WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
After winning the WPIAL Class 4A championship on Saturday, the North Allegheny Lady Tigers set their sights on a state title on Tuesday night and defeated the Cumberland Valley Eagles in the first round of the PIAA playoffs, 3-0. The Tigers maintained their recent postseason trend of earning a hard-fought win in set one and… More »
Joseph Fiasco, a Penn-Trafford graduate, totaled a game-high 13 tackles (10 solo) to go along with 2.0 tackles for loss and an interception in Saturday’s 43-34 win at Grove City College. For his efforts, the junior earned Presidents’ Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week. (photo courtesy of Bethany College)
After falling in the WPIAL finals in 2014 and 2015 and getting bounced in the quarterfinals in 2016, the North Allegheny finally got over the hump sweeping Armstrong 3-0 to capture its first WPIAL championship since 2013. The first set started off strong as the Tigers jumped out to a 9-3 lead, thanks in large… More »
No. 1 North Allegheny (19-0) vs. No. 2 Armstrong (18-1) At Baldwin (6 p.m.) The top two teams throughout the regular season will battle for the WPIAL championship tonight. Although they are the top two, there is still gap between who is the best team. North Allegheny is having on of the more impressive season’s… More »
No. 2 Penn-Trafford (16-3-1) vs. No. 4 Norwin (17-1-1) At Highmark Stadium (3:30 p.m.) The expectation for Norwin and everyone else familiar with its program was to compete for a WPIAL and PIAA championship. So it is no surprise that they are playing in today’s game. Although it shouldn’t come as a complete surprise that… More »
The North Allegheny defense intercepted four passes, including one pick six by junior defensive back Nikko Rankin, to spark a 38-14 triumph over the Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils in the WPIAL Class 6A quarterfinals on Friday night. The Tigers also posted five quarterback sacks to slow down the high-octane Mt. Lebanon offense. It was the… More »
No. 1 Pine-Richland (10-0) vs. No. 8 Norwin (5-5) At 7:30 p.m. No one has been able to stop the Rams this season, and it will be a tall task for the Knights to be the one to do so. Pine-Richland has put up an astounding 49.7 points per game led by senior quarterback and… More »
No. 1 Penn-Trafford (9-1) vs. No. 8 Fox Chapel (6-4) At 7:30 p.m. The top seed Warriors come into the playoffs fresh off their only loss of the season, a 27-24 defeat to the hands of McKeesport. Meanwhile, the Foxes are entering tonight’s quarterfinal game on a five game win streak after starting the season… More »
Cam Yurick’s goal with 5:31 remaining in the game lifted North Allegheny to a stunning 2-1 victory over the top-seeded Peters Township Indians in the WPIAL Class 4A championship at Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh. Peters Township led most of the game, but a bad bounce tied the score with 7:17 left to play and Yurick’s… More »
A battle of two evenly-matched teams transpired Thursday night at North Hills High School in the Semifinal Round of the Class 4A Girls’ Volleyball tourney. Seneca Valley went on a 7-0 run in the early portion of Game 1, but after a timeout call by Armstrong coach Andrea Lasher, The River Hawks regrouped and pulled to… More »