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CBS News
31-03-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
South Fayette takes down a giant, beats four-time defending champion Archbishop Wood to win PIAA 5A title
The girls' basketball team from South Fayette High School are state champions for the first time ever -- and they took down a giant in the process, beating four-time defending champions from Archbishop Wood. When the Lady Lions went to the Giant Center in Hershey over the weekend, they had a tall task ahead of them as their opponent had finished as the top team in the state in their classification for four straight years. Archbishop Wood, a perennial power from the Philadelphia Catholic League, was eyeing the history books, hoping to become the first-ever girls' team to win five straight, but South Fayette had other things in mind. South Fayette (29-2) won the 5A PIAA Championship, their first in school history, beating Archbishop Wood by a score of 45-37. The successful trip to Hershey brought a bit of sweet revenge for South Fayette, who lost to Archbishop Wood in the state title game in 2023. When the Lady Lions returned back home on Sunday afternoon, they were greeted by supporters and welcomed with a surprise rally at the high school. "They work so hard," said South Fayette head coach Bryan Bennett. "Didn't know that we'd be, that our journey this year would take us to this point. The togetherness of our group was the big key to our success." The Lady Lions will have a solid chance to defend their PIAA 5A title next season as they will only have two seniors graduating with a number of key players returning next year.
CBS News
26-03-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Event combating hate is hosted at Acrisure Stadium
Hundreds of Allegheny County high school students teamed up at Acrisure Stadium Wednesday morning. It wasn't about football though, it was about combating hate and antisemitism. "I'm just excited to see what everyone's come up with," South Fayette High School senior Pranamya Rangaraju said. South Fayette was one of 26 area schools represented on Wednesday. "Maybe we'll get some inspiration here and we can take away some amazing things," Rangaraju said. These students came to the Eradicate Hate Global Summit last October. "The students have taken this back to their campuses and made it their own," Brette Steele, Eradicate Hate Global Summit president, said. The students have implemented a lot of things since then. "We had everyone in our school come to school dressed up in their traditional attire," Rangaraju said. "We essentially had a culture day, so we had people of different cultures bring in their food after school," West Allegheny High School junior Brayden Presley said. Wednesday, part of the next steps included passing along what they've done. "They're sharing with one another all the different ways that they're finding success creating safer, kinder schools," Nick Haberman, founder of the LIGHT Education Initiative and Coordinator of Civic Engagement and Anti-Hate Education for the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, said. Some of them wrote ideas on post it notes. They cross-pollinated as adults helped to facilitate. "What I'm hoping is the students come back to their campuses with even greater energy, motivation, and even inspiration," Steele said. Everyone here believes "the earlier, the better" when it comes to stopping hate. "Everything starts with the youth, the youth is our future," Presley said. And for students like Presley? They will waste no time trying to execute some of the things they've gathered after Wednesday. "We're looking to gather all of our ideas and put them into action this coming spring," Presley said.
