Laurel Highlands' Rodney Gallagher is the Herald-Standard Boys Basketball Player of the Year for the second straight season and Frazier's Zach Keefer is the Coach of the Year.
Geibel Catholic School

Geibel Catholic Junior/Senior High School
611 E. Crawford Avenue Connellsville, PA 15425
Superintendent:
Maureen Marsteller
Don Favero
Holly Peton
Father Robert T. Lubic
Sports
Laurel Highlands' Rodney Gallagher is the Herald-Standard Boys Basketball Player of the Year for the second straight season and Frazier's Zach Keefer is the Coach of the Year.
The Belle Vernon boys and girls opened the Section 2-AAA season Tuesday afternoon by sweeping past host Laurel Highlands.
CONNELLSVILLE TWP. -- The Geibel Catholic boys made several runs in Tuesday's WPIAL Class A first round playoff game, but visiting Western Beaver had a response each time to hold on for a 54-53 victory.
Monessen gave coach Dan Bosnic his 100th career coaching win by defeating host Bentworth, 56-47, in Section 4-AA boys basketball action Thursday night.
Laurel Highlands and Belle Vernon both played for WPIAL boys basketball championships a year ago and the Mustangs and Leopards are the area's highest seeded teams this season as the WPIAL revealed its playoff pairings on Tuesday.
Da’Marr Lewis scored 19 points with the last four coming in the final minute to help Uniontown fend off host Yough, 49-45, in a Section 3-AAAA boys basketball battle Tuesday night.
Nate English poured in a game-high 26 points to help lift Albert Gallatin to a 67-66 overtime victory at Hempfield in a non-section boys basketball battle Monday night.
Demetrius Butler poured in 34 points Wednesday night to lead visiting Ringgold to a 65-49 Section 1-AAAAA road victory at West Mifflin.
Devon Whitlock scored his 1,000th career point in a stellar all-around performance as Belle Vernon rolled past visiting Yough, 78-45, in a Section 3-AAAA boys basketball game Tuesday night.
Demarion Brown scored a game-high 29 points and Brownsville halted a six-game losing streak with a 65-52 win at Waynesburg Central in Section 4-AAA boys basketball action Friday night.
Hillary Claycomb rang up a game-high 25 points and Connellsville gradually pulled away from host Laurel Highlands for a 54-30 victory in Section 3-AAAAA girls basketball action Thursday night.
Nine days after struggling to a 56-43 win at Ringgold, Laurel Highlands exploded for 50 points in the first half on its way to a much more comfortable 82-39 victory over the Rams in Section 1-AAAAA boys basketball action Monday night.
New Castle had barely been challenged this boys basketball season before meeting Belle Vernon in the Hoops for a Cure Tournament at North Allegheny on Saturday.
Landan Stevenson led a balanced attack with 13 points as Mapletown held off host West Greene for a 58-54 victory in Section 2-A boys basketball action Friday night.
Nekea Lewis poured in a game-high 28 points and Uniontown took control in the second quarter in defeating visiting Ringgold, 59-46, in Section 3-AAAAA girls basketball action on Thursday night.
Thomas Jefferson went 8-for-8 from the foul in overtime to fight off visiting Albert Gallatin for a 68-59 Section 1-AAAAA victory in boys basketball action Tuesday night.
The Belle Vernon boys scored 55 points in the middle two quarters Friday night as the Leopards pulled away for a 65-25 win over visiting Southmoreland in Section 3-AAAA action.
Bryn Bezjak scored a game-high 22 points as Albert Gallatin romped over visiting Ringgold, 71-32, in a Section 3-AAAAA girls basketball game Thursday night.
Aereanna Griffith and Essence Davis combined for 47 points and 23 rebounds to lead Laurel Highlands to its first win of the season Wednesday night with a 63-29 non-section victory at Jeannette.