Uniontown and Belle Vernon were the highest seeded local teams as expected when the WPIAL released its boys basketball playoff pairings Monday afternoon. The Red Raiders drew the No. 3 seed in Class 5A and will host No. 14 Hampton in a 7 p.m. game on Tuesday, Feb. 18. The Leopards, with ...
Geibel Catholic鈥檚 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 ...
Belle Vernon鈥檚 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 ...
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鈥檚 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 ...
Evan Strimel poured in 25 points and Seth Dolan hit a tie-breaking free throw with two seconds left as Geibel Catholic edged visiting Monessen, 71-70 in double overtime, in a Section 2-A boys basketball thriller Friday night. Gary Tarbuk scored 17 points, Dolan finished with 12, including ...
Ke鈥橪ani Chun鈥檚 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鈥� Catelynn ...
