Brett Meinert scored seven points in the final 40 seconds of play to spearhead Upper St. Clair’s come-from-behind victory against Central Dauphin, 57-53, in a first-round PIAA Class 6A boys’ basketball playoff game. With the 37.7 to play, Meinert snapped a 50-50 deadlock with a ...
With a five-inch height advantage, there really was only one strategy Upper St. Clair needed to employ to beat Baldwin and capture a WPIAL basketball title. Get the ball inside to that 6-foot-9 asset. Once the Panthers did that, Tyler Robbins just dominated the Highlanders. The junior big man ...
After graduating two Division I players from back-to-back WPIAL championship clubs in 2022 and 2023, few people expected South Fayette (18-8) to claim a third title let alone contend for one especially after the Lady Lions finished third in their section this winter and entered the tournament ...
There will be no WPIAL championship appearance for either the Peters Township (22-2) or the Chartiers Valley (16-7) girls basketball teams, but South Fayette (17-8) overcame all odds and advanced to the Class 5A championship game for the third consecutive year. While North Allegheny and Norwin ...
Baldwin needed a boost in confidence and Mt. Lebanon obliged. As a result, the Highlanders came from behind to beat the Blue Devils, 54-52, and advanced to the WPIAL Class 6A boys championship game to face Upper St. Clair (19-5) at 7 p.m. March 2 at the Petersen Events Center. “We let a ...
After Christian Ito almost single handedly took down Butler, 78-71, in a quarterfinal basketball playoff game on Feb. 23, Upper St. Clair students chanted, “best player in the WPIAL.” They would get no argument from Panther floor boss Dan Holzer. “He is one of the better players in ...
