Witness the Rise of Basketball Stars on the Court

Girls Basketball

In a battle of WPIAL girls basketball powers, Peters Township emerged victorious with Natalie Wetzel scoring 20 points. Bri Morreale added 18 points and Taylor McCullough had 14 as Peters Township (2-0) defeated Upper St. Clair (1-1). At the Baldwin/Peters Township tournament, Albert Gallatin's Mya Glisan scored 24 points and Grayce Panos added 16 to lead the team to a win. Aquinas Academy's Carly Bezila scored 14 points and Tess Duer added 11 as they won at their tipoff tournament. Avella's Ava Frank scored 26 points and Syd Strope added 21 in a nonsection win. Baldwin's Hannah Prilla scored 11 points and Cate Gentile led Pine-Richland with 19 points. Laurel Highlands' Aierra Jenkins scored 22 points to lead four players in double figures in a win over Allderdice. Monessen's Madison Johnson led with 27 points and Na’Jaziah Carter added 13. South Park's Hayley Bennett scored 17 points and led five players in double figures in a win over Serra Catholic.

Connellsville celebrated with Lucas Harwood after his tie-breaking, buzzer-beating 3-pointer against Greensburg Salem. Greensburg Salem's Blessing Gantt scored 18 points and Regan Kerr added 11. Hempfield's Allie Cervola scored 11 points and Lilly Houghtalen added eight. Chartiers-Houston's Allison Wingard scored 18 points and Ava Kolovich contributed 12. Derry's Jane Huss scored 17 points and Charleroi's Anna Kondratowicz led with eight points. Fox Chapel's Bella Urso scored 15 points, Natalie Schaffer added 14 and Taylor Stocker had 10. Geibel's Emma Larkin scored 25 points and Mallory Clemmer followed with 18. Latrobe's Carley Berk scored 20 points and Maggie Maiers added 16. Neighborhood Academy's Neveah Jefferson scored 17 points and Amira Abdul Waalee had 13. Neshannock's Payton Newman scored 18 points and Jaidon Nogay had 16. Southmoreland's Leah Moore scored 14 points and Lanie Moore chipped in 10.

Boys Basketball

Aquinas Academy's Jake Guillen led with 26 points, Sam Duer had 15 and Jonah Burchill added 14. Archbishop Spalding's Elijah Barrett scored 17 points and Owen Congdon added 11. Armstrong's Carter Schotting scored 19 points and Garrett Brumbaugh added 12. Avella's Bryce Wright scored 18 points and Brayden Fuller added 16. Baldwin's Max Marzina led with 14 points, Jackson Sgattoni followed with 11 and Gabe Barakat and Nate Wesling added 10. Beaver's Brady Mayo and Nick Krzeczowski scored 17 points each. Belle Vernon's Tommy Davis had 13 points and 16 rebounds. Bentworth's Ben Hays scored 21 points. Beth-Center's Parker Amos scored 14 points and Jason Zellie had 10. Bethel Park's Jack Bruckner scored 14 points and Michael Bruckner added 10. Blackhawk's Tyler Heckathorn scored 28 points and Justin Shanor followed with 22. Brashear's Ryan White scored 14 points and Mike Lee had 11. Brentwood's Forrest Betz led with 21 points. Burrell's DJ Cosentino scored 11 points and Adam Wass contributed 10. Butler's Stainton Forbes had a double-double with 28 points and 11 rebounds. California's Caden Monticelli and Hunter Brown scored 12 points each. Carrick's Brayden Fisher scored 29 points. Central Valley's Isaiah Jeter scored 16 points. Chartiers Valley's Jayden Davis led with 15 points. Connellsville's Lucas Harwood beat the final buzzer with a 3-pointer and scored a game-high 25 points. Derry's Stanley Rajkovich had a double-double with 22 points and 16 rebounds. Harvest Prep's Brandon Roddy scored 17 points. Hempfield's Daniel Husenits scored 28 points and Drew Gordon added 15. Jeannette's Jayce Powell scored 24 points. Mars' Austen Wrobolewski scored 22 points. McGuffey's Ayden Cunningham scored 26 points. Mohawk's Bobby Fadden scored 33 points. Monessen's Devontae Robinson hit for 27 points. Moon's Carter Tumulty led with 23 points. Mt. Lebanon's Jacob Zaber scored 28 points. Neighborhood Academy's Courtney Wallace led with 22 points. Neshannock's Jake Rynd and Tony Perrotta scored 14 points each. North Hills' Zach Pollaro and Nathan Schanbacher scored 24 points each. OLSH's Jake Johnson and Tiernan McCullough each scored 19 points. Peters Township's Dylan Donovan hit six 3-pointers and finished with 36 points. Quaker Valley's Sam Chapman scored a career-high 28 points. Riverside's McCartney Plassmeyer scored 19 points. Serra Catholic's Owen Dumbroski scored 24 points. South Fayette's Gavin Orosz scored 17 points. Southmoreland's Noah Felentzer hit for 21 points. Springdale's Robbie Simmen scored 14 points. Union's Lucas Stanley scored 22 points. Upper St. Clair's Jake Foster scored 14 points. Valley's Tayshawn Hawkins scored 19 points. Washington's Tristan Reed scored 23 points.