WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
GIRLS BASKETBALL 6A SECTION 1 North Allegheny 75, Hempfield 62 North Allegheny (16-4, 9-1) used a 25-point first quarter to build a double-digit lead that they would never give away defeating Hempfield (9-12, 3-7) 75-62. The win gave North Allegheny a share of the section title with Norwin. It is North Allegheny’s 11th straight year… More »
Picture Credit: @CharValleyHoops With the regular season coming to a close, it is time to revisit the Big 56 scoring leaders! 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/2023/02/08/leading-scorers-for-wpial-city-league-boys-basketball-through-jan-15-2023/stories/202302080093 6A BOYS Braylon Littlejohn (Butler) – 21.1 PPG Adam Bilinsky (Norwin) – 20.0 PPG Harry Sowers (Hempfield) –… More »
GIRLS BASKETBALL 6A SECTION 1 Butler (10-10, 4-5) at Pine-Richland (9-11, 3-6) – 7:30 pm Butler enters tonight on a 3-game losing streak. Pine-Richland has dropped 4 of their last 5 games. Butler has already clinched a playoff spot. Pine-Richland clinches a playoff spot with a win or a Hempfield loss. Butler won the first… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride *All records are section records only 6A SECTION 1 New Castle (8-1): Clinched section title outright Central Catholic (6-3): Clinched playoff berth Butler (5-4): Clinched playoff berth Seneca Valley (4-5): Clinched playoff berth 6A SECTION 2 Upper St. Clair (8-1): Clinched share of section title. Can clinch section title outright with… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL 6A SECTION 1 Central Catholic 65, Butler 43 Central Catholic (12-8, 6-3) used a 28-11 second quarter to jump on Butler (14-6, 5-4) to pull out the road victory Tuesday night. Both teams had already clinched a playoff berth coming in. Debaba Tshiebwe led Central Catholic with 16 points. Dante DePante added 14… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL 6A SECTION 1 Central Catholic (11-8, 5-3) at Butler (14-5, 5-3) – 7:30 pm – WBUT Central Catholic fell to New Castle on Friday 67-53 snapping a 3-game winning streak. Butler has won 2 of their last 3 games. Both teams are tied for second place in the section and have both clinched… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4 GIRLS BASKETBALL 6A SECTION 2 Upper St. Clair 61, Bethel Park 47 Upper St. Clair (17-2, 10-0) used a big second quarter and a huge response in the fourth quarter to defeat Bethel Park (6-12, 3-7) 61-47 on Saturday afternoon. Upper St. Clair has already clinched the section… More »
SATURDAY GIRLS BASKETBALL 6A SECTION 2 Upper St. Clair (16-2, 9-0) at Bethel Park (6-11, 3-6) – 3:00 pm Upper St. Clair have won their last 10 games. They have already wrapped up the section title. Bethel Park has dropped 5 of their last 6 games. They currently sit a game behind Baldwin for the… More »
Photo Credit: @CharValleyHoops BOYS BASKETBALL 6A SECTION 1 Seneca Valley 57, Pine-Richland 37 Seneca Valley (8-10, 3-5) picked up a big win Friday night against Pine-Richland (5-14, 1-7) 57-37. The win coupled with a North Allegheny loss now puts North Allegheny and Seneca Valley tied for the fourth and final playoff spot in Section 1-6A…. More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride BOYS BASKETBALL 6A SECTION 1 New Castle (16-2, 6-1) at Central Catholic (11-7, 5-2) – 7:30 pm The top two teams in Section 1-6A square off Friday night with New Castle being winners of 5 in a row and Central Catholic winning four of their last 5. A New Castle win… More »