WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A SECOND ROUND Penn Hills 50, Hershey 42 Things were tight all night between these two teams but Penn Hills (23-3) outscored Hershey (20-8) 19-11 in the fourth quarter to pull away with a 50-42 win on Tuesday night at Altoona High School. Daemar Kelly had 15 points for Penn Hills. Michai… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A SECOND ROUND 7-2 Peters Township (23-4) vs. 3-7 Lampeter Strasburg (20-7) – at Altoona – 5:30 pm How they got here: Peters Township won Section 1-5A. Was the top seed in the WPIAL tournament, went 3-1 in the WPIAL playoffs where their one loss came in the… More »
Photo Credit: ThompsonFoto12 (Twitter) GIRLS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A FIRST ROUND Mechanicsburg 47, Woodland Hills 44 (OT) Woodland Hills (13-14) magical postseason run came to an end on Saturday afternoon as they fell on the road in overtime to Mechanicsburg (20-7) 47-44. Woodland Hills was up by eight at halftime, trailed by four heading into the… More »
Photo Credit: @PCC_Hoops (Twitter) BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 6A FIRST ROUND Central Catholic 50, Wilson 28 Central Catholic’s (17-9) defense showed up in a big way as Wilson (19-10) never scored double figures in a quarter and Central Catholic got to the PIAA Second Round with a 50-28 victory on Saturday afternoon at Gateway High School…. More »
Photo Credit: ThompsonFoto12 (Twitter) GIRLS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A FIRST ROUND 7-7 Penn-Trafford (17-9) at 3-1 Greencastle-Antrim (23-2) – 4 pm Penn-Trafford was the No. 8 seed in the District 7 playoffs. They beat No. 9 Shaler (29-28) in the WPIAL First Round before falling to top-seeded South Fayette (70-49) in the WPIAL Quarterfinals. Penn-Trafford then… More »
Photo Credit: @ThompsonFoto12 (Twitter) BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 6A FIRST ROUND 10-1 Erie (16-9) at 7-2 New Castle (22-3) – 3 pm – Lawrence County Sportsnet Erie was the No. 2 seed in the District 10 playoffs. They defeated No. 1 McDowell (47-45) to win the District 10 Championship. Erie then took down City League Champions… More »
Photo Credit: North Allegheny Sports Network GIRLS BASKETBALL PIAA 6A FIRST ROUND North Allegheny 76, Manheim Township 53 After a tight first quarter, North Allegheny (21-5) outscored Manheim Township (17-11) 22-8 in the second quarter and rolled to a 76-53 victory at North Allegheny High School on Friday night. Kellie McConnell and Jasmine Timmerson each… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A FIRST ROUND Mars 61, Manheim Central 49 Mars (17-10) went on the road and picked up a big time victory in the PIAA 5A First Round taking out Manheim Central (22-7) 61-49 on Friday night at Manheim Township High School. Mars’ leading scorer Tasso Sfanos was held… More »
Photo Credit: North Allegheny Sports Network GIRLS BASKETBALL PIAA 6A FIRST ROUND 10-1 McDowell (19-6) at 7-2 Upper St. Clair (21-3) – 6 pm McDowell was the top seed in the District 10 playoffs. They defeated No. 2 Erie (51-40) in the District 10 Championship Game. They then defeated District 8 Champion Allderdice (60-26) in… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride BOYS BASKETBALL PIAA 5A FIRST ROUND 7-7 Fox Chapel (15-11) at 3-1 Exeter (23-6) – 6 pm Fox Chapel was the No. 11 seed in the District 7 playoffs. They upset No. 6 Thomas Jefferson (62-45) in the WPIAL First Round and then fell to No. 3 North Hills (67-62) in… More »