Brayden Reynolds is off to one of the hottest starts of any player in the WPIAL, and he has led Chartiers Valley’s charge up the Post-Gazette rankings.
Reynolds, a senior guard, has scored more than 30 points in four consecutive games and is averaging 31.2 for the season. In Wednesday night’s 64-62 overtime victory against Lincoln Park, he scored 34 points and hit a 3-pointer just before the buzzer in overtime to give the Colts the win. He also went over 1,000 points for his career.
With Reynolds leading the way, Chartiers Valley is 5-0 and the No. 3 WPIAL Class 5A team in the latest Post-Gazette rankings. The Colts were not in the top five at the beginning of the season.
Chartiers Valley plays at Moon on Friday night and at North Allegheny on Saturday afternoon, before a showdown with Class 5A No. 1 New Castle on Tuesday.
Elsewhere in the boys rankings, Quaker Valley dropped from the No. 1 spot in Class 4A, and Belle Vernon is the new No. 1 team. Montour, which was unranked at the start of the season, defeated Quaker Valley last Friday and has moved into the No. 3 spot. One of the top games Friday night has Montour playing host to No. 2 Lincoln Park.
Here are the latest Post-Gazette WPIAL boys rankings:
WPIAL CLASS 6A
1. Upper St. Clair 3-0
2. Butler 2-0
3. Mt. Lebanon 2-0
4. Penn-Trafford 3-0
5. North Allegheny 2-1
WPIAL CLASS 5A
1. New Castle 3-0
2. Mars 3-0
3. Chartiers Valley 5-0
4. Penn Hills 1-1
5. McKeesport 2-1
WPIAL CLASS 4A
1. Belle Vernon 1-1
2. Lincoln Park 1-1
3. Montour 2-0
4. Quaker Valley 1-1
5. North Catholic 3-1
WPIAL CLASS 3A
1. South Allegheny 0-0
2. Washington 2-0
3. Aliquippa 2-0
4. Laurel 1-0
5. Neshannock 4-0
WPIAL CLASS 2A
1. O.L.S.H. 3-0
2. Jeannette 1-0
3. Springdale 1-1
4. Sto-Rox 0-0
5. Clairton 2-0
WPIAL CLASS 1A
1. Bishop Canevin 0-2
2. Union 2-0
3. Imani Christian 1-0
4. Rochester 2-0
5. Eden Christian 2-0
Mike White: mwhite@post-gazette.com and Twitter @mwhiteburgh
First Published: January 14, 2021, 5:12 p.m.
