WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
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 »
Photo Credit: North Allegheny Sports Network BASEBALL 5A SECTION 1 Franklin Regional 10, Penn Hills 1 Maxwell Bernadowski threw six innings allowing one run as Franklin Regional (6-0, 2-0) swept Penn Hills (0-2, 0-2) with a 10-1 win on Wednesday afternoon. Blake Bertucci had two hits for Franklin Regional. Philmore Austin had two hits for… More »
BASEBALL 5A SECTION 3 Franklin Regional (5-0, 1-0) at Penn Hills (0-1, 0-1) – 4 pm Franklin Regional picked up the 5-3 win yesterday in the opening game of the season series. Brady Yarabinetz hit a home run and had three RBIs. Blake Bertucci struck out nine in the win. This is a make-up game… 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 »
RECAP: MARCH 22, 2023 BASEBALL NON-CONFERENCE Bethel Park 1, Canon-McMillan 0 – 8 inn. Evan Holewinski and Sebastian Schein allowed two hits over eight innings and Bethel Park (1-0) came away with the 1-0 victory in non-conference play on Wednesday. Jason Nuttridge had the game’s only run to go along with two hits. Austin Winkelblech… More »
GIRLS BASKETBALL PIAA 6A SEMIFINALS Cedar Cliff 55, Norwin 47 (OT) It was a battle all night long but Cedar Cliff (30-0) was able to stay composed and pull away in the overtime period to advance to their first state championship, beating Norwin (24-5) 55-47 in overtime, on Monday night at Altoona High School. Things… More »
Photo Credit: NA Sports Network GIRLS BASKETBALL PIAA 6A SEMIFINALS 3-1 Cedar Cliff (29-0) vs. 7-3 Norwin (24-4) – at Altoona HS – 7 pm Cedar Cliff Cedar Cliff has beaten Garnet Valley (45-28), Upper Dublin (39-26) and Upper St. Clair (39-22) in the PIAA playoffs. They were the top seed in the District 3… More »
Photo Credit: North Allegheny Sports Network BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A QUARTERFINALS Exeter 75, Peters Township 72 (OT) Peters Township (24-5) was down eight points at the half. Stormed back in the second half to force overtime, but ultimately fell to Exeter (26-6) 75-72 at Bald Eagle High School on Friday night. Zyion Paschall led Exeter… More »
Photo Credit: @phbasketball (Twitter) BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A QUARTERFINALS 7-2 Peters Township (24-4) vs. 3-1 Exeter (25-6) – at Bald Eagle HS – 6 pm – WJPA Peters Township Peters Township has defeated Milton Hershey (60-53) and Lampeter Strasburg (58-56) in the PIAA playoffs. It has been a very balanced effort for the Indians throughout… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A SECOND ROUND Penn Hills 50, Hershey 42 Things were tight all night between these two teams but Penn Hills (23-3) outscored Hershey (20-8) 19-11 in the fourth quarter to pull away with a 50-42 win on Tuesday night at Altoona High School. Daemar Kelly had 15 points for Penn Hills. Michai… More »