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Local boys teams have rough opening on the court

The Belle Vernon, Waynesburg Central and Frazier boys basketball teams all had a tough opening night Friday with all three losing.The Leopards fell to visiting Thomas Jefferson, 65-59, Keystone Oaks defeated the visiting Raiders, 71-43, and Frazier was edged on the road at Fort Cherry, ...

Leopards will build around Whitlock

The Belle Vernon boys basketball team was the WPIAL Class AAAA runner-up a year ago and came up a basket short of making the PIAA quarterfinals.Gone are four starters, but coach Joe Salvino has all-section point guard Devin Whitlock back and the team will be built around the junior.“Devin is ...

Muccino counting heavily on guards Cernuto, Trout

Southmoreland's boys basketball program will be counting on two veteran guards to lead a roster dominated by sophomores and freshmen this year.Senior Zach Cernuto and junior Isaac Trout are two-year starters who will be the Scotties' leaders after the loss if a number of talented graduates, ...

Loftis, Warriors excited to get season rolling

The Elizabeth Forward boys basketball team lost four starters from last yearÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ team which qualified for the WPIAL Class AAAA playoffs, so it would be understandable if head coach Matt Loftis was worried heading into this season.However, the third-year coach is excited to get the season ...

Slagus returns to coach Lady Leopards

On her way to becoming the best player in the history of the Belle Vernon girls basketball program, Kaitlyn Slagus was known as a tireless leader and hard worker.After a standout career at Bucknell and a year overseas, Slagus returned home and enters her first season as the coach of the program ...

Porter, Gators ‘basically starting from scratch’

Geibel Catholic boys basketball coach Don Porter and his staff must basically put together a new team to try to make another run at the playoffs."We lost all five starters from last year's team," Porter said. "Four graduated and one transferred out, so we are basically starting from ...