WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Quad-A Sports is proud to bring you our 2014 Softball Preview. We’ll begin our preview in reverse order with Section 5 because that is the home of the two-time defending WPIAL champion Canon-McMillan Big Macs. Section 4 Canon-McMillan earned a state championship last year with an impressive 25-1 record and an epic 4-3 win over… More »
As we await warmer days ahead this spring, late March is a terrific time to take a sneak peak at what’s to come this season in Quad-A baseball in 2014. Section 1 The North Allegheny Tigers are the defending WPIAL champions and boast three-year starting OF/P Mitch Machi. The University of Buffalo recruit has put… More »
Spring-Ford used a 15-0 second half run to help lift the reigning state champion Rams over the North Allegheny Tigers on Tuesday night, 46-32, in the PIAA semifinals at Chambersburg High School. The second half surge by the Rams turned a 25-20 third quarter lead into a 40-25 fourth quarter advantage for a Spring-Ford team… More »
by Patrick McKay The North Allegheny Girl’s basketball team entered the WPIAL playoffs as the top seed and favorite to win the title. The Section 3 champions finished the regular season 20-1 but came up short of their title hopes in the WPIAL semi-finals with a loss to the Hempfield Spartans by a score of… 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 »
For the second straight game in the PIAA playoffs, North Allegheny led from start to finish as the Lady Tigers topped the District 6 champion State College Lady Lions on Tuesday night, 58-44, from Indiana High School. The win sets up a rematch with the Hempfield Spartans in the PIAA quarterfinals on Friday night. Against… 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 »
Determined to bounce back from a disappointing loss to Hempfield in the WPIAL semifinals, the North Allegheny Lady Tigers punished the WPIAL champion Penn-Trafford Warriors, 64-39, on Friday night in the opening round of the PIAA playoffs. The Tigers led wire to wire, dictating the pace with a fiery defense and quick-footed transition game. The… 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 »