FOX CHAPEL 鈥 Connellsville hung with Pine-Richland in the first half, but the Rams鈥 hot shooting proved to be too much for the Falcons in a 81-51 setback on Tuesday in the first round of the WPIAL Class 6A playoffs at Fox Chapel Area High School.Pine-Richland (15-8) jumped out to an 8-2 ...
MCMURRAY 鈥 Monessen鈥檚 first playoff berth in six years came to an abrupt halt Tuesday night after its 34-30 loss to Aquinas Academy in the first round of the WPIAL Class A playoffs.鈥淲e succumbed to the pressure,鈥 said Monessen coach Janine Vertacnik. 鈥淭hey are a young, scrappy and ...
The Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus women were unable to rally from a halftime deficit Tuesday night for a 69-68 PSUAC loss at Penn State Du Bois.The home team led 25-16 after the first quarter and 42-30 at halftime. The visiting Lady Lions cut the deficit to 54-51 after outscoring Du ...
McMURRAY 鈥 West Greene boys basketball coach Jim Romanus knew being an offensively-challenged team would be a problem.It鈥檚 been that way all year for the West Greene boys basketball team.Shooting woes and lack of offensive firepower reared its ugly head again Saturday afternoon. Trailing ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥 The California Trojans saw their WPIAL Class AA playoffs, and season, come to an end Saturday with a 71-51 first-round loss to Shenango.Malik Ramsey, one of the top scorers in the WPIAL, led the way for California (12-10) with 34 points, but Shenango showed why it is a dangerous ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥 Two key factors in playoff basketball games are usually turnovers and free throw shooting.Unfortunately for Monessen, both aspects hurt the Greyhounds in their WPIAL Class A first-round match-up against Union in a 46-41 loss Saturday afternoon at North Hills High School.鈥淲e ...