BELLE VERNON 鈥� In a game of runs, Belle Vernon made one final late spurt to beat Farrell, 74-63, on Friday night, which allows the Leopards to continue a run toward their dream of the program鈥檚 first state basketball title and extend coach Joe Salvino鈥檚 run at a potential ...
Belle Vernon鈥檚 boys basketball team will enjoy the spoils of winning a WPIAL championship by receiving a home game in the first round of the PIAA tournament. The other three area teams who have qualified for the state playoffs aren鈥檛 so lucky. Uniontown鈥檚 boys, Laurel Highlands鈥� ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� As his team received the WPIAL championship trophy, Belle Vernon boys basketball coach Joe Salvino stood off the side, took a sip of water and watched the celebration unfold. 鈥淚 love to watch them, because it鈥檚 for them,鈥� Salvino said. 鈥淚鈥檓 just a part of it. I like ...
This night it was Notorious Grooms鈥� turn. Uniontown had ridden a historic performance by Calvin Winfrey III, who rang up a school-record 47 points, to a win over Penn-Trafford on Monday and faced visiting Latrobe in Wednesday鈥檚 WPIAL Class 5A fifth-place consolation game. Winfrey ...
CONNELLSVILLE 鈥� Aquinas Academy used solid outside shooting and took advantage of Geibel Catholic鈥檚 No. 2 scorer being in foul trouble to earn a 65-56 victory over the Lady Gators on Wednesday night in the third-place consolation game in the WPIAL Class A girls basketball playoffs at ...
Calvin Winfrey III and Notorious Grooms took it hard. The two Uniontown senior 1,000-point scorers were crushed by their team鈥檚 WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinal loss to Peters Township on Friday. 鈥淲e were sad, dwelling on the loss all weekend,鈥� Grooms said. 鈥淚t hurt.鈥� 鈥淭hat loss ...
