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 ...
Bob Kennedy was a 1,000-point scorer as a player at Beth-Center and now he鈥檚 a 200-game winner as a boys basketball coach at Bentworth. Kennedy guided the Bearcats to a 64-40 win over South Side on Feb. 13 in the preliminary round of the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs to notch the milestone win ...
Calvin Winfrey III and Notorious Grooms took it hard. The two Uniontown senior 1,000-point scorers were crushed by their team鈥檚 WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinal loss to Peters Township on Friday. 鈥淲e were sad, dwelling on the loss all weekend,鈥� Grooms said. 鈥淚t hurt.鈥� 鈥淭hat loss ...
McMURRAY 鈥� The emotion in Joe Salvino鈥檚 voice, and the tears beginning to form in his eyes, told the story. With six WPIAL championships, a pair of PIAA crowns, and 743 career wins, Salvino will have one last chance at a seventh WPIAL crown after Class 4A top seed Belle Vernon鈥檚 ...
Bobby Fadden scored 22 points and Mohawk jumped out to a 23-9 lead in the first quarter on its way to a 55-38 win over Southmoreland in a WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball quarterfinal playoff game at North Catholic High School Friday night. The third-seeded Warriors (19-5) led 32-15 at ...
MONONGAHELA 鈥� Uniontown鈥檚 boys basketball team had its sights set on playing in the Petersen Events Center this season. That goal of reaching the site of the WPIAL basketball championships came to an abrupt end at the hands of sixth-seeded Peters Township which handed the third-seeded ...
