WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Freshman Hope Hawkins‘ put back with nine seconds left lifted No. 5 Woodland Hills (13-6) to a 48-44 in at No. 4 Thomas Jefferson (12-10) in the girls basketball WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals. Hawkins finished with 10 points. Senior Peyton Pinkney led the Wolverines with 17 points. Junior Jazmine Dunn finished with 10 points. Woodland… More »
The Latrobe girls basketball team fell behind early to No. 3 Hampton (15-6), but the No. 6 Wildcats (14-2) didn’t quit in their 53-48 win in the Class 5A Quarterfinals. Latrobe will be making its first trip to the WPIAL semifinals since 1998. The Wildcats fell behind 16-9 after the first quarter, and were down… More »
In a typical season, a playoff matchup between section opponents will be the third matchup of the season. But due to differing mask policies in the regular season, the girls basketball Class 6A quarterfinals between Mt. Lebanon and Bethel Park was their first matchup of the season. The No. 4 Blue Devils (16-3) were able… More »
Gateway gave top-seeded Chartiers Valley all they could handle in the boys basketball Class 5A quarterfinals, but the Colts (21-3) were able to prevail, 53-47, over the No. 8 Gators (8-8). The game was tied at half before Chartiers Valley slowly started to build the lead in the second half to the point where the… More »
Penn-Trafford tied the game with less than 10 seconds left in overtime, but it was enough time for junior Devin Carney to make it down court and threw up an off balanced 3-pointer that found nothing but net to lift No. 5 Butler (12-8) over No. 4 Penn-Trafford (13-6), 58-55. Carney finished with a team-high… More »
The No. 9 Baldwin (9-7) girls basketball team were down by three entering the fourth quarter, but held No. 8 Penn-Trafford (10-7) to four points in the final eight minutes to come away with a 46-43 win in the Class 6A WPIAL First Round There was not much scoring in the game, but senior Meghan… More »
Four players scored in double figures to lift No. 8 Gateway (9-7) over visiting No. 9 Albert Gallatin (10-7), 62-59, in the Class 5A WPIAL First Round on Wednesday. Junior Ryan Greggerson led the charge with 13 points. Freshman Bryson Pavlik had 12 points and junior Will Kromka and sophomore Jayden Carr each had 10… More »
Wednesday’s Class 5A WPIAL First Round win at Thomas Jefferson was Latrobe’s fourth of the season by three points or less. As he has done all season, senior Ryan Sickenberger, was right in the middle of it. Sickenberger’s 3-point play in the final minute of play lifted No. 10 Latrobe (8-6) over No. 7 Thomas… More »
Moon overcame a slow second and third quarter to hold off Indiana, 40-32, in the Class 5A Preliminary Round. No. 19 Indiana held a 25-24 lead entering the fourth quarter, but the No. 15 Tigers outscored the Indians 16-7 in the fourth quarter to take control of the game. Junior Emma Theodorsson scored over half… More »
In a Class 5A boys basketball WPIAL Preliminary Round matchup pitting two teams in the middle of the pack in their sections, No. 15 Plum outlasted No. 18 West Allegheny, 57-53. This was the Mustangs first playoff appearance and win since the 2015-16 season. Plum overcame a five point halftime deficit, outscoring the Indians 21-14… More »