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Fillies, Lady Greyhounds draw No. 5 seeds in basketball pairings

Elizabeth Forward, as expected, was the highest seeded area team when the WPIAL announced its girls basketball playoff pairings Monday. The Section 3-AAAA champions, who are 19-2 overall, were seeded third in Class AAAA with Laurel Highlands (18-2) drawing the No. 5 slot. Also garnering a ...

Lady Gators rally for 62-48 win over visiting Frazier

The Geibel Catholic girls overcame a 14-point deficit in the first quarter Monday night to rally for a 62-48 non-section victory against visiting Frazier. The Lady Gators trailed, 16-2, before going on a run to tie the game at 16-16. The Lady Commodores (5-17) regained the lead and managed ...

Frazier earns playoff spot with victory at B-C

WPIAL basketball playoff pairings will be revealed on Monday but you can forgive Frazier and Beth-Center if those two boys squads felt the postseason was already underway Friday night. The Bulldogs hosted the Commodores with a playoff spot out of Section 4-AA on the line. “It was a ...

MEMORY LANE: Fields Gallagher legacy lives on

The late Crystal Fields Gallagher was a tremendous athlete and mother who died unexpectedly in 2011, but her legacy and spirit live on through her three children. Fields Gallagher was a standout forward/guard at Albert Gallatin, then known as Tri Valley High School, in the late 1980s and ...

Fast start: Red Raiders’ early run leads to 85-44 victory

Uniontown opened the Section 3-AAAA finale Friday at Laurel Highlands by scoring the first 15 points of the game as the Red Raiders steamrolled to an 85-44 road victory. Laurel Highlands’ first-year coach John Smith called a timeout with the score, 15-2. He called a second timeout with 3:23 ...

Local roundup: Gardner pours in school-record 64 in Monessen win

Dan Bosnic turned in some high-scoring performances when he played basketball at Laurel Highlands. Asked what his personal record was, the Monessen coach said, “It would’ve probably been in the 30s. I don’t think I ever got into the 40s. “Certainly I got nowhere close to 60.” One ...