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Union pulls away late in 70-59 win over Greyhounds

McMURRAY – Monessen boys basketball coach Dan Bosnic knew Union was bringing plenty of big-game experience into Wednesday nightĢƵ WPIAL Class A quarterfinals. Unfortunately for fourth-seeded Greyhounds, the fifth-seeded Scotties made enough plays to advance with a 70-59 win at Peters ...

Gardner pours in 44 as Greyhounds race past Knights in second half

MONESSEN – Lorenzo Gardner scored 44 points and Darryl Ray stuffed the stat sheet Friday night as fourth-seeded Monessen pulled away from 13th-seeded Summit Academy for a 78-56 WPIAL Class A boys basketball win. Monessen coach Dan Bosnic was impressed with GardnerĢƵ team-first approach ...

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 ...

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 ...

Greyhounds pull away late to clinch PIAA playoff spot

MONESSEN – It wasn’t the most aesthetically pleasing performance, but Monessen pulled away late from Carlynton to clinch a PIAA tournament berth with a 62-47 win in Tuesday nightĢƵ WPIAL Class A boys basketball fifth-place consolation game. “I thought we battled it out and kept our ...

Vacant house collapses in Monessen

MONESSEN – It has yet to be determined what caused a vacant house in Monessen to collapse Friday morning. Emergency personnel were called to 31 Reed Ave. shortly before 8:45 a.m. “It was a wild sight,” said Monessen Fire Chief Delmar Hepple. “It was a total collapse.” About an ...