WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
by Dave Floyd In 2015, the Canon-McMillan boys’ soccer team took home WPIAL gold in Class AAA. Last year, in Class 4A’s inaugural season, North Allegheny won the WPIAL crown. After Saturday afternoon’s rainy Class 4A WPIAL semifinal at Mars, the Tigers left little doubt as to who the better team is in 2017. North… More »
It will be a battle of the North and South with two teams from Section 1 and two from Section 2 for the right to compete for the Class 4A championship next week at Highmark Stadium. Below are matchup capsules for both games today. Peters Township (16-0-1) vs. Pine-Richland (13-4-1) At West Allegheny (4 p.m.)… More »
It took the North Allegheny boys’ soccer team until overtime to score its lone goal and beat Connellsville in the first round of the Class 4A WPIAL playoffs. That wasn’t the case on Wednesday night in the Tigers quarterfinal game against Upper St. Clair at Moon Area High School. Senior Josh Luchini tipped in a… More »
The WPIAL quarterfinals of the Class 4A boys’ soccer will get underway tonight, with the top team’s still competing for a spot to make it to the final four. Below are previews of each game Peters Township (15-0-1) vs. Butler (14-5) At Moon (8 p.m.) The Indians are the favorite in this matchup and moving… More »
By Jonathan Spina It was a very defensive, intense game for North Alleghny in the first round of the WPIAL boys’ soccer playoffs. The Tigers had many chances throughout the game, but couldn’t convert until overtime to push through into the WPIAL quarterfinals on Wednesday with a 1-0 victory over the Connellsville Falcons on Saturday… More »
The boys’ soccer playoff pairings were released by the WPIAL on Wednesday and the Peters Township Indians were awarded as the No. 1 seed. The Indians (14-0-1, 10-0) finished the regular season on a 13-game winning streak. Their lone non-win was a 2-2 tie against Central Catholic in the second game of the season. They… More »
Luke Nolan, a North Allegheny graduate, finished with four saves and registered his league-best seventh shutout of the season on Saturday in Geneva College’s 3-0 victory over visiting Washington & Jefferson College. He totaled eight saves in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw at Grove City College. Nolan also leads the Presidents’ Athletic Conference in goals against average… More »
The North Allegheny boys’ soccer team clinched a section title for the first time in 17 years courtesy of a 3-2 victory at Pine-Richland on Tuesday night. The Tigers received a hat trick from senior Josh Luchini to secure the win, giving him 20 goals on the season. North Allegheny extended its head-to-head unbeaten streak… More »
For the second week in a row, former Pine-Richland soccer player Nick Stasko has earned the PAC Goalkeeper/Defensive Player of the Week award. Stasko received credit for both Washington & Jefferson victories last week, posting a 0.94 goals against average and 192 minutes, 25 seconds total time in the net. He made seven saves last… More »
Former Pine-Richland boys soccer player Nick Stasko was awarded as the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Goalkeeper/Defensive Player of the Week last week. Stasko performed well between the posts, earning wins in both Washington & Jefferson’s matches. He finished with four second-half saves in last Wednesday’s 3-2 road win at La Roche College before making a pair… More »