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Upper St. Clair surprises Bethel Park in big win

Written by Brad Everett on .

Brad Everett recapped the game, Upper St. Clair versus Bethel Park:

2013 0123 USC Conn"As Upper St. Clair coach Danny Holzer emerged from a throng of a few dozen screaming students inside his team's locker room Tuesday night, a reporter asked him if that type of celebration takes place after all of his team's wins.

"Only the big ones," said Holzer, smiling.

This one certainly qualified.

Upper St. Clair pulled even with Class AAAA No. 4 Bethel Park in the race for the Section 4 title by handing the visiting Black Hawks their second defeat of the season, 63-50, in a battle of Route 19 rivals.

"This was a huge win. One of our goals is to the win the section and then maybe the WPIAL, so getting this win really helps us," said Upper St. Clair junior J.J. Conn."

(Photo: Upper St. Clair's JJ Conn drives to the basket against Bethel Park in a WPIAL Class AAAA Section 4 game Tuesday. Upper St. Clair posted a 63-50 win. Peter Diana/Post-Gazette.)

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Alumni Update: Tori Bishop (Washington & Jefferson)

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Washington & Jefferson College sophomore forward Tori Bishop, an Upper St. Clair graduate, posted posted career highs in both points and rebounds during a 70-41 Presidents’ women’s basketball victory over Geneva last Wednesday.

Bishop sank 4-of-8 shots from the field for eight points, while grabbing nine rebounds in a career-high 18 minutes of action. She also collected one blocked shot and one assist.

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Upper St. Clair's success -- It's all about the basketball team

Written by John Perrotto on .

John Perrotto's feature on the Upper St. Clair boys' basketball team:

2013 0117 USC Grabowski"For Danny Holzer, everything about this season comes back to the team concept.

The Upper St. Clair High School boys basketball coach recently won his 300th career game, but he deflected all the credit.

"It's a great honor but what it really comes down to is having been fortunate enough to be surrounded by a lot of good people," Holzer said. "There have been a lot of good players on our teams, a lot of good coaches on our staff and the administration and parents have always been very supportive.

"It's more of a program achievement than some individual achievement. I'm happy that our program has been able to enjoy so much success."

Upper St. Clair has had plenty of success in recent weeks after a so-so start. The Panthers extended their winning streak to seven games Tuesday night with a 51-50 overtime victory against arch-rival Mt. Lebanon, raising their record to 10-3 overall and 6-1 in Section 4-AAAA. Joel Klein's 3-pointer with five seconds left decided it."

(Photo: Upper St. Clair's Jason Grabowski went airborne to try to get around Shaler's Geno Thorpe during a game last season. Robin Rombach/Post-Gazette.)

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Upper St. Clair boys' basketball coach Holzer wins 300th game

Written by Brad Everett on .

Upper St. Clair boys basketball coach Danny Holzer guided his team to a 67-62 double-overtime win at Peters Township last Tuesday, but that wasn’t his only big accomplishment of the night.

The win was the 300th of Holzer’s career. After picking up wins against Allderdice and Moon later in the week, Holzer now sports a career record of 302-148 in 18 seasons at Upper St. Clair.

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Upper St. Clair girls' basketball team heads into tough stretch

Written by Brad Everett on .

The Upper St. Clair girls’ basketball team begins a tough stretch tonight, but it does so while playing perhaps its best ball of the season.

The Panthers (8-4) have won five of their past seven games, including section wins against Canon-McMillan and Peters Township. The Panthers now sit in fourth place in Class AAAA Section 4 with a 3-2 record.

A huge challenge is now here. Upper St. Clair plays its next three games against ranked foes – tonight at Mt. Lebanon (11-2, 4-1); Friday at Bethel Park (11-1, 5-0); next Monday against Chartiers Valley (8-4, 4-2).

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