Woodland Hills’ Peyton Pinkney, one of the top junior girls basketball players in the WPIAL, verbally committed to Eastern Michigan. Pinkney is a 6-foot guard-forward that was named second-team all-state in Class 5A this season. She helped Woodland Hills go 20-6 and advance to the WPIAL semifinals for the first […]

Bethel Park and Bruins’ player Liv Westphal, one of the top players in the WPIAL class of 2021, verbally committed to Duquesne University.

Westphal is a junior shooting guard and was part of the Bethel Park team that played the WPIAL Class 6A championship game. She was also a Post-Gazette all-WPIAL […]

Former Bruin and University of Chicago senior forward Taylor Lake of was named UAA Women’s Basketball Player of the Year as the 2019-20 UAA All-Association Team was announced. Lake averaged 15.4 points and 5.6 rebounds per game in the regular season, shooting 48.2 percent from the field. In UAA play, […]

Viva Kreis was invited by the NBA to present at the Jr. NBA Leadership Council during the NBA All-Star Weekend in Chicago. At the meeting, she was given the opportunity to share her experiences and research from her WNBA 12 Team Tour project with with NBA […]

Former Duquesne assistant and Bethel Park High School graduate Rachel Wojdowski has joined the Western PA Bruins as coach of the 15U team on the Under Armour circuit.

In seven seasons as assistant coach and defensive coordinator at Duquesne, Wojdowski helped the Dukes reach the top of the Atlantic […]

Emma Ruhlman had a busy season playing on the Bruins 2022 Zeise team, guessing that she slept in her own bed four days in July. The team had a successful 2019, the first under the newly formed Under Armour Association Girls circuit. This is one of three newly formed […]

Ron Drennen is one of the most successful basketball skills trainers in Western Pennsylvania and now he has hooked up with the region’s most successful girls AAU programs, the Western PA Bruins. Drennen will serve as the organization’s Director of Skills Training and Development and also as a coach for […]

Megan McConnell, an all-state senior at Chartiers Valley, made a verbal commitment to Duquesne University.

McConnell, an all-state selection as a freshman, sophomore and junior, is a standout point guard who will be one of the top players in WPIAL basketball next season.

McConnell will join Bruins teammate Tess Myers at […]

Tess Myers, an all-state guard and senior at North Catholic, made a verbal commitment to Duquesne University.

The 5-foot-10 Myers, who average 15.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2.3 steals per game last season, helped North Catholic win it’s third consecutive WPIAL championship and reach the PIAA final.

Myers will […]

Four years ago, the Western PA Bruins first Tip-Off Tournament registered 55 teams. This weekend, nearly 300 teams will participate in what’s considered one of the top AAU girls basketball events in the eastern part of the country.

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