With a pair of PIAA finalists and a trio of WPIAL championship participants, 2025 proved a very good year for girls basketball in The Almanac readership area. South Fayette reached the pinnacle, capturing the program’s first state championship and compiling a 29-2 overall record without a ...
The South Fayette girls are believers. They thought they could knock off four-time defending state champion Archbishop Wood in the PIAA finals. And, they did. Much to the amazement of many, South Fayette dethroned the Vikings, 45-37, in the Class 5A championship contest played March 29 at the ...
For the second time in three years, South Fayette is going to Hershey to compete for a state championship in girls basketball. By virtue of a 50-36 win over Peters Township on March 22 at Canon-McMillan High School, the Lady Lions advanced to the PIAA Class 5A final. South Fayette (28-2) will ...
The WPIAL held its version of March Madness when it hosted its basketball championships at the Petersen Events Center on the University of Pittsburgh campus. Six area teams participated with four claiming titles. The Upper St. Clair boys and girls swept the Class 6A bracket while the Peters ...
Peters Township scored a split decision during the WPIAL basketball tournament. During the Class 5A championship contests played at the Petersen Events Center on the University of Pittsburgh campus, the Lady Indians came from behind to dethrone South Fayette, 40-36, on Feb. 28 while the ...
After Upper St. Clair suffered its third straight loss in the 2023 WPIAL Class 6A girls basketball final, then-sophomore Rylee Kalocay vowed during the post-game press conference that she would win a championship for Pete Serio, who has been the Lady Panthers’ head coach for the last 11 ...
