Four players and one coach honored as Pennsylvania Sports Writers all-state selections.
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Again this year, the Tri-County Athletic Directors’ Association spotlights individuals who serve a valuable part in athletics. Their dedication and devotion is key and their importance is not lost on these programs they support.
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Longtime high school basketball coach Rick Bell, who spent 13 seasons at Peters Township and 18 at Canon-McMillan, retired Tuesday morning.
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An unmatched jump shot and unrelenting work ethic led Peters Township's Makenna Marisa to be named the Observer-Reporter Girls Basketball Player of the Year.
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How a piece of paper guided McGuffey's C.J. Cole to becoming the Observer-Reporter Boys Basketball Player of the Year.
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The Observer-Reporter all-district boys basketball team.
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The Observer-Reporter all-district girls basketball team.
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It was a banner season for Peters Township girls basketball, just as the Indians' coach predicted.
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Bert Kendall hasn’t thought about how far his Peters Township High School girls basketball team has made it in the playoffs.
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One win away from a state championship, Peters Township's Makenna Marisa and Isabella Mills mean much more to the Indians than their impressive numbers.
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The biggest difference between Peters Township and Garnet Valley is they are on opposite sides of the state. The two teams that will meet for the PIAA Class 6A girls basketball championship Friday night are quite similar.
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Nearly down and out, Peters Township uses a late comeback in the PIAA Class 6A semifinals to advance to its first state championship in program history.
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Hoping for another fast start, Peters Township plays Upper Dublin in the PIAA Class 6A semifinals for a chance to play in the program's first state championship.
For the first time in 51 years, Phil Stewart wasn't on the bench, coaching a basketball team this winter.
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The PIAA announced the sites and times for the only two local high school basketball teams remaining, the Peters Township girls and Monessen boys. Both will play in the state semifinals Monday night.
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Makenna Marisa dominated from the second quarter on to lead Peters Township past Norwin in a PIAA Class 6A quarterfinal game Friday night.
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DORMONT – Defense ruled when Monessen and Nazareth Prep clashed in the PIAA Class A boys basketball quarterfinals on Friday night.
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Peters Township and Norwin battle to be lone team from western Pennsylvania remaining in the PIAA Class 6A girls' basketball bracket.
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Monessen’s remarkable rally in the final minutes of its second-round PIAA playoff victory over Bishop Carroll on Tuesday night will be best remembered for several offensive plays by the Greyhounds.
There are only two local basketball teams – the Peters Township girls and Monessen boys – remaining in the PIAA playoffs and you can watch both of them in a doubleheader Friday night.
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Peters Township trounces Bethel Park to advance to Friday's PIAA semifinal against Norwin.
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For the second consecutive season, Peters Township and Bethel Park will meet for the fourth time. On the line Tuesday night is a spot in the state quarterfinals.
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Monessen striving for continued success in the state tournament after missing out on WPIAL title.
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The 1983-84 Washington High School boys basketball team wasn’t the most spectacular outfit to look at. No one really stood out. The team wasn’t great at anything except winning. And as they won WPIAL and state championships, the Little Prexies caught the fancy of local sports fans.
West Greene is unable to overcome its "worst quarter of the year" and a 34-point performance by Kennedy Catholic's Malia Magestro.
JOHNSTOWN – District 5 champion Berlin Brothersvalley held Avella to seven points in the second half and scored the final 20 points of the game to defeat the Eagles 79-30 in the first round of the PIAA Class A girls basketball playoffs Saturday evening at the University of Pitt-Johnstown.
Although Pittsburgh City League champion Allderdice brought the Big Macs' season to a close with a 61-58 overtime win, there was little doubt that Canon-McMillan could play with some of the best teams in the state.
A 23-point run for Sharon in the middle of the third quarter ends Wash High's season.
EBENSBURG – Penn Cambria, the District 6 champion, used a pair of 11-0 runs – one in the second quarter and one in the fourth – to defeat Washington 70-37 in the first round of the PIAA Class 3A girls basketball playoffs Friday night at Central Cambria High School.
