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Commodores rebuilding after losses to graduation

Zach Keefer led Frazier to its first boys basketball section crown since 1990 one season ago.If the fifth-year head coach is going to have an encore even remotely close to what the team did a year ago, it will happen with what will amount to basically a new team as all five starters from last ...

Balla wants Trojans to get off to fast start

Fourth-year California boys basketball coach Aaron Balla wants his team to hit the ground running this season.“We want to start off winning our home tip-off tournament,” said Balla. “Then, we want to build to a section title.”The Trojans host Propel Montour Dec. 10 in their tip-off ...

Ringgold’s Rowland seeks to get Rams ‘back on the map’

When he was hired as the boys basketball coach at Ringgold, former Belle Vernon standout Matt Rowland had an advantage a lot of coaches don’t get, and that was he had already been working with the team.When Eugene Wilson stepped down after one year as coach to take over at Woodland Hills, ...

Biggest key for Cougars is learning how to win

When asked about goals and success to the 2021-22 basketball season, Yough boys coach Jim Nesser didn’t mince words on what he and assistant coach William Sherbondy want to accomplish.“We have to learn how to win,” said Nesser. “That is the biggest key.”Now in his fourth season as ...

Raiders look to bounce back after pandemic-ravaged year

Steve McIntire didn't pick the best time to become a first-year coach.McIntire faced a slew of challenges in his first season guiding the Waynesburg Central boys basketball team."Of all the years to take over a boys basketball program, I had to do it in the middle of a pandemic," McIntire said ...

Balance the key for Lady Cougars’ offense

Balance is usually key when building a team in most sports, and if Yough's Mike Gerdich gets his wish, balance will be instrumental for his girls basketball team.“This year we will have a well-rounded attack with our five starters,” said Gerdich, a former star at Saint Vincent College. ...