When John Smith accepted the position as head coach of Laurel Highlands entering the 2023-2024 boys basketball season, he knew success wasn鈥檛 going to appear overnight, as the Mustangs were playing for the first time in four years with the program鈥檚 all-time leading scorer Rodney Gallagher ...
Andy Hedrick has a lengthy list of stops on his coaching resume, including several seasons leading the men鈥檚 team at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, but he is excited to be back at Connellsville. Hedrick has also coached at Everett and Blackhawk. He won a WPIAL with the Cougars in ...
Injuries and graduation put Mapletown in a tough situation before Dr. Kristafer Adkins could hold his first practice. The Maples鈥� leading scorer, Lucas Stevenson, who had 219 points last season, had graduated, along with Tyler Howard, who put in 121 points. In addition to losing two ...
Bronson Mickens believes in Connellsville athletics. The 1995 graduate used to star on the football field and basketball court for the Falcons, and he maintains that passion 30 years later in taking over as the head coach of the Connellsville girls basketball team. Mickens, who was hired in ...
Stewart Davis put Laurel Highlands girls basketball back on the map in the WPIAL, but when he had to make a decision that would affect his working career, Davis had to step aside. Stepping in for Davis is Rick Hill, a 1988 graduate from Morgantown, W.Va., who played three sports for what is ...
Shandon Marshall has been a part of some successful teams as a player and coach. He has also witnessed several sub-par seasons first hand, but the 2018 graduate of Brownsville Area High School looks forward to his first season as head coach of the Albert Gallatin girls basketball ...
