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East Allegheny 63, Shady Side Academy 51: Wildcats (3-0) senior guard and reigning WPIAL scoring leader Amani Johnson continued her torrid early season pace as she dropped in 35 points, including 19 in the second half, to improve her average to 32.7 points per game.

Chartiers Valley 56, Norwin 53: The Colts might have lost their fifth consecutive season opener, but for the first time in that stretch, they have been able to string together back-to-back wins after their debut loss as Megan McConnell scored a gamehigh 21 to lead Class 5A No. 1 Chartiers Valley (2-1) past the Knights (0-3).

Ringgold 40, Charleroi 39: Rams senior Ashley Briscoe scored 12 points to give her 1,001 for her career and help Ringgold (2-1) hand the Cougars (2-1) their first defeat.

Armstrong 50, Knoch 36: Kenzie Lasher scored 20 of her game-high 25 points in the second half to help the River Hawks (3-0) to a 14-point victory against the Knights (0-3).

South Allegheny 45, Valley 25: Sydney Kirkwood scored 14 points, which helped the Gladiators (3-0) open a season with three Cornell’s Nysia Miles takes the ball up the court Monday against Winchester Thurston. consecutive victories for the second year in a row.

Winchester Thurston 42, Cornell 31: In a rematch of the 2017WPIAL Class 1A title game, Bears guard Gia Thorpe scored a game-high 29 points to lead reigning champion Winchester Thurston (1-1) to an encore victory over the Raiders (0-3).

Quigley 72, Freedom 63: Taylor Kirschner hit five 3-pointers and finished with 30 points, including 22 in the fourth quarter, as the Spartans (1-2) got their first victory of the season with a win over the Bulldogs.

Ambridge 52, South Fayette 43: Senior guard Kara Hazlett scored 15 points and Chloe Rabold chipped in 14 as the Class 4A No. 4 Bridgers (2-1) upset the Class 5A No. 4 Lions (1-2).

St. Joseph 71, Serra Catholic 65: Gigi Mele-Madigan scored 21 points for the Eagles, but it wasn’t enough as Chloe Kurpakus poured in 28, including four 3-pointers, to lead the Spartans (2-1) to the victory against Serra Catholic (1-2).

Obama Academy 79, Ellis School 30: Zari Grandy scored a game-high 18 points and Keshya Jones chipped in 14 as the rebuilding four-time defending City League champion took a step in the right direction with a blowout win over Ellis School (0-3) in its season opener.

Westinghouse Monessen 66: Bulldogs 6-foot-11 center James Ellis scored 24 points, while Rodkeem Byrd and Hassan Ismaeli each chipped in 12 as Westinghouse (30) showed it might be the team to end Allderdice’s four-year City League reign with a win against perennial WPIAL Class 1A contender Monessen (1-2), which got 28 points from Lyndon Henderson.