Belle Vernon’s 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’t so lucky. Uniontown’s boys, Laurel Highlands’ ...
Shamia Strayhorn scored 17 points and Indiana University held off visiting California for a 58-57 victory in the first round of the PSAC women’s basketball tournament Monday night. The Vulcans had a chance to win in the final seconds but Alicia Young’s shot in the lane was off the mark as ...
Eight individual events, eight victories. Mount Pleasant senior Lily King capped her outstanding district swimming career with two more gold medals on Friday after also winning two on Thursday in the WPIAL Class 2A Swimming Championships at the University of Pittsburgh’s Trees Pool. Two ...
PITTSBURGH – 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. “I love to watch them, because it’s for them,” Salvino said. “I’m just a part of it. I like ...
Mount Pleasant senior Lily King is not only expected to win but do so in record-breaking fashion at this point in her swimming career. The weight of those lofty expectations can be a heavy burden to bear. King had no problems handling that pressure on the first day of the WPIAL Class 2A ...
Bob Kennedy was a 1,000-point scorer as a player at Beth-Center and now he’s a 200-game winner as a boys basketball coach at Bentworth. Kennedy guided the Bearcats to a 64-40 win over South Side on Feb. 13 in the preliminary round of the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs to notch the milestone win ...
