WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
BOYS BASKETBALL TribLive HSSN 6A Player of the Year: Dante DePante, Central Catholic DePante averaged 16 points per game while leading Central Catholic to their first WPIAL championship in 15 years. DePante got especially hot in the WPIAL playoffs where he averaged 29.3 points per game, including 29 points in the WPIAL championship against New… More »
Photo Credit: North Allegheny Sports Network SOFTBALL 6A SECTION 1 Canon-McMillan (0-2, 0-2) at Hempfield (4-1, 1-1) – 4 pm Canon-McMillan has dropped their first two games of the season, both section games. They have fallen to Norwin (15-5) and North Allegheny (9-7). Hempfield is off to a great start, they won their first two… More »
Photo Credit: @SFLionsBaseball (Twitter) BASEBALL 6A SECTION 1 Allderdice (1-0, 0-0) at Seneca Valley (4-0, 0-0) – 4 pm Allderdice won their opening game of the season against Keystone Oaks, 5-1. Seneca Valley has won their first four contests. They have defeated Norwin (11-3), Bethel Park (6-3), Mt. Lebanon (5-3) and Plum (5-2). Seneca Valley… More »
Photo Credit: North Allegheny Sports Network BASEBALL NON-SECTION Canon-McMillan 9, Upper St. Clair 2 Andrew Kocan was 4-for-4 while Tyson Mead had three hits and drove in two runs as Canon-McMillan (2-1) took down previously undefeated Upper St. Clair (3-1) 9-2 in a non-section game on Thursday. Pine-Richland 7, North Catholic 4 Jacob McGuire went… More »
SOFTBALL 6A SECTION 1 Pine-Richland (1-3, 1-0) at Baldwin (0-4, 0-1) – 5 pm Pine-Richland lost their first three games of the season but bounced back when section play began picking up a 6-5 win over Butler on Monday. Baldwin has dropped their first four games of the year. They fell to Seneca Valley, 8-0,… More »
BASEBALL 5A SECTION 1 Armstrong 6, Plum 5 – 10 innings Brayden Wright walked it off with a homerun in the 10th inning and was also the winning pitcher as Armstrong (2-2, 1-1) bounced back to split the season series with Plum (1-2, 1-1) with a 6-5 extra inning win on Tuesday. Mason Schrecengost had… More »
BASEBALL 5A SECTION 1 Plum (1-1, 1-0) at Armstrong (2-1, 0-1) – 3:45 pm Plum won the opening game of the series yesterday, 12-2. Jack Anderson had a home run and drove in five runs for Plum while Colin Watson drove in two runs. Mason Schrecengost had two hits for Armstrong. Penn-Trafford (2-1, 0-1) at… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride (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 Royce Parham – North Hills Parham averaged 28 points and 11 rebounds during his junior campaign. He was a member of the Big… More »
MARCH 22, 2023 BASEBALL Moon (0-0) at Butler (1-0) – 3:30 pm Moon went 4-15 a season ago. They finished in last place in Section 3-5A. Jacob Despot (P/INF) and Coleman Fletcher (P/INF) are players to watch for Moon. Butler went 15-6 last season, finishing tied for fourth place in Section 1-6A. Butler defeated Pine-Richland,… 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 »