PITTSBURGH – As his team received the WPIAL championship trophy, Belle Vernon boys basketball coach Joe Salvino stood off the side, took a sip of water and watched the celebration unfold. “I love to watch them, because it’s for them,” Salvino said. “I’m just a part of it. I like ...
This night it was Notorious Grooms’ turn. Uniontown had ridden a historic performance by Calvin Winfrey III, who rang up a school-record 47 points, to a win over Penn-Trafford on Monday and faced visiting Latrobe in Wednesday’s WPIAL Class 5A fifth-place consolation game. Winfrey ...
Bob Kennedy was a 1,000-point scorer as a player at Beth-Center and now he’s a 200-game winner as a boys basketball coach at Bentworth. Kennedy guided the Bearcats to a 64-40 win over South Side on Feb. 13 in the preliminary round of the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs to notch the milestone win ...
Kasey Cienik scored 16 points and St. Joseph rode a big third quarter to a WPIAL Class A consolation victory over visiting West Greene in girls basketball action Monday night. The loss put an end to the Lady Pioneers’ season while the Lady Spartans secured a spot in the PIAA ...
Calvin Winfrey III and Notorious Grooms took it hard. The two Uniontown senior 1,000-point scorers were crushed by their team’s WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinal loss to Peters Township on Friday. “We were sad, dwelling on the loss all weekend,” Grooms said. “It hurt.” “That loss ...
McMURRAY – The emotion in Joe Salvino’s voice, and the tears beginning to form in his eyes, told the story. With six WPIAL championships, a pair of PIAA crowns, and 743 career wins, Salvino will have one last chance at a seventh WPIAL crown after Class 4A top seed Belle Vernon’s ...
