WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
In tonight’s MSA Sports & Quad-A Conference Girls Basketball Game of the Week, the Baldwin Highlanders (9-6, 3-5) visit the Upper St. Clair Panthers (10-4, 5-3) in a Section 4-AAAA battle. The Highlanders have won 10 of the last 12 games in this series, but it was the Panthers who won the earlier meeting this… More »
Senior Joe Mancini buried a single game school record 11 three-pointers to lead North Allegheny to a 76-44 victory over the Shaler Titans on Tuesday night in a Section 3-AAAA contest. Mancini tallied 37 points and nearly outshot the entire Shaler team, dropping in 11 of 17 from beyond the arc. The Titans totaled just 15… More »
by Andrew Heck The WPIAL released the football conference realignments on Tuesday afternoon and realignment did not bring too much change to Quad-A. Gateway dropped down a classification to triple A, and Plum moved from the Southeastern Conference to the Foothills Conference. The conferences are realigned every two years. The Conferences will be as follows starting… More »
Junior guard Amanda Batey poured in seven three-pointers and a career-high 24 points to lift the Norwin Knights over the Hempfield Spartans on Monday night, 71-67, in a Section 1-AAAA contest. It was the second time this season the Knights defeated the Spartans and helps Norwin keep pace with first place Penn-Trafford. While Batey had… More »
The last time the New Castle Red Hurricanes lost a game it was to Lower Merion in the 2013 PIAA semifinals. Avenging that defeat, New Castle extended its regular season winning streak to 60 in a row with a 62-59 victory over the Aces in double overtime at the Kobe Bryant Classic on Saturday night…. More »
In a Section 1-AAAA clash, Penn-Trafford topped the Norwin Knights for a 45-39 road victory on Tuesday night in the MSA Sports & Quad-A Conference Girls Basketball Game of the Week. The Warriors jumped out to a 16-5 lead and wore down the fast-paced Knights with a deliberate style. Controlling the ball with guards Casey… More »
The Norwin Knights won their sixth in a row on Tuesday night, and third straight in Section 1-AAAA, with a 55-37 triumph over the visiting Penn-Trafford Warriors in the MSA Sports & Quad-A Conference Boys Basketball Game of the Week. With Norwin leading 14-10 in the second quarter, the Knights grabbed command of the game with… More »
In game one of our Quad-A Game of the Week doubleheader, the Lady Warriors of Penn-Trafford battle the Norwin Knights with the top spot in Section 1-AAAA on the line. Penn-Trafford is 7-4 overall and 6-0 in section play while Norwin sits at 6-4 overall and 4-0 within the section. Both teams have earned a… More »
The Lady Tigers stormed out of the gates in the first quarter and never looked back as North Allegheny trampled the rival North Hills Indians on Monday night, 64-36, in a Section 3-AAAA contest. Sophomore Abby Gonzales scored the first seven points of the game to jump start a 17-0 run for the Tigers. Not… More »
Central Catholic turned a close game at halftime into a landslide victory as the Vikings topped the Gateway Gators on Friday night, 84-60, in the MSA Sports & Quad-A Conference Boys Basketball Game of the Week. Central Catholic led 34-31 at intermission and jumped on the Gators with a 14-0 run to start the second… More »