WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
The 16-team field in the girls basketball Class 5A bracket will feature every team playing in the first round and the top four seeds receiving a bye. Below are capsules on each first round matchup that will take place on Friday. No. 1 Trinity Hillers (19-3) vs. No. 16 Plum Mustangs (6-16) At West Allegheny,… More »
The North Allegheny girls’ basketball team closed out the regular season on Monday night with a 61-50 non-section win over West Allegheny. The Tigers jumped out to a 24-3 lead in the first quarter and coasted the rest of the way toward victory. The NA defense limited West Allegheny, the Section 1 champions in Class… More »
If Peters Township and Norwin meet again, it won’t be in the first round of the girls Class 6A WPIAL championships. Both teams won their respective sections and got a good taste of how they match up with each other on Monday night. In a tough road game, Peters Township game away with a 56-55… More »
Monday night’s non-section between Central Catholic and Fox Chapel meant nothing in terms of the standings or playoff seedings, but meant a lot in determining who will remain one of the hottest teams entering the Class 6A playoffs. The Vikings, who clinched the Section 1-6A regular season title, traveled to Fox Chapel and came away… More »
In a late-season showdown between the No. 1 and No. 2-ranked teams in Class 6A, the North Allegheny Tigers remained perfect on the season with a 67-54 road win at Peters Township on Thursday night. The Tigers pounced on the Indians for a 19-9 lead and NA stayed in front for the rest of the night. The… More »
The Mars girls’ basketball team avenged an earlier season home loss to Hampton by defeating the Talbots 59-52 on Thursday Night to clinch a share of the section title. Hampton defeated Mars 54-52 back on Jan. 15 to give the Planets their lone section loss of the season. The rivals both finished the section season… More »
For the second year in a row, the Trinity girls basketball team finished the section season on top and unblemished. The Hillers accomplished that feat on Thursday with a 48-34 win at Ringgold, who finished second in Section 3-5A. It was also a memorable game for Trinity senior Alayna Cappelli, who scored her 1,000th point in… More »
A year removed from missing the playoffs, the Central Catholic boys’ basketball team stands at the top of one of the toughest sections in Class 6A. The Vikings claimed the Section 1-6A regular season championship with a 61-54 win against Butler, who was also vying for the section title in the game. The win also… More »
For the first time since 2012, the Woodland Hills boys’ basketball team can call themselves section champs. The Wolverines clinched at least a share of the Section 3-6A title on Tuesday with a 66-56 win against Penn Hills. They were also able to split the regular season series with their section rivals in the process…. More »
Penn Hills and Woodland Hills were competing for the Section 3-6A regular season championship on Tuesday, but the hottest team in the section might have been playing in another game. Fox Chapel won its eighth straight game and fourth straight road game on Tuesday with a 75-65 win at Latrobe. The Foxes have also beat… More »