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Chartiers Valley coach Tim McConnell's team moved up to No. 4 in this week's WPIAL Class 5A rankings. Without one senior on the team, this is the youngest squad in McConnell's tenure as coach.
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Post-Gazette basketball rankings: Union jumps to No. 1; Chartiers Valley moves up

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Post-Gazette basketball rankings: Union jumps to No. 1; Chartiers Valley moves up

The Union High School boys basketball team knocked off the No. 1-ranked team in WPIAL Class 1A last week, and then played leapfrog in the rankings.

Union is the Post-Gazette’s new No. 1-ranked team in Class 1A. The Scotties had an impressive win Friday when it went on the road and knocked of Cornell, 61-55. Cornell was previously ranked No. 1.

Union, a small school in New Castle, was ranked No. 4 in the rankings before the Cornell game, but the win allowed the Scotties to move ahead of Cornell, Vincentian and Monessen. Union has a 4-2 record and is on a four-game winning streak. Union plays Ellwood City on Thursday night in the Neshannock Tournament.

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Elsewhere in the boys rankings, there was little change from last week. Chartiers Valley moved up a spot to No. 4 in Class 5A. The Colts were unranked in the preseason for the first time since coach Tim McConnell became coach in 1993. Chartiers Valley is 4-3, and two of the losses were in a recent tournament in Florida. This is the first team in McConnell’s tenure that doesn’t have a senior.

Darrell Mason (3) of Penn Hills grimaces as he jumps into the arm of Kyzer Cleckley (32) of Beaver Falls in a game last Friday at the C.J. Betters Tournament at the Community College of Beaver County. Penn Hills is now ranked No. 8 in the state in Class 6A.
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In the girls rankings, Upper St. Clair moved into the top five in Class 6A for the first time with a 4-1 record. By the way, Upper St. Clair is coached by McConnell’s brother-in-law, Pete Serio. Upper St. Clair has already won more games this season than it did all of last season when it went 3-19.

Also, Latrobe has moved up to No. 3 in the Class 6A girls rankings. The WIldcats were 8-14 last season.

Here are the latest Post-Gazette boys and girls rankings for the WPIAL and City League:

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BOYS

WPIAL CLASS 6A

1. Pine-Richland 5-1

2. Penn Hills 9-0

Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette BBall0118 Sports Penn Hills' Sherron Schifino, left, and teammate Daivon Stephens, go up for the ball as the high school boys basketball team plays Latrobe at Penn Hills Senior High on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017.
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3. Mt. Lebanon 6-0

4. Woodland Hills 7-0

5. Butler 6-1

WPIAL CLASS 5A

1. Mars 5-2

2. Moon 5-0

3. Franklin Regional 6-1

4. Chartiers Valley 4-3

5. Trinity 4-2

WPIAL CLASS 4A

1. Quaker Valley 5-0

2. New Castle 6-2

3. Ambridge 6-2

4. Indiana 6-0

5. McGuffey 6-1

WPIAL CLASS 3A

1. Aliquippa 7-0

2. Lincoln Park 3-3

3. Seton LaSalle 4-1

4. Washington 4-1

5. C.W. North Catholic 3-4

WPIAL CLASS 2A

1. Sewickley Academy 6-1

2. O.L.S.H. 6-1

3. Serra 5-1

4. Jeannette 3-1

5. Chartiers-Houston 6-2

WPIAL CLASS 1A

1. Union 4-2

2. Vincentian 3-3

3. Cornell 6-1

4. Eden Christian 6-0

5. Monessen 2-4

CITY LEAGUE

1. Allderdice 3-2

2. Carrick 8-0

3. Westinghouse 4-1

GIRLS

WPIAL CLASS 6A

1. North Allegheny 6-0

2. Peters Township 8-1

3. Latrobe 6-0

4. Bethel Park 5-2

5. Upper St. Clair 4-1

WPIAL CLASS 5A

1. Chartiers Valley 4-2

2. Oakland Catholic 3-1

3. Trinity 7-1

4. Hampton 4-2

5. Thomas Jefferson 7-1

WPIAL CLASS 4A

1. C.W. North Catholic 5-0

2 Blackhawk 6-0

3. Ambridge 6-3

4. Central Valley 5-1

5. Keystone Oaks 6-1

WPIAL CLASS 3A

1. Bishop Canevin 4-1

2. Neshannock 7-0

3. East Allegheny 7-0

4. Riverside 6-0

5. Charleroi 7-1

WPIAL CLASS 2A

1, Vincentian 5-1

2. Chartiers-Houston 5-1

3. O.L.S.H. 5-2

4. Leechburg 6-1

5. Brentwood 7-0

WPIAL CLASS 1A

1. West Greene 7-0

2. Winchester Thurston 2-2

3. Rochester 6-1

4. Quigley 2-4

5. Sewickley Academy 4-1

CITY LEAGUE

1. Obama Academy 3-0

2. Westinghouse 3-1

3. Allderdice 2-5

First Published: December 28, 2017, 3:13 p.m.

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Chartiers Valley coach Tim McConnell's team moved up to No. 4 in this week's WPIAL Class 5A rankings. Without one senior on the team, this is the youngest squad in McConnell's tenure as coach.  (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
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