McMURRAY -- Playing against the West Greene girls basketball team is like handling a lit firecracker -- you know that at any second the Lady Pioneers can explode on offense and the result will be devastating.Undefeated West Greene used two offensive eruptions -- at the start of the first ...
HARRISON CITY — Trailing by four points midway through the fourth quarter, Southmoreland closed with an 11-5 run to hold off Freeport for a 54-52 win Thursday night that kept the Lady Scotties unbeaten, vaulted them to the WPIAL Class AAAA semifinals, and locked up a PIAA playoff berth for ...
McMURRAY — Using size, strength and speed, the East Allegheny girls overpowered Charleroi from the start Wednesday night for a 51-24 victory in the first round of the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs.East Allegheny (13-10) went on runs of six, seven and eight points in the opening half behind the ...
McMURRAY — Phil Pergola was dizzy. Eric Astorino was speechless.The two coaches leaving the locker rooms — Pergola the longtime coach at Ringgold and Astorino the interim coach at Ambridge — didn’t hide their emotions. Their reactions couldn’t have mirrored their teams any more ...
New Castle made 3-pointers at opportune moments Wednesday night, leading the Hurricanes to a 64-47 victory over Mount Pleasant in the WPIAL Class AAAA quarterfinals at North Allegheny High School.“They made five 3-pointers on scramble plays and we lost by 17,” lamented Mount Pleasant coach ...
BasketballBurns scores 23 in lossThe Point Park women had a rough road trip Wednesday night with a 76-66 loss at Indiana University East in River States Conference play.Michelle Burns led the Pioneers with a game-high 23 points.