California senior 1,000-point scorer Malik Ramsey was selected for the Pennsylvania Sports Writers All-State boys basketball team in Class 2A on Tuesday.
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Billy DeShields had an outstanding four-year career at Uniontown, finishing fifth on the program's all-time scoring list with 1,317 points.
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The Fayette County Coaches Association takes pride in recognizing local athletes with a banquet at the end of each sports season. Football and volleyball players are honored in the fall, boys and girls basketball players in the winter and baseball and softball players in the spring.
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Rodney Gallagher could get used to playing at the Petersen Events Center.
Jim Downey | Herald-Standard
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ALTOONA — It was a shame someone had to lose.
No one can say Geibel Catholic's boys basketball team wasn't tested during the 2020 postseason.
Lancaster Catholic held a six-point lead after the first quarter Friday night, and the Crusaders made the early advantage stand for a 59-56 victory over Ringgold in the first round of the PIAA Class AAAA playoffs at Warwick High School.
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GREENSBURG -- Laurel Highlands battled to the bitter end, but the Mustangs did not have another comeback left in them as they were edged by York Suburban, 57-56, Friday night in the opening round of the PIAA Class AAAAA basketball playoffs in front of a standing room only crowd at Greensburg Salem High School.
The Belle Vernon boys grabbed the early lead and then held off a charge by Clearfield over the final three quarters to open the PIAA Class AAAA playoffs Friday night at St. Marys High School with a 65-60 victory.
The high school basketball season is over for all but six local teams who are set to begin PIAA tournament play.
Laurel Highlands boys’ basketball has had a season for the ages, and one that will be discussed for years to come.
Rodney Gallagher swished the two pressure free throws with 4.8 seconds remaining but Laurel Highlands still had to wait through a frantic finish before celebrating its first WPIAL basketball title in 52 years.
Laurel Highlands, fresh off its WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball championship, will begin its quest for a PIAA title on Friday along with three …
Belle Vernon came out strong, as Devin Whitlock and Hunter Ruokonen were shooting lights out in the first quarter, but Highlands showed why it was the No. 1 seed in defeating the Leopards, 72-54, on Saturday in the WPIAL Class 4A Championship Final at the Petersen Events Center on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.
Brian Pritts found himself with some unexpected time off thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and it gave the Southmoreland girls basketball coach a chance to assess his life situation, more accurately, his team on the hardwood and his other "team" at home.
The Fayette County Coaches Association takes pride in recognizing local athletes with a banquet at the end of each sports season. Football and volleyball players are honored in the fall, boys and girls basketball players in the winter and baseball and softball players in the spring.
Southmoreland had its best girls basketball season in program history but coach Brian Pritts felt it was relationships and the way his girls played together and for each other that was just as important as his team's talent level.
Southmoreland out-scored Lancaster Catholic over the final three quarters but the Lady Crusaders rode an explosive start to a 64-56 win over the Lady Scotties in a PIAA Class 4A second-round girls basketball playoff game at Bedford High School Wednesday night.
Malia Magestro, running around one screen after another, scored a game-high 24 points as District 10 champion Kennedy Catholic pulled away from West Greene early in the second half for a 52-38 win in a PIAA Class A first-round tournament game Saturday afternoon at Peters Township High School.
Southmoreland overwhelmed Huntingdon Area, 57-29, in a PIAA Class AAAA girls basketball first-round playoff game at Greensburg Salem High School on Saturday afternoon.
The high school basketball season is over for all but six local teams who are set to begin PIAA tournament play.
Laurel Highlands, fresh off its WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball championship, will begin its quest for a PIAA title on Friday along with three …
Top-seeded North Catholic pulled away in the second quarter and handed second-seeded Southmoreland its first loss of the season, 61-44, in the WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball championship game at Petersen Events Center on Friday.
West Greene starts fast but finishes cold in another heartbreaking loss in the WPIAL championship.
West Greene survives a frantic finish in the WPIAL Class A girls basketball semifinals and now takes aim at Rochester in a championship game rematch.
West Greene survived a frantic finish in the WPIAL Class A girls basketball semifinals.
Most teams that are entering a WPIAL championship game with an undefeated record have at least one if not more superstars but that's not so with Southmoreland which has featured an array of good players with seemingly a different heroine every game.
PETERS TWP. -- There were some who scoffed when Southmoreland was made the No. 2 seed by the WPIAL in the Class 4A girls basketball pairings.…
California senior 1,000-point scorer Malik Ramsey was selected for the Pennsylvania Sports Writers All-State boys basketball team in Class 2A on Tuesday.
Billy DeShields had an outstanding four-year career at Uniontown, finishing fifth on the program's all-time scoring list with 1,317 points.
The Fayette County Coaches Association takes pride in recognizing local athletes with a banquet at the end of each sports season. Football and volleyball players are honored in the fall, boys and girls basketball players in the winter and baseball and softball players in the spring.
Rodney Gallagher could get used to playing at the Petersen Events Center.
Jim Downey | Herald-Standard
ALTOONA — It was a shame someone had to lose.
No one can say Geibel Catholic's boys basketball team wasn't tested during the 2020 postseason.
Lancaster Catholic held a six-point lead after the first quarter Friday night, and the Crusaders made the early advantage stand for a 59-56 victory over Ringgold in the first round of the PIAA Class AAAA playoffs at Warwick High School.
GREENSBURG -- Laurel Highlands battled to the bitter end, but the Mustangs did not have another comeback left in them as they were edged by York Suburban, 57-56, Friday night in the opening round of the PIAA Class AAAAA basketball playoffs in front of a standing room only crowd at Greensburg Salem High School.
The Belle Vernon boys grabbed the early lead and then held off a charge by Clearfield over the final three quarters to open the PIAA Class AAAA playoffs Friday night at St. Marys High School with a 65-60 victory.
The high school basketball season is over for all but six local teams who are set to begin PIAA tournament play.
Laurel Highlands boys’ basketball has had a season for the ages, and one that will be discussed for years to come.
Rodney Gallagher swished the two pressure free throws with 4.8 seconds remaining but Laurel Highlands still had to wait through a frantic finish before celebrating its first WPIAL basketball title in 52 years.
Laurel Highlands, fresh off its WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball championship, will begin its quest for a PIAA title on Friday along with three …
