WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
BOYS BASKETBALL 5A SECTION 1 Bethel Park (12-7, 7-2) at Thomas Jefferson (14-7, 7-2) – 7:30 pm – TribLive HSSN Bethel Park fell 72-45 to Peters Township last night ending a 3-game winning streak. Thomas Jefferson has won 3 in a row. Both teams are in the playoffs. Bethel Park won the first matchup 82-71… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL 6A SECTION 1 Central Catholic 59, North Allegheny 42 Central Catholic (13-8, 7-3) used a defensive second and third quarter to get revenge on North Allegheny (8-12, 3-7) 59-42 at home on Friday night. North Allegheny had won the previous matchup this season. Central Catholic finishes in second place in Section 1-6A. Randy… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride BOYS BASKETBALL 6A SECTION 1 Butler (14-6, 5-4) at Pine-Richland (5-15, 1-8) – 7:30 pm – WBUT Butler has dropped 3 of their last 5 games. Pine-Richland has lost 4 of their last 5. Butler has already clinched a playoff berth. Butler won the first meeting 86-73 on January 17. This… More »
With the regular season coming to a close, it is time to revisit the Big 56 scoring leaders! Stats brought to you from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. For the entire scoring list click here: https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/high-school-basketball/2023/02/08/leading-scorers-for-wpial-city-league-girls-basketball-through-feb-5-2023/stories/202302080091 6A GIRLS Gemma Walker (Peters Township) – 20.1 PPG Rylee Kalocay (Upper St. Clair) – 19.6 PPG Natalie Wetzel (Peters Township)… More »
Picture Credit: @CharValleyHoops With the regular season coming to a close, it is time to revisit the Big 56 scoring leaders! Stats brought to you from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. For the entire scoring list click here: https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/high-school-basketball/2023/02/08/leading-scorers-for-wpial-city-league-boys-basketball-through-jan-15-2023/stories/202302080093 6A BOYS Braylon Littlejohn (Butler) – 21.1 PPG Adam Bilinsky (Norwin) – 20.0 PPG Harry Sowers (Hempfield) –… More »
GIRLS BASKETBALL 5A SECTION 1 Penn Hills 50, Kiski Area 38 Penn Hills (9-10, 6-6) punched their ticket for to the WPIAL playoffs with a 50-38 victory over Kiski Area (9-12, 6-6) on Wednesday. Penn Hills used great first half defense only allowing 11 points in the first 16 minutes. Penn Hills will finish in… More »
Photo Credit: North Allegheny Sports Network *All records are section records only 6A SECTION 1 Norwin (8-1): Clinched a playoff berth. Can clinch a share of the section title with a win at Seneca Valley on Thursday. Can win the section title outright with a win on Thursday and a North Allegheny loss at Hempfield… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride *All records are section records only 6A SECTION 1 New Castle (8-1): Clinched section title outright Central Catholic (6-3): Clinched playoff berth Butler (5-4): Clinched playoff berth Seneca Valley (4-5): Clinched playoff berth 6A SECTION 2 Upper St. Clair (8-1): Clinched share of section title. Can clinch section title outright with… More »
GIRLS BASKETBALL 5A SECTION 1 Kiski Area (9-11, 6-5) at Penn Hills (8-10, 5-6) – 7:30 pm Kiski Area has won 4 games in a row. Penn Hills enters the night winners of 3 of their last 4 contests. Kiski Area is in third place and has already clinched a playoff berth. Penn Hills can… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL 6A SECTION 1 Central Catholic 65, Butler 43 Central Catholic (12-8, 6-3) used a 28-11 second quarter to jump on Butler (14-6, 5-4) to pull out the road victory Tuesday night. Both teams had already clinched a playoff berth coming in. Debaba Tshiebwe led Central Catholic with 16 points. Dante DePante added 14… More »