Leopards fall in WPIAL’s opening round
By JEREMY SELLEW
jsellew@yourmvi.com
Two long runs and 12 Belle Vernon Area turnovers in a span of two quarters helped Keystone Oaks advance to the WPIAL quarterfinals.
The eighth-seeded Golden Eagles (14-8) will face No. 1 North Catholic Thursday at a site and time to be determined after dispatching No. 9 Belle Vernon, 51-41, at Peters Township in a first-round contest.
The gameplan for head coach Ron Muszynski’s team was to pressure the Leopards and force them into mistakes, and it began taking its toll in the second quarter.
“Coming in I really thought we’d be able to pressure them,” Muszynski said. “We had a couple runs there and played well defensively.”
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