WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
The Peters Township girls soccer team was in trouble on its home field at halftime against Butler in the Class 4A WPIAL Quarterfinals on Wednesday night. Down 1-0 after after 40 minutes, the No. 3 Indians rallied for two goals in the second half against the No. 11 Golden Tornado for a 2-1 win, advancing… More »
The North Allegheny girls’ soccer team fell to the reigning Class AAAA state champion Norwin Knights on Wednesday night in the WPIAL quarterfinals, 2-1. Sophomore Lacey Bernick scored both of Norwin’s goals to help the Knights advance to the WPIAL semifinals on Saturday to face the Peters Township Indians. North Allegheny outshot Norwin, 12-7, and… More »
The two-year reign of the North Allegheny boys’ soccer team came to an end as the seventh-seeded Peters Township Indians edged the 10th-seeded Tigers, 1-0, in the opening round of the WPIAL playoffs. Monday’s game marked the third straight year the Tigers and Indians have met in postseason play. Last season, North Allegheny rallied to… More »
The Mt. Lebanon girls soccer team turned a 1-0 halftime deficit into a 2-1 win at home against Connellsville in the first round of the Class 4A WPIAL playoffs on Saturday afternoon. The Falcons took a 1-0 lead with a goal from junior Callie Cunningham with 2:07 remaining in the first half. Mt. Lebanon found the… More »
By Jonathan Spina North Allegheny welcomed the defending back-to-back WPIAL and PIAA champions in Class AAA to Newman Stadium for a first round matchup in the WPIAL playoffs. The Class AAAA playoffs weren’t as kind to Moon, however, as North Allegheny knocked them out with a 2-1 victory. The win put North Allegheny into the… 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 »
The Norwin girls soccer team was undefeated in Section 3-4A heading into Monday night’s section finale against rival Penn-Trafford, yet they still didn’t have the title clinched outright. They made sure that wouldn’t be the case after 80 minutes of play with a 4-1 win against the Warriors, reclaiming the section title from their rivals… More »
In the regular season finale, and senior night at Newman Stadium, the North Allegheny boys’ soccer team clinched a playoff berth with a 1-1 tie against the Butler Golden Tornado. By virtue of Monday’s tie, Butler also qualifies for the postseason and finishes in third place in Section 1-AAAA with an 8-4-2 mark. North Allegheny… More »