WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
The WPIAL held its pairings meeting on Monday evening, but not much discussion needs to be held for the one section in Class 6A. For the playoffs, six of the nine teams made the playoffs with the top two seeds, North Allegheny and Pine-Richland, respectively, receiving byes and home games in the semifinals. The quarterfinal… More »
As the regular season drew to a close, both Upper St. Clair and Bethel Park already knew they had clinched a playoff spot. That didn’t mean both teams didn’t have something to play for. For the Panthers, they were still in contention for a share of the section title. For the Black Hawks, they wanted… More »
The North Allegheny Tigers planted their flag as undefeated Quad County Conference champions in Class 6A with a 27-7 victory over the Pine-Richland Rams on Friday night at Newman Stadium. Trailing 7-0 at halftime, North Allegheny stormed back in the second half with four unanswered touchdowns and limited the Rams to just 174 yards of… More »
Tim Vernick led a dominant Slippery Rock University defensive effort that held Clarion University to just 214 yards of total offense and only one offensive touchdown, which came on a one-yard drive after an SRU interception set Clarion up at the 1-yard line. Vernick recorded 12 total tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, one sack, one forced… More »
Gateway remains in the driver seat for the Class 5A Big East Conference, but McKeesport remained in the passenger seat with a chance to claim at least a share of a section title next week when the two teams face off. The Tigers gave themselves a shot at that with a 36-16 at home against… More »
It’s been a long time since Peters Township has defeated Bethel Park on the gridiron. Before Friday, the Black Hawks have won the previous seven meetings between the rivals. The Indians made sure that wasn’t going to happen again, defeating the Black Hawks at home, 35-0. The win keeps Peters Township alive for their first… More »
It would’ve been easy for the Pine-Richland football team to look past Seneca Valley in anticipation to their Conference Championship matchup next week at North Allegheny. On Senior Night, the Rams made sure that didn’t happen as their stout defense led them to a 21-7 win to keep them undefeated in Class 6A. The Raiders… More »
T.J. Holl matched his career-high with 18 tackles to help Colgate University to a 31-0 victory over Cornell University; the team’s third shutout win of the season, while extending the team’s streak of holding its opponent without a touchdown to 20 quarters. The senior linebacker also had 2.0 tackles for loss of six yards, 0.5 sack… More »
Jake Chapla scored 12 points in Slippery Rock’s 30-27 upset win at No. 14 IUP in the Crimson Hawks Homecoming Game. He booted three field goals for the first time in his career with makes from 33 yards, 41 yards and 46 yards. His lone miss came from 49 yards. Chapla was a perfect 3-for-3 on… More »
Nick Morrow was 3-for-3 on field goal tries (44, 30, 33) in Saturday’s 36-33 come-from-behind Homecoming win for Grove City College over Westminster College. He was also successful on all three of his extra point attempts. The 33-yarder gave Grove City a 29-27 lead in the third quarter. His five field goals this season are tops… More »