http://www.post-gazette.com/highschoolsports/ High school sports coverage en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 03:10:02 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208827-361-0.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml When he was playing point guard at Point Park University, Gavin Prosser was running the top scoring offense in the nation. Now that he is running the girls basketball team at Baldwin High School, Prosser is bringing the same basic concepts from his playing days at Point Park to his first head coaching stint at his other alma mater. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208829-361-0.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Designations and labels are impressive and easy to come by when discussing the Monessen High School boys basketball team. Defending WPIAL champions. Undefeated section champions. No. 2-ranked team in Class AA, according to the Post-Gazette. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208830-361-0.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml For Clairton, a slow start to the season is nothing new ... neither is a red-hot finish. The Bears (11-6, 8-1) opened the season 3-5, but have won eight of nine since then. They'll go into Friday's game against Serra Catholic with a chance at their first section title since 2009 -- well, at least a share of the title. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208835-361-0.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Last June, Karly Mellinger found herself playing basketball in the University of North Carolina's famous Dean E. Smith Center, aka "The Dean Dome." She was attending Carolina's Finest Team Camp with her Greensburg Central Catholic teammates, and the Centurions were battling a quality team from Arizona. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208837-361-0.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Entering the season, Woodland Hills coach Mike Decker figured that senior guard Jeremy McMunn would be his team's second-leading scorer. And why not? Behind ultra-athletic big man Shakim Alonzo, McMunn was certainly the Wolverines' biggest scoring threat. He averaged 11.2 points per game last season and looked set to lead a much-improved Woodland Hills squad in Decker's second season. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208841-361-0.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Central Catholic basketball coach Chuck Crummie has seen plenty of talented players at the boys-only Catholic school on Fifth Avenue in his 32 years as the Vikings coach. He's most pleased with the progress shown by Lincoln Davis, a 6-foot-2 senior guard from Penn Hills, since his freshman year. "When he was a freshman, he didn't understand the need to play hard," Crummie said. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208868-361-0.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml A nine-game winning streak to start the season was followed by consecutive Section 2-AAA losses for the Hopewell girls' basketball team. A 9-0 Hopewell team was beaten at home, 68-64, by talented New Castle. Four nights later, the Vikings were blown out, 56-38, at Blackhawk. "That first loss to New Castle really took the wind out of our sails," Hopewell coach Jeff Homziak said. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208870-361-0.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Trey Hosack admits he is trying to make up for lost time ... and a not-so-wise decision. Hosack did not play basketball last season for Lincoln Park in Midland. That's because the WPIAL Board of Control ruled him ineligible for athletics when he transferred to Ambridge. The decision was upheld by the PIAA. There went his junior season. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208873-361-0.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Justin Gentile remembers that 12 months ago when South Side Beaver High School was playing out the end of the 2010-11 boys basketball season, there were few fond memories. And maybe fewer fans were in the stands. There was little in the way of production on the court to excite spectators. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208875-361-0.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml With a young team struggling out of the gate and sitting at 0-5 on Dec. 20, outsiders might have told the Mars Area girls' basketball team to start looking forward to next season. The 15 players on the roster and three coaches were not about to consider this a rebuilding year, however, so instead of looking toward next season, they looked toward next year -- as in 2012. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208877-361-0.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml It is that time of year again. No, it's not the time of year to pack the Christmas decorations away in the attic. That doesn't happen until April. It's time to lend a helping hand to the WPIAL Basketball Steering Committee as it gets ready for the league's version of March Madness. Frantic February, a.k.a. the WPIAL basketball playoffs, will tip-off next week. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1208879-361-0.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Not unlike his team, it is easy for Pine-Richland's Andy Andrle to get lost among the Section 3-AAAA boys basketball crowd. WPIAL Class AAAA's No. 1-ranked team -- Shaler Area -- plays in that section. . The Titans have a Penn State basketball recruit -- Geno Thorpe -- and a Pitt football recruit -- J.P. Holtz -- in their starting lineup. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12040/1209068-361.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Brentwood High School officials have not found any credence to charges by Monessen's boys basketball team that Brentwood students and players used racial slurs toward Monessen in a game Friday. Brentwood issued a statement on its website, saying after the game "the district conducted an investigation and spoke to a number of district students and staff who attended the game. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12039/1208756-361-0.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml The newly crowned top 3-point shooter in WPIAL boys basketball history has helped his team reach the playoffs his senior season. Micah Mason broke the WPIAL record for career 3-pointers and helped Highlands earn a spot in the postseason Tuesday with a 72-60 win against visiting Deer Lakes in Class AAA Section 2. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12038/1208612-361.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml West Mifflin's Ciara Patterson did everything she could, but it wasn't enough to defeat the No. 1-ranked girls basketball team in WPIAL Class AAA. Patterson had 24 of her game-high 38 points in the second half, but by then the Titans were just playing catch-up. South Park beat West Mifflin (7-9, 6-3), 76-50, Monday night to clinch the Section 4 title for the second consecutive season. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12038/1208613-361-0.stm?cmpid=highschoolsports.xml Basketball Box Scores Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500