WPIAL Semifinals – Hempfield vs. NA (by J.J. LaBella)
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Spartans Slay Tigers En Route To WPIAL Finals
Senior Monica Burns scored a game-high 23 points and helped lift the Hempfield Spartans to a 60-44 win over the North Allegheny Lady Tigers in the WPIAL Semifinals on Tuesday night from Penn Hills High School. The loss snaps a 21-game winning streak for the top-seeded Lady Tigers and sets up an all Section 1… More »
Section 1 Continues To Make Playoff Impact, Fox Chapel Beats Norwin
#4 Bethel Park vs. #12 Hempfield The Hempfield Spartans raced out of the starting gate for an early lead and eliminated the defending Quad-A champion Bethel Park Black Hawks, 56-38, in the WPIAL quarterfinals. The Spartans fell to the Black Hawks at the Bethel Park Tip-Off tournament in the second game of the season, but… More »
Tigers Thwart Titans’ Comeback Hopes For Trip To Semifinals
The top-seeded North Allegheny Lady Tigers advanced to the WPIAL Class AAAA semifinals for the first time in a decade with a 50-42 win over the Shaler Titans on Friday night at North Hills High School. By earning their 21st consecutive win, the Lady Tigers will make the trek to the WPIAL’s final four for… More »
New Alignment In Quad-A Hoops Next Year
The new basketball alignment in Class AAAA was approved by the WPIAL Board of Control on Tuesday. In Quad-A Boys, the Pittsburgh Central Catholic Vikings return to Section 3 with the departure of New Castle and Hampton to Class AAA next season. The only other change will be seen in Section 4 where the Trinity Hillers… More »
Bethel Park Outlasts Seneca Valley & Other 1st Round Recaps
#4 Bethel Park vs. #13 Seneca Valley In a closely contested WPIAL first round meeting, Bethel Park and Seneca Valley were tied 23-23 heading into the fourth quarter before the Black Hawks finally sprung loose for a 36-29 victory on Tuesday night. Senior Harper Zimmer lit the fire for the Black Hawks in the final… More »
Hempfield Upends Upper St. Clair In First Round Upset
For the last two years, the Hempfield Spartans have been stonewalled in the playoffs with losses to the Upper St. Clair Panthers, including an upset defeat in the first round a year ago. On Tuesday night in the WPIAL first round at Bethel Park, the Spartans finally obtained revenge against their playoff nemesis with a… More »
Penn-Trafford Rallies To Beat Plum & Other First Round Recaps
#7 Penn-Trafford vs. #10 Plum Penn-Trafford overcame a 13-point, second half deficit and topped the Plum Mustangs, 46-43, in the opening round of the WPIAL Class AAAA Girls Basketball Playoffs. It’s the second straight year the Warriors have knocked off the Mustangs in the First Round and the sixth consecutive win for PT in the… More »
Lady Tigers Level Latrobe In Playoff Opener, 77-34
The Lady Tigers pounced on Latrobe early and invoked the mercy rule by the third quarter as top-seeded North Allegheny rolled to a 77-34 victory in round one of the WPIAL Class AAAA Playoffs. Latrobe played without its top scoring threat, sophomore Madison Kollar due to a leg injury suffered in Monday’s regular season finale,… More »
Quad-A Girls Basketball Playoff Preview
The Top Seeds: Winners of 19 games in a row, the North Allegheny Lady Tigers (20-1) received the top seed in the WPIAL Girls Class AAAA bracket. The Section 3 champions rolled through the regular season behind a stingy defense that creates turnovers and turns them into points. The Tigers top scorer is three-point specialist… More »