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Jenkins won’t back down from tough competition

Dierre Jenkins never shied away from tough competition as a player, and he won’t back down as a head coach. The former Uniontown basketball star, who scored 1,000 points in his career and helped lead the Red Raiders to a WPIAL championship in 2002, along with advancing to the state final ...

H-S Athlete of the Week: Emma Larkin, Geibel Catholic

Name: Emma Larkin School: Geibel Catholic Class: Senior Sport: Basketball LarkinĢƵ week: The Lady Gators’ point guard opened her season last Friday with a 30-point effort in helping her team to a 71-16 victory before putting in 27 against Beth-Center in a 72-24 triumph the next day in ...

Late runs in 1st, 2nd quarters key in Chartiers Valley win over LH

An 8-0 run to end the first quarter and a 7-0 scoring spurt to close the second frame set the tone in Chartiers ValleyĢƵ 74-36 victory over Laurel Highlands in non-section boys basketball play on Tuesday at Harold “Horse” Taylor Memorial Gymnasium. The Mustangs (1-1) took an 11-10 lead ...

Emm-azing!

CONNELLSVILLE TWP. — Nothing could stop Emma Larkin from setting the all-time scoring record at Geibel Catholic High School on Monday night at “The Swamp” on the campus of Geibel Catholic Junior/Senior High School. Not a box-and-one defense that Southmoreland threw at her. Not a ...

Here we snow!

The first significant snowfall of the season hit Southwestern Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning, closing and delaying schools and snarling morning commutes. The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh reported between 2 to 4 inches of accumulation by 9:30 a.m., with 4.2 inches of snowfall in ...

Gator greatness

Emma Larkin never imagined she would be in this position. The Geibel Catholic senior is on the verge of surpassing Shelley Bortz as the Lady Gators girls basketball all-time scoring leader as well as the 2,000-point mark. Larkin entered the season with 1,909 points, just 68 short of Bortz' ...