Jeannette's Terrelle Pryor added another chapter to his storied high school career yesterday. Look at his statistics and you might think this book belongs under fiction.

• 39 points. Seriously.

• 24 rebounds. No kidding.

• 10 blocked shots. For real.

• 6 assists. Get out.

Hard to believe, but that was Pryor's statistical line in what has to be the greatest all-around performance in WPIAL championship history. Pryor led Jeannette to an 82-68 victory against Beaver Falls in the Class AA final at Duquesne University's Palumbo Center. This came against a team that had defeated Jeannette by 20 points early in the season.

Considering yesterday and past performances by Pryor, a 6-foot-6 senior, and it's quite clear why Jeannette's school colors are red and blue. Those also are Superman's colors, right?

"What can I say? He's the greatest high school athlete in the history of the state of Pennsylvania," said Jeannette coach Jim Nesser, who guided the Jayhawks to the first WPIAL basketball title in school history. "That's my opinion. But every big game, he plays big. That's what great players do. You're never going to see another athlete in the state like him."

Just when you think Pryor has gone to the top of the mountain in terms of memorable performances, he climbs to another summit. It happened in football and it keeps happening in basketball. He had 24 points, 24 rebounds, 8 blocks and 7 assists in a quarterfinal game last week.

Now this. He finished one point shy of the WPIAL championship game scoring record of 40 points, set by German Township's Ralph Still against Edgewood in 1974, and tied by New Brighton's Hal Bentley against Clairton in 1980. But neither Bentley nor Still did everything Pryor did. When told he had a triple-double with points, rebounds and blocks, Pryor asked, "What about my assists?"

When asked where this performance ranks with some of his best games, Pryor simply shrugged and said, "I don't know. It's just me being me. I'm just trying to make plays."

Pryor, who was 17 of 26 from the field, guaranteed a title for Jeannette a few weeks ago, and backed up his words. Jeannette junior guard Jordan Hall contributed 19 points, including 12 in the fourth quarter when Jeannette took control of the game. Junior guard-forward Todd Thomas led Beaver Falls with 25 points and seven rebounds.

Thomas and Pryor, AAU teammates last summer, jawed with each other often. Thomas, also a football-basketball standout, could do nothing but say great things about Pryor after the final.

"I could say he's like Kobe [Bryant], but I can't put him that high. Not yet," Thomas said.

Pryor and the highly anticipated game drew a packed house at the Palumbo Center. Beaver Falls was the No. 1 seed for the tournament and Jeannette No. 2. They had met in the WPIAL Class AA football championship in the fall.

About the only thing the WPIAL didn't like about the game came immediately after the final buzzer when Pryor jumped onto the press table and taunted some Beaver Falls fans.

"People say to me, 'Coach, can he play in the NBA? Can he play in college?'" Nesser said. "Well, what do you think? He can do whatever Terrelle Pryor wants to do."

Pryor certainly had his way with Beaver Falls (22-4), a team that tries to wear out opponents with its defense and deep bench. Pryor almost had a triple-double in the first half, with 17 points, 13 rebounds and 8 blocked shots. But Beaver Falls took a 35-32 lead to the locker room.

The score was tied, 52-52, heading into the final quarter when some other players came through for Jeannette (20-4). With Jeannette clinging to a 54-53 lead, Hall made two 3-pointers and Shaw Sunder one to put the Jayhawks ahead, 63-53. Beaver Falls never recovered.

"We've had guards we've been able to control before and we've had big men we've been able to contain before," Beaver Falls coach Doug Biega said. "But [Pryor's] a 6-6 guard, and we don't have an answer for that kind of player."

Who does?