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Belle Vernon survives battle with Avonworth, 57-56

McMURRAY – The emotion in Joe SalvinoĢƵ 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 VernonĢƵ ...

Lady Mustangs edge Beaver, qualify for states

The Laurel Highlands girls basketball team had to regroup quickly. The Lady Mustangs had suffered a 59-32 loss to top-seeded Blackhawk in ThursdayĢƵ WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinal playoff game and now their season was on the line with a consolation game at Beaver Saturday afternoon. A win ...

Local roundup: Mohawk knocks off Scotties, 55-38

Bobby Fadden scored 22 points and Mohawk jumped out to a 23-9 lead in the first quarter on its way to a 55-38 win over Southmoreland in a WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball quarterfinal playoff game at North Catholic High School Friday night. The third-seeded Warriors (19-5) led 32-15 at ...

Deflated: Peters Township derails UniontownĢƵ quest to play at the Pete

MONONGAHELA – UniontownĢƵ boys basketball team had its sights set on playing in the Petersen Events Center this season. That goal of reaching the site of the WPIAL basketball championships came to an abrupt end at the hands of sixth-seeded Peters Township which handed the third-seeded ...

Lady Gators advance to WPIAL Class A semifinals

CONNELLSVILLE — As Emma Larkin goes, so does Geibel Catholic. But on Thursday night at “The Swamp” on the campus of Geibel Catholic Junior/Senior High School, the junior guard was feeling under the weather, but freshman Mallory Clemmer and junior Ava Henderson picked up the slack and ...

Lady Mustangs suffer frustrating loss to Blackhawk

McMURRAY – Stewart Davis watched video of BlackhawkĢƵ girls basketball team and felt his Laurel Highlands squad had a realistic shot to knock off the No. 1 seed. “I knew looking at film that Blackhawk was a very good team but I didn’t think they were a great team,” Davis said. ...