WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Jerry Malarkey had to wait on win No. 400 of his coaching career all offseason. His players didn’t want him to wait any longer once the 2018 season began. The Panthers picked up a 6-1 win against Valley down at the Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, SC on Friday to give their longtime head coach his… More »
It will be a bunch of unfamiliar faces battling against each other in the girls’ basketball Class 6A quarterfinals. None of the four match-ups will showcase any teams from the same section against each other. All quarterfinals games will take place on Friday at 6:30 p.m. Below are capsules on each game. No. 1 North… More »
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When the girls basketball Class 6A WPIAL playoff bracket was revealed earlier this week, everyone knew who the favorite was going to be. Top-seed North Allegheny finished the regular season 22-0, including wins against eight other teams in the bracket. Also receiving byes into the quarterfinals was the top two teams in Section 3-6A, Peters… More »
When the WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball playoff bracket was released earlier this week, the the top four seeds were revealed, along with the rest of the bracket. There was seven teams that could have received byes, but the top four in that order were Mt. Lebanon, Woodland Hills, Fox Chapel and Central Catholic. Mt…. More »
With third place in Section 3-6A on the line on Monday night, the Mt. Lebanon girls’ basketball team delivered. The Blue Devils held Upper St. Clair to eight points in the first half to come away with a 44-35 win at home. The Panthers only mustered four points in each of the first two quarters,… More »
After losing its last game to Peters Township, the Bethel Park girls’ basketball team bounced back as they returned home with a 52-39 victory against Upper St. Clair on Thursday night. The win kept the Black Hawks a game behind the Indians for first place and in a second-place tie with Mt. Lebanon. They also… More »
The Upper St. Clair boys basketball team scored the most points out of any WPIAL team this season on Thursday night in its 107-77 non-section win against Obama Academy. The big quarter in the game came in the second for the Panthers when they recorded 34 points. They also scored at least 24 points in… More »
In the first section game of 2018, Bethel Park boys basketball hung on to a 66-60 win at Upper St. Clair on Tuesday night. The Black Hawks built up a 29-22 halftime lead after a 17-8 second quarter. Senior Justin Meis led Bethel Park with 26 points. Junior Terrance Gensler led the Panthers with 17 points, including 11… More »