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High School Basketball

Inexperienced Pioneers strive to keep playoff streak alive

West Greene reached the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs for a school-record fifth consecutive year last season but running that streak to six won't be easy for coach Jim Romanus."These are crazy times," Romanus said. "This is the smallest squad that I've had since I've been at West Greene. We've ...

Bosnic ready for challenge in move to Class AA

Times are a changing for the Monessen boys basketball team.The Greyhounds moved up to Class AA from A and gone are the days when they would show up with a roster full of athletes who would intimidate, and then dominate, most opponents.Regardless, third-year coach Dan Bosnic is ready for the ...

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 ...