MONONGAHELA — When the 2025-26 boys basketball season began, Laurel Highlands wasn’t high on many of the “experts” list to qualify for the WPIAL playoffs. The Mustangs were 5-17 last season, and playing in Section 1-5A with the likes of cross-town rival Uniontown, among other ...
When the high school basketball section season wrapped up on Saturday there were 15 area teams that had punched their ticket into the WPIAL playoffs. Of that group, 10 came from just five schools. Laurel Highlands, Belle Vernon, West Greene, Waynesburg Central and Beth-Center will each be ...
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’ boys basketball team pull out a 56-54 win at Uniontown, Martin was at it again on Friday night against Penn-Trafford at Harold ...
Kayden Smith looked for an opening as he dribbled while the final seconds were ticking down with his Laurel Highlands team knotted in a 54-54 tie at Uniontown. Smith had already scored a career-high 27 points with five 3-pointers and looked to put the finishing touches on an outstanding ...
Laurel Highlands had its back against the wall as far as making the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs out of Section 1-5A. In danger of falling three games out of the final postseason spot, the Mustangs came up with one of their best efforts of the season. Tyrone Burton rang up a game-high 21 ...
When John Smith accepted the position as head coach of Laurel Highlands entering the 2023-2024 boys basketball season, he knew success wasn’t going to appear overnight, as the Mustangs were playing for the first time in four years with the program’s all-time leading scorer Rodney Gallagher ...
