WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
For the second PIAA playoff game in a row, the Peters Township girls soccer team eliminated a district. The Indians latest victim was District 3 champion, Cumberland Valley, with a 2-1 win in the state quarterfinals at Mansion Park Stadium in Altoona on Saturday. This is the first appearance in the PIAA semifinals since they… More »
By Jonathan Spina In a battle between a pair if with 20-0 teams, North Allegheny dropped the first set but then stormed back to come out on top with a 3-1 (23-25, 25-15, 25-19, 25-14) win over State College. North Allegheny’s win streak is now at 45 games with the victory. The Tigers advance to… More »
In a game filled with touchdowns, it was senior Brian Bruzdewicz’s field goal with three seconds left that was the most important points on the night, lifting No. 3 Peters Township to a 38-35 win against No. 6 Penn-Trafford at West Mifflin High School in the Class 5A quarterfinals on Friday night. The Indians advanced to… More »
Fourteen is the magic number West Allegheny football needs to get to against Woodland Hills in 2018. For the second time this season, the Indians defeated the Wolverines, 14-13, at North Allegheny’s Martorelli Stadium. On Friday night, it was to advance to the Class 5A WPIAL semifinals. Both defenses stood tall with only three points… More »
There weren’t many upsets in the first round of the Class 5A football playoffs last week, with only two lower seeded teams advancing and one double-digit team advancing. Tonight’s games will pose a different threat for the higher seeded teams as all games will now be played at a neutral site. All four quarterfinal games… More »
It was a nice week off for the top two teams in Class 6A, North Allegheny and Pine-Richland, respectively, who will get to host its semifinal games tonight. Both games will start at 7:30 p.m. No. 1 North Allegheny Tigers (10-0) vs. No. 5 Seneca Valley Raiders (8-3) North Allegheny had its first Friday night… More »
The Peters Township girls soccer team scored three unanswered goals on Tuesday afternoon to defeat District 10 champion, McDowell, 3-1 at Dollinger Field in Erie in the PIAA First Round. The Trojans jumped out to a 1-0 lead with 11 minutes remaining in the first half. It didn’t take long for the Indians to respond…. More »
It was a boys and girls doubleheader for Seneca Valley soccer in the first round of the PIAA playoffs on Tuesday at Hempfield Area High School. It was a long night, but a good one as both squads pulled out nail-biting victories to keep their seasons alive. In the first match, the boys team defeated… More »
Ryan Maurer helped guide Penn State-Behrend to an AMCC tournament title last week. He scored a pair of goals against Franciscan in the AMCC Semifinals and also added a goal in the AMCC title match against Medaille. More importantly, Maurer captained a Penn State defense that only allowed five goals against AMCC opponents this season. For… More »
The North Allegheny girls’ volleyball team dispatched the McDowell Trojans on Tuesday night in the opening round of the PIAA Class AAAA tournament. The Tigers rolled the District 10 champions by set scores of 25-9, 25-12 and 25-17. The last time North Allegheny and McDowell faced each other was in the PIAA first round in… More »