WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
by Patrick McKay The North Allegheny Girl’s basketball team entered the WPIAL playoffs as the top seed and favorite to win the title. The Section 3 champions finished the regular season 20-1 but came up short of their title hopes in the WPIAL semi-finals with a loss to the Hempfield Spartans by a score of… More »
Quad-A All-Section Basketball Banquet (March 6, 2014) Photos courtesy of photographer Don Sluka. For information on additional photos from the All-Section Banquet held at the Double Tree Hotel in Monroeville on March 6, 2014, contact Don Sluka at slukaphoto@gmail.com.
The Hempfield Spartans used a 12-0 run to open the second half and pulled away from the Fox Chapel Foxes for a 54-44 win in the second round of the PIAA playoffs. The Spartans harassing defense prevented the Fox Chapel guards from consistently feeding Duke-recruit Erin Mathias. Mathias scored 18 points, but 12 of them… More »
For the second straight game in the PIAA playoffs, North Allegheny led from start to finish as the Lady Tigers topped the District 6 champion State College Lady Lions on Tuesday night, 58-44, from Indiana High School. The win sets up a rematch with the Hempfield Spartans in the PIAA quarterfinals on Friday night. Against… More »
Fox Chapel 48, McDowell 36 A strong second quarter and performance at the free-throw line helped the Fox Chapel Foxes oust the McDowell Trojans from the PIAA playoffs. The Foxes outscored the Trojans, 18-5, in the second period and held a 28-14 lead at the half. Fox Chapel connected on 23 of 26 free-throw attempts… More »
Determined to bounce back from a disappointing loss to Hempfield in the WPIAL semifinals, the North Allegheny Lady Tigers punished the WPIAL champion Penn-Trafford Warriors, 64-39, on Friday night in the opening round of the PIAA playoffs. The Tigers led wire to wire, dictating the pace with a fiery defense and quick-footed transition game. The… More »
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The Penn-Trafford Warriors overcame a 15-point second half deficit to win their first ever WPIAL Class AAAA Championship, 56-45, over the Hempfield Spartans on Saturday night at the A.J. Palumbo Center. The Warriors trailed 40-25 late in the third quarter, and were down by 10 heading into the fourth, before 31-5 run capped an astonishing… More »
In an overtime thriller, the seventh-seeded Penn-Trafford Warriors outlasted the third-seeded Fox Chapel Foxes, 44-43, in the WPIAL semifinals on Tuesday night. The game was tight throughout and was tied 31-31 after three periods of play. In a see-saw battle, the lead changed hands six times in the fourth quarter and overtime until the Warriors… More »