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Setting the field: Red Raiders seeded third, host Hampton; Leps are No. 1

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 ...

Final curtain: Belle Vernon’s Salvino to retire after 41 seasons

Belle Vernon’s 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 ...

Local roundup: Moore tallies 2,000th point in Leopards’ win

Zion Moore dropped in a layup with 1:28 remaining to cap a 37-point night and push his career total to 2,001 points in Belle Vernon’s 76-49 win over visiting East Allegheny in a Section 3-4A boys basketball game Friday night. Moore became the 39th WPIAL player to reach the 2,000 milestone ...

Pioneers edge Rockets in section battle

West Greene took a three-point lead into halftime and hung on for a 45-39 victory over Jefferson-Morgan in Section 3-2A play on Tuesday at West Greene Junior/Senior High School. The Pioneers (8-3, 10-7) trailed 12-9 after the first quarter, but a 13-7 advantage in the second period provided ...

Moore scores 32 as Belle Vernon tops Derry to split season series

BELLE VERNON – Zion Moore did pretty much everything you can do on a basketball court Friday night. He hit 3-pointers, drove to the lane, stole the ball, had a block and thunderous dunk in the fourth quarter and made some assists. Including one that won’t show up on the stat sheet. He ...

Comeback wins key in Rams’ victory over Leopards

ROSTRAVER TWP. — When all was said and done following Wednesday’s Class 3A Section 7 dual meet featuring Belle Vernon and Ringgold, the consensus was that super senior Jake Conroy sealed the deal for the Rams in their 35-30 victory, but sophomore Cristian Lowther’s victory was just as ...