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 held off visiting Bishop Canevin, 44-41, in the WPIAL Class A Fifth-Place Consolation game to earn the final district spot in the PIAA tournament in girls basketball action on Wednesday night. It’s the third consecutive year the Lady Greyhounds, coached by Janine Vertacnik, have ...

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 ...