The Spartans feature 7-1 forward Loci Kalau, making the Tigers rethink their offensive strategy. After a few years out of the postseason, the McKeesport boys basketball team is geared up for tonight’s...

When building a playoff bracket, you have to start at the top. Who gets the No. 1 seed? That is usually a question the WPIAL basketball steering committee hits like a breakaway layup. However, there w...

Belle Vernon and Elizabeth Forward girls could meet for Round 3 this season in the quarterfinals. The WPIAL basketball playoff brackets have been released with nine local girls teams continuing into t...

With the release of the WPIAL boys basketball playoff brackets on Monday, 11 teams from the Mon Valley learned what it will take to try to make a run to the Petersen Events Center. Local squads earned...

The last time the Elizabeth Forward girls played Baldwin, the Highlanders rolled to a 74-44 win over the Warriors. So on Monday, Warriors head coach Noah Yartin knew exactly what he was looking for fr...

By the Mon Valley Independent Serra Catholic used a strong middle stretch to pull away from Winchester Thurston in a nonsection matchup, turning a 21-point opening quarter by the Bears into a controll...

Ringgold went 29-2 that season and captured the WPIAL championship. For the second consecutive year, the Pittsburgh Basketball Club Hall of Fame featured a distinct Ringgold flavor. A year after forme...

He scored 27 points in the second half to help erase a 12-point deficit. Through one half of Saturday’s contest between South Allegheny and Seton LaSalle, many of the issues that have repeatedly bothe...

College basketball has its “March Madness” when the tournament begins and we eliminate the pretenders from the contenders (barring upsets) rather quickly. High school hoops playoffs don’t wait for Mar...

The Trojans outscored the Warriors, 9-2, in overtime to clinch the Section 3-4A title on the road. Entering Friday night’s matchup between Elizabeth Forward and Derry, both teams understood what was a...

Monessen dominated Geibel by owning the boards in Friday’s win. Sometimes the game of basketball is like driving in the snow. You can get off to a good start, but sooner or later you’re bound to hit s...

In a Section 3-5A overtime battle, Thomas Jefferson outlasted Baldwin, 76-72. The Jaguars (20-2, 12-0) trailed 48-39 entering the fourth quarter but rallied with a 24-point final period to force overt...

EF celebrates senior night by grabbing the No. 2 playoff spot in the section standings. In a battle for second place in Section 3-4A, and a home playoff game in the opening round, Elizabeth Forward an...

Abby Genes hit the gamewinning jumper with just over four seconds remaining to give Eagles a share of section crown. Abby Genes’ mid-range jumper with just over four seconds remaining lifted visiting ...

The Vikings clinched a playoff spot and knocked the Rams out of the playoff race. Although the Mt. Pleasant girls basketball team had already clinched a Class 4A playoff spot prior to Thursday’s Secti...

By the Mon Valley Independent Belle Vernon closed out section play in dominant fashion Wednesday night, rolling past Southmoreland 64-17 to clinch the program’s first section title in 27 years. The Le...

A number of local basketball teams have clinched playoff berths. The brackets will be announced Monday. As the last days of the regular season arrive, a number of local basketball teams are set to hun...

By the Mon Valley Independent In a game featuring teams with a combined 40 losses, it was California getting the monkey off their backs and picking up their first win of the season. Three players scor...

Luke Scarff (24) and Cooper Hochendoner (23) led South Park over South Allegheny. Entering Tuesday night’s contest at South Park, South Allegheny controlled its own destiny in the race for at least a ...

The Ringgold boys’ basketball team squared off against Peters Township in a critical Section 3-5A contest Tuesday night. The first half unfolded exactly as Rams coach Scott Stephenson hoped — low-scor...