March 7, 2020

Clairton opens PIAA playoffs with Blacklick Valley

By Mon Valley Independent

By jeff oliver

MVI Sports

The Clairton girls basketball team is in rare waters these days.

And third-year head coach Carlton Wade feels why mess with what has been successful?

The Bears (20-4) take on District 6 third-place finisher Blacklick Valley (17-7) in the first round of the PIAA Class A playoffs 3 p.m. today at Greensburg Salem.

Clairton is in the state playoffs for the first time in 16 years and it has been the same time period since the Bears won a section title, which they did this season.

The Bears haven’t enjoyed this kind of success since Kamela Gissendanner was running the show on the court.

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