WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Photo Credit: Will McBride (Twitter) The Pittsburgh Union Progress released their inaugural Boys Basketball All-Star Team yesterday. Five Big 56 players made the cut. For the complete list, click here. FIRST TEAM Royce Parham – North Hills Parham averaged 28 points and 11 rebounds during his junior campaign. He was a member of the Big… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 6A SECOND ROUND State College 57, Central Catholic 47 In a very competitive matchup, State College (25-2) outscored Central Catholic (17-10) 24-16 in the fourth quarter to separate themselves and win the game 57-47 on Wednesday night at Central Cambria High School. Braeden Shrewsberry led State College with 26 points while Ryan… More »
Photo Credit: @phbasketball (Twitter) BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 6A SECOND ROUND 7-2 New Castle (23-3) vs. 1-4 Downingtown West (20-7) – at Bald Eagle HS – 5:30 pm – Lawrence County SportsNet How they got here: New Castle were the champions of Section 1-6A. They were the top seed in the WPIAL playoffs. They got to… More »
Photo Credit: @PCC_Hoops (Twitter) BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 6A FIRST ROUND Central Catholic 50, Wilson 28 Central Catholic’s (17-9) defense showed up in a big way as Wilson (19-10) never scored double figures in a quarter and Central Catholic got to the PIAA Second Round with a 50-28 victory on Saturday afternoon at Gateway High School…. More »
Photo Credit: @ThompsonFoto12 (Twitter) BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 6A FIRST ROUND 10-1 Erie (16-9) at 7-2 New Castle (22-3) – 3 pm – Lawrence County Sportsnet Erie was the No. 2 seed in the District 10 playoffs. They defeated No. 1 McDowell (47-45) to win the District 10 Championship. Erie then took down City League Champions… More »
The PIAA has released all matchups, sites and times for the first round of the PIAA Basketball Championships. For a complete list of all brackets, click here. Here are the Big 56 teams in the state playoffs: 6A Boys Basketball 3-7 Wilson (19-9) vs. 7-1 Central Catholic (16-9) at Gateway on Saturday, 3:30 pm 10-1… More »
Photo Credit: @ThompsonFoto12 BOYS BASKETBALL 6A WPIAL CHAMPIONSHIP Central Catholic 61, New Castle 52 Central Catholic (16-9) got a big night from Dante DePante and won their second ever WPIAL Championship with a 61-52 win over New Castle (22-3) on Saturday night at the Petersen Event Center. Things were very tight in the first half,… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL 6A WPIAL CHAMPIONSHIP #3 Central Catholic (15-9) vs. #1 New Castle (22-2) – 7 pm – TribLive HSSN, Lawrence County Sports Network & KDKA Central Catholic Central Catholic is looking for their second WPIAL Championship in school history with the first coming in 2008. They beat Baldwin (80-75, OT) and Upper St. Clair… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL 6A SEMIFINALS New Castle 58, Mt. Lebanon 41 A big second quarter was exactly what New Castle (24-2) needed as they cruised to a 58-41 win over Mt. Lebanon (16-8) 58-41 Tuesday night at North Allegheny High School The game was tied 7-7 after a quarter, when Isaiah Boice and Ralphie Blundo got… More »
Photo Credit: @KDKARadio BOYS BASKETBALL 6A BOYS QUARTERFINALS New Castle 59, Norwin 47 Nothing was easy for New Castle (21-2) on Friday night but they were able to finally pull away in the fourth quarter and get to the semifinals with a 59-47 win over Norwin (14-9) Friday night at New Castle High School. It… More »
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