WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
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 »
The PIAA has released all matchups, sites and times for the first round of the PIAA Basketball Championships. For a complete list of all brackets, click here. Here are the Big 56 teams in the state playoffs: 6A Boys Basketball 3-7 Wilson (19-9) vs. 7-1 Central Catholic (16-9) at Gateway on Saturday, 3:30 pm 10-1… More »
Photo Credit: @ThompsonFoto12 BOYS BASKETBALL 6A WPIAL CHAMPIONSHIP Central Catholic 61, New Castle 52 Central Catholic (16-9) got a big night from Dante DePante and won their second ever WPIAL Championship with a 61-52 win over New Castle (22-3) on Saturday night at the Petersen Event Center. Things were very tight in the first half,… More »
Photo Credit: @ThompsonFoto12 GIRLS BASKETBALL 5A WPIAL CHAMPIONSHIP South Fayette 64, Oakland Catholic 49 South Fayette (24-2) had rolled through the postseason up to the WPIAL Championship. Oakland Catholic (22-4) gave them everything they could handle but the team who had been there before found a way to pull out the 64-49 championship victory, giving… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL 6A WPIAL CHAMPIONSHIP #3 Central Catholic (15-9) vs. #1 New Castle (22-2) – 7 pm – TribLive HSSN, Lawrence County Sports Network & KDKA Central Catholic Central Catholic is looking for their second WPIAL Championship in school history with the first coming in 2008. They beat Baldwin (80-75, OT) and Upper St. Clair… More »
GIRLS BASKETBALL 5A WPIAL CHAMPIONSHIP #2 Oakland Catholic (22-3) vs. #1 South Fayette (23-2) – 5 pm – TribLive HSSN Oakland Catholic Oakland Catholic is in search of their seventh WPIAL Championship and their first since 2006. They have beaten Kiski Area (53-16), Mars (63-42) and McKeesport (58-51) to get to the WPIAL Championship game…. More »
Photo Credit: North Allegheny Sports Network by: Randy Gore On the strength of a career-best 30-point performance from senior guard Jasmine Timmerson, the North Allegheny girls’ basketball team rolled to a 71-45 triumph over Upper St. Clair in the WPIAL Class 6A championship game at the Petersen Events Center. Its the third WPIAL crown for the… More »