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Robbins named Almanac MVP for boys’ basketball

Upper St. Clair has huge plans and dreams for the 2025 basketball season and Tyler Robbins is the big reason why. With the 6-foot-9 center, the Panthers are certain to contend for another WPIAL title and perhaps a PIAA championship. With Robbins as a junior this winter, USC compiled a 22-6 ...

South Fayette dominates Almanac girls basketball team

“Don’t count us out” proved the winning motto at South Fayette as the Lady Lions fought off doubts to become WPIAL champions for the third year in a row. Despite losses due to the graduation of two Division I prospects and to critical season-ending injuries to two additional players, the ...

Walker and Wetzel were a winning combination for Peters Township

Gemma Walker and Natalie Wetzel go together as well as peanut butter and jelly or cookies and milk. In other words, on their own they are very good. But when put together, they form an almost unbeatable combination. They were the perfect combination for Peters Township basketball. With ...

South Fayette, CV, PT eliminated in PIAA playoffs

After two rounds of PIAA girls’ basketball playoff action, there were no local survivors as South Fayette (19-9), Chartiers Valley (17-8) and Peters Township (24-2) wrapped up their seasons with decisive defeats. The Lady Lions dropped a 48-28 decision to Oakland Catholic (26-2) on March 13 ...

Bethel Park beats Fox Chapel in PIAA playoffs

Bethel Park (15-13) reeled off the first 10 points of the third quarter, erasing a seven-point halftime deficit, on its way to a 48-43 triumph over Fox Chapel (16-12) in a second-round PIAA boys’ basketball playoff game at the AHN Arena in Peters Township High School. Held to 13 points in ...

Upper St. Clair comes from behind to beat Central Dauphin

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 ...