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Baseball and softball brackets for the upcoming WPIAL playoffs will be announced Thursday. The following teams have qualified for the WPIAL playoffs, which will get started as early as Monday: Baseball Class AAAA Section 1 Seneca Valley, North Allegheny, Fox Chapel Section 2 Hempfield, Penn-Trafford, Norwin Section 3 Central Catholic, Franklin Regional, Plum Section 4 [...]

Video: Easton Bazzoli backboard destruction By George Guido The scoreboard operator at Geneva College’s Metheny Fieldhouse was kept busy during the Roundball Classic’s Class A/AA boys all-star game as the Class A team rolled to a 141-94 victory. It was one of four all-star games, two girls and two boys contests, at Geneva. John Arcuri [...]

Some of the PIHL’s top players will represent Team Pittsburgh next week in the America’s Showcase high school hockey tournament at Robert Morris’ Island Sports Complex on Neville Island. In pool play, Team Pittsburgh is scheduled to play New York on Wednesday at 5 p.m., New England on Thursday at 3 p.m. and Midwest on [...]

Twenty-six senior players from the WPIAL have been selected to play in the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association East-West all-star game, to be contested May 5 at Downington High School. WPIAL representatives include quarterbacks Thomas Woodson (Gateway) and Jordan Brown (Seneca Valley); running backs Dante Marsick (Rochester) and Cole Chiappialle (Blackhawk); wide receivers Gregg Garritty [...]

Six WPIAL players found themselves on the first team of their respective classifications when the Pennsylvania Sportswriters boys basketball all-state teams were announced Wednesday. New Castle senior guard Shawn Anderson (Navy) and Shaler guard Geno Thorpe (Penn State) were picked in Class AAAA. Montour senior guard Devin Wilson was a first-team selection in Class AAA. [...]

Hopewell senior Shatori Walker-Kimbrough is no stranger to postseason honors. This year alone, she has been named the state’s Gatorade player of the year. Tuesday, the Maryland recruit was selected as the Pennsylvania Sportswriters Class AAA player of the year and named to the all-state first team for a third straight season. The 5-foot-11 guard [...]

The Beaver Falls boys basketball won a PIAA Class AA title and finished the season as the No. 1 ranked team, according to the (Harrisburg) Patriot-News and Pennlive.com. But the Tigers weren’t the only WPIAL team to finish the season ranked high. Below is the final rankings: CLASS AAAA No. School Rec Pvs 1. Lower [...]

Rosters have been announced for the annual Roundball Classic All-Star games at Geneva College. Two boys games and two girls games pitting the top players in Western Pennsylvania will be played April 20. The Roundball Classic Recognition Dinner is April 18th at the Pittsburgh Marriott North – Cranberry Crossings at 7 p.m., and the Roundball [...]

There will be a WPIAL presence in half of the PIAA championship basketball contested at Giant Center in Hershey Friday and Saturday. Four WPIAL teams qualified for the title games with semifinal wins Tuesday night. The Beaver Falls boys advanced in Class AA. In the girls bracket, South Park (AAA), Bishop Canevin (AA) and Vincentian [...]

Four WPIAL boys basketball teams are still playing heading into Tuesday’s PIAA semifinal round, and those teams are featured prominently in the Pennlive.com/Patriot-News state rankings that were released today. Beaver Falls remains the top-ranked team in Class AA, while New Castle, Montour and Lincoln Park are third in Class AAAA, AAA and A respectively. The [...]