Feb 19, 2026 3 min read

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart built a double-digit lead in the first quarter and went on to a 41-28 victory over Jefferson-Morgan in a WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball quarterfinal game Thursday night at Peters Township’s AHN Arena.

OLSH (20-4), the No. 3 seed, raced out to a 18-7 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Chargers outscored J-M by only two points the rest of the way.

Sixth-seeded Jefferson-Morgan (22-2) will play 10th-seeded Winchester Thurston in a consolation-round game Saturday at noon. Both teams have clinched berths in the state tournament.

The loss was the first for J-M since Jan. 13.

Jeremiah Robertson led the Rockets in scoring with 15 points.

Girls results

Union 50, West Greene 35: Olivia Benedict and Maggie Joseph combined for 22 of Union’s 23 second-half points as the Scotties pulled away for a 50-35 victory over West Greene in a Class A quarterfinal game.

The loss ends West Greene’s championship hopes but the Pioneers’ season remains alive. Sixth-seeded West Greene (17-7) will play a consolation round game Monday against seventh-seeded Sewwickley Academy as they will attempt to gain one of the WPIAL’s six spots in the PIAA tournament.

Union (19-4) led 15-14 at the end of the first quarter and then scored the first 12 points of the second period as West Greene went scoreless for more than six minutes. The Scotties led 27-17 at halftime and 38-27 at the end of three quarters.

Jillisa Yeater was West Greene’s leading scorer with 12 points. Kendra Tharp had 11 but was held to only three after the opening period.

Benedict finished with a game-high 23 points. She had all 12 Union points in the fourth quarter. Joseph scored all 10 of her points in the third quarter.

Elizabeth Forward 61, Belle Vernon 56: The third time was the charm for Elizabeth Forward.

The Warriors had lost a pair of section games to Belle Vernon but EF avenged those setbacks by beating the Leopards 61-56 in the WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinals at Peters Township.

The loss snapped a 14-game winning streak for fourth-seeded Belle Vernon (20-4). Fifth-seeded EF (18-6) advances to the semifinals on Monday.

Elizabeth Forward won on the strength of two strong quarters, the second and third. The Warriors trailed 18-15 after one quarter but outscored Belle Vernon 35-24 over the middle 16 minutes to forge a 50-42 lead entering the fourth quarter.

Belle Vernon trailed by 10 points with six minutes remaining before closing to within a single point in the final minute, but the Leopards couldn’t complete their comeback.

Mai Sostaric scored 18 points to lead EF in scoring and Kaelynn Settles netted 14.

Belle Vernon’s Isis Almyty matched Sostaric for game-scoring honors with 18 points. She also grabbed 14 rebounds. Lyla McConnell had 13 points and Aubrey Brown 10.