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Video: Baldwin Girls Basketball Has Winning Basket Waived Off at Buzzer of WPIAL Class 5A Fifth-Place Game

The Highlanders missed out on getting fifth place in the WPIAL during 70-69 overtime loss to Penn-Trafford.

Josh Rizzo

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Mary Vargo nearly gave the Baldwin girls basketball team a dramatic victory over a team that beat them by 11 points earlier this season Tuesday night in Harrison City. However, Vargo’s basket was wiped off the board when it was ruled she didn’t get off the shot in time.

Video shot by journalist Annabelle Aquino of The Warrior student newspaper shows that Vargo got the ball out just before the buzzer sounded.

Penn-Trafford rebounded in overtime, picking up a 70-69 win over Baldwin (16-10) during the WPIAL Class 5A fifth-place game. The Warriors (25-1) also beat Baldwin 57-46 during the regular season at home.

Both teams will still qualify for the state playoffs. Penn-Trafford will play the second place team out of District 3 on Saturday, March 8. The Highlanders will have to play either the Pittsburgh City League (District 8) champion or District 10 champion.

--Josh Rizzo | rizzo42789@gmail.com | @J_oshrizzo

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Josh Rizzo
JOSH RIZZO

Josh Rizzo has served as a sports writer for high school and college sports for more than 15 years. Rizzo graduated from Slippery Rock University in 2010 and Penn-Trafford High School in 2007. During his time working at newspapers in Illinois, Missouri, and Pennsylvania, he covered everything from demolition derby to the NCAA women's volleyball tournament. Rizzo was named Sports Writer of the Year by Gatehouse Media Class C in 2011. He also won a first-place award for feature writing from the Missouri Press Association. In Pennsylvania, Rizzo was twice given a second-place award for sports deadline reporting from the Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors. He began contributing to High School On SI in 2025

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