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Belle Vernon weathers storm, beats EF for 3rd time

BELLE VERNON – Over his long and storied coaching career, Joe Salvino has said numerous times about his disdain for layoffs between the end of the regular season and the start of the WPIAL playoffs. Wednesday night was no different, but SalvinoÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ top-seeded Belle Vernon Leopards made ...

Final curtain: Belle VernonÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Salvino to retire after 41 seasons

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 ...

Moore scores 32 as Belle Vernon tops Derry to split season series

BELLE VERNON – Zion Moore did pretty much everything you can do on a basketball court Friday night. He hit 3-pointers, drove to the lane, stole the ball, had a block and thunderous dunk in the fourth quarter and made some assists. Including one that won’t show up on the stat sheet. He ...

Local roundup: Salvino surpasses Misiak with Leopards’ win over EF

Trevor Kovatch sank five of six foul shots in the final 23 seconds to lift Belle Vernon over Elizabeth Forward, 63-59, in a key Section 3-AAAA game, giving Leopards coach Joe Salvino his 731st career win in the process Friday night. Salvino moved past the late Ken Misiak, longtime coach of ...