WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
The Hempfield softball team captured its second consecutive WPIAL title with a 2-0 victory over the Baldwin Highlanders on Friday at Cal-U’s Lilly Field. It’s the Spartans fourth overall WPIAL crown. Hempfield starter Morgan Ryan, a Notre Dame recruit, tossed a complete-game four-hit shutout to earn the victory. Ryan didn’t need much run support, but… More »
On Wednesday night at CONSOL Energy Park in Washington, Norwin did something no one else had done all season, beat the Plum Mustangs. The Knights knocked off the previously unbeaten Mustangs, 7-3, to win their first WPIAL title since 1960. The 14th-seeded Knights used a five-run first inning to stun the top-seeded Mustangs. Jonathan Pingree… More »
Facing a familiar foe in the WPIAL championship game, the Pine-Richland Rams topped the North Hills Indians for a 70-53 triumph and first WPIAL title in program history. The Rams used a 12-0 run in the first quarter to pull away from their Section 3-AAAA rival and cruised toward victory. PR had last reached the… More »
Trailing by 13-points entering the fourth quarter, the reigning WPIAL champion Norwin Knights mounted a furious rally to force overtime and defeated the North Allegheny Tigers, 63-57, at the Peterson Events Center on Saturday night. Norwin trailed most of the game and was down by as much as 16 points, but Taylor Sabol’s 3-pointer with… More »
By Don Rebel There have been plenty of memorable moments through the decades from the great Upper St. Clair vs Mount Lebanon rivalry. But perhaps none were stranger than what happened between the two boys basketball teams on the final Friday of section play. In the end both teams were celebrating. The Panthers were thrilled… More »
North Allegheny notched its fourth consecutive outright Section 3-AAAA title on Monday night with a 62-37 blowout of the Seneca Valley Raiders in the Quad-A Conference Girls Basketball Game of the Week. The win was NA’s 10th in a row and 17th consecutive over the Raiders. Having already clinched a playoff spot, Seneca Valley was… More »
By Don Rebel Senior Matt Bilyak only scored four points on Friday, but his layup with under a minute remaining in the fourth quarter proved to be the difference as Pittsburgh Central Catholic edged North Allegheny in a Quad-A Section 3 contest at Alumni Hall in Oakland 47-44. With the score tied 44-44 and the… More »
Seniors Abby Gonzales and Taylor Lake both eclipsed the 1,000 point mark for their careers in a 56-32 triumph over the Butler Golden Tornado on Tuesday night. Gonzales finished with nine points on the night and poured in a 3-pointer early in the second half to hit exactly 1,000 for her career. Lake scored a… More »
It was a game of runs on Monday night and Mt. Lebanon’s 23-3 run in the middle quarters helped the host Blue Devils to an important 44-38 victory over the Bethel Park Black Hawks. The lead changed hands only three times but the extended runs kept the game close throughout in an exciting Section 4-AAAA… More »
Eerily similar to their first meeting on December 18, the Plum Mustangs used a late-game surge to pull away from the Gateway Gators for a 46-34 triumph in a Section 2-AAAA contest on Thursday night. In their duel one month ago, senior Jack Marold sparked a momentum turning run with four 3-pointers en route to… More »