PITTSBURGH 鈥� Geibel Catholic knew ahead of time its leading scorer, Evan Strimel, and one of its key reserves, Tony Nicksicher, wouldn鈥檛 be eligible for the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs due to the PIAA transfer rule. However, late-season injuries depleted the Gators even more with ...
BELLE VERNON 鈥� Over his long and storied coaching career, Joe Salvino has said numerous times about his disdain for layoffs between the end of the regular season and the start of the WPIAL playoffs. Wednesday night was no different, but Salvino鈥檚 top-seeded Belle Vernon Leopards made ...
MCDONALD 鈥� The Fort Cherry girls basketball team didn鈥檛 have much of a problem Tuesday night in its playoff opener against California on the surface. But even after a 59-29 win, Lady Rangers coach Clarence Edwards knows it could have been better. 鈥淚t was a little sloppy at the ...
There is no substitute for playoff experience. Uniontown senior duo Notorious Grooms and Calvin Winfrey III have each played 16 games in the postseason over their high school careers, and they showed it in the Red Raiders鈥� 59-42 victory over Hampton on Tuesday in the first round of the ...
It seems like yesterday that Uniontown鈥檚 Notorious Grooms and Calvin Winfrey III were playing in the youth leagues at the YMCA and Grant Street Park. The senior duo has accumulated 2,947 career points as they head into tonight鈥檚 game with Hampton in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A ...
Every coach likes a fast start, but how their team finishes is what鈥檚 key. Stewart Davis had both on Monday night in Laurel Highlands鈥� 61-43 victory over Knoch in the first round of the WPIAL girls Class 4A playoffs at Harold 鈥淗orse鈥� Taylor Memorial Gymnasium. The Lady Mustangs ...
