Myers’ game-winner for North Catholic boosts family’s championship history

By: HSSN Staff
Saturday, March 3, 2018 | 4:12 PM

Tess Myers hit perhaps the biggest shot of the WPIAL basketball championship weekend Friday when she drove the length of the court and hit a jumper at the buzzer to give Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic a 50-49 win over Beaver in the Class 4A title game.

In so doing, the Lower Burrell native also added a top memory to her family’s own championship game history.

AT THE BUZZER! @tessmyers24 goes coast-to-coast for the winner!

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Myers’ father, Joey, played for Burrell when the Bucs played Beaver Falls in the 1979 boys Class AAA title game. Despite Joey’s 22 points, the game ended in heartbreak for Burrell when Beaver Falls rallied from a five-point deficit in the final minute for a 55-54 win.

Tess’ older sister Natalie played for Burrell when the Bucs made the Class AA girls championship game in 2014, where they fell to Seton LaSalle.

Only a sophomore, Tess Myers is making her own mark in a strong basketball family. Joey Myers scored more than 1,000 points at Duquesne and was drafted by the Nets in 1983. Natalie Myers reached the 1,000-point mark at Burrell and she now is a sophomore reserve forward at Youngstown State.

Tess Myers, meanwhile, has been a key part of North Catholic’s back-to-back WPIAL championship teams. She scored a team-high 20 points for North Catholic on Friday as the Trojanettes rallied from a double-digit deficit to defend their title.

“I don’t know what I was thinking,” Myers said. “Coach (Molly Rottman) called a time out, she told me to get the ball, go and don’t stop.”

William Whalen contributed. Doug Gulasy is a Tribune-Review staff writer. Reach him at dgulasy@tribweb.com or via Twitter @dgulasy_Trib.

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