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Josh Wise helps team win EQT title
Article LinkWith eight-tenths of a second left, Washington senior Josh Wise drains a three-pointer from the right wing to down host Canon-McMillan, 46-43, and win the EQT Energy Classic title. -
Morgan Berardi scores 1,000th point
Article LinkCarmichaels senior Morgan Berardi scores her 1,000th point during a 48-35 home win over Charleroi, reaching the milestone with a three-point play. After finishing the game with 18 points, Berardi becomes the sixth player in program history to score 1,000. -
Tanner Huffman eclipses 1,000 points
California senior Tanner Huffman scores on a second-quarter putback during a 69-62 loss to Steel Valley at the Charleroi Christmas Tournament to eclipse 1,000 points for his career. Huffman finished with 25 in the game. -
Wise, Fisher have something in common
OR Article LinkJosh Wise leads Washington to a 69-44 win at Fort Cherry with 19 points, including a three-pointer from the left wing to help him reach the 1,000-point plateau. California senior Brian Fisher reached the milestone during an 84-61 win over Bentworth the same night. Fisher also did it with a three-pointer. -
California boys beat rival Brownsville
Article LinkCalifornia tops rival Brownsville, 76-72, at home with a standing room-only crowd on hand – a routine occurrence for these two bitter rivals. The Trojans all but secure the Section 5-AA title. -
McGuffey grabs first section title since 1990
The McGuffey girls survive a push from upset-minded Washington and slip away with a 57-55 win. More importantly, it clinches the Highlanders’ first section title since 1990 and fourth overall. -
Gabe Pritz secures 1,000 points
Article LinkPeters Township senior Gabe Pritz goes over 1,000 points and gives the Indians a late lead with a clutch field goal, but Baldwin’s Arnes Bajora makes two free throws with four-tenths of a second remaining to produce a 42-41 win for the Highlanders. The loss proved costly for Peters Township, which missed the WPIAL Class AAAA playoffs. -
Courtnee McMasters scores 56 points during an 81-31 win
Article LinkCalifornia’s Courtnee McMasters scores 56 points during a 81-31 win at Mapletown. The gaudy point total proved important, too, as California’s final regular season game against Neighborhood Academy gets cancelled, throwing into doubt whether McMasters will score 1,000. McMasters inevitably reaches the mark with 18 during a first-round playoff loss to Quigley 10 days later. -
Avella secures 3-A section title
Article LinkWith Avella’s best player, Olivia English, out because of injuries suffered during a car crash, Kenna Drazich scores 24 points to lead the Eagles to a 48-37 victory at California. The victory secures the Section 3-A title for Avella. -
Beth Center boys make playoffs in Section 5-AA
Article LinkNeeding a win on the final Friday of the season to make the playoffs for the first time in three years, Beth-Center, which had lost its previous 25 section games before this season, nearly squandered a 15-point, fourth quarter lead but did enough down the stretch to pull out a 69-64 win over Bentworth to tie Jefferson-Morgan for the fourth and final spot in Section 5-AA. -
Mapletown wins first playoff game in 41 years
Mapletown tops Leechburg, 49-29, in a WPIAL Class A preliminary round boys basketball game at Chartiers Valley High School. The playoff win is the first for the Maples in 41 years, dating back to 1972, when Mapletown won a WPIAL title and made it to the second round of the PIAA playoffs. -
West Greene girls achieve rare feat
The West Greene girls basketball team downs Clairton, 50-26, in a WPIAL Class A preliminary round game at West Allegheny High School to become the only Washington or Greene County team (the South Fayette and Monessen boys also did it) to win playoff games in back-to-back seasons. -
Jefferson-Morgan moves on in WPIAL Class A playoffs
Article LinkThe Jefferson-Morgan girls basketball team tops Eden Christian, 29-25, in a WPIAL Class A preliminary round game at Chartiers Valley. The playoff win was the first for the Rockets since … well, it happened long enough ago that nobody at the school remembers when the last playoff win was. -
Sammie Weiss scores 1,000 points as a sophomore
Article LinkMcGuffey sophomore Sammie Weiss finished with 23 points during a 61-41 loss to Burrell in the WPIAL Class AA quarterfinals. The total pushes Weiss over 1,000 for her young career, bringing to mind thoughts of Weiss reaching 2,000 as a senior. -
McGuffey girls' basketball makes it into state playoffs
Article LinkThe Bishop Canevin girls basketball team upsets Seton-La Salle, 56-47, in the WPIAL Class AA final at Palumbo Center. Why is this relevant? It pulls McGuffey into the state playoffs – for the first time in program history – meaning we avoid this being the first year since 1981 that Washington and Greene counties are without a PIAA playoff team.
