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PIAA reveals brackets for 2024-25 football playoffs, likely altering WPIAL schedule at Acrisure Stadium

The four WPIAL football finals played at Acrisure Stadium likely will change this fall. Class 5A could be in, while 4A is out. Updated PIAA brackets released Thursday have the WPIAL champions in Class 5A, 3A, 2A and A joining the state playoffs in the semifinal round. That makes it...
Imani Christian says goodbye to Class A with rout of Berlin Brothersvalley, 2nd straight PIAA title

HERSHEY — Imani Christian won a state title a year ago with a towering center in the middle, but this time, a couple of much smaller guards led the way. They proved to be an even tougher matchup. Imani Christian scored 19 straight points in one stretch Thursday afternoon thanks...
PIAA Class 4A boys basketball championship preview: Lincoln Park vs. Archbishop Carroll

Lincoln Park is making a return trip to Hershey, where the team hopes to celebrate a second straight state title behind the talented tandem of Brandin Cummings and Meleek Thomas. Waiting for the Leopards is an opponent from Philadelphia, but that shouldn’t surprise them. They’ve now drawn a District 12...
Franklin Regional gets revenge on Moon in PIAA Class 5A semifinals

Franklin Regional built a big lead Monday night only to see Moon erase it entirely, which was reminiscent of how the Panthers lost in the WPIAL final a few weeks ago. This time, there was at least one difference. “We had two more quarters. That was the big thing,” said...
Deer Lakes’ long run of playoff success ends with loss to Franklin

SHARON — Time was dwindling away and the deficit was large, but Deer Lakes decided to ramp up its pressure one more time in Saturday’s state playoff loss. The Lancers defense forced a half-dozen turnovers in the closing minutes of a PIAA Class 3A quarterfinal, but the climb was too...
‘Plethora of arms’ makes North Allegheny baseball a team to reckon with

Some WPIAL baseball teams scramble to find enough pitching to cover their innings, but North Allegheny coach Andrew Heck has a much different dilemma. He’s hoping to find enough innings for all of his pitchers. The Tigers entered this spring with a pitching staff heavy in talented arms — a...
Moon outlasts Bethel Park, sets up WPIAL finals rematch in state semifinals

Yes, these are the state playoffs, but WPIAL champion Moon is back fighting its way through teams from its own league. Aiden Reesman scored 10 of his season-high 26 points in the fourth quarter Friday night to fuel a strong finish as Moon outlasted Bethel Park, 67-51, in a PIAA...
WPIAL releases football schedules for 2024, ’25 seasons

The WPIAL has released its football schedules for the next two seasons and Week 1 should be exciting. Some of the notable nonconference games scheduled for Week 1 include Central Catholic at Pine-Richland, Gateway at North Allegheny and Thomas Jefferson at Central Valley. Woodland Hills and Penn Hills will renew...
Upper St. Clair embraces the madness, avenges loss to State College

JOHNSTOWN — This is the kind of March madness Upper St. Clair coach Danny Holzer likes most, a state basketball tournament where his Panthers are making a deep bracket run. And one where he’s there to watch. Upper St. Clair is headed to the PIAA elite eight after a 63-43...
After injury to leading scorer, Shaler pulls together for PIAA win over Mechanicsburg

ALTOONA — Shaler leading scorer Keegan Smetanka was down on the court with a first-quarter ankle injury, so his teammates huddled quickly to discuss what to do next. They agreed to make the best of a bad situation. “I think it brought us together a little bit,” senior Kaden Orga...
Colin Masten gets to rim, helps Franklin Regional to PIAA 5A quarterfinals

ALTOONA — Colin Masten wears jersey No. 1, which was fitting Tuesday night because of how many times he made folks say, “And one!” The senior scored a game-high 21 points including a trio of three-point plays as Franklin Regional defeated District 4 champion Selinsgrove, 56-45, in a PIAA Class...
When WPIAL makes realignment decisions aiming for competitive balance, critics emerge

WPIAL athletic directors received a survey from one of their colleagues Monday, seeking feedback about how the league makes its sections and schedules. The online survey by McGuffey athletic director Ed Dalton, a critic of the WPIAL’s recent fall realignment, asked whether schools favored sections based on geography, competitive balance...
Butler senior Drew Griffith breaks national indoor high school track record in 2-mileVideo

This time it counts. Butler senior Drew Griffith broke a national indoor track record in the 2-mile run Sunday at the New Balance Nationals Indoor in Boston, earning an honor that eluded him last month on a technicality. Griffith beat the previous mark, which was set in 2013, by more...
Untimely scoring slumps end Baldwin’s historic season with PIAA loss to McDowell

The scoreboard in Baldwin’s gym showed a good news, bad news scenario for the Highlanders as the fourth quarter got underway Saturday. “They only had 41 points through three,” Baldwin coach Jeff Ackermann said of visiting Erie McDowell. “You’d think you could be winning if you hold them to 41....
Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings scores 28, says goodbye to beloved home court in PIAA win

Brandin Cummings kissed his hand before touching the Leopard logo on Lincoln Park’s basketball court, offering a kiss goodbye as his final home game was winding down. “My whole life, I’ve been playing in this gym,” said the Midland native, who grew up near the school. “I’m from here, so...
Upper St. Clair ends Baldwin’s WPIAL run with resounding victory in Class 6A final

“Let’s go dance,” Upper St. Clair coach Danny Holzer told his players, guiding them back to their Petersen Events Center locker room where they bounced and sang along to “Y-M-C-A.” There might be some debate about whether they’re the best dancers in the WPIAL, but the Panthers left Pitt’s arena...

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