WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
The Pennsylvania Sports Writers All-State Teams have been released today and there are six WPIAL Quad-A players who have made the list. For the Quad-A boys, New Castle’s Malik Hooker (21.8 ppg) and Hampton’s Ryan Luther (22.1 ppg) received first team all-state selections. Additionally, Luther was named the Pennsylvania Quad-A Player of the Year. New… More »
There’s a saying that chicks dig the long. Early in the spring of 2014, the chicks are hitting the long ball. Softballs have been flying over fences with great frequency in the first few weeks of the season and there have been some impressive team and individual performances. In our preview article, Quad A Sports… More »
Quad-A Sports is proud to bring you our 2014 Softball Preview. We’ll begin our preview in reverse order with Section 5 because that is the home of the two-time defending WPIAL champion Canon-McMillan Big Macs. Section 4 Canon-McMillan earned a state championship last year with an impressive 25-1 record and an epic 4-3 win over… More »
As we await warmer days ahead this spring, late March is a terrific time to take a sneak peak at what’s to come this season in Quad-A baseball in 2014. Section 1 The North Allegheny Tigers are the defending WPIAL champions and boast three-year starting OF/P Mitch Machi. The University of Buffalo recruit has put… More »
The New Castle Red Hurricanes joined an exclusive club on Saturday night, capping a perfect 31-0 record with a 52-39 victory over LaSalle College in the PIAA Championship Game at the Giant Center in Hershey, PA. The Red Hurricanes became the 12th WPIAL team to finish an entire season with a perfect record. New Castle… More »
New Castle staved off a furious fourth quarter rally by Abington and advanced to the PIAA title game for the first time since 1998 with a 58-54 win on Tuesday night before a sea of fans wearing black and red at Chambersburg High School. The win pits the undefeated Red Hurricanes against the LaSalle College… More »
Spring-Ford used a 15-0 second half run to help lift the reigning state champion Rams over the North Allegheny Tigers on Tuesday night, 46-32, in the PIAA semifinals at Chambersburg High School. The second half surge by the Rams turned a 25-20 third quarter lead into a 40-25 fourth quarter advantage for a Spring-Ford team… More »
By Patrick McKay The New Castle Red Hurricanes are still undefeated. Though this was the closest and most thrilling of all four of their previous meetings, the Hampton Talbots fell short again 57-55 in the PIAA Quarterfinals. The Red Hurricanes are now 29-0 on the season and will enter the PIAA Semifinals on Tuesday. Their… More »
by Patrick McKay The North Allegheny Girl’s basketball team entered the WPIAL playoffs as the top seed and favorite to win the title. The Section 3 champions finished the regular season 20-1 but came up short of their title hopes in the WPIAL semi-finals with a loss to the Hempfield Spartans by a score of… More »
Senior Collin Luther scored his 1,000th point and helped the Hampton Talbots to a 67-45 victory over the McDowell Trojans on Thursday night in the second round of the PIAA playoffs from Farrell High School. Collin Luther netted 10 points in the victory and joins his much ballyhooed twin brother, Ryan Luther, in the Hampton… More »