Feb 23, 2025 By the Herald-Standard 3 min read

Bobby Fadden scored 22 points and Mohawk jumped out to a 23-9 lead in the first quarter on its way to a 55-38 win over Southmoreland in a WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball quarterfinal playoff game at North Catholic High School Friday night.

The third-seeded Warriors (19-5) led 32-15 at halftime and 44-29 after three quarters.

Drew Wrona added 13 points for Mohawk which advances to Tuesday’s semifinals where it will play South Allegheny in an 8 p.m. game at North Allegheny

The sixth-seeded Scotties (18-6) drop into the consolation bracket and will host No. 10 Ellwood City in a 7 p.m. game Tuesday.

Noah Felentzer led Southmoreland with 14 points.

Men’s basketball

Thiel 66, Waynesburg 51 – Mike Brown and Khamari Accursio-Harris each scored 17 points as the Tomcats handed the Yellow Jackets a PAC home loss in their season finale.

Thiel rolled to a 36-21 halftime lead and stayed in control the rest of the way.

Marlon Ellerbee had 10 points and 13 rebounds for the Tomcats (8-12, 9-15) who also got 10 points from Gabriel Gonzalez.

Antone Baker totaled 14 points, six rebounds and three steals for Waynesburg (5-15, 7-18), Jalen Goins added 11 points

Penn State Greater Allegheny 62, Penn State Fayette 57 – Penn State Greater Allegheny stormed back from an 18-point second-half deficit to topple visiting Penn State Fayette in a PSUAC game Friday night.

Elijah Hannon led Greater Allegheny with 14 points.

Fayette (6-11, 7-18) led 39-25 at halftime and 50-32 with 13:49 left after a basket by Brandon Dennison.

Greater Allegheny (8-9, 8-15) dominated the rest of the way and took the lead for good when Hannon scored to make it 54-53 with 5:04 remaining.

Zachary Hill scored a game-high 15 points for Fayette which also got 13 points from Dasilas Jones, 12 from Dennison and 10 from Jesse Lawson Jr.

Women’s basketball

Waynesburg 75, Thiel 63 – The Yellow Jackets trailed 58-56 after three quarters but outscored the visiting Tomcats 19-5 in the fourth quarter to pull out a PAC win Saturday.

Madisen Dayton led Waynesburg (9-11, 14-11) with 18 points and Julz Mohrbacher followed with 13 points along with 13 rebounds. The Yellow Jackets also got 11 points from Kara McFadden, 10 from Mia Henkins and eight points and nine assists from Kalista Friday.

Issy Green tallied a game-high 22 points for Thiel.

Penn State Fayette 60, Penn State Greater Allegheny 55 – Sophia Zalar rang up 30 points and Penn State Fayette held off visiting Penn State Greater Allegheny to end its season on a winning note in a PSUAC game.

Fayette built a 24-10 lead in the first quarter and led by as much as 17 before fending off a late Greater Allegheny rally.

Zalar, a Carmichaels graduate who scored 33 against Greater Allegheny in an 80-61 road win on Feb. 4, made 13 of 19 shots this time while also coming up with nine rebounds and three steals.

Takiah Cheathon added 14 points, five assists and four steals for Fayette (4-13, 6-19) which also got 13 points with three 3-pointers, nine rebounds and three assists from Heaven Grumm.

Fayette led 24-7 after a Reagan Rudder 3-pointer late in the first quarter and was up 34-27 at halftime and 46-40 after three quarters. Fayette built its lead back up to nine twice in the fourth quarter.

Greater Allegheny (1-16, 1-18) whittled the gap to two with 8:23 left on a basket by Peyton Smith but Zalar responded with back-to-back layups to push the margin up to 50-44.

Greater Allegheny got within three on a Smith layup with 46 seconds left but a free throw by Cheathon with 39 seconds remaining made it a two-possession game and Fayette hung on from there.

Smith paced PSGA with 24 points and Tomisha Pierce had 19.