WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
BASEBALL 5A SECTION 1 Plum (1-1, 1-0) at Armstrong (2-1, 0-1) – 3:45 pm Plum won the opening game of the series yesterday, 12-2. Jack Anderson had a home run and drove in five runs for Plum while Colin Watson drove in two runs. Mason Schrecengost had two hits for Armstrong. Penn-Trafford (2-1, 0-1) at… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride (Twitter) The Pittsburgh Union Progress released their inaugural Boys Basketball All-Star Team yesterday. Five Big 56 players made the cut. For the complete list, click here. FIRST TEAM Royce Parham – North Hills Parham averaged 28 points and 11 rebounds during his junior campaign. He was a member of the Big… 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 »
MARCH 22, 2023 BASEBALL Moon (0-0) at Butler (1-0) – 3:30 pm Moon went 4-15 a season ago. They finished in last place in Section 3-5A. Jacob Despot (P/INF) and Coleman Fletcher (P/INF) are players to watch for Moon. Butler went 15-6 last season, finishing tied for fourth place in Section 1-6A. Butler defeated Pine-Richland,… 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 »
Photo Credit: Will McBride BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A SECOND ROUND 7-2 Peters Township (23-4) vs. 3-7 Lampeter Strasburg (20-7) – at Altoona – 5:30 pm How they got here: Peters Township won Section 1-5A. Was the top seed in the WPIAL tournament, went 3-1 in the WPIAL playoffs where their one loss came in the… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A FIRST ROUND Mars 61, Manheim Central 49 Mars (17-10) went on the road and picked up a big time victory in the PIAA 5A First Round taking out Manheim Central (22-7) 61-49 on Friday night at Manheim Township High School. Mars’ leading scorer Tasso Sfanos was held… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A FIRST ROUND 7-7 Fox Chapel (15-11) at 3-1 Exeter (23-6) – 6 pm Fox Chapel was the No. 11 seed in the District 7 playoffs. They upset No. 6 Thomas Jefferson (62-45) in the WPIAL First Round and then fell to No. 3 North Hills (67-62) in… More »