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Experienced Cougars playing for third-straight playoff berth

Coach Jim Nesser is looking to take Yough back to the WPIAL playoffs for a third-straight year, and his once young team is now full of experience.“Our goal is to be a playoff team, and we have the experience needed,” said Nesser. “They need to prove they can take the next step when it ...

Keefer, Commodores hungry to rebound from winless season

Now in his sixth year as the Frazier boys basketball coach, Zach Keefer and his team have seen both sides of the proverbial spectrum.After his team went 18-4 and won the programĢƵ first section title since 1990 during the 2020-21 season, the Commodores went winless last year and needless to ...

Leopards dealing with football team’s success

Over the course of his long and storied career, there aren’t many things that Joe Salvino can say he has not done.But, with the Belle Vernon football team winning the WPIAL Class AAA championship and advancing to the PIAA semifinals, this is the first time Salvino has started a season with so ...

Red Raiders sport deep, talented roster

Rob Kezmarsky can't recall the last time he's had so many good players on one roster."We have some really good returning players and a very deep bench," said Kezmarsky, who's entering his 21st year as Uniontown's boys basketball coach. "We have six or seven kids that could start. I don't ...

Wiltz, Cougars look to replace graduated Wagner

Long-time Charleroi boys basketball coach Bill Wiltz has been lucky enough to coach some talented players during his career, most notably Vinnie Graham in WiltzĢƵ tenure at Belle Vernon.And, during his 25-plus years at Charleroi, Wiltz has had some good players, and maybe none of them were as ...

Vikings hit hard by graduation, injury

Mount Pleasant High School is looking for a few good scorers for its boys’ basketball team this winter.“First of all, we lost our second-leading scorer and 20 points per game to graduation,” said Vikings’ Coach T.J. Kravits. “We also lost our leading returning scorer, Dante ...