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Bearcats look to turn things around after move to Class AA

The Bentworth boys basketball team started four freshman last year and took its lumps.The Bearcats finished 1-21 in 2019 and have lost 43 of their last 44 games playing at the AAA level.Fortunately, Bentworth dropped back down to Class AA and the move could provide longtime coach Bob Kennedy ...

McIntire steps in as new Raiders coach

Steve McIntire had only one year of experience as a high school basketball head coach going into his first year at the helm of the Waynesburg Central boys team.In that lone season he guided Mapletown's girls basketball team into the playoffs for the first time in a decade.McIntire, a former ...

Nesser, Cougars look for return to WPIAL playoffs

Jim Nesser enters his third year as head coach of the Yough boys basketball team, and he is looking to get the team back into the playoffs.“My goal is for us to compete and make the playoffs,” Nesser said of the program that has missed the postseason four straight years. “To do that, we ...

Commodores feature senior-laden squad

Zach Keefer enters his fourth season as Frazier boys basketball coach in a different section with an experienced team."We're senior heavy this year," said Keefer. "We have eight seniors, some who are multi-year starters. They're a confident bunch. I can tell they're excited. They're focused ...

Cougars will rely on returning starters Usher, Wagner

Longtime Charleroi boys basketball coach Bill Wiltz led the Cougars to a share of the Section 4-AAA title last year, the programĢƵ first since 2014-15.For the team to have a chance to repeat it will have to rely on its two returning starters, senior point guard Zach Usher and junior wing Will ...

Red Raiders optimistic despite loss of stellar class

The slate has been wiped practically clean for Uniontown's boys basketball team.Gone are all five starters -- Billy DeShields, Isaiah Melvin, Ray Robinson, Jahmere Richardson and Bryant Grady -- and seven seniors overall from last year's squad that went 20-3, won a second straight section title ...