Basketball
Kiski Area girls hope experience, work ethic lead to growth
November 25, 2019
Kiski Area girls basketball coach Nick Dizon couldn’t have been happier with the work his group put into its offseason.
Kiski Area boys plan to pick up the pace
Entering year two of his tenure at Kiski Area, Will Saunders is ready to let his team run.
For Jeannette girls basketball, ‘It starts with believing’
November 24, 2019
Jeannette girls basketball coach Jonathan Bass has high expectations for his team.
Jeannette boys basketball plans to contend in Class 2A
Midway through last season, the Jeannette boys basketball team was mired in a three-game Section 2-2A losing streak.
Norwin standout Walker to miss 1st month of basketball season
Norwin junior Jayden Walker is expected to miss the first month of basketball season as he recovers from surgery on his left labrum.
Strong senior cast has Highlands boys basketball thinking big
With eight minutes remaining in their WPIAL Class 4A semifinal matchup last season against New Castle, Highlands faced a 23-point deficit.
Highlands girls basketball team looking to build off transition year
In her first year at the helm of the Highlands girls basketball team, Courtney Udanis, a former Golden Ram herself, set out to adjust the mentality of the program, something that had changed significantly since her time in Natrona Heights.
Freeport girls basketball looking for sustained success
November 23, 2019
The Freeport girls basketball team is hoping to carry over its momentum from last season.
Freeport boys determined to snap WPIAL playoff victory drought
The Freeport boys basketball team is aware of the hump they have not recently managed to get over.
Libertore leads a more balanced Hempfield girls basketball team
Hempfield has a player it can lean on in senior Sarah Liberatore.
Hempfield hopes pushing pace results in postseason push
Higher expectations? Yes.
WPIAL playoffs the goal for Shady Side Academy boys basketball
The Shady Side Academy boys basketball team finished last season with a 9-12 record and lost to Lincoln Park in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs.
Young Greensburg Salem girls basketball looks for playoff return
November 22, 2019
To reach the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs for the second consecutive season, third-year coach Rick Klimchock must find a scoring punch.
Fox Chapel boys basketball team rallies around defense
At the end of practice, most teams come together in a circle, put their hands in and say one, two, three and then their team name.
Greensburg Salem boys out to surprise opponents
A late-season losing streak of seven games derailed plans of a second consecutive WPIAL playoff appearance for the Greensburg Salem boys basketball team.
New coach works to instill confidence in talented Fox Chapel girls roster
When Marty Matvey arrived to take over the Fox Chapel girls basketball program this summer, he quickly realized there was talent from top to bottom in the lineup.
Former GCC standout Carolyn Appleby joins coaching staff
November 21, 2019
Carolyn Appleby couldn’t help herself.
New GCC boys coach, 24, looks to carry on winning tradition at his alma mater
At 24, Christian Hyland will be one of the youngest head basketball coaches in the state — in the country, for that matter.
Opportunity knocks for underclassmen on Deer Lakes girls roster
Reese Hasley is confident and focused forward.
After a season to remember, Deer Lakes boys trying to plan an encore
The Deer Lakes boys basketball team made history last year during its school-record run to and through the postseason.
