Four area teams found out their destinations for the PIAA basketball playoffs over the weekend, while two others saw their seasons end.Belle VernonĢƵ boys and girls teams are both in the state tournament in Class AAAA and are joined by the California girls in Class AA and the West Greene ...
California and Belle Vernon were both idle Monday night but still qualified for the PIAA girls basketball tournament thanks to a little help from other teams.Monessen wasn’t as lucky on the boys side, while Uniontown and the Elizabeth Forward girls are still awaiting their fate.Top-seeded ...
BELLEVUE — California coach Chris Minerd knew his team would have to play a near-perfect game to defeat top-seeded Vincentian Academy in their WPIAL Class AA girls basketball quarterfinal game on Thursday night.The Lady Trojans gave maximum effort, but the talent gap and difference in depth ...
MCMURRAY — Senior players are expected to come up big in critical moments, and CaliforniaĢƵ Bailey Vig did just that in the Lady Trojans’ 50-40 victory over Washington on Friday night in the first round of the WPIAL Class AA playoffs at Peters Township High School.Vig scored a game-high ...
The WPIAL released its girls basketball playoff pairings Tuesday night, and 11 local teams have advanced to the “Second Season.”The teams include Belle Vernon Area, Charleroi, California, Elizabeth Forward, Ringgold, West Greene, Connellsville, Uniontown, Geibel Catholic, Mapletown and ...
WPIAL Basketball PairingsBOYS(Seed according to bracket, overall record)Class 6-AFirst roundSaturdayButler (8, 18-4) vs. Latrobe (9, 15-7) at Fox Chapel, 1:30 p.m.; Penn Hills (5, 19-3) vs. Upper St. Clair (12, 11-11) at Baldwin, 1:30 p.m.; Canon-McMillan (7, 20-2) vs. Seneca Valley (10, 14-8) ...