Monessen held off visiting Bishop Canevin, 44-41, in the WPIAL Class A Fifth-Place Consolation game to earn the final district spot in the PIAA tournament in girls basketball action on Wednesday night. It鈥檚 the third consecutive year the Lady Greyhounds, coached by Janine Vertacnik, have ...
McMURRAY 鈥� Laurel Highlands has relied on a solid starting five to carry it to one of its greatest girls basketball seasons in the program鈥檚 history. The Fillies鈥� Achilles heel has been its lack of depth and that presented a problem in their WPIAL Class AAAA semifinal playoff game ...
The Connellsville hockey team positioned themselves for the PIHL D2 Division playoffs Tuesday night with a season-ending 9-2 road victory over Trinity. The Falcons (9-9-0-0-1) jumped over Elizabeth Forward into fourth place in the Blue Division with 19 points. Elizabeth Forward (9-9-0-0-0) ...
MONESSEN 鈥� Using a stifling, and at times suffocating, defense Saturday afternoon, the Monessen girls downed West Greene, 34-30, for a WPIAL Class A consolation round victory. 鈥淥ur intensity and press were the difference,鈥� said Monessen coach Janine Vertacnik. 鈥淥ur shots weren鈥檛 ...
NATRONA HEIGHTS 鈥� Stewart Davis mapped out a defensive strategy and his players followed it to a T. As a result, Laurel Highlands will be playing in the WPIAL Class AAAA girls basketball semifinals for only the second time in program history. Taylor Irwin scored a game-high 12 points on ...
The Elizabeth Forward girls led throughout the game Friday night for a 43-31 victory over visiting Knoch in the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Class AAAA basketball playoffs. The Lady Warriors (21-2) advance to the semifinals on Tuesday against North Catholic. The Trojanettes (15-7) defeated ...
