WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
The boys’ basketball Class 5A quarterfinal will have a mixture of familiarity with two of the match-ups featuring section rivals and one other one pitting two teams that have already played each other once before this season. All four games will take place on Friday Night at 8 p.m. Below are capsules on each game…. More »
The quarterfinal contestants for the girls’ basketball Class 5A playoff bracket were revealed last Friday, and today it was announced where each of those games will be played. The final eight teams are extremely familiar with each other. Three of the four quarterfinal games pit section rivals against each other. The games will take place… More »
Boys Class 5A First-Team Photo Gallery
Class 5A First-Team All-Section Photo Gallery
The WPIAL playoff brackets that were revealed earlier this week gave us a look at the matchups that will start the Class 5A boys basketball playoffs. All first round games will be played on Tuesday, Feb. 20. The top three seeds — Mars, Highlands, and Franklin Regional — each received byes into the quarterfinals. The… More »
The 16-team field in the girls basketball Class 5A bracket will feature every team playing in the first round and the top four seeds receiving a bye. Below are capsules on each first round matchup that will take place on Friday. No. 1 Trinity Hillers (19-3) vs. No. 16 Plum Mustangs (6-16) At West Allegheny,… More »
The North Allegheny girls’ basketball team closed out the regular season on Monday night with a 61-50 non-section win over West Allegheny. The Tigers jumped out to a 24-3 lead in the first quarter and coasted the rest of the way toward victory. The NA defense limited West Allegheny, the Section 1 champions in Class… More »
The West Allegheny girls’ basketball team trailed most of the night in essentially what would turn out to be the section championship at South Fayette on Friday night. The Indians trailed 50-41 entering the fourth quarter, but they just needed to have patience. That plan worked out when junior Patience Ashaolu connected on the game-winning 3-pointer… More »
Mars senior Robby Carmody recorded 23 points in the fourth quarter, including 10 in the final minute to send the game into overtime, where the Planets came away with a 78-70 win at West Allegheny. Mars outscored West Allegheny 11-3 in overtime to stay undefeated and in first place in Section 2-5A, and gave them a… More »
If they were to have any shot at the section title, the Chartiers Valley girls basketball team needed to win Thursday’s home game against first-place West Allegheny. The Colts did just that, defeating the Indians 49-39, handing them their first Section 1-5A loss of the season. It was a slow start for Chartiers Valley, but… More »