EDINBORO -- Monessen's formula for success entering Friday night's PIAA Class A boys basketball playoff game was full-court pressure executed by a deep bench.
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Nine area basketball teams play in the first round of the PIAA playoffs over the next two days. For some to advance it might come down to just doing what they've done all season.
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Several local high school basketball teams get a new lease on life by being pulled into the PIAA playoffs by the WPIAL's follow-the-leader system for determining postseason spots.
Busy weekend ahead as the state basketball tournament begins.
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Peters Township wins its first WPIAL girls basketball championship in overtime thriller over North Allegheny.
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West Greene falls to Rochester in the WPIAL Class A Championship.
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After losing in last year's WPIAL Class 6A Championship, Peters Township is determined to win its first district title in a rematch with North Allegheny.
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CORAOPOLIS – For the Canon-McMillan High School boys’ basketball team, the goal was to shift the pressure toward Mt. Lebanon as the game progressed in hopes the third-seeded Blue Devils would crack.
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Peters Township downs rival Bethel Park to return to the Petersen Events Center for the WPIAL Class 6A Championship.
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West Greene uses a big first-half run to beat Vincentian and return to the WPIAL finals.
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Monessen battled top-seed Vincentian Academy from start to finish, but coach Dan Bosnic's Greyhounds ran out of gas after playing a frenetic pace from the opening tip-off in the Royals' 61-49 victory in the semifinals of the WPIAL Class A boys basketball playoffs on Monday at Peters Twp. High School.
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After falling the past two seasons in the WPIAL quarterfinals, Canon-McMillan shocks second-seeded Latrobe to advance to its first semifinal game in school history.
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The Hillers held undefeated and top-seeded Chartiers Valley without a field goal over the final 12:46, to just eight baskets in the game and didn’t give up more than 10 points in any quarter of the WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinal contest. However, Trinity's scoring touch was missing.
Colin Luellen’s basket off an offensive rebound with two seconds remaining capped a wild fourth-quarter comeback and gave top-seeded Pine-Richland a 64-62 victory over Peters Township in the WPIAL Class 6A quarterfinals Saturday afternoon at North Hills High School.
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Peters Township dominates once again, advancing the Tuesday's semifinals against a familiar opponent.
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West Greene forced 25 turnovers and made enough plays late to secure a 56-46 win over Sewickley Academy in the Class A quarterfinals at Canon-McMillan High School.
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The quarterfinal round of the WPIAL playoffs continues to cause problems for Washington.
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Washington's first-round opponent had a surprise player in its lineup but the Prexies had too much Carly Allen and Torri Finley for Mohawk.
A big second half lifted Ringgold to the WPIAL quarterfinals, a round the Rams haven't advanced to since their 1995 state championship season.
Early mistakes doom Beth-Center girls in first-round loss to Avonworth.
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Trinity advances to sixth straight quarterfinal appearance with dominating first-round win over Penn-Trafford.
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Peters Township uses a big second half to win its first playoff game since 2012.
Canon-McMillan erases 10-point deficit in fourth quarter, rallies to beat North Allegheny in overtime in opening round of WPIAL Class 6A playoffs.
IMPERIAL – Drew Denham, Mapletown’s energetic girls basketball coach, shook his head in disbelief. He changed his lineup at almost every stoppage in play and encouraged his team. There just wasn’t anything he could do to get the ball to go into the basket.
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McMURRAY – Heading into Belle Vernon’s WPIAL Class 4A first-round game against Keystone Oaks Monday night, Lindsay Steeber was the lone Leopard with any significant playoff experience.
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Fifth-seeded Washington uses balance to defeat Keystone Oaks in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball playoffs.
Jacob McCormick led four players for Neshannock to score in double figures as the seventh-seeded Lancers defeated McGuffey, 56-50, in a WPIAL Class 3A first-round boys basketball playoff game Saturday afternoon at Sewickley Academy.
St. Joseph started the second half by scoring 25 consecutive points and defeated West Greene 78-45 in the first round of the WPIAL Class A playoffs at Mt. Lebanon High School.
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