Now in his third year at the helm of the Beth-Center boys basketball program, Scott Bower is liking where things are trending for this team. His optimism stems from multiple perspectives. First, the team returns four starters from last year鈥檚 team that made the WPIAL ...
Now in his second year as the California boys basketball coach, Brent Baker sees that things are moving in the right direction, although his team is still on the youthful end. 鈥淲e are still very, very young,鈥� he said. 鈥淟ast year, we had a good group of seniors that they laid the ...
Mount Pleasant alumnus Mark Katarski has returned home to take over his alma mater鈥檚 boys basketball team, and it is a little bit of a change of pace compared to what he is used to. The all-time winningest coach of the women鈥檚 programs at both Chatham and Seton Hill, Katarski is up for ...
A year ago, the Southmoreland boys basketball team won the Section 4-AAA championship with an undefeated 10-0 record, the school鈥檚 first section crown since 1992, won a WPIAL playoff game for the first time in eight years, and was close to earning a PIAA berth. With four starters back from ...
Ian McCombs is entering his seventh season as Carmichaels boys basketball coach and would like to see his team return to the playoffs after it fell short of that quest for the second year in a row in 2024-25. "Our goal this season is to compete for a playoff spot," McCombs said. "Our team ...
Waynesburg Central boys basketball coach Michael Juliano beefed up his team's non-section schedule last year to help prepare for section play. The result was a 0-7 start but the plan worked. The Raiders wound up 9-14 overall but were 7-3 in Section 4-3A and were in the battle for first ...
