WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Peters Township used a pair of scores from Josh Casilli to knock off Upper St. Clair, 29-21, in the teams’ WPIAL Class 5A Allegheny 8 Conference opener Friday night. The No. 2-ranked Indians (2-0, 1-1) started fast with a long return from Aidan McCall on the opening kickoff. Peters Township’s drive ended at the 1-yard… More »
Junior Nico Flati’s 37-yard touchdown run on a fourth-and-2 play with less than 90 seconds left in the game lifted West Allegheny to a 35-31 victory over Chartiers Valley on Friday night. The home victory was also the first for head coach Chris Lucas as the Indians coach who took over for Bob Palko. Flati… More »
Pine-Richland didn’t ease into this new football season. Junior quarterback Cole Spencer threw two touchdowns in the first 2½ minutes as host Pine-Richland defeated Penn Hills, 21-0, in a Week Zero contest that matched the defending WPIAL Class 6A and 5A champions. The Rams scored on their first two possessions with an onside kick in… More »
Moon sacked Montour quarterback Luke Persinger 11 times and forced two Spartan turnovers en route to a 14-10 victory in a non-conference game Friday night. It was the second year in a row the Tigers defeated Montour to begin the season. Persinger was pressured all night, especially in the fourth quarter as Montour was trying… More »
The North Allegheny Tigers claimed an impressive 21-0 victory over Friendship Collegiate Academy (DC) in Week Zero to open the 2019 season on Friday night at Newman Stadium. It was NA’s first shutout since the Tigers blanked Morgantown, 45-0, in Week Zero in 2017. Fittingly, it was the defense that made the first big play… More »
Losing in the Class 5A WPIAL semifinals is a distant memory for the Penn-Trafford softball team. It turned out that would be their last lost of the season as the Warriors claimed the program’s first PIAA championship on Friday with a 5-3 win against Lampeter Strasburg at Penn State University’s Beard Field. Penn-Trafford led from… More »
For the first time in program history, the Penn-Trafford softball team will be playing for a state championship. The Warriors, who entered the Class 5A PIAA tournament as the No. 3 seed, survived District 3 runner-up, Donegal, 5-4 at Mt. Aloysius College on Tuesday afternoon. Penn-Trafford flirted with danger throughout the game, but was able… More »
By Jonathan Spina North Allegheny took advantage of four Pine-Richland errors to take the grudge match from the Rams, 4-1, to advance to the PIAA Semifinals. Ryan Partridge threw a complete game and Shane Murphy had two big two-out RBI hits to propel NA to victory. Pine-Richland got the scoring started in the bottom of the first when… More »
The Hempfield softball may not have been as dominant as recent years during the regular season, but the Spartans have hit their stride in the postseason. After winning yet another Class 6A championship, Hempfield is still alive for a fourth straight PIAA championship after a 2-0 win against District 10 champion, McDowell, in the quarterfinals… More »
Throughout the regular season, Penn-Trafford was the team to beat in Class 5A. Entering the playoffs as the top-seed, the Warriors were upset in the semifinals, but now find themselves as the last WPIAL team standing in the PIAA Class 5A playoffs. Penn-Trafford accomplished that by defeating three-time defending WPIAL champion, West Allegheny. 6-2 in… More »