WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
The Class 5A girls basketball playoffs are underway tonight with the first round. The 12 team field will feature byes for the top four seeds, Chartiers Valley, Oakland Catholic, Gateway, and Penn Hills, respectively. All games will be played on a neutral court. No. 5 Franklin Regional Panthers (16-6) vs. No. 12 South Fayette Lions (13-9) At Keystone Oaks, 8 p.m. Franklin Regional finished a game behind Gateway for the section title,… More »
First-Team Photo Gallery
With one game remaining in the section schedule, the Oakland Catholic girls basketball team clinched the Section 3-5A section title with a 48-43 win at Penn Hills on Tuesday night. The Indians still had a chance of catching the Eagles for the section title with a win, which would’ve given them the regular season sweep…. More »
Thursday night’s outcome for Oakland Catholic was never in doubt as the Eagles cruised to a 74-35 Section 3-5A win at home against Laurel Highlands. There was plenty of excitement though for the home team as senior Alexis Sestric recorded her 1,000th point of her career. Sestric did so by posting a game-high 25 points to… More »
Senior Adia Brisker’s layup went through the hoop just before the buzzer to lift Penn Hills to a 32-31 Section 3-5A win at Oakland Catholic on Thursday night. The Indians inbounded the ball from the far side with 2.8 seconds left and down by one leading up to Brisker’s heroics. Scoring was at a premium throughout… More »
An early season showdown in Section 3-5A went to Oakland Catholic on Monday night against visiting Latrobe. The Eagles cruised to a 69-50 win to remain undefeated on the season. Latrobe held a 17-13 lead after the first quarter, but the tide would quickly change after that. Oakland Catholic’s defense stood tall to only allow… More »
Although three out of the four semifinalist flirted with danger in the quarterfinal round, the top four seeds prevailed and will meet tonight for the right to go to the WPIAL Championship Game on Saturday at Fox Chapel High School. Both games are neutral site games and will be played as a doubleheader at the… More »
The long break between the first round and quarterfinal round for the Class 4A participants is finally over. It was an even longer break for the top four seeds who received a bye. All four quarterfinal games tonight will be hosted by the higher seed. No. 1 North Allegheny Tigers (16-0) vs. No. 9 Butler… More »
2018 Girls Volleyball Class 4A First-Team Photo Gallery
The WPIAL release the girls volleyball brackets on Monday afternoon. The 12-team field in Class 4A will begin tonight with seeds 5 through 12 facing off against each other. The top four seeds are North Allegheny, Baldwin, Pine-Richland, and Oakland Catholic. All four teams received a bye into the quarterfinals where they will host their… More »