Class 5A Boys Basketball All-Section Teams Announced
First Team Photo Gallery
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First Team Photo Gallery
First-Team Photo Gallery
Highlands used a big second quarter to jump out to a double digit lead and were able to hold off Plum’s late rally for a 53-50 road section win. The Golden Rams improve to 10-1 overall and 6-1 in the section. Sophomore Jimmy Kunst led Highlands with 21 points. Fellow sophomore Chandler Thimons chipped in… More »
Jimmy Kunst hit a game-winning 3-pointer with 18 seconds left to lift the Golden Rams to a 52-51 section win at Mars on Friday night. For the full recap, click here.
The future was looking bleak for the Class 5A WPIAL champions at halftime of its PIAA quarterfinal game. Down 24-17 to Highlands, Mars turned things around in the second half to come away with a 60-51 win at Gateway High School and advance to its second PIAA semifinals in three years. The Planets shot 57… More »
Highlands is out to prove that its loss in the WPIAL semifinals was a fluke. The Golden Rams won their second straight game by at least 19 points in the PIAA playoffs on Tuesday with a 73-54 at Gateway. Highlands opened up a 18-14 lead after the first quarter and continued to slow its lead… More »
The top teams in boys basketball Class 5A throughout the season will be the ones competing in the WPIAL semifinals on Tuesday. The top three teams all advanced, along with the fifth seed with a minor upset over No. 4. Both semifinal games will be played at 8 p.m. Below are capsules on each game…. More »
The boys’ basketball Class 5A quarterfinal will have a mixture of familiarity with two of the match-ups featuring section rivals and one other one pitting two teams that have already played each other once before this season. All four games will take place on Friday Night at 8 p.m. Below are capsules on each game…. More »
Boys Class 5A First-Team Photo Gallery
The WPIAL playoff brackets that were revealed earlier this week gave us a look at the matchups that will start the Class 5A boys basketball playoffs. All first round games will be played on Tuesday, Feb. 20. The top three seeds — Mars, Highlands, and Franklin Regional — each received byes into the quarterfinals. The… More »