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High school basketball: Burgettstown gets its piece of title

Addie Cairns scored 13 points and Burgettstown used some torrid free-throw shooting down the stretch to beat host Chartiers-Houston 37-26 and clinch at least a share of the Class 2A Section 3 championship Thursday night.The Blue Devils (8-1, 16-2) led throughout as they built a 14-4 lead after ...

High school basketball:

Davoun Fuse led three Washington players in double figures with 15 points and the Prexies wrapped up the Class 3A Section 4 boys basketball championship with a 56-50 victory Monday over host Waynesburg.The win moves Wash High to 10-0 in the section and 13-1 overall. The Prexies have won 13 ...

Letter to the sports editor: Fort Cherry was the better team

Fort Cherry was the better teamI wanted to respond to the article written by Joe Smeltzer about the Fort Cherry-Burgettstown girls game played Jan. 31. The article titled, “Fort Cherry steals one as Burgettstown gets fouled up” was a disgrace to the FC girls basketball team that outplayed, ...

WPIAL floats major change in wrestling

Though I have yet to meet Amy Scheuneman, who last year took over as executive director of the WPIAL, when I do, I will give her a big thank you for what she proposes to do for wrestling.In a memo circulated to the organization’s athletic directors, she is offering a change to high school ...

High school basketball:

Viva Kreis scored 23 points and made five of Belle Vernon’s season-high 11 three-point field goals as the Leopards outlasted visiting Gateway 67-63 in overtime in non-section girls basketball action Wednesday night.Jenna Dawson had 16 points and Farrah Reader scored 14 as the Leopards ...