PERRYOPOLIS -- Frazier and Carmichaels were very familiar with each other heading into Friday night's WPIAL Class AA girls basketball preliminary round playoff game.The teams had split their two regular-season Section 2 meetings and both knew what to expect in their third clash. The Lady ...
Freeport closed the game with a 9-2 run to rally for a 56-49 road victory Friday night in a WPIAL Class AAAA boys basketball first round playoff game at Uniontown.Freeport (13-9) advances to the quarterfinals to play at third-seeded Belle Vernon (18-3) on Wednesday at 7 p.m.The game was tied at ...
Uniontown opened some eyes this boys basketball season with a strong second-place finish in Section 3-AAAA and a 14-8 overall record.Red Raiders coach Rob Kezmarsky swirled a mix of seniors, juniors, sophomores and, most notably, two talented freshmen — Notorious Grooms and Calvin Winfrey III ...
Three local teams are set to take their shot at reaching the WPIAL basketball championships at the Petersen Events Center.Two will be in action tonight.Eighth-seeded Laurel Highlands plays fourth-seeded Thomas Jefferson at Woodland Hills in a 6:15 p.m. start in the Class 5A boys semifinals. ...
McMURRAY — Phil Pergola was dizzy. Eric Astorino was speechless.The two coaches leaving the locker rooms — Pergola the longtime coach at Ringgold and Astorino the interim coach at Ambridge — didn’t hide their emotions. Their reactions couldn’t have mirrored their teams any more ...
New Castle made 3-pointers at opportune moments Wednesday night, leading the Hurricanes to a 64-47 victory over Mount Pleasant in the WPIAL Class AAAA quarterfinals at North Allegheny High School.“They made five 3-pointers on scramble plays and we lost by 17,” lamented Mount Pleasant coach ...