JEFFERSON – Jefferson-Morgan hoped to end a playoff victory drought that spans a quarter century, but ran into a Springdale team that has been bucking the odds all season. Scott Ruppert took over as the head coach three weeks before the season started, the Dynamos were given the 21st and ...
Jefferson-Morgan rallied for a non-section victory over Waynesburg Central in a battle of Greene County on Monday in boys basketball action. The Rockets (10-4, 15-7) trailed 21-13 after the first quarter, but outscored the Raiders, 20-13, in the second period to cut the deficit to 34-33 at ...
Uniontown and Belle Vernon were the highest seeded local teams as expected when the WPIAL released its boys basketball playoff pairings Monday afternoon. The Red Raiders drew the No. 3 seed in Class 5A and will host No. 14 Hampton in a 7 p.m. game on Tuesday, Feb. 18. The Leopards, with ...
Belle Vernon’s Joe Salvino, a staple in the WPIAL basketball coaching community for 41 seasons, will retire at the end of this season. A longtime coach at Monessen, where he led his hometown Greyhounds to six WPIAL championships and a pair of PIAA titles, Salvino is in his seventh season ...
Donald Whitehead Jr. scored a career-high 33 points, including four 3-pointers, to help California storm back for an 86-73 PSAC West victory in men’s basketball action Saturday. The Vulcans (9-7, 14-10) trailed 44-36 at halftime after falling behind by 20 points, then out-scored the Rock ...
Uniontown coach Rob Kezmarsky, with his team stepping up a classification and losing three key seniors to graduation, didn’t foresee the Red Raiders sweeping through Section 1-5A this season. “We lost three high-level players (1,000-point scorer Jamire Braxton, K’Adrian McLee and ...
