The Monessen boys and girls had a rough start Friday night in the opening round of the PIAA Class A basketball playoffs with both squads falling on the road to Elk County Catholic. The Greyhounds lost to the Crusaders, 85-54, and Elk County Catholic rolled past the Monessen girls, ...
The Elizabeth Forward girls swept the regular season series with Laurel Highlands, and the Lady Warriors won for the third time Thursday night with a 58-45 victory in the WPIAL Class AAAA third-place consolation game. The Lady Warriors (22-3) will travel to the District 10 runner-up on ...
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 ...
