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Maples focusing on player development

Injuries and graduation put Mapletown in a tough situation before Dr. Kristafer Adkins could hold his first practice. The Maples’ leading scorer, Lucas Stevenson, who had 219 points last season, had graduated, along with Tyler Howard, who put in 121 points. In addition to losing two ...

Capozza striving to turn around Lady Rockets

Rebecca Capozza stepped in as head coach of Jefferson-Morgan's girls basketball team with the task of turning around the program. The Lady Rockets suffered through a 1-20 season, including a 0-10 mark in Section 3-2A, in her first year of the rebuild. Despite an incredibly young roster ...

Raiders hope to make another run at section title

Waynesburg Central boys basketball coach Michael Juliano beefed up his team's non-section schedule last year to help prepare for section play. The result was a 0-7 start but the plan worked. The Raiders wound up 9-14 overall but were 7-3 in Section 4-3A and were in the battle for first ...

Lady Pioneers look to keep rolling under Brudnock

West Greene's girls basketball team switched coaches last year but still kept rolling along. In Ben Brudnock's first year at the helm the Lady Pioneers went 16-9 overall, finished fourth in Section 2-A at 8-6 to qualify for the postseason for the ninth year in a row, and won a WPIAL playoff ...

New era begins with Leopards as Tyburski takes over for Salvino

Anytime someone follows a legend in any aspect of life, there are whispers that people don’t want to be the “man who follows the man.” Instead, they would rather be the “man who follows the man who follows the man.” But for first-year Belle Vernon boys basketball coach Ricky ...

Lady Leopards have experience, depth

Now with a full season of knowing each other, second-year Belle Vernon girls basketball coach Cornelious Nesbit and his players have a much better understanding of each other. “The biggest difference (from last year to now) is how much the players and I know each other on and off the ...