When the smoke had cleared after the PIAA basketball tournament鈥檚 first round was completed on Saturday, there were two area teams still standing. The Jefferson-Morgan boys and Belle Vernon girls both snapped long state droughts with first-round victories and both will be in action again ...
Brandon Lawless has been busy checking off boxes this season. The Jefferson-Morgan coach has guided his senior-laden team to its finest season since 2000 and it has snapped several droughts along the way. The 2025-26 Rockets have accomplished for the first time in 26 years: 鈥� A section ...
Top-seeded Quaker Valley raced out to a big early lead and went on to defeat visiting Belle Vernon, 71-41, in a WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinal boys basketball playoff game Wednesday night. Quaker Valley advances to Saturday's semifinals against No. 13 Deer Lakes, which upset No. 5 Hopewell, in a ...
JEFFERSON 鈥� Jeremiah Robertson moved into the Jefferson-Morgan School District from Coatesville two years ago, but he quickly learned about the history of the Rockets鈥� boys basketball team. It had been 26 years without a playoff win entering Monday night, but Robertson helped make sure ...
HOUSTON 鈥� On two occasions Friday night against Chartiers-Houston, the Jefferson-Morgan boys basketball team thought the game was over only to realize time was being put back on the clock. Once was for a foul that was whistled and the other was for a player stepping out of bounds. The ...
Luke Martin has saved his best for last lately. Three days after grabbing the rebound of a missed shot and scoring the winning basket to help Laurel Highlands鈥� boys basketball team pull out a 56-54 win at Uniontown, Martin was at it again on Friday night against Penn-Trafford at Harold ...
