Good week for Cowher so far...
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Cowher's daughter Lauren scores 1,000th career point
By
Paul Kogut
TRIBUNE-REVIEW NEWS SERVICE
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
It's been a good week for the Cowher family. Fox Chapel senior guard Lauren Cowher scored her 1,000th career point Monday -- a day after her father, Bill, coached the Steelers to their sixth Super Bowl appearance.
With Bill and his wife, Kaye, looking on, Lauren reached the milestone early in the first quarter. Her younger sister, Lindsay, a freshman forward, assisted on the layup.
Lauren is the fifth girl in school history and first since her older sister, Meagan, in 2003-04 to hit the century mark.
"It was nice, because when Meagan got her 1,000th point, I was the first one who embraced her," Lauren said. "It was the same with Lindsay. It was kind of neat."
Lauren scored a game-high 16 points and now has 1,012 points in her career.
Bill reverted from coach to dad mode yesterday.
"It was deja vu," Bill said. "Lauren assisted on Meg's, and Lindsay assisted on Lauren's. It's very ironic how that unfolded."
However, Lauren's highlight came during a 41-36 loss to Seneca Valley in a Section 3-AAAA game.
The fourth-place Foxes dropped to 5-4 in section and 10-7 overall, while second-place Seneca Valley improved to 7-2 and 13-4. The top four finishers in each section make the WPIAL playoffs.
"It would have been better if we had come out with the 'W,' " said Lauren, borrowing a line from her dad's news conferences. "It was a good day in the house yesterday. Now, we're in the same situation (the Steelers) have been in before. There's no margin for error."
Fox Chapel tied the game, 32-32, at the beginning of the fourth quarter before Seneca Valley pulled away. Chelsey Pavlick scored 11 points, and Kelsey Spencer added 10 points.
"It's a big win for us," Seneca Valley coach Todd Schoeffel said. "And I'm really happy for Lauren. She's had a nice career at Fox Chapel."
After Lauren scored her 1,000th point, the game was stopped, and she was presented with the basketball. Some fans broke into chants of "Here we go, Steelers, here we go!"
Later, Bill was seen proudly holding the basketball while sitting at the top of the bleachers with Kaye. He also signed autographs for fans during breaks in the action.
"It was a great honor for a kid that's worked as hard as she has," Fox Chapel coach Jeremy Bennett said.
Paul Kogut can be reached at pkogut@tribweb.com or (724) 226-4689.
. Seriously, though, the Seahawks didn't do anything to impress me on Sunday. The Steelers, on the other hand, have looked good the past two weeks.