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Vertacnik has lofty expectations for Lady Greyhounds

Fourth-year Monessen girls basketball coach Janine Vertacnik isn’t pulling any punches about her expectations for the team this season.“I expect to win the section, first and foremost, and I will be disappointed if we don’t win 15 or 16 games,” said Vertacnik. “I feel like the ...

Gibbs, Lady Warriors optimistic entering season

Optimism is surrounding the Elizabeth Forward girls basketball program, and ninth-year head coach Krystal Gibbs is excited for the upcoming season.“Having only lost Anna Resnick off last yearĢƵ team, and with our season ending with how well we played against Beaver, I wanted this season to ...

Johnson takes over Frazier girls’ program

Kenny Johnson is excited to be the new Frazier girls basketball coach, but he is also aware that he is still getting to know the players, and vice versa.“It is going to be a process,” Johnson said of how things are going. “We are very young and have only one senior who will play.“We ...

Larkin takes over Lady Gators program

The Geibel Catholic Lady Gators will have a new coach this season with Sara Larkin taking over the program after spending the last couple years at Albert Gallatin."Ellen Hildebrand had to step down at Albert Gallatin for personal reasons," said Larkin. "I got a call from the boys coach Don ...

Loaded Lady Raiders have high expectations

Waynesburg Central went from a last-place finish two years ago to being one of the area's best girls basketball teams a season ago.That doesn't look to change much in the 2021-22 campaign as the Lady Raiders have a solid core returning.Waynesburg jumped from records of 7-15 overall and 1-13 in ...

Youthful Lady Cougars seek playoff berth

Bill Wagner had one of the younger teams in the history of the Charleroi girls basketball program a year ago.The fourth-year coach has another young team entering the 2021-22 season without a senior on the roster.Even so, the fourth-year coach still has the same goals he sets forth each ...