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.
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.
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:
BOYS
WPIAL CLASS 6A
1. Pine-Richland 5-1
2. Penn Hills 9-0
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.