John Unice, an enthusiastic, 鈥済et-after-it鈥� type of basketball player at Uniontown High School and Washington & Jefferson College, and then later successful coach at Washington and McKeesport high schools and W&J died last week. Unice, 81, was a standout for the Red Raiders, ...
Angelo Linza may be part of a championship high school basketball program in Florida but he hasn鈥檛 forgotten what got him there and where he came from. Linza, a Brownsville graduate, was a member of the Falcons鈥� WPIAL Class AAA championship team of 2001. He has served as an assistant ...
WEXFORD 鈥� The range of emotions on Joe Salvino鈥檚 face, in his eyes, and in his voice told the story. Tuesday night, the Salvino鈥檚 Belle Vernon boys basketball team saw its season, and his legendary coaching career, come to an end in a PIAA Class 4A second-round loss to Sharon, 69-64, ...
There are no winners here. That was the PIAA鈥檚 ruling Monday afternoon after its investigation into the skirmish that broke out near the end of the Uniontown at Meadville Class 5A first-round boys basketball game Friday night. Meadville led the Red Raiders 63-55 with 3:12 left in the ...
BELLE VERNON 鈥� In a game of runs, Belle Vernon made one final late spurt to beat Farrell, 74-63, on Friday night, which allows the Leopards to continue a run toward their dream of the program鈥檚 first state basketball title and extend coach Joe Salvino鈥檚 run at a potential ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� As his team received the WPIAL championship trophy, Belle Vernon boys basketball coach Joe Salvino stood off the side, took a sip of water and watched the celebration unfold. 鈥淚 love to watch them, because it鈥檚 for them,鈥� Salvino said. 鈥淚鈥檓 just a part of it. I like ...
