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High School Basketball

Lady Gators seeded second; LH put at No. 8

Geibel Catholic’s girls basketball team rode a 21-1 overall record and its first section championship in 17 years to a No. 2 seed in Class A in the WPIAL playoffs. The WPIAL playoff pairings were released Monday afternoon and the Lady Gators, who were 13-1 in winning Section 1-A, received ...

Final curtain: Belle Vernon’s Salvino to retire after 41 seasons

Belle Vernon’s Joe Salvino, a staple in the WPIAL basketball coaching community for 41 seasons, will retire at the end of this season. A longtime coach at Monessen, where he led his hometown Greyhounds to six WPIAL championships and a pair of PIAA titles, Salvino is in his seventh season ...

Local roundup: Cal men storm back to beat Slippery Rock

Donald Whitehead Jr. scored a career-high 33 points, including four 3-pointers, to help California storm back for an 86-73 PSAC West victory in men’s basketball action Saturday. The Vulcans (9-7, 14-10) trailed 44-36 at halftime after falling behind by 20 points, then out-scored the Rock ...

Red Raiders celebrate senior night, finish 14-0 in section

Uniontown coach Rob Kezmarsky, with his team stepping up a classification and losing three key seniors to graduation, didn’t foresee the Red Raiders sweeping through Section 1-5A this season. “We lost three high-level players (1,000-point scorer Jamire Braxton, K’Adrian McLee and ...

Local roundup: Lady Mikes, Mount Pleasant girls clinch playoff spots

Ke’Lani Chun’s basket in the final seconds gave Carmichaels a 35-33 Section 3-2A win at Jefferson-Morgan and clinched a WPIAL playoff spot for the Lady Mikes in a girls basketball battle Thursday night. Carmichaels (3-7, 3-18) held a two-point lead when the Lady Rockets’ Catelynn ...