MONESSEN – West Greene’s girls basketball team battled Monessen three times this season and each time the game got tighter. The Lady Greyhounds survived each time, including on Saturday with a 34-30 win over the visiting Lady Pioneers in a WPIAL Class A consolation game. Monessen (19-6) ...

MONESSEN – Using a stifling, and at times suffocating, defense Saturday afternoon, the Monessen girls downed West Greene, 34-30, for a WPIAL Class A consolation round victory. “Our intensity and press were the difference,” said Monessen coach Janine Vertacnik. “Our shots weren’t ...