Much was made last week of how former Pittsburgh-area high school basketball players were showing up at many places in the NCAA Sweet 16.
Arizona's Sean and Dayton's Archie Miller (Blackhawk) were the first brothers to coach in the Sweet 16 the same year. Arizona's T.J. McConnell (Chartiers Valley) and Iowa State's DeAndre Kane (Schenley) were two point guards in the Sweet 16 who attended high schools 12 miles apart. Kentucky coach John Calipari (Moon) was another former WPIAL player who had a team in the Sweet 16.
Well now there is a rather notable happening involving two former WPIAL girls players in the NCAA women's Final Four. In fact, Madison Cable and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough might very well be making history.
Cable is a redshirt sophomore for Notre Dame. Walker-Kimbrough is a freshman for the University of Maryland women's team. Their teams will meet in the Final Four Sunday.
There are no records, or rosters, to prove it. But I'd be willing to bet that this is the first time two former WPIAL players have met in the women's Final 4. In fact, I wonder if it has ever happened with two former WPIAL boys players. And for a remember when moment? Check the picture below. It's when Cable and Walker-Kimbrough were on the Post-Gazette Fabulous 5 team in 2011. Cable, then a senior, is in the middle. Walker-Kimbrough, only a sophomore at the time, is on the far right. I wonder if that photo shoot was the last time they were together?
Neither Cable or Walker-Kimbrough start, but both play key roles for their teams.
Walker-Kimbrough had been selected the ACC freshman of the week earlier this season. She is 
Maryland's third-leading scorer, averaging 9.6 points a game. She plays 17 minutes a game and also averages 2.9 rebounds. She shoots 48 percent from the floor and has 23 3-pointers.
Cable plays 14 minutes a game. She is averaging 5.6 points and 3.4 rebounds a game. She is shooting an impressive 52 percent from the field and 47 percent from 3-point range for the undefeated Fighting Irish. She has the best 3-point shooting percentage on the team.
Walker-Kimbrough and Cable were both former Post-Gazette Players of the Year and both former P-G Athletes of the Year.