They had been down this road before but the end came before they reached their stated and coveted destination. This time, however, in the 2003-04 season, was the last time a talented senior foursome and eager group of underclassmen of Monessen High School girls basketball players had a ...
Over the past two basketball seasons the Uniontown Red Raiders have faced the formidable Lincoln Park Leopards three times in the PIAA and WPIAL playoffs. Last season the Raiders were downed by the Leopards in the PIAA tournament, 85-64, on their way to a Class 4A state championship. This ...
WEXFORD 鈥� The saying goes it鈥檚 not how you start, it鈥檚 how you finish, and that applied to Wednesday night鈥檚 PIAA girls basketball playoff game between Laurel Highlands and Fairview. The Fillies broke out of the gate quickly in building a 12-0 lead but the Lady Tigers gradually ...
Perhaps in a different year Uniontown鈥檚 boys basketball team would be celebrating a WPIAL title and a trip to Hershey. The Red Raiders happened to have one of their all-time great teams at the same time Lincoln Park, and its two NCAA Division-I recruits, occupied WPIAL Class AAAA. The ...
Uniontown came into the season with high expectations so it鈥檚 not a surprise that coach Rob Kezmarsky鈥檚 squad is the sole area boys basketball team still alive as the second round of the PIAA tournament looms. Laurel Highlands, on the other hand, would鈥檝e been a long shot had one ...
Megan Backstrom had an outstanding basketball career at Belle Vernon Area High School. She graduated in 1998 and remains the Lady Leopards鈥� all-time leading scorer. Backstrom recalls that she got an early start in athletics. 鈥淚 think I started in the fifth grade, my dad Thomas played a ...
