Jefferson-Morgan has made the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs all four years Brandon Lawless has been coach, and that's the goal again this season with one stipulation. The Rockets want a section championship, too, this time. "That's what we're aiming for," said Lawless, whose team finished ...
Waynesburg Central boys basketball coach Michael Juliano beefed up his team's non-section schedule last year to help prepare for section play. The result was a 0-7 start but the plan worked. The Raiders wound up 9-14 overall but were 7-3 in Section 4-3A and were in the battle for first ...
West Greene's girls basketball team switched coaches last year but still kept rolling along. In Ben Brudnock's first year at the helm the Lady Pioneers went 16-9 overall, finished fourth in Section 2-A at 8-6 to qualify for the postseason for the ninth year in a row, and won a WPIAL playoff ...
Ian McCombs is entering his seventh season as Carmichaels boys basketball coach and would like to see his team return to the playoffs after it fell short of that quest for the second year in a row in 2024-25. "Our goal this season is to compete for a playoff spot," McCombs said. "Our team has ...
Carmichaels' girls basketball team was an unlikely WPIAL playoff qualifier a year ago when it went 3-19 overall and 3-7 in Section 3-2A. The Lady Mikes came up big when they needed to get to the postseason, with key late-season wins over visiting Bentworth, 45-28, and at Jefferson-Morgan, ...
Waynesburg Central's girls basketball team has a talented group coming in but a highly successful veteran coach going out. Chris Minerd stepped down after completing his 10th year as a head coach in the offseason. Minerd was 50-20 at the helm of the Lady Raiders, including 10-12 last year ...
