at the end of the day, New Castle, Hampton, and North Allegheny, all representing section 3 of Class AAAA are still alive in the PIAA playoffs. Receiving the #1, #2, and #3 seeds in the… More »
New Castle 71, Bethel Park 64 Prior to Saturday, the Red Hurricanes and Black Hawks met in the WPIAL quarterfinals and New Castle won by 27. In the rematch in the PIAA first round, the final score was much closer but the end result was the same as WPIAL champion New Castle topped Bethel Park,… More »