WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
In a low scoring affair, No. 2 Upper St. Clair (15-2) defeated No. 3 Norwin (13-5) in the Class 6A girls basketball WPIAL semifinals on Wednesday. The Panthers scored 12 points in the second quarter, the only quarter that featured either team reaching double figures. That gave USC a 20-15 lead at halftime. Both teams… More »
It was looking like deja vu for the Chartiers Valley boys basketball team in the Class 5A WPIAL semifinals again. After losing to Mars each of the past two years, the top-seeded Colts (22-3) fell behind 13-0 to No. 5 Mars (16-4) in the first quarter of the Class 5A semifinals on Wednesday. There was… More »
There will be a new WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball champion this year, and it will be a team that wasn’t in the classification last year. No. 2 New Castle (20-2), who competed in Class 4A last year, knocked off No. 3 Laurel Highlands (14-4), 69-60, in the semifinals on Wednesday night. New Castle will… More »
It was a big hurdle the top-seeded Upper St Clair boys basketball team had to leap over to return to the WPIAL championship for the first time since 2005. Facing No. 5 Butler (12-9), a team they lost to twice in last year’s playoffs, the Panthers (19-1) were able to seek revenge with a 70-62… More »
Freshman Hope Hawkins‘ put back with nine seconds left lifted No. 5 Woodland Hills (13-6) to a 48-44 in at No. 4 Thomas Jefferson (12-10) in the girls basketball WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals. Hawkins finished with 10 points. Senior Peyton Pinkney led the Wolverines with 17 points. Junior Jazmine Dunn finished with 10 points. Woodland… More »
The Latrobe girls basketball team fell behind early to No. 3 Hampton (15-6), but the No. 6 Wildcats (14-2) didn’t quit in their 53-48 win in the Class 5A Quarterfinals. Latrobe will be making its first trip to the WPIAL semifinals since 1998. The Wildcats fell behind 16-9 after the first quarter, and were down… More »
In a typical season, a playoff matchup between section opponents will be the third matchup of the season. But due to differing mask policies in the regular season, the girls basketball Class 6A quarterfinals between Mt. Lebanon and Bethel Park was their first matchup of the season. The No. 4 Blue Devils (16-3) were able… More »
Gateway gave top-seeded Chartiers Valley all they could handle in the boys basketball Class 5A quarterfinals, but the Colts (21-3) were able to prevail, 53-47, over the No. 8 Gators (8-8). The game was tied at half before Chartiers Valley slowly started to build the lead in the second half to the point where the… More »
Penn-Trafford tied the game with less than 10 seconds left in overtime, but it was enough time for junior Devin Carney to make it down court and threw up an off balanced 3-pointer that found nothing but net to lift No. 5 Butler (12-8) over No. 4 Penn-Trafford (13-6), 58-55. Carney finished with a team-high… More »
The No. 9 Baldwin (9-7) girls basketball team were down by three entering the fourth quarter, but held No. 8 Penn-Trafford (10-7) to four points in the final eight minutes to come away with a 46-43 win in the Class 6A WPIAL First Round There was not much scoring in the game, but senior Meghan… More »