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Solid start: LH girls open WPIAL playoffs with 65-39 home win

Aryianna Sumpter scored the first five points of the game and Laurel Highlands survived early foul trouble for a 65-29 victory over visiting Quaker Valley Tuesday night in the first round of the WPIAL Class AAAA girls basketball playoffs. “Our goal was not to keep it close. They’re a team ...

Local roundup: GCC overwhelms gritty Commodores

Zach Keefer got the effort he was expecting from his Frazier boys basketball team but Greensburg Central Catholic proved to be far more powerful and showed why itĢƵ the No. 2 seed in Class AA. Tyree Turner scored a game-high 18 points as the host Centurions rolled to a 26-8 lead in the ...

Eden ChristianĢƵ depth keys 51-40 win over Lady Gators

HERMINIE – Geibel Catholic had the will to win but Eden Christian had the depth and the latter won out Monday night. Emmie Smith scored 15 points and Ella D’Ippolito added 12 as the Lady Warriors gradually wore down the Lady Gators in claiming a 51-40 victory in a WPIAL Class A first ...

Lady Pioneers open WPIAL playoffs with 55-33 win

The West Greene girls led 17-3 after the first quarter Monday night and the Lady Pioneers didn’t slow down for a 55-33 home victory over Jeannette in the first round of the WPIAL Class A basketball playoffs. West Greene (10-13) advances to play at top-seeded Union Thursday night. The win ...

Memory Lane: Mays excelled in basketball, football at Uniontown

James “Junior” Mays forged an outstanding athletic career at Uniontown, but looking back he wishes he had done things differently off the court and off the football field. Mays got an early start in athletics and benefited from Uniontown's great playground culture. “I was playing ...