Saturday’s series finale at Bowling Green started off well for the 15th-ranked St. Thomas men’s hockey team, but it fizzled fast.

Alex Gaffney scored his 17th goal of the season to put the visitors on the board just 56 seconds after puck drop, but that turned out to be the only offense of the night as the Tommies fell 3-1 to the Falcons in Ohio.

After the hosts were penalized for a crosscheck just 12 seconds into the contest, Gaffney sent a laser past Bowling Green goaltender Jacob Steinman to swiftly put St. Thomas on top. Unfortunately for the Tommies, Steinman wasn’t beaten again. He made 31 saves as the Falcons knotted the game at 1-all by the end of the first.

The hosts added two more goals in the second period past St. Thomas netminder Aaron Trotter — who made 20 saves — to skate away with the series split.

It was just the second loss in 11 games since the calendar flipped to 2026 for the Tommies (18-9-3 overall, 15-5-2 CCHA) and the first non-shootout win for Bowling Green (15-7-6, 12-5-3).

The loss slashed the St. Thomas’ lead atop the CCHA standings was slashed to just two points over Michigan Tech (20-10-2, 15-5-2), who wrapped up a weekend sweep of the CCHA’s third-position team, Augustana (18-9-3, 12-7-3) with a 4-3 victory on Saturday.

Augustana is next up on the Tommies’ schedule, with the Vikings coming to St. Paul for a two-game series that begins at 7:07 p.m. Friday at the Lee & Penny Anderson Arena. The series will be broadcast on CCHA TV.

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Basketball

High School Girls

Windber 49, Conemaugh Township 38: In Davidsville, Kaylie Gaye led all scorers with 15 points, and her teammates Rylee Baer and Autumn Walz each netted a dozen to propel the Ramblers past the Indians Thursday.

Windber outscored Conemaugh Township 14-6 in the second quarter.

Conemaugh Township’s Mayce Kordell totaled 11 points, and Kat McCann added 10.

Greater Johnstown 58, Richland 35: NaLoani Tisinger supplied a game-high 28 points, and Zayona Thomas buried four 3-pointers and finished with 14 points in the host Trojans’ triumph over the Rams.

Greater Johnstown outscored Richland 36-17 in the second half.

Richland’s Rebecca Fetchko amassed 12 points.

Bishop McCort Catholic 52, Somerset 30: Zoey Ferguson collected a game-high 17 points as the host Crimson Crushers cruised past the Golden Eagles.

Bishop McCort led 23-6 after the first quarter.

Somerset’s Eve Housley totaled 14 points.

Southern Garrett 52, Berlin Brothersvalley 47: In Berlin, the Rams’ Emilee Parks posted 18 points, while teammates Jayden Weaver and Kelsey Ward netted 13 and 10, respectively, in an interstate victory over the Mountaineers.

Berlin Brothersvalley got a game-high 23 points from Coral Prosser with 14 more coming from Bryn Prosser.

Blacklick Valley 52, Shade-Shanksville 24: In Cairnbrook, Josie Nedrich (14 points), Mackenzie Kinder (12), Sarah Mourey (10) and Madison Vasilko (10) each scored in double figures to lift the Vikings past the Panthers.

Shade-Shanksville’s Payton Maddy netted six points.

Bishop Walsh 59, Johnstown Christian 35: In Cumberland, Maryland, Aerianna Jackson supplied a game-high 22 points, and teammates Lanie Odom and Cayenne Ostrander added 13 apiece as the Spartans topped the Blue Jays.

Johnstown Christian received nine points each from Danielle Coleman and ShaLynn Favor.

South Allegheny 47, Ligonier Valley 36: In McKeesport, Jazz Farnan and Maura Tabanli each netted 12 points as the Gladiators topped the Rams.

Ligonier Valley’s Adleigh Myers totaled 12 points. Ruby Smith added 11 points and 10 rebounds. Bella Dolton came up with four steals.

High School Boys

Johnstown Christian 32, Bishop Walsh 30: In Cumberland, Maryland, a 10-4 advantage in the fourth quarter helped the Blue Jays conquer the Spartans.

Johnstown Christian received seven points each from Matthew Blough, Dijon Coleman and Keyahno Richardson-Toney.

Jackson Miller paced Bishop Walsh with nine points.

Turkeyfoot Valley 46, Brownsville 36: In Brownsville, the Rams’ Lance Jones led all scorers with 23 points, while Daniel Younkin yanked down his 500th varsity rebound in a win over the Falcons.

Younkin had nine boards for Turkeyfoot Valley, which trailed by a point after the first but overcame it in the second and steadily built its winning margin.

Jalen Blair netted nine to pace Brownsville.

Hockey

PIHL

Greater Latrobe 4, Bishop McCort Catholic 1: In Greensburg, Preston Miller buried two goals to propel the Wildcats over the Crimson Crushers.

Colton Goodlin and Cam Mikulsky each scored for Greater Latrobe, which tallied two markers in the second period. Reese Myers made 27 saves.

Bishop McCort’s Zakhar Bryndin scored in the third.

Chartiers Valley 13, Westmont Hilltop 1: In Pittsburgh, Dylan Shamonsky totaled three goals and two assists as the Colts clobbered the Hilltoppers.

Jake Shedlock added two goals, and Ryan Viola supplied one marker and three helpers. Stefano Cedro, Jackson Chorey (two assists), Zack Efthimiades, Calum Staab, Darien Strosnider, Gavin Waldron and Bryce Wichterman each added one goal apiece. Vinnie Vennero tallied three assists, and Joey Deangelis and Tyler Held each added two.

Chartiers Valley outshot Westmont Hilltop 67-7.

Westmont Hilltop’s Alex Nilson scored.