WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
The Pine-Richland boys’ basketball team were in search of their third straight WPIAL championship on Saturday night at the Petersen Events Center. Penn Hills were in search to return the program back to its glory days and win its first WPIAL championship since 2003 and fifth in school history. The Indians were the ones that… More »
No. 5 Penn Hills Indians (22-3) vs. No. 6 Pine-Richland Rams (20-5) At Petersen Events Center, 9 p.m. on Saturday Neither one of the finalists won their section or even received a bye in the Class 6A bracket, but may be two of the more consistent and dangerous teams throughout the entire season. Starting with… More »
The parody in Class 6A for boys basketball continues to be showcased as each section will have at least one participant in the semifinals. The top two teams are still alive, as well as the No. 5 and No. 6 seed. Both semifinals games will be played on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Below are capsules… More »
One of the deepest Class 6A boys’ basketball brackets in recent history will resume on Saturday with four quarterfinal games. Neither game is featuring teams that play in the same section. Below are capsules on each quarterfinal game. No. 1 Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils (19-3) vs. No. 9 Latrobe Wildcats (16-7) At Canon-McMillan, 3 p.m…. More »
Class 6A All-Section First-Team Photo Gallery
Boys Class 6A First-Team Photo Gallery
When the girls basketball Class 6A WPIAL playoff bracket was revealed earlier this week, everyone knew who the favorite was going to be. Top-seed North Allegheny finished the regular season 22-0, including wins against eight other teams in the bracket. Also receiving byes into the quarterfinals was the top two teams in Section 3-6A, Peters… More »
When the WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball playoff bracket was released earlier this week, the the top four seeds were revealed, along with the rest of the bracket. There was seven teams that could have received byes, but the top four in that order were Mt. Lebanon, Woodland Hills, Fox Chapel and Central Catholic. Mt…. More »
Entering Tuesday night’s games, it was a safe bet that the section title race for boys basketball in Section 1-6A was going to come down to the final day between Butler, Central Catholic, and Pine-Richland. The Rams made sure that it will remain a three-team race until the very end with a 78-65 win at… More »
Friday night’s Section 1-6A showdown between Butler and Pine-Richland had the makings of a game that was going to come down to the last shot, and that it did. With the game tied 74-74, Butler sophomore Ethan Morton dribbled down the court and threw up a contested 3-pointer that found the back of the net to… More »