WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
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 »
The Chartiers Valley girls’ basketball team will get a better seed in the playoffs than South Fayette in the WPIAL playoffs after defeating the Lions, 57-40, to finish in second place in Section 1-5A. South Fayette finished in third place. The Colts were in control of the entire game as they took a 31-22 lead… More »
With third place in Section 3-6A on the line on Monday night, the Mt. Lebanon girls’ basketball team delivered. The Blue Devils held Upper St. Clair to eight points in the first half to come away with a 44-35 win at home. The Panthers only mustered four points in each of the first two quarters,… More »
Down by two, Butler hit a 3-pointer with eight seconds left in the game to come away with a 36-35 win at Seneca Valley in the Section 1-6A finale. The win gave the Golden Tornado sole possession of second place over the Raiders, who will finish in third place in the section. Seneca Valley had… More »
Jenna Lafko, a Hampton graduate, scored a career-high 17 points off the bench to help Saint Vincent College earn a 70-67 comeback victory over Grove City College Saturday afternoon. The freshman combined to shoot 50.0 percent (9 of 18) from the floor and averaged 12.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game last… More »
Amirah Moore, a Moon graduate, averaged 17.5 points, 3.0 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals in a pair of league wins last week for Washington & Jefferson College. She shot 59.1 percent (13 of 22) from the floor and 81.8 percent (9 of 11) from the free-throw line. Moore posted a career-high 25 points in Wednesday’s… More »
Senior Terron Taylor‘s jumper with 4.3 seconds left lifted McKeesport to a 53-51 non-section win against Gateway in the Westmoreland Shootout at Seton Hill University on Saturday. Taylor’s bucket saved the Tigers from a collapse after they held a 16-9 lead after the first quarter in a potential Class 5A WPIAL playoff rematch. The Tigers led… More »