WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
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 »
The PIAA has released all matchups, sites and times for the first round of the PIAA Basketball Championships. For a complete list of all brackets, click here. Here are the Big 56 teams in the state playoffs: 6A Boys Basketball 3-7 Wilson (19-9) vs. 7-1 Central Catholic (16-9) at Gateway on Saturday, 3:30 pm 10-1… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL 5A CHAMPIONSHIP Penn Hills 70, Peters Township 65 Penn Hills (21-3) trailed at the half but 5A’s top defense woke up in the second half holding Peters Township (22-4) to nine points in the third quarter and hit free throws late for a 70-65 win to capture their sixth WPIAL Championship and first… More »
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 »