WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
BOYS BASKETBALL 5A BOYS WPIAL CHAMPIONSHIP #2 Penn Hills (20-3) vs. #1 Peters Township (22-3) – 9 pm – Petersen Event Center – TribLive HSSN, KDKA & WJPA Penn Hills Penn Hills is in search of their sixth WPIAL Championship, their last coming in 2018. They have won 17 of their last 18 games. They… More »
GIRLS BASKETBALL 6A GIRLS SEMIFINALS #4 Mt. Lebanon (17-6) vs. #1 Upper St. Clair (20-2) – at Bethel Park – 6 pm – TribLive HSSN Mt. Lebanon is coming off of an epic 47-46 comeback win over Chartiers Valley to get to the WPIAL 6A Semifinals. This is the defending champions fourth consecutive season in… More »
GIRLS BASKETBALL 6A GIRLS QUARTERFINALS Oakland Catholic 63, Mars 42 Oakland Catholic (21-3) couldn’t have scripted a better start and rolled into the semifinals with a 63-42 win over Mars (16-7) Friday night at North Allegheny High School. Oakland Catholic could not miss in the first quarter and they’re defense was great as well creating… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride GIRLS BASKETBALL 5A GIRLS FIRST ROUND Oakland Catholic 53, Kiski Area 16 2nd-seeded Oakland Catholic (20-3) wasted no time jumping all over 15th-seeded Kiski Area (9-13) as they got out to a double digit lead five minutes into the game, and coasted to a 53-16 first round win on Tuesday night… More »
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GIRLS BASKETBALL 5A FIRST ROUND #15 Kiski Area (9-12) vs. #2 Oakland Catholic (19-3) – at Fox Chapel – 6 pm – TribLive HSSN Kiski Area ended the regular season tied for third place in Section 1-5A. They average 41.1 points per game (17th in 5A) and allow 44.0 points per game (9th in 5A)…. More »
Before we get into the full swing of playoff basketball, it is time to look at the final Big 56 scoring leaders of the season! Stats brought to you from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. For the entire scoring list click here: https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/high-school-basketball/2023/02/16/wpial-city-league-girls-basketball-2022-2023-final-regular-season-scoring-leaders/stories/202302160095 GIRLS BASKETBALL SCORING LEADERS 6A GIRLS Gemma Walker (Peters Township) – 20.1 PPG Rylee… More »
Photo Credit: North Allegheny Sports Network The end of the regular season Big 56 Basketball Reports are here! You can find standings, playoff schedules and offensive and defensive rankings for the all the playoff teams by clicking below! 6A Girls Basketball 5A Girls Basketball
Photo Credit: Will McBride BOYS BASKETBALL 5A SECTION 1 Thomas Jefferson 71, Bethel Park 53 Thomas Jefferson (15-7, 8-2) had a 4-point lead at halftime but used a 26-11 third quarter to separate themselves from Bethel Park (15-7, 7-3) and finish off a 71-53 win. Both teams had already clinched playoff berths. Evan Berger had… More »
GIRLS BASKETBALL 6A SECTION 1 North Allegheny 75, Hempfield 62 North Allegheny (16-4, 9-1) used a 25-point first quarter to build a double-digit lead that they would never give away defeating Hempfield (9-12, 3-7) 75-62. The win gave North Allegheny a share of the section title with Norwin. It is North Allegheny’s 11th straight year… More »