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 ...
Evan Strimel poured in 25 points and Seth Dolan hit a tie-breaking free throw with two seconds left as Geibel Catholic edged visiting Monessen, 71-70 in double overtime, in a Section 2-A boys basketball thriller Friday night. Gary Tarbuk scored 17 points, Dolan finished with 12, including ...
Ke’Lani Chun’s basket in the final seconds gave Carmichaels a 35-33 Section 3-2A win at Jefferson-Morgan and clinched a WPIAL playoff spot for the Lady Mikes in a girls basketball battle Thursday night. Carmichaels (3-7, 3-18) held a two-point lead when the Lady Rockets’ Catelynn ...
