PIAA/WPIAL basketball champions

Can South Fayette repeat?

Technically, no. South Fayette, along with Washington, moves up in classification next year and joins Trinity and Montour in Section 5-AAA. The Lions have played their last game in Class AA for the foreseeable future.

South Fayette won the PIAA Class AA championship Saturday with a 49-47 victory over Strawberry Mansion. It capped a domination run through the state playoffs and put an exclamation point on a recent run of success for area boys team.

Peters Township won the WPIAL Class AAAA championship in 2009. Washington advanced to the PIAA Class AA semifinals the same year.

It's been one of the best two-year periods in local basketball history. That history also dictates the run will come to an end sometime soon.

Take a look at the small number of championship teams over the years.

Boys
PIAA champions
Fort Cherry – 1961 (AA)
Washington – 1984 (AA), 1986 (AA)
Monessen – 1988 (A), 1989 (A)
Ringgold – 1995 (AAAA)
South Fayette – 2010 (AA)
PIAA runners-up
Monessen – 1923
Donora (now part of Ringgold) – 1945 (AAA)
Ringgold – 1990 (AAAA)

Girls
PIAA champions
Monessen – 2004 (A)

Boys
WPIAL champions
Monessen – 1919, 1923, 1995 (A), 2001 (A), 2002 (A)
Cecil Township (now part of Canon-McMillan) – 1935 (AA)
Burgettstown – 1937 (AA)
Charleroi – 1940 (AAA), 1958 (AAA)
Donora – 1945 (AAA)
Fort Cherry – 1961 (AA)
Bentworth – 1963 (AA)
Mapletown – 1972 (A)
Ringgold – 1973 (AAA), 1990 (AAAA)
Washington – 1984 (AA), 1985 (AA), 1986 (AA), 1990 (AA)
Peters Township – 2009 (AAAA)

Girls
WPIAL champions
Immaculate Conception – 1986 (A)
Washington – 1992 (AAA)
Monessen – 1995 (A), 2004 (A), 2006 (A)