The Penn Hills boys basketball team is unbeaten against Class 5A competition this season. The success has enabled the Indians to earn a spot in the state rankings.

Penn Hills is ranked No. 10 in Class 5A. This is the first time the Indians have appeared in the state rankings, which are compiled by Mike Bullock and the Sunbury Daily Item. Penn Hills won the WPIAL Class 6A title last season, but dropped down to 5A this season. Penn Hills is 16-3, with losses to three 6A teams - Latrobe, North Allegheny and Chester (near Philadelphia). 

Penn Hills is 9-0 in Class 5A Section 1, with three games to play. The Indians have a two-game lead on Woodland Hills, which is 9-2. Penn Hills finishes the season by playing McKeesport Tuesday, Woodland Hills Friday and Albert Gallatin Saturday.

Elsewhere in the rankings, Upper St. Clair dropped out of the top 10 in Class 6A while Pine-Richland moved up a spot to No. 5. Moon lost for the first time this season last Friday, but Moon dropped only spot in Class 5A, from No 2 to 3. Mars remained No. 1 in 5A.

From local dispatches

High school basketball roundup: Woodland Hills boys escape big hole against Hempfield

Here are this week’s Sunbury Daily Item rankings:

OW=others to watch/NR=not ranked

CLASS 6A

No. School Rec Prev

1. Roman Catholic (12) 16-4 1

2. Kennedy Catholic (10) 15-3 2

3. Abington (1) 19-1 3

4. Coatesville (1) 19-1 5

5. Pine-Richland (7) 17-2 6

6. La Salle College (12) 18-2 4

7. Lower Merion (1) 18-2 7

8. Allderdice (8) 14-3 8

9. Mount Lebanon (7) 17-2 9

10. Emmaus (11) 17-3 OW

Checked in: No. 10 Emmaus.

Checked out: No. 10 Upper St. Clair.

Others to watch: Bethlehem Freedom (11) 16-4; Boys’ Latin (12) 19-3; Butler (7) 14-4; Cedar Crest (3) 17-3; Central Bucks East (1) 14-6; Central Bucks South (1) 15-4; Central Dauphin (3) 13-6; Central York (3) 16-5; Chambersburg (3) 15-4; Cheltenham (1) 14-5; Chester (1) 15-4; Cumberland Valley (3) 14-5; Downingtown West (1) 14-6; Harrisburg (3) 14-6; Latrobe (7) 15-2; Manheim Twp. (3) 13-7; McDowell (10) 10-6; Methacton (1) 16-5; Nazareth (11) 14-6; Norristown (1) 18-4; Olney Charter (12) 18-2; Parkland (11) 13-7; Pennridge (1) 17-2; Perkiomen Valley (1) 16-5; Peters Twp (7) 12-6; Plymouth Whitemarsh (1) 12-8; Pocono Mountain East (11) 14-6; Reading (3) 14-6; Spring-Ford (1) 15-7; Upper St. Clair (7) 18-2; Warwick (3) 14-6; Wilson (3) 18-2.

CLASS 5A

No. School Rec Prev

1. Mars (7) 18-1 1

2. Archbishop Wood (12) 14-6 3

3. Moon (7) 19-1 2

4. Abington Heights (2) 16-2 5

5. Mastery Charter North (12) 16-4 4

6. Pottsville (11) 17-3 6

7. Lampeter-Strasburg (3) 20-1 7

8. Lower Dauphin (3) 18-2 8

9. York (3) 16-3 10

10. Penn Hills (7) 16-3 OW

Checked in: No. 10 Penn Hills.

Checked out: No. 9 Crestwood.

Others to watch: Academy Park (1) 14-6; Archbishop Ryan (12) 12-6; Bangor (11) 13-6; Bayard Rustin (1) 13-7; Blue Mountain (11) 15-4; Chartiers Valley (7) 15-3; Crestwood (2) 15-3; Dallas (2) 11-7; Elizabethtown (3) 12-8; Franklin Regional (7) 14-6; Holy Ghost Prep (1) 14-6; Johnstown (6) 16-1; Martin Luther King (12) 14-7; Meadville (10) 15-4; Milton Hershey (3) 11-6; Muhlenberg (3) 15-6; New Oxford (3) 16-5; Northern York (3) 17-2; Penncrest (1) 15-5; Penn Wood (1) 13-7; Shaler (7) 14-5; Sun Valley (1) 15-5; Unionville (1) 13-6; West Chester East (1) 16-4; West York (3) 16-4; Woodland Hills (7) 15-4.

CLASS 4A

No. School Rec Prev

1. Imhotep Charter (12) 15-5 1

2. Bonner-Prendergast (12) 16-3 2

3. Bethlehem Catholic (11) 17-3 3

4. Berks Catholic (3) 16-4 4

5. Huntingdon (6) 19-0 5

6. Scranton Prep (2) 17-2 6

7. Hickory (10) 18-1 7

8. Danville (4) 17-2 8

9. Bishop McDevitt (3) 17-2 9

10. Quaker Valley (7) 16-2 10

Checked in: No one.

