WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
By Jonathan Spina The Lady Tigers are back into the WPIAL Championship for the fourth time in five years after defeating Hempfield 3-0 in semifinal action at North Hills High School, winning by scores of 28-26, 25-19 and 25-21 The first set was anything but easy for North Allegheny as Hempfield was playing with inspired… More »
The top-ranked North Allegheny girls’ volleyball team led wire-to-wire and rolled over the ninth-seeded Peters Township Indians in the WPIAL quarterfinals on Tuesday night, 3-0. North Allegheny never trailed in any set against the Indians and won by set scores of 25-19, 25-9 and 25-19. Appearing in the WPIAL quarterfinals for the first time since… More »
Penn Trafford fell behind for the second consecutive game, this time against Upper St. Clair. The Warriors were able to bounce back again and score two second half goals and go on to a 2-1 victory Monday night at Fox Chapel and move on to the WPIAL championship game. Upper St. Clair would… More »
Entering the Class 4A girls’ soccer semifinals, North Allegheny was riding high after its 2-0 quarterfinal win against top-seed and section rival, Pine-Richland. They also knew that even though they were the No. 4 seed, Wednesday’s semifinal match at Fox Chapel will be their toughest test of the playoffs. That proved to be the case… More »
by Dave Floyd In 2015, the Canon-McMillan boys’ soccer team took home WPIAL gold in Class AAA. Last year, in Class 4A’s inaugural season, North Allegheny won the WPIAL crown. After Saturday afternoon’s rainy Class 4A WPIAL semifinal at Mars, the Tigers left little doubt as to who the better team is in 2017. North… More »
In an offensive showcase, the Pine-Richland Rams outlasted the North Allegheny Tigers for the Northern Seven Conference title on Friday night, 48-28, at Newman Stadium. The two teams combined for 1,108 yards of total offense and 45 first downs. Pine-Richland’s Jordan Crawford and Kenny White both rushed for over 200 yards and produced an evening… More »
By Jonathan Spina The third time was the charm for the North Allegheny girls’ soccer team on Thursday night as the Lady Tigers upended the top-seeded Pine-Richland Rams in the WPIAL quarterfinals, 2-0. The Rams were the Section 1-AAAA champions and went undefeated through section play, including a win and tie against North Allegheny along… More »
The top-seeded North Allegheny Tigers cruised to an opening round win in the Class AAA WPIAL playoffs over the Connellsville Falcons on Thursday night, 3-0. It was the second straight season the Tigers and Falcons met in the first round and for the second consecutive year the end result was the same. The Tigers advanced… More »
It took the North Allegheny boys’ soccer team until overtime to score its lone goal and beat Connellsville in the first round of the Class 4A WPIAL playoffs. That wasn’t the case on Wednesday night in the Tigers quarterfinal game against Upper St. Clair at Moon Area High School. Senior Josh Luchini tipped in a… More »
On a rain-soaked evening at Plum High School, the North Allegheny Tigers won their first playoff game since 2011 with a 5-1 triumph over the homestanding Mustangs. North Allegheny’s most recent playoff victory prior to Monday night was a 3-1 win against McDowell in the PIAA first round on Nov. 8, 2011. For the Mustangs,… More »