WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Back on December 17, Mars, the defending Class 5A PIAA champion, defeated Gateway, the defending WPIAL champion, 54-42. It was the first loss of the season for the Gators, who have responded well. Gateway hasn’t lost a section game since then, and got their revenge on Monday night at home, defeating the Planets, 48-39. The… More »
GREENVILLE, Pa. — Thiel College senior Jess Vormelker (Orwell, Ohio|Grand Valley) and Saint Vincent College senior Tom Kromka (Monroeville, Pa.|Gateway) have been named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Scholar-Athletes of the Month for December. Each month, the SAAC’s at PAC member institutions are asked to nominate one male and one female… More »
It didn’t come as easy as the first meeting, but Gateway was able to hold off Franklin Regional, 50-46, on the road to take sole possession of first place in Section 2-5A on Thursday night. The Gators won the first meeting on 57-34 on Dec. 13. Momentum continued to shift throughout the game, with each… More »
Tom Kromka averaged 26.5 points and 12.0 rebounds per game while shooting 69.0 percent (20 of 29) from the floor last week in a pair of Presidents’ Athletic Conference victories for Saint Vincent College. He also combined to go 13 of 16 (81.3 percent) from the free-throw line. Kromka netted a career-high 28 points to… More »
On Monday night, the Mars and Gateway girls basketball teams met on the same court for the first time since the Planets defeated the Gators in last year’s PIAA quarterfinal round. Gateway was coming off a WPIAL title and Mars went on to win the state title. The Planets got the last laugh again on… More »
John Paul Kromka averaged 14.0 points, nine rebounds, 2.7 assists, two blocks and 1.7 steals in three games this past week for the University of Pitt-Johnstown. The freshman scored 15 points (7 of 9 field goals), six rebounds, four assists, three blocks and a steal in 129-69 win over Carlow on Wednesday. Kromka tallied seven points,… More »
Tom Kromka averaged a double-double last week for 2-0 Saint Vincent College. The senior forward averaged 19.5 points and 11.5 rebounds and shot 46.9 percent (15-of-32) from the floor in wins over Penn State-Fayette and Pitt-Greensburg. Kromka also chipped in 3.0 blocks per contest. In Saturday night’s win over UPG, Kromka recorded his 11th career double-double,… More »
It was almost a foregone conclusion when the Class 5A bracket was revealed that the defending champion and top-seed Gateway Gators were going to play for another WPIAL championship. Through its first 12 games of the season, Gateway outscored its opponents 593-50. That didn’t phase West Allegheny, Led by future Hall of Fame head coach Bob… More »
The final four in Class 5A is set with the top teams from the quarterfinals all coming away with wins, including the top three seeds. Both semifinal games tonight will be played at a neutral site and will start at 7:30 p.m. The winner’s will advance to the Class 5A WPIAL Championship Game next Friday… More »
Class 5A Big East Conference First-Team Photo Gallery