×

Boys basketball

Slow start ends year for Bishop Guilfoyle boys basketball

CHAMBERSBURG — As they have in every basketball game this season, the Bishop Guilfoyle Academy Marauders fought and battled tooth-and-nail for 32 minutes Tuesday night. This time, however, they couldn’t quite get over the hump in their PIAA Class 3A boys semifinal playoff basketball game ...

Grant Okonak helps Bishop Guilfoyle to stay alive

Name: Grant Okonak School: Bishop Guilfoyle Academy Age: 17 Grade: Junior Sport: Basketball Athlete of the week achievement: Okonak scored a team-high 18 points in BG’s 50-46 overtime win over Westmont Hilltop in the PIAA Class 3A quarterfinals. He scored eight points in the pivotal ...

Bishop Guilfoyle uses its defense to advance to Final 4 in boys basketball

CLAYSBURG — Defense and grit often make the difference in high school basketball playoff games — especially when those games go into overtime. Bishop Guilfoyle Academy boys basketball coach Ryan Lestochi said that his Marauders team prides itself on cultivating an aura of mental ...

Upperclassmen keep Bishop Guilfoyle boys on playoff path

INDIANA — Taurean Consiglio played as though this might have been his last game. He and the Bishop Guilfoyle Academy basketball team made sure it was not. Consiglio scored a game-high 24 points, including 13 during a pivotal third quarter that lifted the Marauders to a 59-52 victory against ...

Bishop Guilfoyle boys defeat Ligonier Valley in PIAA first round

The Bishop Guilfoyle Academy Marauders are a contender to reach the PIAA Class 3A boys basketball tournament state championship game at Hershey’s Giant Center in 12 days. A quick start out of the gates for BG in Saturday afternoon’s 62-43 PIAA first-round victory over Ligonier Valley at ...

Bishop Carroll puts up valiant effort in defeat

McKEESPORT — When a team has a player as good as Bishop Carroll Catholic senior Jace Casses, it always has a shot to win. Unfortunately when that player is as good as the Huskies’ star senior, it also means he has a target on his back. WPIAL runner-up Serra Catholic had a man in Casses’ ...