Checked out: No one.

Others to watch: Allentown Central Catholic (11) 13-7; Ambridge (7) 13-7; Archbishop Carroll (12) 10-9; Central Martinsburg (6) 13-4; Eastern York (3) 18-3; GAR Memorial (2) 12-6; General McLane (10) 14-4; Grove City (10) 12-7; Highlands (7) 13-5; Knoch (7) 13-5; Lancaster Catholic (3) 14-7; Littlestown (3) 19-1; Lower Moreland (1) 16-3; Montoursville (4) 14-3; Nanticoke (2) 15-4; New Castle (7) 14-4; Shamokin (4) 12-7; Tamaqua (11) 14-5; Titusville (10) 13-4; Tyrone (6) 12-6; Uniontown (7) 14-3; Valley View (2) 11-6; Wilson Area (11) 14-6.

CLASS 3A

No. School Rec Prev

1. Neumann-Goretti (12) 12-5 1

2. Loyalsock (4) 20-1 2

3. Bishop McDevitt (12) 15-4 3

4. Lincoln Park (7) 16-3 4

5. Trinity (3) 16-3 5

6. Notre Dame-Green Pond (11) 17-4 8

7. North Catholic (7) 14-3 9

8. Wyoming Seminary (2) 17-2 6

9. Sharon (10) 15-4 7

10. Holy Redeemer (2) 16-2 OW

Checked in: No. 10 Holy Redeemer.

Checked out: No. 10 Aliquippa.

Others to watch: Aliquippa (7) 12-7; Bellwood-Antis (6) 12-5; Brandywine Heights (3) 15-5; Camp Hill (3) 16-3; Central Columbia (4) 15-4; Deer Lakes (7) 13-4; Erie First Christian (10) 14-5; Everett (5) 15-2; Fairview (10) 14-4; Forest Hills (6) 12-6; Kutztown (3) 13-6; Ligonier Valley (6) 17-2; Mercyhurst Prep (10) 16-4; Mid Valley (2) 15-3; Mount Carmel (4) 17-4; Neshannock (7) 14-4; Panther Valley (11) 13-6; Richland (6) 13-4; Science Leadership-Beeber (12) 17-4; Seton-La Salle (7) 13-3; Sharpsville (10) 12-7; Southern Columbia (4) 11-5; Wellsboro (4) 16-2.

CLASS 2A

No. School Rec Prev

1. Constitution (12) 13-8 1

2. Math, Civics & Sciences (12) 15-7 2

3. Our Lady Sacred Heart (7) 17-1 3

4. Moravian Academy (11) 17-0 4

5. Bishop Guilfoyle (6) 15-2 5

6. Serra Catholic (7) 14-3 6

7. Farrell (10) 14-3 8

8. Coudersport (9) 15-1 10

9. Dock Mennonite (1) 16-4 7

10. Holy Cross (2) 13-5 OW

Checked in: No. 10 Holy Cross.

Checked out: No. 9 Sewickley Academy.

Others to watch: Church Farm (1) 11-6; Cochranton (10) 14-4; Conemaugh Twp (5) 14-4; Executive Education (11) 11-7; Keystone (9) 13-4; Millville (4) 15-1; North Star (5) 16-3; Purchase Line (6) 13-6; Ridgway (9) 16-3; Sewickley Academy (7) 10-7; South Side Beaver (7) 14-6; Strawberry Mansion (12) 13-5; Susquehanna Community (2) 12-6; Union City (10) 15-3; West Branch (6) 13-5; West Middlesex (10) 12-5; Wilmington (10) 11-6; Winchester Thurston (7) 13-5.

CLASS 1A

No. School Rec Prev

1. Sankofa Freedom (12) 11-9 1

2. Elk County Catholic (9) 18-0 3

3. Lourdes Regional (4) 17-3 5

4. Bishop Carroll (6) 14-3 6

5. Shade (5) 15-4 4

6. Shanksville-Stonycreek (5) 15-2 2

7. Halifax (3) 17-3 8

8. Cornell (7) 17-3 7

9. Vincentian (7) 12-6 10

10. St. John Neumann (4) 13-3 OW

Checked in: No. 10 St. John Neumann.

Checked out: No. 9 Cameron County.

Others to watch: Berks Christian (3) 17-3; Berlin Brothersvalley (5) 12-4; Blacklick Valley (6) 11-6; Cameron County (9) 12-3; Clarion-Limestone (9) 14-3; Conestoga Christian (3) 17-1; Faith Christian (1) 11-8; Girard College (1) 12-4; Greenwood (3) 12-6; Johnsonburg (9) 11-6; Juniata Valley (6) 12-5; Lancaster Country Day (3) 14-4; Monessen (7) 12-7; Nazareth Prep (7) 11-3; North Clarion (9) 16-2; Notre Dame-East Stroudsburg (11) 12-4; Phil-Mont Christian (1) 13-7; Southern Fulton (5) 11-6; St. Joseph’s Catholic (6) 16-4; Union Area (7) 15-4.

First Published: February 5, 2019, 12:36 a.m.