WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Photo Credit: @lebohoops BOYS BASKETBALL NON-SECTION Mt. Lebanon 83, North Allegheny 80 (3OT) Mt. Lebanon (1-0) Riley Farabaugh – 32 points Nathaniel Girod – 16 points Brody Barber – 15 points Liam Sheely – 13 points, game-tying putback to send game to third OT North Allegheny (0-1) Anthony Sciote – 26 points, hit half court… More »
2023 PA SPORTS WRITERS ALL-STATE TEAM For complete story, click here. 6A GIRLS First Team Jasmine Timmerson – North Allegheny Natalie Wetzel – Peters Township Third Team Kendall Berger – Norwin Lauren Palangio – Norwin Rylee Kalocay – Upper St. Clair 5A GIRLS First Team Maddie Webber – South Fayette Second Team Alexa Washington –… More »
The Post-Gazette released its All-WPIAL teams and Players of the Year for each classification. Below are the 5A and 6A All-WPIAL teams and players of the year! For a complete boys article, click here. For a complete girls article, click here. BOYS BASKETBALL WPIAL 6A Jonathan Anderson – New Castle – 18.1 ppg Adam Bilinsky… More »
Rosters for the Roundball Classic senior all-star basketball games were revealed over the weekend. The Big 56 is very well represented in it! All games are at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, PA. Schedule: Thursday, May 18 – Girls – East vs. West – 6:30 pm Boys – East vs. West… More »
Photo Credit: ThompsonFoto12 (Twitter) The Pittsburgh Union Progress released their inaugural Boys Basketball All-Star Team yesterday. Five Big 56 players made the cut. For the complete list, click here. FIRST TEAM Rylee Kalocay – Upper St. Clair Kalocay averaged 20 points per game as a sophomore on a team that made the WPIAL Championship game…. More »
RECAP: MARCH 22, 2023 BASEBALL NON-CONFERENCE Bethel Park 1, Canon-McMillan 0 – 8 inn. Evan Holewinski and Sebastian Schein allowed two hits over eight innings and Bethel Park (1-0) came away with the 1-0 victory in non-conference play on Wednesday. Jason Nuttridge had the game’s only run to go along with two hits. Austin Winkelblech… 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 »