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Lucas Garber scored a game-high 27 points, including six of Waynesburg’s eight points in overtime, as the Raiders gave their playoff hopes a boost with a 53-50 victory over visiting Ringgold in a Class 4A Section 3 boys basketball game Friday night.

Ringgold (5-2, 12-4) led 23-18 at halftime but Garber led the Waynesburg comeback, scoring 10 points, including a pair of clutch three-pointers, in the fourth quarter as the Raiders sent the game to overtime tied at 45-45.

A field goal by Richard Bortz, who finished with 11 points, and Garber’s six points were all the Raiders (2-5, 8-9) needed in overtime.

Demetrius Butler led Ringgold in scoring with 18 points and Chris Peccon followed with 16.

Washington 73, Brownsville 31: Washington remained in sole possession of first place in Class 3A Section 4 with a 73-31 thumping of visiting Brownsville.

The Prexies (7-1, 8-7), who moved above the .500 mark for the season, jumped out to a 17-5 lead in opening period and never looked back.

Ian Bredniak led the Prexies with 15 points. Dan Ethridge followed with 14 points and Zahmere Robinson had 13.

Hunter Assad paced Brownsville (0-9, 3-13) with 11 points.

West Mifflin 77, Trinity 76, OT: Host West Mifflin made a free throw in the closing seconds of regulation to force overtime, then made 10 more free throws in the extra session to edge Trinity 77-76 in a Class 5A Section 2 game.

The win snapped an 11-game losing streak for West Mifflin (1-9, 3-13). Trinity dropped to 4-5 in the section and 7-9 overall.

The Hillers led by eight points at halftime but West Mifflin closed to within one point with less than 20 seconds remaining. The Titans then missed a potential game-winning shot but Trinity was called for a controversial two-shot foul on the rebound. The Titans missed the first free throw but made the second to force overtime tied at 60-60.

Deodis Powell led West Mifflin scoring with 25 points.

Trinity’s Dylan King had a tremendous game, scoring a career-high 33 points. Michael Koroly followed with 15 points and freshman Connor Roberts had 12 points.

OLSH 83, Burgettstown 47: Jake DiMichele scored a game-high 17 points to lead OLSH to an 83-47 victory over Burgettstown in a Section 3 game in Class 2A.

Daren DiMichele added 13 points for OLSH (9-0, 15-1), which led 39-20 at halftime.

Dante Gianfransesco’s 14 points led Burgettstown (1-7, 7-10).

Brentwood 61, Carmichaels 48: A fast start propelled Brentwood to a 61-48 victory over Carmichaels in a Section 2 game in Class 2A.

C.J. Ziegler paced Brentwood (5-4, 9-7) with 24 points, thanks in part to 5 three-point field goals. Brentwood led 16-7 after one quarter and 28-16 at halftime.

Christopher Barrish scored 15 points and Al Cree chipped in with 10 points for the Mikes (2-7, 8-9).

McGuffey 55, Southmoreland 47: C.J. Cole had a double-double to pace McGuffey to a 55-47 victory over Southmoreland in a Section 4 game in Class 3A.

Cole had 20 points and 15 rebounds for the Highlanders (7-2, 12-6). Colin Walters, Nate Witkowksy and Dylan Summers each scored nine points.

Cody Richter tossed in 20 points and Riley Comforti chipped in 18 points for the Scotties (5-3, 10-7), who had a six-game winning streak snapped.

Avella 57, West Greene 47: Avella broke open a tight game with an 8-point run in the fourth quarter to take a 57-47 victory from West Greene in a Section 2-A game.

Avella (3-5, 5-11) outscored Avella (3-6, 5-10) in the fourth quarter, 23-17. The Eagles led 34-30 after three quarters.

Owen English poured in a game-high 23 points and Gabe Lis scored 12 points for Avella.

West Greene was paced by Nathan Brudnock’s 19 points.

