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Lady Trojans fall at Fort Cherry, 59-29

MCDONALD — The Fort Cherry girls basketball team didn’t have much of a problem Tuesday night in its playoff opener against California on the surface. But even after a 59-29 win, Lady Rangers coach Clarence Edwards knows it could have been better. “It was a little sloppy at the ...

GREENSBURG – Brownsville figured it would be pitted against a higher seeded team and thus would be an underdog in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball playoffs. To be relegated to the last seed in the bracket by the WPIAL pairings committee, however, was a perceived slap ...

Uniontown and Belle Vernon were the highest seeded local teams as expected when the WPIAL released its boys basketball playoff pairings Monday afternoon. The Red Raiders drew the No. 3 seed in Class 5A and will host No. 14 Hampton in a 7 p.m. game on Tuesday, Feb. 18. The Leopards, with ...

Lady Gators seeded second; LH put at No. 8

Geibel CatholicÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ girls basketball team rode a 21-1 overall record and its first section championship in 17 years to a No. 2 seed in Class A in the WPIAL playoffs. The WPIAL playoff pairings were released Monday afternoon and the Lady Gators, who were 13-1 in winning Section 1-A, received ...

Belle VernonÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Joe Salvino, a staple in the WPIAL basketball coaching community for 41 seasons, will retire at the end of this season. A longtime coach at Monessen, where he led his hometown Greyhounds to six WPIAL championships and a pair of PIAA titles, Salvino is in his seventh season ...

Donald Whitehead Jr. scored a career-high 33 points, including four 3-pointers, to help California storm back for an 86-73 PSAC West victory in menÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ basketball action Saturday. The Vulcans (9-7, 14-10) trailed 44-36 at halftime after falling behind by 20 points, then out-scored the Rock ...