WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
The new basketball alignment in Class AAAA was approved by the WPIAL Board of Control on Tuesday. In Quad-A Boys, the Pittsburgh Central Catholic Vikings return to Section 3 with the departure of New Castle and Hampton to Class AAA next season. The only other change will be seen in Section 4 where the Trinity Hillers… More »
by: Steve Brodzinski – Pittsburgh Basketball Report Sitting there at half-time of the Bethel Park vs. Fox Chapel playoff game at North Hills High School on Saturday, I muttered to myself, “This is an ugly one.” And “ugly” is just how Bethel Park wanted it to be, as they went up against a Fox Chapel team… More »
By Patrick McKay The top-seeded Red Hurricanes found themselves in a peculiar position at halftime being tested by the 16th seeded Latrobe Wildcats. It was even stranger at the end of the first period as Latrobe managed to outscore New Castle 20-18 in the first stanza. It was a furious first half battle with lead… More »
By Steve Brodzinski – Pittsburgh Basketball Report What if your coach told you that if you go undefeated, win your section, and finish the season 19-2, that you would be a #6 seed heading into the playoffs? That would make most players and coaches crazy. Well that is what happened to Hempfield, coming out of… More »
The Top Seeds: With a third consecutive undefeated regular season, there was little doubt that the New Castle Red Hurricanes would receive the top seed in the WPIAL Boys Quad-A bracket. The two-time reigning champions have not been tested for a full 32 minutes by a WPIAL opponent this season and have played inspired ball… More »
Winners of 68 consecutive regular season games, the top-ranked New Castle Red Hurricanes finished up the 2014 regular season with a 58-43 home triumph over Central Valley on Monday night. The win marks the third consecutive regular season that New Castle has concluded with an unblemished record. Senior Malik Hooker and Anthony Richards helped the… More »
The Upper St. Clair Panthers secured their second straight Section 4-AAAA crown with a 52-46 triumph over the Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils in the MSA Sports & Quad-A Conference Boys Basketball Game of the Week. In the section finale for both teams, the game began with the usual air-tight defense seen from these neighboring foes…. More »
By Steve Brodzinski – Pittsburgh Basketball Report At Hampton High School the Luther name is pretty well known. Actually, I would say it is pretty well known throughout the WPIAL. Twin brothers Ryan and Collin Luther have been the talk of the league for the past three years. Ryan has garnered most of the attention; a… More »
by: Luke Hatfield, Hawk Eye “It was an ugly game,” Bethel Park’s head coach Ben O’Connor said referring to the loss sustained at Mt. Lebanon January 18th. That game featured Bethel Park losing 34-32 to the Blue Devils, but this time the home team prevailed and it was Bethel Park winning 52-47 on Friday, Jan…. More »
By Patrick McKay The Boy’s version of the Quad A Sports Network Game of the Week featured the seventh-ranked Fox Chapel Foxes at the 10th-ranked Gateway Gators. The game was as close as the rankings and standings show with multiple lead changes throughout the entire contest. Both teams showed explosive athleticism meriting their position in the… More »