Beth-Center 60, Jeff-Morgan 40: Andrew Bower scored a team-high 19 points to lead Beth-Center to a 60-40 victory over Jefferson-Morgan in a non-section game.

Nick Martin contributed 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds for B-C (8-9), which led 28-19 at halftime.

Taj Jacobs also scored a team-high 19 points for the Rockets (4-14).

Serra Catholic 78, Chartiers-Houston 34: Class 2A Section 2 leader Serra Catholic remained undefeated in league play with a 78-34 victory over visiting Chartiers-Houston.

Serra (9-0, 13-2), which has clinched a playoff berth, broke open a close game by outscoring the Bucs 46-13 over the middle two quarters. Jimmy Moon paced the Eagles with 33 points. Khalil Smith and Jayden Bristol each had 16 points.

Christian Berry was the only player in double figures for Chartiers-Houston (3-5, 8-9). He had 11 points.

Uniontown 95, Belle Vernon 52: Powerful Uniontown moved closer to clinching the Class 4A Section 3 title by defeating Belle Vernon, 95-52, ending the Leopards’ three-game winning streak.

Uniontown (7-0, 12-3) led 17-12 after the first quarter, then scored 53 points over the next two quarters. Billy Deshields led four Uniontown players in double figures with 25 points. Isiah Melvin had 20 points, Andre Ash had 15 and Ray Robinson 10.

Larry Callaway had 19 points to lead Belle Vernon’s scoring and Mitchell Pohlot had 15. The Leopards fell to 2-5 in the section and 5-13 overall.

Geibel Catholic 84, Mapletown 44: Cole Kendell scored 19 points and Geibel erupted for a 30-point second quarter en route to an 84-44 victory over visiting Mapletown in Section 2-A.

The Gators (6-3, 9-7) put five players in double figures. Kaeleb Lehman had 16 points, Isaiah Krizner 12, Anthony Carbonara 11 and Enzo Fetsko 10.

Chuck Lash had 11 points to lead Mapletown (1-8, 1-17) in scoring. Matt Atwood scored 10.

Jeannette 90, Bentworth 35: Jeannette scored 58 first-half points and cruised to a 90-35 victory over visiting Bentworth.

A.J. Sharp scored 32 points for the Jayhawks. He made eight three-point field goals.

Bentworth’s Shawn Dziak had all but 10 of his team’s total, scoring 25 points.

In other games: In Class 6A Section 2, host Mt. Lebanon outscored Canon-McMillan 27-7 in the fourth quarter to beat the Big Macs, 70-50. The score was tied 43-43 after three quarters. Peters Township picked up a key road win, beating Bethel Park, 79-71. Moon defeated South Fayette 44-33 in Class 5A Section 2. Charleroi remained on the heels of first-place Washington in Class 3A Section 4 by holding off Frazier 53-49. Monessen won its 61st consecutive section game by winning at Bishop Canevin 62-52 in Section 2-A. The Greyhounds trailed by eight points in the third quarter before mounting a comeback.

Girls results

West Greene 69, Beth-Center 35: West Greene put four players in double figures and rolled to a 69-35 victory over host Beth-Center in a nonsection game.

West Greene (16-1) led by only 12-9 after one quarter before scoring 43 points over the next two quarters to open a 55-24 lead.

McKenna Lampe led the Pioneers’ scoring attack with 14 points. Kaitlyn Rizor was right behind with 13 points, Jersey Wise had 12 and Madison Lampe 11. The Pioneers had 10 players crack the scoring column.

Beth-Center (10-7) was led in scoring by Julia Ograowski’s nine points.

Avonworth 62, Chartiers-Houston 33: Three players scored in double figures to catapult Avonworth over Chartiers-Houston in a non-section game.

Hayden Robinson led the way with 17 points for Avonworth (8-2, 11-5). Kat Getz had 15 and Harris Robinson scored 11 points.

Zamierah Edwards scored 12 and Dominique Mortimer 10 for C-H (4-4, 6-11).