Congratulations and kudos to the Red Hurricanes of New Castle, as the boys basketball team won the PIAA Class AAAA championship last night at the Giant Center in Hershey. New Castle beat La Salle College High School of Philadelphia, 52-39.
Not only did New Castle win the gold state championship trophy, they did it with an undefeated season. 31 wins, zero losses. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazete, this is the first team from the WPIAL to go through an entire season undefeated since Sto-Rox in 1983, and only the 12th team from the WPIAL to finish with a perfect record.
Three years in a row New Castle won the WPIAL championship. Two years ago they lost in the state quarter-final game, last year in the state semi-final game. This year they broke through that barrier to win it all.
A huge shout-out to Coach Ralph Blundo, starters Malik Hooker, Drew Allen, Stew Allen, Anthony Richards, and Jake McPhatter, all the players and coaches, and the great Red Hurricanes fans. An estimated 3,000 folks from Lawrence County and environs traveled the four hour ride to Hershey to support their historic team. These New Castle fans travel as well as do Steeler ones!
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