WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
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 »
It was a successful day for Seneca Valley at Highmark Stadium in Station Square on Saturday. Both the girls and boys soccer programs won Class 4A WPIAL championships. In the first game, the top-seed girls team prevailed in overtime against No. 3 Peters Township, 2-1. Peters Township freshman Casey Brier gave the Indians the lead in… More »
By Jonathan Spina The 2018 Class AAAA WPIAL championship pitted two teams that were meeting for the third time in five years in the title tilt. Baldwin had topped North Allegheny in the first two meeting in 2014 and 2015, but on this night, it was North Allegheny who came out triumphant winning 3-0 (25-9,… More »
It will be a busy Saturday at Fox Chapel High School, with five girls volleyball matches, including four championship matches. The final match of the day will feature the top two teams in Class 4A, North Allegheny and Baldwin. The match is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. No. 1 North Allegheny Tigers (18-0) vs…. More »
The boys soccer Class 4A Championship game will feature two new teams from a year ago with one team familiar with the title game and one team new to it. The game will be the second in a soccer doubleheader for No. 1 Seneca Valley, who will have its girls team play in the championship… More »
Saturday’s Class 4A WPIAL Championship Game will have two new participants from a year ago with top-seed Seneca Valley and No. 3 Peters Township earning the trip to Highmark Stadium in Station Square on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. No. 1 Seneca Valley Raiders (15-2) vs. No. 3 Peters Township Indians (16-3) Seneca Valley held… More »
The WPIAL held its pairings meeting on Monday and with an expanded Class 5A from a year ago, had its work cut out for them. With three sections, the 16-team field will feature no byes and all eight first round matchups occurring tonight at the location of the higher seed. All games will kickoff at… More »