North Catholic needed a little time to adjust to life without Alayna Rocco.
But with the 2024 Post-Gazette Player of the Year off to Harvard, the Trojanettes had to find their way. It took a couple of games, but the reigning WPIAL Class 4A champions are back on their perch atop the rankings.
North Catholic shrugged off back-to-back season-opening losses and have now reeled off five consecutive wins to supplant 2024 PIAA Class 4A champion Blackhawk at the top of the Post-Gazette Class 4A rankings. It also helped the Trojanettes that Blackhawk took a tough loss on the chin against Shady Side Academy.
Speaking of Shady Side Academy, the undefeated Bulldogs leapfrogged idle Greensburg Central Catholic to take over the top spot in Class 3A. The two Section 2 foes are set to settle things on the floor in the first of their two regular season meetings on Jan. 9.
Here are the rest of the Post-Gazette girls basketball rankings:
WPIAL Class 6A
1. Upper St. Clair 4-2
2. Norwin 4-2
3. Mt. Lebanon 4-3
4. Hempfield 1-0
5. Butler 6-2
WPIAL Class 5A
1. Peters Township 8-1
2. South Fayette 7-0
3. Penn-Trafford 9-0
4. Thomas Jefferson 9-1
5. Shaler 7-1
WPIAL Class 4A
1. North Catholic 5-2
2. Blackhawk 7-2
3. Oakland Catholic 4-2
4. South Park 5-1
5. Elizabeth Forward 4-3
WPIAL Class 3A
1. Shady Side Academy 8-0
2. Greensburg Central Catholic 4-2
3. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 7-0
4. Deer Lakes 6-1
5. Seton LaSalle 6-2
WPIAL Class 2A
1. Neshannock 6-1
2. Chartiers-Houston 6-1
3. Aliquippa 5-2
4. Fort Cherry 4-2
5. Riverview 5-2
WPIAL CLASS 1A
1. Union 7-0
2. Clairton 5-2
3. Geibel Catholic 8-1
4. St. Joseph 6-2
5. West Greene 5-2
City League
1. Allderdice 4-4
2. Carrick 4-4
3. Westinghouse 3-2
Keith Barnes: kbarnes.pg@gmail.com and @KBarnes_PG on X
First Published: December 24, 2024, 3:02 p.m.
