Central Valley is off to the best start in school history, and the Warriors have moved into the Post-Gazette rankings for the first time this season.
Central Valley is 7-0. The school opened in 2010, and the Warriors have never won their first seven games. Central Valley’s 2013-14 team won a WPIAL championship and finished with a 25-4 record, but that team started 5-0 before losing to Obama Academy of the City League.
This year’s Central Valley team has been excellent on defense. The Warriors are allowing only 39 points per game. Central Valley plays Gateway and Lincoln Park in the Central Valley Roundball Classic from Dec. 27-28 at Geneva College.
Elsewhere in the rankings, Chartiers Valley moved into the Class 5A top five for the first time, and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is in the Class 2A rankings for the first time.
Here are the complete rankings:
WPIAL Class 6A
1. Upper St. Clair 9-1
2. New Castle 7-0
3. Central Catholic 4-3
4. Imani Christian 5-0
5. Fox Chapel 6-1
WPIAL Class 5A
1. Baldwin 7-0
2. Montour 6-0
3. Uniontown 7-2
4. Chartiers Valley 7-1
5. Moon 6-2
WPIAL Class 4A
1. Knoch 7-1
2. Quaker Valley 5-1
3. Avonworth 5-1
4. Central Valley 7-0
5. Beaver Area 7-1
WPIAL Class 3A
1. Aliquippa 4-0
2. South Allegheny 7-1
3. Keystone Oaks 8-0
4. South Park 6-1
5. Mohawk 5-2
WPIAL Class 2A
1. Greensburg Central Catholic 8-0
2. Neshannock 6-0
3. Jeannette 7-0
4. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 6-1
5. Sewickley Academy 5-1
WPIAL Class 1A
1. Neighborhood Academy 7-0
2. Serra Catholic 8-1
3. Aquinas Academy 6-1
4. Monessen 3-3
5. Nazareth Prep 4-2
City League
1. Allderdice 2-5
2. Obama Academy 1-5
3. Carrick 3-3
First Published: December 24, 2024, 3:39 p.m.