WPIAL basketball Top 10: Most championships
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Friday, March 1, 2019 | 8:00 AM
North Catholic’s Dani Short scores past Elizabeth Forward’s Brianna Spirnak and Haylee Briggs during semifinal WPIAL action Monday, Feb. 25, 2019 at North Allegheny High School.
The Top 10
After all these years, Farrell is still No. 1 in WPIAL boys basketball titles won while North Catholic remains in command of girls titles. Here’s a look at teams with the most WPIAL championships:
School, Championships, First title, Most recent
Boys
1. Farrell, 13, 1951, 1992
2t. Aliquippa, 12, 1949, 2016
2t. New Castle, 12, 1927, 2018
4. Beaver Falls, 10, 1970, 2016
5. Blackhawk, 9, 1986, 2008
6t. Midland, 8, 1965, 1979
6t. Monessen, 8, 1919, 2017
6t. Sto-Rox, 8, 1981, 2002
6t. Uniontown, 8, 1925, 2002
10t. Chartiers Valley, 6, 1997, 2015
10t. Clairton, 6, 1978, 2006
Girls
1. North Catholic, 18, 1978, 2018
2. Vincentian, 11, 1996, 2018
3t. Mount Alvernia, 8, 1980, 2008
3t. Penn Hills, 8, 1986, 1995
5t. Blackhawk, 7, 1996, 2015
5t. Seton LaSalle, 7, 1983, 2015
7t. Avonworth, 6, 1976, 2005
7t. Father Geibel, 6, 1984, 1998
7t. Oakland Catholic, 6, 1994, 2006
7t. Upper St. Clair, 6, 1973, 2008
*Watch all 12 WPIAL boys and girls basketball championships via live and archived video stream Thursday, Friday and Saturday at TribHSSN.triblive.com.
Tags: Aliquippa, Avonworth, Beaver Falls, Blackhawk, Chartiers Valley, Clairton, Geibel, Monessen, New Castle, North Catholic, Oakland Catholic, Penn Hills, Seton-LaSalle, Sto-Rox, Uniontown, Upper St. Clair, Vincentian Academy
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