West Greene graduate Garett Johnston will do everything he can to keep the high school wrestling program alive.Johnston, a 2008 graduate, was hired as head coach in September after another former Pioneer, Kory Bissett, stepped down. The former Waynesburg University wrestler served for three ...
ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ one of my favorite days of the high school athletic calendar, as today is the opening day for winter sports around Greene County.Doesn’t matter if itÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ on the basketball court or the wrestling mat or at the rifle range, all 16 area teams have high expectations for the 2017-18 winter ...
After a 19-win campaign and after reaching the PIAA playoffs for the first time in school history, the bar has definitely been set high for the West Greene girls’ basketball squad in 2017-18.The Lady Pioneers posted a 19-6 overall record, went 10-0 in Section 2-A for the schoolÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ first ...
Jefferson-Morgan head wrestling coach Mike Lesko is cautiously optimistic when it comes to the upcoming season in both individual and team aspects.The Rockets have one of the countryÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ best wrestlers in undefeated and three-time state champion Gavin Teasdale.Teasdale, a senior and Penn State ...
The West Greene boys basketball team has tallied 25 wins and two playoff appearances over the last two seasons after a two-plus decade postseason drought, and in 2017-18, veteran coach Jim Romanus will look to guide the Pioneers into another solid year.Last year the Pioneers went 13-8 overall ...
A Wind Ridge man was charged this week after he allegedly caused a disturbance on a West Greene school bus with children inside earlier this month.Michael Lawrence Pettit, 28, is charged with unauthorized school bus entry, a misdemeanor, after an alleged incident Nov. 2. Bus 12 stopped on Route ...