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High School Basketball

Lady Leopards clinch 5th spot out of WPIAL for state tournament

Belle Vernon used a dominant second half to defeat Section 3-4A rival South Park, 44-27, on Wednesday night in the fifth-place consolation game of the WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball playoffs at Belle Vernon Area High School. The Lady Leopards improved to 22-4, and will enter the PIAA Class ...

Local roundup: Lady Pioneers’ season ends with consolation loss

West Greene's girls basketball team has won at least one playoff game in nine of the last 10 years and reached the quarterfinals in all 10 of those seasons, and the 2025-26 squad kept that streak alive. The Lady Pioneers could not advance further this season, though, following a first-round ...

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Wednesday, Feb. 25 High school Boys Basketball WPIAL Class 2A Championships Fifth-place game Eden Christian at Jefferson-Morgan, 7 p.m. WPIAL Class 3A Championships Seventh-place game Ligonier Valley at Southmoreland, 7 p.m. Girls Basketball WPIAL Class 4A ...

For Pete’s sake

IRWIN — For those who follow the Geibel Catholic girls basketball team, the focus from its coaches and players this season was to play for the WPIAL championship at the Petersen Events Center on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. There were plenty of highlights, which included ...

Twice as nice

Athletics are in Aierra Jenkins’ blood. Not only was her father a 1,000-point scorer for a Uniontown team that won a WPIAL basketball championship and played in two state finals, but he also helped lead the Red Raiders’ football squad to a conference championship as a top wide ...

Local roundup: Rockets bounce back with consolation win

Jefferson-Morgan surged in front with a big third quarter and held off visiting Winchester Thursday from there for a 43-39 victory in a WPIAL Class 2A consolation game on Saturday afternoon. Coach Brandon Lawless's Rockets improved to 23-2 in bouncing back from a 41-28 loss in the ...