2025 PIAA Class 6A girls basketball championship breakdown: Upper St. Clair vs. Perkiomen Valley
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Friday, March 28, 2025 | 12:10 PM
Upper St. Clair’s Rylee Kalocay is called for charging Canon-McMillan’s Lauren Borella during PIAA second round playoff action Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at Peters Twp. High School.
PIAA Class 6A girls basketball final
Upper St. Clair vs. Perkiomen Valley
6 p.m. Friday, Giant Center, Hershey
On the air: NFHS Network
PIAA titles: Upper St. Clair 1 (1999), Perkiomen Valley 0
Upper St. Clair (23-6)
Coach: Pete Serio
Projected starting lineup
No., Name, Ht., Yr., Pos.
3, Rylee Kalocay, 5-9, sr., G
5, Ryan Prunzik, 5-5, jr., G
10, Meredith Huzjak, 5-8, sr., G
23 Olivia Terlecki, 5-7, sr., F
32, Clair Rosenberry, 6-0, sr., F
How they got here: Upper St. Clair defeated Manheim Township, 65-37, in the first round; Canon-McMillan, 46-32, in the second round; Haverford, 51-35, in the quarterfinals; and Garnet Valley, 53-49, in the semifinals.
Notable: Upper St. Clair qualified for the state playoffs as the WPIAL champion. … This is the Panthers’ second appearance in the state finals. They defeated Cheltenham, 62-56, in the 1999 Class 4A finals. Cheltenham was a PIAA District 1 champion. … USC averages 57.9 points per game led by Kalocay, a 24-point scorer. … Kalocay is a Kent State recruit. She has bounced back from a torn ACL and meniscus in her left knee that cut her junior season short. … Huzjak scored a game-high 17 points in the quarterfinals. … Terlecki led all scorers with 19 points in the semifinals. … USC holds opponents to 44.1 points per game. … USC is coached by the husband-and-wife tandem of head coach Pete Serio and assistant Suzie McConnell-Serio. As a head coach, McConnell-Serio led the Oakland Catholic girls to a PIAA title.
Perkiomen Valley
Coach: John Russo
Projected starting lineup
No., Name, Ht., Yr., Pos.
2, Bella Bacani, 5-7, sr., G
11, Lena Stein, 5-9, sr., F
25, Grace Miley, 5-9, sr., F
33, Quinn Boettinger, 6-3, sr., C
35, Grace Galbavy, 6-0, sr., G
How they got here: Perkiomen Valley defeated Central York, 67-37, in the first round; Lebanon, 73-32, in the second round; Hazleton, 63-50, in the quarterfinals; and Archbishop Carroll, 52-45, in the semifinals.
Notable: Perkiomen Valley qualified as the District 1 champion. The Lady Vikings are making their first appearance in the state finals. … The team averages 66.4 points per game and has three double-digit scorers: Galbavy (15.3), Boettinger (15.2) and Bacani (11.5). … Boettinger is a Navy recruit. Galbavy is headed to Wake Forest. … Perkomen Valley holds opposing offenses to 35.7 ppg. … The team defeated Garnet Valley, 43-30, in the District 1 finals. … The Lady Vikings have not lost to a PIAA opponent this season. Its three losses were to Long Island (N.Y.) Lutheran, 62-58, Pewaukee (Wisc.), 66-36, and prep school Westtown, 76-38. … The past three Class 6A girls titles have been won by a team from PIAA District 1 (suburban Philadelphia) or District 12 (Philadelphia).
Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.
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