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Falcons’ Hough happy to be coaching at alma mater

Joe Hough is a Brownsville graduate who has already made an imprint at his alma mater as a boys basketball coach. Hough was an assistant under his brother Paul when the starting blocks for a team that would win a WPIAL championship under Pete Logan two years later were placed. Since then ...

Bass has high expectations for Lady Commodores

Frazier's girls basketball team only has a trio of seniors on its roster but that hasn't dampened coach Jonathan Bass's expectations for this season. "I'm expecting good basketball from our team this year," said Bass, who is in his third year of guiding the Lady Commodores. "Fundamentals, ...

Youthful Commodores hoping to make run at playoff spot

Zach Keefer has the same goals for his Frazier boys basketball team every season, no matter who is on his roster or what section the Commodores are playing in. "Just like all teams, we want to compete for a section title and make the playoffs again," said Keefer, who is in his ninth year as ...

Collins takes over as Lady Scotties coach

Having been a coach since 1999, Barry Collins has spent his career working as an assistant under other coaches or as a middle school coach. Hired in May to take over the Southmoreland girls program, he and the team got a late jump together, but he is happy how things have ...

Scotties return 1,000-point scorer Felentzer among 4 starters

A year ago, the Southmoreland boys basketball team won the Section 4-AAA championship with an undefeated 10-0 record, the school’s first section crown since 1992, won a WPIAL playoff game for the first time in eight years, and was close to earning a PIAA berth. With four starters back from ...

Gesinski, Arrigo lead way for Lady Vikings

Last year, Scott Hillen led the Mount Pleasant girls basketball team to a 6-16 record overall in his first season as head coach, and he hopes things are looking up this season. “We want to see improvement from year one to year two,” he said. “We built a little team chemistry as the ...