WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
There will be a new WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball champion this year, and it will be a team that wasn’t in the classification last year. No. 2 New Castle (20-2), who competed in Class 4A last year, knocked off No. 3 Laurel Highlands (14-4), 69-60, in the semifinals on Wednesday night. New Castle will… More »
In what was deemed the Game of the Year in WPIAL Boys Basketball thus far, top-ranked New Castle in Class 5A went into previously undefeated Chartiers Valley, convincingly winning, 73-45. The Red Hurricane jumped out to a 19-6 lead after the first quarter and never looked back. New Castle spread the wealth around with five… More »
The Pennsylvania Sports Writers All-State Teams have been released today and there are six WPIAL Quad-A players who have made the list. For the Quad-A boys, New Castle’s Malik Hooker (21.8 ppg) and Hampton’s Ryan Luther (22.1 ppg) received first team all-state selections. Additionally, Luther was named the Pennsylvania Quad-A Player of the Year. New… More »
The New Castle Red Hurricanes joined an exclusive club on Saturday night, capping a perfect 31-0 record with a 52-39 victory over LaSalle College in the PIAA Championship Game at the Giant Center in Hershey, PA. The Red Hurricanes became the 12th WPIAL team to finish an entire season with a perfect record. New Castle… More »
New Castle staved off a furious fourth quarter rally by Abington and advanced to the PIAA title game for the first time since 1998 with a 58-54 win on Tuesday night before a sea of fans wearing black and red at Chambersburg High School. The win pits the undefeated Red Hurricanes against the LaSalle College… More »
By Patrick McKay The New Castle Red Hurricanes are still undefeated. Though this was the closest and most thrilling of all four of their previous meetings, the Hampton Talbots fell short again 57-55 in the PIAA Quarterfinals. The Red Hurricanes are now 29-0 on the season and will enter the PIAA Semifinals on Tuesday. Their… More »
For the third time this season the undefeated New Castle Red Hurricanes topped the North Allegheny Tigers, this time with a 64-54 victory in the second round of the PIAA playoffs. The WPIAL champions seized a firm handle on the game late in the second quarter with a 13-2 run. The half ending run sent… More »
By: Steve Brodzinski – Pittsburgh Basketball Report They beat each other up during section play and in the playoffs but at the end of the day, New Castle, Hampton, and North Allegheny, all representing section 3 of Class AAAA are still alive in the PIAA playoffs. Receiving the #1, #2, and #3 seeds in the… More »
New Castle 71, Bethel Park 64 Prior to Saturday, the Red Hurricanes and Black Hawks met in the WPIAL quarterfinals and New Castle won by 27. In the rematch in the PIAA first round, the final score was much closer but the end result was the same as WPIAL champion New Castle topped Bethel Park,… More »
By: Steve Brodzinski – Pittsburgh Basketball Report New Castle, Hampton, Kiski Area, North Allegheny, Bethel Park, and city league champion Allderdice, will be representing the WPIAL in the Class Quad A PIAA Playoffs, and once again, we get to beat up on each other, before meeting with the powers from the east. In 2010, I… More »