WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
The North Hills girls’ basketball team relied on their defense to pick up their second win of the season, a 47-40 win against Knoch on Thursday night. The Indians outscored the Knights 11-6 in the second quarter to take a 26-20 lead into halftime. Offensively, Jordan O’Malley led the Indians with 19 points, including five 3-pointers. Kayla… More »
The Bethel Park basketball team, ranked No. 2 in the WPIAL, cruised to a 73-56 win against Beaver in the championship game of the Bethel Park Tip-Off Tournament to start the season. Top scorers were freshman Olivia Westphal, who led the team with 26 points, including four 3-pointers. Maria Cerro contributed 20 points and five… More »
The Baldwin girls’ basketball team have already played a couple of nail-biters in the early portion of the season. After coming off a heartbreaking one-point loss at home to South Park, the girls traveled to McKeesport on Tuesday and squeezed out a one-point victory, 50-49. Senior Abbey Larkin and freshman Anna Lucarelli both drained key… More »
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In an early season non-section clash, the Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils used a big fourth quarter to come away with a 67-56 victory at North Allegheny on Tuesday night. The Blue Devils trailed by one point entering the fourth quarter, but after a cold shooting first half the visitors shot 52-percent (13 of 25) in… More »
By Liam Belan and Mackenzie Sendro The boys basketball team kicked off its season with a pair of wins, defeating Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic on Friday and Thomas Jefferson on Saturday. The Highlanders beat North Catholic, 34-28, in a close game, with seniors Mike Goga and Jeremy Jenkins as top scorers. The Highlander secured a… More »
Ciara Patterson led Slippery Rock University to an 85-72 victory on the road at Millersville University last week. In what was The Rock’s only game of the week, Patterson went for 28 points on an efficient 7 of 8 shooting performance from the field overall and a 9 of 9 effort from the foul line. Patterson… More »
Two days after winning the Class 6A state championship, Pine-Richland quarterback Phil Jurkovec was announced as the Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year. The award is based on achievements on and off the field and in the classroom. The Notre Dame verbal commit completed 245 of 337 passes (72.7 percent) and threw for 3,969 yards,… More »
Danielle Parker, a Canon-McMillan graduate, averaged 20.5 points, 11.5 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 2.0 steals during a 2-0 week for Washington & Jefferson College. She registered a 16-point, 16-rebound double-double in Tuesday’s 51-48 victory at Carnegie Mellon University before scoring a game-high 25 points in Saturday’s 78-57 home win over Grove City College. Parker shot 62.1… More »
Central Catholic senior Khalil Weathers announced via Twitter on Sunday that he will continue his academic and football career at University of Pennsylvania. The Quakers compete in the Ivy League and finished the year 6-4. Weathers has played on a championship caliber Vikings team who advanced to the WPIAL championship every year he played there, including… More »