The WPIAL placed penalties tonight on the Jeannette and North Catholic high school basketball teams and school officials for a fight after Saturday's PIAA playoff game. But no players are suspended, which means Jeannette will be at full strength for tomorrow night's PIAA Class AA semifinal game.

The fight occurred Saturday after Jeannette defeated North Catholic in a PIAA quarterfinal game. The WPIAL Board of Control had a hearing today with both teams and school officials. The board placed the following penalties on both schools:

• The coaches and players from both teams must attend anger-management classes by the end of the school year, and the coach of each team must attend a coaching education class.

• All athletic programs at both schools were placed on two years' probation. During that time, if any sports team is involved in a similar incident, the team will forfeit its rights to qualify for the playoffs.

• The coaches, principals and athletic administrators at both schools were publicly censured.

• Jeannette and North Catholic must give the WPIAL a written plan on how athletic contests will be managed in order to ensure a similar incident won't happen again. Jeannette must submit its plan by today.

WPIAL executive director Tim O'Malley said testimony during the hearing did not show exactly which players were involved in the fight that occurred near the athletic locker room. Jeannette beat North Catholic, 86-60. O'Malley said testimony clearly showed some words exchanged on the court during the game played a part in the fight.

"The board felt the penalties assigned should be equal," O'Malley said. "The board did not feel what was presented [at the hearing] was severe enough or one-sided enough to take one of these teams out of the playoffs."