Ten days into the WPIAL playoffs, West Greene played its first game of the postseason. The Pioneers wasted no time in eliminating Bishop Canevin.

Laurel stuns Wash High with early three-point shooting and late free throws.

A 33-0 run erases first-quarter deficit and sends top-seeded Hillers to the Class 5A quarterfinals.

Quinton Martin, Devin Whitlock and Daniel Gordon make up for sidelined teammate in Leopards' rout.

Waynesburg ends the game on an amazing 33-0 run to move into the WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinals.

Burgettstown's fourth-quarter comeback falls short as the Blue Devils fall to Greensburg Central Catholic.

COAL CENTER – Makayla Boda had been in this situation before.

Cassandra Lewis poured in a season-high 34 points and the Washington girls basketball team ended its regular-season schedule with a 53-26 victory over Bentworth in Class 3A Section 2 Friday night.

Trinity’s girls basketball team capped off a perfect run through Class 5A Section 3 with an 86-19 victory over Ringgold at Hiller Hall Thursday night.

Four players reached double figures to lead Chartiers-Houston’s boys basketball team to a 61-57 victory over Jefferson-Morgan in a non-section game Wednesday night.

The playoffs are coming up, and Washington boys basketball coach Ron Faust likes the way things look.

Pairings are set for the WPIAL's first open basketball tournaments since 1984.

Demetrius Butler led four Ringgold players in double figures with 16 points and the Rams held off Serra Catholic 60-52 in non-section boys basketball action Tuesday night.

Trinity’s girls basketball team remained undefeated in Class 5A Section 2, clinched the league title and ran its winning streak to 12 games with a 56-41 victory over host Thomas Jefferson on Monday night.

The Charleroi boys basketball team is gaining some momentum just in time for the upcoming WPIAL playoffs.

CLAYSVILLE – Last Friday night was bad for McGuffey’s boys basketball team.

PERRYOPOLIS – Feeding off its vociferous home fans, Frazier clinched at least a tie of its first section title in 31 years with a 61-30 beatdown of California Thursday in what was supposed to be a first-place showdown.

Jersey Wise scored a career-high 31 points, including her 1,000th career point, and West Greene rolled to its 12th consecutive victory, 82-30, over visiting Monessen in a Class A Section 2 girls basketball game Monday afternoon.

Kaprice Johnson had her best game of the season, scoring a game-high 26 points and pulling down 10 rebounds Thursday night to power the Washington High School girls basketball team to a 61-46 victory over McGuffey in Class 3A Section 2.

Michael Dunn scored a game-high 31 points and Trinity picked up its second win of the season over a Class 6A Section 2 opponent, defeating Baldwin 69-66 in a non-section game Wednesday at Hiller Hall.

Burgettstown girls basketball guard is the Observer-Reporter Athlete of the Week

BELLE VERNON – Coming off of its big win over New Castle Saturday, Belle Vernon opened a three-game stretch Tuesday night that will likely dictate the Class 4A Section 3 race with a 76-67 win over South Park.

Carlynton began Tuesday night a half-game behind first-place Sto-Rox in the Class 2A Section 2 standings and the Cougars trailed host Burgettstown by 12 points in the third quarter.

Marty Schottenheimer, a McDonald native who coached three teams to AFC Championship games and played on the first state championship-winning basketball team from Washington County, died Monday following a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 77.

CLAYSVILLE – If you did even the slightest bit of homework on the Waynesburg and McGuffey girls basketball matchup Monday night, then you probably had a decent idea of what the game was going to be.

Kaylin Venick scored a career-high 21 points to power Trinity to a 62-28 victory over Albert Gallatin in a Class 5A Section 2 game Monday night.

CHARLEROI – During warmups Friday night before the Class 3A Section 4 contest between Charleroi and visiting McGuffey, the Cougars’ Zach Usher tweaked his knee and had to go to the trainer’s room.

When a basketball game starts 26-0, it’s supposed to be surprising.

Freshman Kaley Rohanna scored 22 points – 14 from the free-throw line – and Waynesburg’s girls basketball team pulled away in the fourth quarter to defeat visiting Washington 57-34 in a foul-filled Class 3A Section 2 game Thursday night.

Abby Donnelly hit a running jump shot with six seconds to play Wednesday night to lift McGuffey to a 46-44 victory over Brownsville in a Section 2 game in Class 3A.

COAL CENTER – Monessen played its most complete game of the season Tuesday as it went on the road to knock off Class 2A Section 4 leader California, 61-55.

A fast start pushed host Washington past Charleroi, 63-45, Tuesday night in a Section 4 boys basketball game in Class 3A.

Chase Rosing scored 18 points, including a game-winning three-point shot with 3.2 seconds remaining, as Brentwood edged Washington 55-54 in a showdown for first place in Class 3A Section 4 Friday night on the Spartans’ home court.

COAL CENTER – Playing only its third game of the season, the California High School boys basketball team could not miss early from the floor and used suffocating defense to down Frazier Friday night, 53-43, in key Class 2A Section 4 game.

BELLE VERNON – Southmoreland’s girls basketball team went to Belle Vernon Thursday night and earned a big 48-34 Section 3-AAAA first-place showdown win.

Trinity’s girls basketball team moved into sole possession of first place in Class 5A Section 3 by routing Thomas Jefferson 61-36 Thursday night at Hiller Hall.