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 ...
The WPIAL playoffs don’t begin until next week but Uniontown’s boys basketball team got an early taste of what the postseason might be like in its game against crosstown rival Laurel Highlands Tuesday night. The Red Raiders fended off a determined, gutsy effort by the Mustangs, scoring ...
Notorious Grooms and Calvin Winfrey III are in the top 10 on Uniontown boys basketball all-time scoring list, and because of that, the duo are lauded, rightfully so, as one of the best 1-2 punches in program history. Grooms and Winfrey followed protocol Friday night against the Red ...
A “must-win game” is one of the most overused clichés in sports, but Laurel Highlands’ 56-43 victory over Albert Gallatin in Class 5A Section 1 boys basketball play on Tuesday at Harold “Horse” Taylor Memorial Gymnasium was as close to “must win” as it gets for the Mustangs. ...
True to form of the school’s mascot, the Mustangs of Laurel Highlands came out of the gate running and went wire-to-wire in a 78-44 victory over Waynesburg Central in non-section play Tuesday night at Harold “Horse” Taylor Memorial Gymnasium. The Mustangs scored their first basket in ...
