WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
The West Allegheny baseball team was the last WPIAL Class 5A team to qualify for the state tournament. They are also the last team out of the three qualifiers left after its 7-4 win against Red Land at Mt. Aloysius College in the PIAA Quarterfinals. In their two state playoff games, the Indians have scored… More »
The North Allegheny baseball team fell to the Canon-McMillan Big Macs on Thursday afternoon, 6 -3, in the PIAA quarterfinals at Seton Hill University. The Big Macs scored four runs in the first inning and staved off a North Allegheny comeback bid to advance to the state semifinals next week. In the opening frame, the… More »
The Mars baseball team had a few days to digest their tough, extra inning loss in the Class 5A WPIAL Championship Game. Now they can celebrate its own extra inning win, 3-2 in 9 innings against District 3 champion Ephrata, in the PIAA first round. In the top of the ninth, junior Tyler Kowalkowski hit a… More »
For the second time in as many games, the Canon-McMillan baseball team picked up a 2-1 win at Wild Things Park. Six days after winning the Class 6A Championship Game there, the Big Macs returned to their home away from home to accomplish the same feat in the PIAA first round against District 3 third-place… More »
Solo home runs by seniors Colin Cain and Caiden Wood in the eighth inning propelled the North Allegheny baseball team to a 3-1 win over the McDowell Trojans in the opening round of the PIAA playoffs at UPMC Park in Erie, PA. Cain not only hit the go-ahead home run but was also the winning pitcher in relief with… More »
The West Allegheny softball team were use to shortened games this season due to the run-rule. There was no run rule in Thursday’s Class 5A WPIAL Championship Game, but the Indians still came out victorious with a 4-2 decision against Thomas Jefferson at Seton Hill University. Thomas Jefferson jumped out to an early 1-0 lead… More »
Canon-McMillan survived two late-inning threats by North Allegheny to capture its first WPIAL championship with a 2-1 win over the Tigers on Wednesday night in the Class 6A title tilt at Wild Things Park in Washington, PA. The Big Macs pitching staff left a runner stranded at third base in the sixth and seventh innings to… More »
The North Hills baseball team waited over 40 years to get back to the WPIAL Championship. It took them a little bit longer to finally put the gold medals around their neck. The Indians defeated Mars in the Class 5A Championship Game on Wednesday, 3-2 in 11 innings, at Wild Things Park. Senior Joe Pusateri hit… More »
This wasn’t the same Hempfield softball team that dominated its opponents over the last few years, but they were dominate enough to capture its fourth straight WPIAL championship on Wednesday with a 2-1 win in 10 innings against section rival Latrobe at Seton Hill University. This was a rematch of last year’s final, but the… More »
While the Class 5A Baseball Championship Game was being played out at Wild Things Park on Wednesday night, the consolation game between West Allegheny and Hampton was taken place right next door at Washington & Jefferson’s Memorial Field to see who the final team would be to advance to the PIAA tournament. After suffering only… More »