WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
The Top Seeds: Winners of 19 games in a row, the North Allegheny Lady Tigers (20-1) received the top seed in the WPIAL Girls Class AAAA bracket. The Section 3 champions rolled through the regular season behind a stingy defense that creates turnovers and turns them into points. The Tigers top scorer is three-point specialist… More »
Wednesday, February 5, marked the first day that high school seniors could sign a letter of intent with a college and there were dozens of Quad-A football players who inked their name on the dotted line. Western Pennsylvania continues to deliver top-flight recruits to colleges and amongst the most celebrated in this year’s class are”… More »
The Upper St. Clair Panthers secured their second straight Section 4-AAAA crown with a 52-46 triumph over the Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils in the MSA Sports & Quad-A Conference Boys Basketball Game of the Week. In the section finale for both teams, the game began with the usual air-tight defense seen from these neighboring foes…. More »
by: Luke Hatfield, Hawk Eye “It was an ugly game,” Bethel Park’s head coach Ben O’Connor said referring to the loss sustained at Mt. Lebanon January 18th. That game featured Bethel Park losing 34-32 to the Blue Devils, but this time the home team prevailed and it was Bethel Park winning 52-47 on Friday, Jan…. More »
Announced Tuesday was the Pennsylvania Team for the annual Big 33 Football Classic and the WPIAL’s Class AAAA has ten representatives on this year’s squad. The Quad-A school fielding the most players is the Pittsburgh Central Catholic with a total of three. Quarterback and Florida State-recruit J.J. Cosentino, linebacker Niko Thorpe, and defensive back Tre… More »
In a battle between two teams atop the Section 4-AAAA standings, the third-ranked Bethel Park Black Hawks earned a 52-38 home win over the second-ranked Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils on Monday night. The reigning WPIAL champions handed Mt. Lebanon its first section loss of the season and pulls a half-game in front of their South… More »
Tonight the Bethel Park Black Hawks and Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils clash in the MSA Sports & Quad-A Conference Girls’ Basketball Game of the Week. This evening’s contest pits two Section 4 titans and perennial WPIAL championship contenders. Between the two, Bethel Park and Mt. Lebanon have won four of the last five WPIAL titles. … More »
Eight WPIAL players have been selected to the Pennsylvania Sports Writers All-State Football Teams. At receiver, North Allegheny’s Elijah Zeise and Mt. Lebanon’s Troy Apke earned All-State laurels. Zeise, who gave a verbal commitment to Pitt in July, had a career year in 2013 with 49 receptions, 952 yards and nine touchdowns. Apke, a Penn… More »
North Allegheny’s pressure defense forced 30 Mt. Lebanon turnovers as the Tigers dashed to an 85-49 victory over the Blue Devils on Tuesday night. Junior Cole Constantino thrived against the Blue Devils, grabbing a game-high five steals and a 16 points. Mt. Lebanon’s Johnny David was the Blue Devils leading scorer with 16 points and… More »
Photo Courtesy of J.J. LaBella A two-point jump shot by sophomore Maura Wallace with two seconds remaining vaulted the Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils to a 60-58 win over the North Allegheny Lady Tigers in the finale of the Wright Automotive Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday afternoon. Wallace’s field goal in the waning seconds was set up on… More »