Serra Catholic 79, Waynesburg 53Washington (8-13) led 12-10 after one quarter before holding a 38-15 scoring edge over the next two periods. Washington 63, Monessen 30 Owen Dombroski poured in a game-high 31 points as Serra Catholic defeated Waynesburg 79-53 in a nonsection contest. South Fayette is one of three girls basketball teams in Class […]
Serra Catholic 79, Waynesburg 53Washington (8-13) led 12-10 after one quarter before holding a 38-15 scoring edge over the next two periods.
Washington 63, Monessen 30
Owen Dombroski poured in a game-high 31 points as Serra Catholic defeated Waynesburg 79-53 in a nonsection contest.
South Fayette is one of three girls basketball teams in Class 5A that have strong cases for being the No. 1 seed when the WPIAL playoff brackets and pairings are released this afternoon.
Boys results
Bentworth slips to .500, both in the section (7-7) and overall (10-10).
The Lions made their final pitch for No. 1 on Saturday when they defeated Class 6A Section 1 champion Seneca Valley, 65-30, in a game played at North Allegheny.
The Bearcats were led by Chris Harper’s nine points.
Washington was a 43-34 winner over visiting Monessen in a nonsection game. No game details were reported.
Jeannette finishes section play at 12-2 and the Jayhawks are 19-2 overall.
Serra improves to 18-3 overall. Waynesburg is 9-12.
Jeannette 71, Bentworth 25
Na’Jaziah Carter led Monessen (5-15) with 14 points and Madison Johnson scored 12.
Kyndra Wynn had 13 points for Wash High and Faith Partozoti tossed in 11.
Elijah Wright scored 15 points for Obama (9-8).
Dane Woods had a double-double for Waynesburg with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Jack Ricciuti had 12 points and Cole Headlee netted 10.
Seneca Valley is 15-6.
In other games
Markus McGowen scored 17 points and Jayce Powell added 16 as Jeannette defeated cold-shooting Bentworth 71-25 in Class 2A Section 1.
South Fayette 54, Obama 46
Ryan Oldaker pumped in a game-high 22 points to spark South Fayette (21-1), which raced out to leads of 22-7 at the end of one quarter and 38-17 at halftime. Juliette Leroux added 15 points for the Lions, who have won 13 in a row.
Olivia Woods led three Wash High players in double figures with 23 points and the Prexies dominated the second and third quarters en route to a 63-30 victory over visiting Monessen.
South Fayette (15-7) forged a 13-point halftime lead and pushed it to 18 at the end of three quarters.
Tyson Wright scored a game-high 18 points and South Fayette defeated Obama Academy of the Pittsburgh City League, 54-46.
