WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Senior Ashley Seamon belted a 3-run home run and picked up the win in the circle to lead West Allegheny softball to a 5-1 home win against Moon in Section 3-5A. In two games against the Tigers this season, the Indians have outscored them 15-1, and now hold a 1 1/2 game lead in the section…. More »
On its way to the Class 5A WPIAL Championship last year, Moon was the last team standing in West Allegheny’s way. The Indians 10-runned the Tigers in the Championship Game and faced them on Thursday for the first time since hoisting the trophy. The result was similar as West Allegheny traveled to Moon and came… 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
Class 5A First-Team All-Section 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 »
Amirah Moore, a Moon graduate, averaged 17.5 points, 3.0 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals in a pair of league wins last week for Washington & Jefferson College. She shot 59.1 percent (13 of 22) from the floor and 81.8 percent (9 of 11) from the free-throw line. Moore posted a career-high 25 points in Wednesday’s… More »
It didn’t seem like any team in Class 5A was going to contest the Mars boys basketball team, until Friday night. In its biggest game of the season, Moon was able to stifle its Section 2-5A opponent with a 58-43 win at home. The Tigers handed the Planets their lone section loss of the season… More »
The Central Catholic boys’ basketball team only netted two points in the overtime session on Saturday night, but it was enough to win 47-45 at Moon in the PBC Legends Classic. The Vikings held the Tigers without a point in the extra period, knocking their point per game allowed average down to 54.3. The matchup… More »
There isn’t a lot you can do in less than a second, but that was enough time for the West Allegheny boys’ basketball team to pick up a win against Moon. Sophomore Jackson Faulk‘s layup with 0.6 seconds left on the clock broke a tie and gave the Indians a 55-53 win on the road in Section… More »