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Twice as nice

Athletics are in Aierra Jenkins’ blood. Not only was her father a 1,000-point scorer for a Uniontown team that won a WPIAL basketball championship and played in two state finals, but he also helped lead the Red Raiders’ football squad to a conference championship as a top wide ...

山 Athlete of the Week: Aierra Jenkins, Uniontown

Name: Aierra Jenkins School: Uniontown Class: Senior Sport: Basketball Jenkins’ week: The Lady Red Raider senior recorded her 1,000th-career point in Uniontown’s 48-18 victory over Albert Gallatin last Thursday. The 6-1 forward reached the mark early in the first quarter on ...

Family feat

YORK RUN — Dierre Jenkins remembers when he scored his 1,000th career point while playing for Uniontown. “Three in the corner against Woodland Hills,” said the 2002 Uniontown graduate, who finished his Red Raiders career with 1,244 points. “I remember Mr. (Dave) Shuck came and told ...

Lady Raiders win battle at Brownsville

BROWNSVILLE --- Aierra Jenkins' quest for 1,000 points had to wait one more day but the Uniontown senior still poured in 23 points to lead the Lady Raiders to a 44-41 victory over host Brownsville in a non-section girls basketball battle Wednesday night. Jenkins, who made seven 3-pointers in ...

Jenkins won’t back down from tough competition

Dierre Jenkins never shied away from tough competition as a player, and he won’t back down as a head coach. The former Uniontown basketball star, who scored 1,000 points in his career and helped lead the Red Raiders to a WPIAL championship in 2002, along with advancing to the state final ...

‘Time to go back home’

When Dierre Jenkins played basketball for Dave Shuck at Uniontown from 1998-2002, defense was stressed, and if you didn’t play defense, you weren’t going to see much time on the court. The 2002 graduate of Uniontown Area High School played in two state championship games and was an ...