Championship History

SSA Girls Lacrosse 2019 WPIAL ChampionsShady Side Academy boasts a rich championship history in athletics. After many years in the Interstate Prep School League (IPSL), SSA re-joined the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) in 1993 – a league it helped to found in 1906.

Since 1993, Shady Side has won 70 WPIAL titles, four WIHLMA (Women's Interscholastic Hockey League of the Mid-Atlantic) titles, and 15 PIAA (Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association) championships, in 18 different boys and girls sports.

WPIAL Team Championships

Sport Class Years
Boys Baseball 2A 2009
Boys Basketball 2A
3A		 1999
2022
Boys Cross Country 2A 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999
Boys Football 2A 1998
Boys Lacrosse 2A 2014, 2022
Boys Soccer 2A 2017, 2018
Boys Swimming 2A 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Boys Tennis 3A 1999, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2012,
2013, 2014, 2021
Boys Track & Field 2A 1998, 1999
Boys Wrestling 2A 2001
Girls Cross Country 2A 2008
Girls Field Hockey 2A


A		 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998,
1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007,
2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Girls Golf 3A 2008, 2009, 2011
Girls Lacrosse 3A 2019, 2021, 2022
Girls Soccer A 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019
Girls Swimming 2A 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Girls Tennis 3A 1993, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010

Other League Championships

Sport League Year
Girls Ice Hockey WIHLMA2015, 2016, 2017, 2019

PIAA Team Championships

Sport Class Years
Boys Basketball 2A 1995, 2000
Boys Swimming 2A 2000, 2011
Boys Tennis 3A 2003, 2014
Boys Wrestling 2A 2008, 2009
Girls Golf 3A 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016
Girls Soccer A 2017
Girls Tennis 3A 2007, 2010