WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
By Jonathan Spina The Lady Tigers are back into the WPIAL Championship for the fourth time in five years after defeating Hempfield 3-0 in semifinal action at North Hills High School, winning by scores of 28-26, 25-19 and 25-21 The first set was anything but easy for North Allegheny as Hempfield was playing with inspired… More »
No. 1 Peters Township (17-0-1) vs. No. 2 North Allegheny (18-2-1) At Highmark Stadium (8 p.m.) At the beginning of the season, the Indians and Tigers were on a collision course to meet in the Class 4A boys soccer championship. It doesn’t always work out that way, but the two best teams will be battling… More »
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The top-ranked North Allegheny girls’ volleyball team led wire-to-wire and rolled over the ninth-seeded Peters Township Indians in the WPIAL quarterfinals on Tuesday night, 3-0. North Allegheny never trailed in any set against the Indians and won by set scores of 25-19, 25-9 and 25-19. Appearing in the WPIAL quarterfinals for the first time since… More »
Mallory O’Brien, a Baldwin graduate, helped Washington & Jefferson College close out its regular season with a 3-0 record last week. She totaled 111 assists (12.3/set) in the three straight-set sweeps. She also added 25 digs (2.8/set) and four blocks defensively while combining to finish off 11 kills with just one error for a .323 hitting… More »
Nicole Walters, a Seneca Valley graduate, had three points on a goal and two assists last week to help the Presidents close out their regular season with a pair of convincing shutout wins. All three points came in Saturday’s 5-0 win over Waynesburg University. In 180 minutes of action, Walters anchored a defensive unit that ceded just… More »
Joseph Fiasco, a Penn-Trafford graduate, finished with a career-high 17 tackles (seven solo), 2.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks and a forced fumble in Saturday’s 21-0 loss to Thomas More. His performance earned him Presidents’ Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week. (photo courtesy of Bethany College)
Penn Trafford fell behind for the second consecutive game, this time against Upper St. Clair. The Warriors were able to bounce back again and score two second half goals and go on to a 2-1 victory Monday night at Fox Chapel and move on to the WPIAL championship game. Upper St. Clair would… More »