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No. 3 Laurel girls clinch share of section title, their first, with rout of Shenango

Matt Freed/Post-Gazette

No. 3 Laurel girls clinch share of section title, their first, with rout of Shenango

It might not have been an out­right ti­tle, but when your school has never won a cham­pi­on­ship of any kind, it’s worth cel­e­brat­ing.

In her last reg­u­lar-sea­son home game, Lau­rel se­nior Car­o­line Gib­son scored a game-high 29 points while Faith Gib­son and Mikyla Slater each con­trib­uted 10 as the Class 2A No. 3 Spar­tans (17-4, 13-1) pulled out a 76-28 win over Shen­ango (6-16, 3-11) to tie Our Lady of the Sa­cred Heart (16-4, 13-1) for the Sec­tion 1 ti­tle. Prior to last year, Lau­rel had missed the WPIAL play­offs three con­sec­u­tive years.

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■ Greensburg Salem locked up a Class 4A WPIAL playoff spot -— and no worse than a third-place tie as the Golden Lions (11-10, 7-7) rolled over Apollo-Ridge (15-6, 7-6), 66-45, in Section 1 action. Megan Kallock scored 28 points, including 9 of 10 from the foul line down the stretch, and Nikki Mellinger chipped in 22.

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■ In a win­ner-take-all game, Corinne Wash­ing­ton scored a game-high 25 points as Quaker Val­ley (11-9, 5-7) pulled out a 45-43 over­time vic­tory over Am­bridge (8-13, 4-8) that gave the Quak­ers the last WPIAL Class 4A play­off spot out of Sec­tion 2. The Bridgers were eliminated from the post­sea­son.

■ Winchester Thurston (9-8, 6-6) needed a win to qualify for the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs and pulled it off as Nya Nicholson scored 12 points and Emma Small had 13 in a 32-20 win over the Ellis School. The Bears finished in a third-place tie with Riverview (9-11, 6-6) and the Ellis School (14-7, 6-6).

■ Class 3A No. 3 Car­lyn­ton (18-2, 12-2) showed no let­down af­ter its up­set win against Shady Side Acad­emy on Tues­day as the Cou­gars got 20 points from Jada Lee, who led three play­ers in dou­ble-fig­ures in a 60-41 vic­tory over Steel Val­ley (2-19, 2-12) in their Sec­tion 3 fi­nale.

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■ Class 5A No. 1 Chartiers Valley (22-0, 14-0). capped off its first undefeated section slate since 2011-12 as Mackenzie Wagner led three players in double-figures with 18 in the Colts’ 63-29 victory over South Fayette (13-9, 7-7).

■ Elizabeth Forward (14-6, 12-2) already had the Class 4A Section 3 title clinched, but the Warriors probably didn’t want to head into the playoffs with an upset loss to Belle Vernon (14-8, 10-4). Rachel Wobrak went for a game-high 23 points and Lindsay Steeber had 20 in a 64-52 win. Belle Vernon locked up a third-place tie with McKeesport (12-8, 10-4.

■ It took overtime, but Class 3A No. 2 Shady Side Academy (17-2, 13-1) rebounded well from its Tuesday loss to Carlynton as Ariana Goitz scored 21 points to lead the Indians to a 41-38 win at Deer Lakes (15-5, 10-4).

■ Mack­en­zie Ama­lia hit six 3-point­ers and scored 20 points to lead Class 4A No. 3 Blackhawk (17-3, 11-1) to an 84-47 vic­tory over New Cas­tle (8-13, 2-10) that clinched at least a share of the Sec­tion 3 ti­tle. Black­hawk made 14 3-pointers in the game.

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Thurs­day’s stars

■ Car­ley Al­len scored a game-high 28 points to help Class 3A No. 5 Wash­ing­ton (17-4, 12-2) lock up sec­ond place in Sec­tion 2 with a 71-47 win over McGuffey (8-13, 5-9).

■ Serra Catholic junior Rayna Andrews scored 12 points and set a school record with 26 rebounds as the Class 2A No. 5 Eagles (16-4, 11-1) beat Jeannette (4-17, 2-10), 54-33, and clinched a tie with Brentwood (17-3, 11-1) for the Section 2 title.


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First Published: February 8, 2019, 4:36 a.m.

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