WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Photo Credit: North Allegheny Sports Network BASEBALL NON-SECTION Canon-McMillan 9, Upper St. Clair 2 Andrew Kocan was 4-for-4 while Tyson Mead had three hits and drove in two runs as Canon-McMillan (2-1) took down previously undefeated Upper St. Clair (3-1) 9-2 in a non-section game on Thursday. Pine-Richland 7, North Catholic 4 Jacob McGuire went… 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 »
Photo Credit: ThompsonFoto12 (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 Rylee Kalocay – Upper St. Clair Kalocay averaged 20 points per game as a sophomore on a team that made the WPIAL Championship game…. More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride (Twitter) GIRLS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A CHAMPIONSHIP Archbishop Wood 61, South Fayette 54 Archbishop Wood’s Kara Meredith made a statement seven seconds into the game when she hit a deep three and Archbishop Wood (25-5) held off South Fayette (28-3) 61-54 to win their third consecutive state championship on Saturday evening at… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride (Twitter) GIRLS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A CHAMPIONSHIP 7-1 South Fayette (28-2) vs. 12-1 Archbishop Wood (24-5) – 6 pm – GIANT Center, Hershey, PA – WJPA South Fayette is in the state championship game for the first time in school history. This has been an impressive turnaround for South Fayette as in… 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 »
Photo Credit: Will McBride (@willmcbride412) GIRLS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A SEMIFINALS South Fayette 58, Oakland Catholic 54 It has been a theme for South Fayette (28-2) for most of the postseason. Start fast, get a double digit lead, and roll from there. The Lions once again started fast, this time got push back from Oakland Catholic… More »
Photo Credit: FotoThompson12 (Twitter) GIRLS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A SEMIFINALS 7-2 Oakland Catholic (25-4) vs. 7-1 South Fayette (27-2) – at Peters Township – 6:30 pm This is a rematch of the WPIAL Championship Game, won by South Fayette 64-49. Villanova recruit Maddie Webber had 16 points in the game. Webber got in foul trouble late… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 6A QUARTERFINALS Reading 72, New Castle 48 Reading (30-1) jumped out to a 13-point lead at halftime and used a huge third quarter to pull away from New Castle (24-4) 72-48 on Saturday afternoon at Altoona High School. Ruben Rodriguez led Reading with 27 points. Myles Grey had… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 6A SECOND ROUND State College 57, Central Catholic 47 In a very competitive matchup, State College (25-2) outscored Central Catholic (17-10) 24-16 in the fourth quarter to separate themselves and win the game 57-47 on Wednesday night at Central Cambria High School. Braeden Shrewsberry led State College with 26 points while Ryan… More »