CONNELLSVILLE — As Emma Larkin goes, so does Geibel Catholic. But on Thursday night at “The Swamp” on the campus of Geibel Catholic Junior/Senior High School, the junior guard was feeling under the weather, but freshman Mallory Clemmer and junior Ava Henderson picked up the slack and ...
McMURRAY – Stewart Davis watched video of Blackhawk’s girls basketball team and felt his Laurel Highlands squad had a realistic shot to knock off the No. 1 seed. “I knew looking at film that Blackhawk was a very good team but I didn’t think they were a great team,” Davis said. ...
PITTSBURGH – Geibel Catholic knew ahead of time its leading scorer, Evan Strimel, and one of its key reserves, Tony Nicksicher, wouldn’t 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 – 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’s top-seeded Belle Vernon Leopards made ...
MCDONALD — The Fort Cherry girls basketball team didn’t 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. “It 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’ 59-42 victory over Hampton on Tuesday in the first round of the ...
