WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
SOFTBALL 6A SECTION 1 Pine-Richland (1-3, 1-0) at Baldwin (0-4, 0-1) – 5 pm Pine-Richland lost their first three games of the season but bounced back when section play began picking up a 6-5 win over Butler on Monday. Baldwin has dropped their first four games of the year. They fell to Seneca Valley, 8-0,… More »
Photo Credit: North Allegheny Sports Network BASEBALL 5A SECTION 1 Franklin Regional 10, Penn Hills 1 Maxwell Bernadowski threw six innings allowing one run as Franklin Regional (6-0, 2-0) swept Penn Hills (0-2, 0-2) with a 10-1 win on Wednesday afternoon. Blake Bertucci had two hits for Franklin Regional. Philmore Austin had two hits for… More »
BASEBALL 5A SECTION 1 Armstrong 6, Plum 5 – 10 innings Brayden Wright walked it off with a homerun in the 10th inning and was also the winning pitcher as Armstrong (2-2, 1-1) bounced back to split the season series with Plum (1-2, 1-1) with a 6-5 extra inning win on Tuesday. Mason Schrecengost had… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride (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 Royce Parham – North Hills Parham averaged 28 points and 11 rebounds during his junior campaign. He was a member of the Big… 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 »
MARCH 22, 2023 BASEBALL Moon (0-0) at Butler (1-0) – 3:30 pm Moon went 4-15 a season ago. They finished in last place in Section 3-5A. Jacob Despot (P/INF) and Coleman Fletcher (P/INF) are players to watch for Moon. Butler went 15-6 last season, finishing tied for fourth place in Section 1-6A. Butler defeated Pine-Richland,… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 6A SECOND ROUND State College 57, Central Catholic 47 In a very competitive matchup, State College (25-2) outscored Central Catholic (17-10) 24-16 in the fourth quarter to separate themselves and win the game 57-47 on Wednesday night at Central Cambria High School. Braeden Shrewsberry led State College with 26 points while Ryan… More »
Photo Credit: @phbasketball (Twitter) BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 6A SECOND ROUND 7-2 New Castle (23-3) vs. 1-4 Downingtown West (20-7) – at Bald Eagle HS – 5:30 pm – Lawrence County SportsNet How they got here: New Castle were the champions of Section 1-6A. They were the top seed in the WPIAL playoffs. They got to… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A SECOND ROUND Penn Hills 50, Hershey 42 Things were tight all night between these two teams but Penn Hills (23-3) outscored Hershey (20-8) 19-11 in the fourth quarter to pull away with a 50-42 win on Tuesday night at Altoona High School. Daemar Kelly had 15 points for Penn Hills. Michai… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A SECOND ROUND 7-2 Peters Township (23-4) vs. 3-7 Lampeter Strasburg (20-7) – at Altoona – 5:30 pm How they got here: Peters Township won Section 1-5A. Was the top seed in the WPIAL tournament, went 3-1 in the WPIAL playoffs where their one loss came in the… More »
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