The Yough girls made the basketball playoffs last season to end one of the longest droughts in the WPIAL. Three starters from last year’s team graduated, and Mike Gerdich stepped down as coach. Hired in August to replace him was a familiar face to Yough, as well as in basketball ...

Expectations are high for the Yough boys basketball program, and understandably so. The Cougars shared the Section 4-AAA crown with Washington a year ago and made it to the PIAA tournament. Terek Crosby, a 6-2 senior, averaged 21.3 points per game a year ago, and he will dictate how the ...