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Raiders hope to make another run at section title

Waynesburg Central boys basketball coach Michael Juliano beefed up his team's non-section schedule last year to help prepare for section play. The result was a 0-7 start but the plan worked. The Raiders wound up 9-14 overall but were 7-3 in Section 4-3A and were in the battle for first ...

Becker takes over Pioneers as Romanus departs

Jim Romanus ended a long, successful coaching career that spanned 48 years, including 14 leading West Greene's boys basketball team, after last season. Those are big shoes for Billy Becker to fill. Becker, a Waynesburg Central graduate, is in the midst of his first head coaching job as he ...

Bulldogs optimistic with 4 returning starters

Now in his third year at the helm of the Beth-Center boys basketball program, Scott Bower is liking where things are trending for this team. His optimism stems from multiple perspectives. First, the team returns four starters from last yearĢƵ team that made the WPIAL ...

New era begins with Leopards as Tyburski takes over for Salvino

Anytime someone follows a legend in any aspect of life, there are whispers that people don’t want to be the “man who follows the man.” Instead, they would rather be the “man who follows the man who follows the man.” But for first-year Belle Vernon boys basketball coach Ricky ...

Lady Pioneers look to keep rolling under Brudnock

West Greene's girls basketball team switched coaches last year but still kept rolling along. In Ben Brudnock's first year at the helm the Lady Pioneers went 16-9 overall, finished fourth in Section 2-A at 8-6 to qualify for the postseason for the ninth year in a row, and won a WPIAL playoff ...

Capozzoli takes over young, talented Lady Raiders

Waynesburg Central's girls basketball team has a talented group coming in but a highly successful veteran coach going out. Chris Minerd stepped down after completing his 10th year as a head coach in the offseason. Minerd was 50-20 at the helm of the Lady Raiders, including 10-12 last year ...