This time, South Fayette knocks off one of Class 5A's top girls basketball teams.
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Farrah Reader scored a career-high 20 points and Belle Vernon’s girls basketball team held off a fourth-quarter comeback by visiting Serra Catholic to win 43-42 in non-section play.
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Carmichaels boys basketball point guard is the Observer-Reporter's Athlete of the Week.
If you believe that three-pointers are more important than free throws, then you should check out what Waynesburg’s Kaley Rohanna did Tuesday night.
Shane Cornali grabbed an offensive rebound and put in a tiebreaking basket with less than 50 seconds remaining to give Fort Cherry a 47-45 victory in a non-section boys basketball game at Jefferson-Morgan Friday night.
Guard Chris Barrish scored a game-high 25 points, including his 1,000th career point, and Carmichaels ended Jefferson-Morgan’s seven-game winning streak, 69-37, in a Class 2A Section 4 game on the Mikes’ home court.
UNIONTOWN – The hype surrounding Wednesday’s non-section boys basketball game between Laurel Highlands, the undefeated and top-ranked team in the WPIAL’s Class 5A, and Belle Vernon, the undefeated and top-ranked team in Class 4A, was warranted.
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AvellaBelle VernonBentworthBeth-CenterBethel ParkBishop CanevinBurgettstownCaliforniaCanon-McMillanCarmichaelsCharleroiChartiers-HoustonChartiers ValleyFort CherryJefferson-MorganKeystone OaksMapletownMcGuffeyMonessenMt LebanonPeters TownshipRinggoldSeton-LaSalleSouth FayetteTrinityUpper St ClairWash HighWaynesburgWest Greene
The Washington boys basketball team is finally back on the court.
McDONALD – Chartiers Valley is to WPIAL girls basketball what UConn is to NCAA women’s basketball.
MONESSEN – Heading into Class 2A Section 4 action Friday night, Carmichaels, Monessen and Jefferson-Morgan sat tied atop the league with identical 2-0 records.
Jake Samosky scored 16 points and Canon-McMillan led almost the entire way as it picked up its first Class 6A Section 2 win of the season, 51-45, over Upper St. Clair in a boys basketball game Friday night.
Burgettstown made it a perfect 10.
Hailey Johnson had one of her best offensive games, scoring 19 points, and Monessen rode a big first quarter to a 54-39 victory over host Avella in a key Class A Section 2 girls basketball game Wednesday night.
Christopher Barrish scored a season-high 31 points and Carmichaels put four players in double figures as the Mikes defeated host California 81-57 in Class 2A Section 4.
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Blue Devils shut out Chartiers-Houston for more than a quarter in key section victory.
Sophomore guard Kaley Rohanna scored 20 points, senior forward Clara Paige Miller added 19, including her 1,000th career point, and Waynesburg rolled past visiting Washington 59-20 in Class 3A Section 2 girls basketball game Monday night.
It took undefeated Belle Vernon a quarter to get going, but once the Leopards did there was no stopping them Friday night.
Kaitlyn Nease and Madeline Newark combined for 38 points as Burgettstown topped Fort Cherry, 51-34, in a Class 2A Section 3 girls basketball game Thursday night on the Rangers’ home court.
Jacob Mason scored seven of his game-high 15 points in the fourth quarter as Waynesburg rallied to edge visiting Chartiers-Houston 43-39 in a non-section boys basketball game Wednesday night.
Washington had three players who scored at least 20 points and the Prexies won a key Class 3A Section 4 road game Tuesday night, 77-62, at Brentwood.
Waynesburg came roaring back from an eight-point halftime deficit to beat host Charleroi 44-39 in a Class 3A Section 2 girls basketball game Monday night.
BELLE VERNON – Belle Vernon made a splash as it hit eight of 14 three-point attempts to upset highly ranked Southmoreland 52-40 in a Class 4A Section 3 girls basketball contest Monday night.
Avonworth’s boys basketball team put three players in double figures and used two big quarters to defeat Burgettstown 80-57 Thursday night in the championship game of the eight-team Avella tournament.
Senior Madeline Newark scored 15 points and Jillian Frazier made three clutch free throws in the closing moments as Burgettstown’s girls basketball team remained undefeated by edging Quaker Valley 35-31 in the championship game of the Blue Devils’ tournament Wednesday.
