WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
GIRLS BASKETBALL 6A WPIAL CHAMPIONSHIP #2 North Allegheny (19-5) vs. #1 Upper St. Clair (21-2) – 7 pm – TribLive HSSN & North Allegheny Sports Network North Allegheny North Allegheny won back-to-back WPIAL Championships in 2020-2021 before falling in the semifinals to Upper St. Clair last season. They have won 11 of their last 12… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL 5A CHAMPIONSHIP Penn Hills 70, Peters Township 65 Penn Hills (21-3) trailed at the half but 5A’s top defense woke up in the second half holding Peters Township (22-4) to nine points in the third quarter and hit free throws late for a 70-65 win to capture their sixth WPIAL Championship and first… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL 5A BOYS WPIAL CHAMPIONSHIP #2 Penn Hills (20-3) vs. #1 Peters Township (22-3) – 9 pm – Petersen Event Center – TribLive HSSN, KDKA & WJPA Penn Hills Penn Hills is in search of their sixth WPIAL Championship, their last coming in 2018. They have won 17 of their last 18 games. They… More »
GIRLS BASKETBALL 5A SEMIFINALS Oakland Catholic 58, McKeesport 51 Oakland Catholic (22-3) found themselves in unfamiliar territory Tuesday night when they trailed McKeesport (20-5) by seven after a quarter of play. They were able to turn things around and come away with a 58-51 semifinal victory at Gateway High School. After trailing to end the… More »
BOYS BASKETBALL 6A SEMIFINALS New Castle 58, Mt. Lebanon 41 A big second quarter was exactly what New Castle (24-2) needed as they cruised to a 58-41 win over Mt. Lebanon (16-8) 58-41 Tuesday night at North Allegheny High School The game was tied 7-7 after a quarter, when Isaiah Boice and Ralphie Blundo got… More »
GIRLS BASKETBALL 6A GIRLS SEMIFINALS #4 Mt. Lebanon (17-6) vs. #1 Upper St. Clair (20-2) – at Bethel Park – 6 pm – TribLive HSSN Mt. Lebanon is coming off of an epic 47-46 comeback win over Chartiers Valley to get to the WPIAL 6A Semifinals. This is the defending champions fourth consecutive season in… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride BOYS BASKETBALL 5A BOYS SEMIFINALS Penn Hills 67, North Hills 51 Penn Hills’ (20-3) Lamire Redman connected on five three-pointers giving the North Hills (19-6) defense another thing to worry and Penn Hills defense continued to flex their muscles as they came away with the 67-51 win in the WPIAL Semifinals… More »
Photo Credit: Will McBride BOYS BASKETBALL 5A BOYS SEMIFINALS #3 North Hills (19-5) vs. #2 Penn Hills (19-3) – 12:00 pm – at Peters Township – TribLive HSSN North Hills has defeated Kiski Area (76-71) and Fox Chapel (67-62) to get to the WPIAL 5A Semifinals. This is North Hills’ second consecutive season in the… More »
GIRLS BASKETBALL 6A GIRLS QUARTERFINALS Oakland Catholic 63, Mars 42 Oakland Catholic (21-3) couldn’t have scripted a better start and rolled into the semifinals with a 63-42 win over Mars (16-7) Friday night at North Allegheny High School. Oakland Catholic could not miss in the first quarter and they’re defense was great as well creating… More »
Photo Credit: @KDKARadio BOYS BASKETBALL 6A BOYS QUARTERFINALS New Castle 59, Norwin 47 Nothing was easy for New Castle (21-2) on Friday night but they were able to finally pull away in the fourth quarter and get to the semifinals with a 59-47 win over Norwin (14-9) Friday night at New Castle High School. It… More »