HERSHEY -- It was a good day for area wrestlers in the first round, as eight locals qualified for the quarterfinals on Thursday evening in the PIAA Class AAA Individual Championships at the Giant Center.Laurel Highlands’ Ian Edenfield, Albert Gallatin’s Tim Wallace, Connellsville’s Nate ...
The PIAA basketball playoffs tip off today with a wide array of scenarios involving four local teams.Three have long road trips, two are from the same school, one faces the same team for the second game in a row, and one has a great amount of experience in the state tournament. All have had at ...
Twenty area wrestlers begin their quest for a state title when action begins this morning at the Giant Center in Hershey for the PIAA Class AA/AAA Individual Wrestling Championships.Nineteen of those local grapplers are seeking their first championship, while Jefferson-Morgan’s Gavin Teasdale ...
The NCAA March Madness brackets will be released Sunday on TBS, and where do the local teams stand?West Virginia is a lock and its seed will be determined by how it does in the Big 12 tournament this weekend.The ‘Eers could move as high as a three-seed if they win the tournament, but it they ...
Four area teams found out their destinations for the PIAA basketball playoffs over the weekend, while two others saw their seasons end.Belle Vernon’s boys and girls teams are both in the state tournament in Class AAAA and are joined by the California girls in Class AA and the West Greene ...
Bob Grazzini was a classic late bloomer as a basketball player at Belle Vernon High School.Grazzini played junior varsity basketball at Bellmar before the merger of Bellmar and arch-rival Rostraver formed Belle Vernon Area in 1965-66. Grazzini was a mainstay of the first Belle Vernon basketball ...