Author: West Hills Gazette
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Our Lady of the Sacred Heart’s Leah Parker, shown here in a game against Riverside last season, is expected to play a prominent role in the 2025-26 edition of the Chargers. (Photo by Mike Longo Jr.) The Our Lady of the Sacred Heart girls basketball team opens its season Monday against Beaver Area and will be counting on returning starters Leah Parker and Lola Garner to lead the way. However, crucial players are injured, including Sara Daeschner and Anna Beth Grayson.
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Drew Allen’s 26 points helped Bishop Canevin secure a 75-67 win over Belle Vernon at the West Mifflin tournament, overcoming a first-quarter deficit. Allderdice edged Montour 42-39, with Keilyn Walden’s late jumper sealing their season-opening victory amid missed free throws from the Spartans. Moon Area won its season opener, 71-46, over Imani Christian.
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Montour defeated Quaker Valley 62-60 in the Tip-Off Tournament, with Claire Bannon leading the Spartans with 21 points. Despite Mimi Thiero’s 44 points, Montour’s teamwork and resilience secured their 2-0 record. Sto-Rox beat Propel Montour, 55-25, at the Deer Lakes Tournament.
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Two players from the West Hills were selected for the Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association All-State teams for 2025: Owen Minzer, a senior midfielder from Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, and Kendall Dydek, a senior midfielder from Moon Area.
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The Montour Spartans decisively defeated Knoch 50-15 in their girls basketball season opener, featuring a dominant first half. Brooklyn Young scored 16 points to lead Montour. In other games, Yough defeated the Sto-Rox girls, 60-33, and Bishop Canevin beat Elizabeth-Forward 65-55 in boys game behind Drew Allen Jr.’s 22 points.
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Montour will have to make up for the loss of 6-foot-9 Ama Sow, who graduated and moved on to the University of Tennessee at Martin. (Emily Matthews/Pittsburgh Union Progress) Montour’s boys basketball team faces significant changes with the graduation of star Ama Sow but welcomes 7-1 transfer Löic Kalau and talented sophomore Zane Schachter. Coach Bill Minear emphasizes youth and a new, methodical approach as they tackle a challenging early-season schedule.
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The Moon Area boys basketball team will have to make do without Michael Santicola, shown here in a game last season. Santicola is one of three key players who graduated from last year’s 19-8 Tigers team. (Photo by Mike Longo Jr.) The Moon Area Tigers basketball team faces challenges this season due to the loss of three starters. Coach Gino Palmosina emphasizes the need for team chemistry as they integrate new players, including the promising Bauman brothers, into their lineup.