Peters Township raced out to a 14-0 lead over Trinity, absorbed several Hiller pushes and cruised home to a 74-57 win.
Waynesburg’s boys basketball team put four players in double figures, led by Dawson Fowler’s 18 points, and the Raiders won the Bentworth tournament championship with a 75-57 victory over Propel Braddock Hills on Tuesday night.
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A big third quarter sparks Wash High's second-half comeback to beat Linsly School.
Chase Henkins and Jacob Minor combined for 44 points – 29 in the second half – and Waynesburg’s boys basketball team defeated West Greene 60-43 Monday afternoon in the first round of the Bentworth Tournament.
Undefeated Fort Cherry scored 19 points in the game’s first four minutes and went on to an easy 67-30 victory over host Propel Montour in a non-section boys basketball game Thursday night.
One night after being thumped in section play by Washington, Beth-Center’s boys basketball team rebounded to gain a 69-55 victory over visiting Bentworth in non-league play Wednesday night.
Washington was way too quick out of the gate for visiting Beth-Center in a Class 3A Section 4 boys basketball game Tuesday night.
Journey Thompson surpassed the 1,000-point barrier in Peters Township’s 61-52 victory over Hempfield in a Section 2 girls basketball game Monday in Class 6A.
Landan Stevenson scored six of his game-high 26 points in overtime as Mapletown pulled out a 63-62 win over host Frazier in a non-section boys basketball game Friday night.
MONONGAHELA – Down two starters, Ringgold’s boys basketball team put up a fight early but fell to visiting West Allegheny in non-section play Friday night, 84-48.
Connor Roberts scored a game-high 21 points and Trinity pulled away in the second half to beat Brownsville 65-39 in a non-section game.
McDONALD – Owen Norman and Dylan Rogers were like milk and honey for the Fort Cherry boys basketball team.
Landan Stevenson scored a career-high 31 points and Mapletown hung on for a 55-52 win over Bentworth in a non-section game Wednesday night on the Maples’ home court.
It had been a long time since West Greene defeated California in boys basketball.
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Cougars pull out 73-66 come-from-behind win after trailing by as many as 17 points.
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Washington boys basketball coach Ron Faust knows he has a talented squad that will trot out on the hardwood this season. It is just a matter of how that talent molds into a team that is his concern.
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Prexies' offense goes cold in second half of season-opening game.
Despite a game-high 34 points by Bentworth’s Landon Urcho, Burgettstown’s boys basketball team remained undefeated with a 65-51 victory over the Bearcats on the Blue Devils’ home court Monday night.
An unexpected smack in the face delivered by the Laurel Spartans last March in a WPIAL Class AAA playoff game at Wash High gymnasium hit the Prexies hard.
McMURRAY – The Chartiers Valley girls basketball program has long been known as a power in the WPIAL by virtue of their stifling defense and a smooth motion offense.
Zack Schrockman and Caleb Russell each scored 13 points as Burgettstown’s boys basketball team defeated Westinghouse of the Pittsburgh City League, 47-42, Friday night to move into the championship game of the season-opening California Tournament.
Big Macs pass their first test of the season in emphatic fashion with a resounding 68-44 win over Trinity.
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The solution to the shortage of referees in the state and across the country is attracting young people to officiating and selling it as an extension to their athletics careers.
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A shortage of game officials, blamed on poor and unappreciated treatment from fans, parents, and in some cases, coaches and players, is wreaking havoc on scheduling in both high school and small college athletics.
Kathy McConnell Miller, who coached Trinity's girls basketball team to a 41-7 record over the past two seasons, is leaving for a job in the junior college ranks in Florida.
Journey Thompson has been a force for the Peters Township High School girls basketball team ever since she entered the ninth grade.
Trojans had 11-4 record last season.
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Belle Vernon's Whitlock earns third-team honors in Class 4A
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Good things came in threes when Trinity senior stepped outside.
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A threat to put up a triple-double on any given night, Devin Whitlock was the driving force behind a powerful Belle Vernon team.
The recently concluded WPIAL basketball championships gave fans who were lucky enough to secure tickets to the six games played at Peters Township an early look at the area’s newest high school gymnasium.
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McMURRAY – So much has changed since last year’s WPIAL championships.
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McMURRAY – This is becoming a habit.
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