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 »
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 »
Photo Credit: ThompsonFoto12 (Twitter) GIRLS BASKETBALL Terrific 10 Maddie Webber – South Fayette – TribLive HSSN Girls Basketball Player of the Year Alexa Washington – Oakland Catholic Jasmine Timmerson – North Allegheny Rachael Manfredo – McKeesport Rylee Kalocay – Upper St. Clair For complete Terrific 10 article, click here. For Maddie Webber Player of the… 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 »
Photo Credit: Will McBride BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 6A QUARTERFINALS Reading 72, New Castle 48 Reading (30-1) jumped out to a 13-point lead at halftime and used a huge third quarter to pull away from New Castle (24-4) 72-48 on Saturday afternoon at Altoona High School. Ruben Rodriguez led Reading with 27 points. Myles Grey had… 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 »
Photo Credit: ThompsonFoto12 (Twitter) GIRLS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A FIRST ROUND Mechanicsburg 47, Woodland Hills 44 (OT) Woodland Hills (13-14) magical postseason run came to an end on Saturday afternoon as they fell on the road in overtime to Mechanicsburg (20-7) 47-44. Woodland Hills was up by eight at halftime, trailed by four heading into the… More »
Photo Credit: ThompsonFoto12 (Twitter) GIRLS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A FIRST ROUND 7-7 Penn-Trafford (17-9) at 3-1 Greencastle-Antrim (23-2) – 4 pm Penn-Trafford was the No. 8 seed in the District 7 playoffs. They beat No. 9 Shaler (29-28) in the WPIAL First Round before falling to top-seeded South Fayette (70-49) in the WPIAL Quarterfinals. Penn-Trafford then… More »