WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Through the first half of Friday’s Class 5A WPIAL Semifinal at Gateway, it looked like it was going to be another exit for the second year in a row for Peters Township at the hands of the Gators. After losing by a point to Gateway in the championship a year ago, the No. 3 Indians… More »
Two preeminent powers in the WPIAL’s largest classification dueled for the first time with a championship at stake and the Central Catholic Vikings outlasted the North Allegheny Tigers, 38-24, at Martorelli Stadium on Friday night in the Class 6A Championship Game. The Central Catholic defense forced three turnovers and senior Anderson Cynkar had two return… More »
The North Allegheny Tigers punched their ticket to the WPIAL championship game for the first time since 2012 with a 21-7 win over the Seneca Valley Raiders on Friday night at Newman Stadium. In a clash of the top two scoring defenses in Class 6A, it was the North Allegheny defense that dominated the action… More »
It has been a trying season for the Gateway football team, but despite having three games cancelled due to COVID-19 this season, and only playing four regular season games, the No. 2 Gators see themselves in the Class 5A WPIAL semifinals. Gateway kept their title defense alive on Friday with a 14-0 win over No…. More »
The constant downpour didn’t affect the passing attack for No. 2 Gateway (12-2) on Saturday Night as the Gators held of No. 5 Peters Township (12-2), 21-20, in the Class 5A WPIAL Championship Game at Norwin. The title was the second in three years for the Gators and seventh in program history. This was the… More »
For the second week in a row, senior Johnathan Opalko converted on a late field goal to continue Central Catholic’s season. With 1:08 remaining in the fourth quarter, Opalko nailed a 37-yard field goal with room to spare to give the Vikings (12-1) a 24-21 win against District 6 champion, State College, at North Allegheny… More »
Central Catholic may have been the top-seed entering the Class 6A WPIAL Championship Game Saturday Night at Heinz Field, but Pine-Richland was coming in as the two-time defending champions. The Vikings (11-1) weren’t phasing, scoring the final 10 points of the game to pull out a 10-7 victory and winning their first WPIAL title since… More »
Gateway and McKeesport met in the Class 5A Big East Conference regular season finale this season. The Gators came away with an easy 36-7 win on that day. Things got a lot tougher on Friday Night at Greensburg Salem in the WPIAL semifinals. The No. 2 Gators (11-2) outlasted the No. 6 Tigers (9-4), 14-7,… More »
The game trend between last year’s playoff matchup and this year’s was polar opposites, but the result remained the same. The No. 5 Peters Township Indians (12-1) knocked off top-seed Penn-Trafford (11-2), 28-10, in the Class 5A WPIAL semifinals on Friday Night at West Mifflin to advance to the program’s first championship game. After virtually… More »
Class 6A First-Team Photo Gallery