Megan Backstrom had an outstanding basketball career at Belle Vernon Area High School. She graduated in 1998 and remains the Lady Leopards鈥� all-time leading scorer. Backstrom recalls that she got an early start in athletics. 鈥淚 think I started in the fifth grade, my dad Thomas played a ...
Miya Harris came through when Laurel Highlands needed her most. She wasn鈥檛 the only one. Every girl who took the floor for the Fillies had their moments in Saturday afternoon鈥檚 PIAA Class AAAA first-round girls basketball playoff game, and several rose up when the pressure was at its ...
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 ...
