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High school roundup: Ford City boys cruise in home opener
By Staff ReportsWith a dominant first quarter, Ford City’s boys basketball team left no doubt about the outcome of its home opener against Highlands on Tuesday. The ...
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California passes first test in opener
By Naz VictoriaCalifornia opened its season Tuesday with a 62-56 win at Chartiers-Houston. “I knew it was going to be a tough game tonight because they’re big, ...
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Greensburg Tribune-Review athletes of the week: Hempfield’s Kason Harrell,...
By Staff ReportsKason Harrell School: Hempfield Sport: Basketball Year: Sophomore Claim to fame: Harrell scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Hempfield (3-0) to a ...
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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review athletes of the week: Elizabeth Forward’s Jaquan...
By Brian GrahamJaquan Davidson School: Elizabeth Forward Year: Junior Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: Davidson scored a game-high 16 points, dished nine assists and grabbed eight rebounds ...
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Duquesne rallies past West Virginia at Consol
By Chris Harlan, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewDuquesne’s Jerry Jones scored 16 points, and Derrick Colter added 12 while erasing a 15-point deficit in Tuesday night’s 60-56 victory over West Virginia at...
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Robert Morris hockey programs are thriving
By Josh Yohe, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe Robert Morris men’s hockey program is continuing its rapid ascent this season, a once-forgotten team that coach Derek Schooley has guided to respectability...
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Guido: A-K Valley hoops about to get more serious
By George GuidoEven though local high school basketball players are barely in the groove, section play will be getting under way around the Alle-Kiski Valley with the ...
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Leechburg, Winchester Thurston violate rules
By Bill Beckner Jr.Leechburg athletic director Mark Jones said he made a mistake by scheduling St. Gertrude’s to play in Leechburg’s basketball tip-off tournament. By playing St. Gertrude’s, ...
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High school roundup: Montour’s Wilson surpasses 1,000 career points in victory
By Staff ReportsDevin Wilson scored 17 points to top the 1,000-point mark in his career, as Class AAA No. 2 Montour (3-0) cruised past Moon, 80-58, in ...
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Kiski Area boys outlast Plum
By George GuidoThe Kiski Area boys basketball team must have thought it was seeing a repeat of a bad movie. After squandering a double-digit lead last Friday ...
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Geibel girls top Mapletown, ending 27-game skid
By Jason Black, Daily CourierEntering Tuesday’s game, the Geibel girls basketball program had lost 27 games in a row dating back to February 2011. But the streak is no ...
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Latrobe wrestling team looks to new coach
By Paul Schofield, Tribune-ReviewCoaching wrestling at Latrobe is like being the Steelers coach: Once you’re in, you’re in for a while. Tad Harbert became the school’s third in ...
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Former Derry player Zemba returns to coach girls basketball team
By Andrew JohnThe Derry girls basketball program hasn’t had a winning season since the 2007-08 campaign, which necessitated a change in coaching. The Trojans will be led ...
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Derry boys getting defensive early on this season
By Brian GrahamThe Derry boys basketball team will have to replace its top three scorers from last year’s squad and they plan to do so with improved ...
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Shorthanded Hounds drop to 0-3
By The Valley IndependentIt’s been a long time since Monessen opened the season with three straight losses. In fact, the last time Monessen started 0-3 was in the ...
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Former Plum star settles in at Pitt-Johnstown
By Bill Beckner Jr.You might need a map to follow the twisting, turning basketball career of Drew Cressler. The athletic swingman has been to three different schools since ...
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Redbank Valley girls on right track after winless season
By Bill West, Leader TimesAs coach Robin Martin encouraged an up-tempo style of play a year ago during her first season with Redbank Valley’s girls basketball team, she watched ...
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Redbank Valley uses frustration as fuel
By Bill West, Leader TimesThere’s no desire among the players on Redbank Valley’s boys basketball team to ignore last season’s one-win record. No, the Bulldogs took a long, hard ...
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Led by veteran coach, Dumore ready for Clairton
By Keith Barnes, McKeesport Daily NewsIt’s not an exaggeration to say Dunmore coach Jack Henzes has football in his blood. His father, John, is a charter member of the Pennsylvania ...
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Griffiths aims high on wrestling mat
By Paul Paterra, Tribune-ReviewSouthmoreland wrestler Austin Griffiths has a simple goal for his sophomore season — to do a little better than he did as a freshman. That ...
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