Tag: Belle Vernon

Westmoreland basketball notebook: Belle Vernon aims to improve its defense

March 5, 2020

Ask Belle Vernon players about their runner-up finish in the WPIAL, and they immediately get defensive.

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Coach Joe Salvino, Belle Vernon boys hit reset button for PIAA tournament

March 3, 2020

Joe Salvino won two PIAA basketball championships, in 1988 and ’89, when he coached at Monessen.

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Belle Vernon wrestler Weightman making name for himself

His name is Cole Weightman.

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Westmoreland high school athletes of the week: Belle Vernon’s Ian Shahan, Mt. Pleasant’s Heather Gardner

Ian Shahan

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Class 4A basketball notebook: 2nd-quarter run fuels Highlands’ victory

February 29, 2020

The other time Highlands won a WPIAL basketball title in 1995, the Golden Rams got the winning shot with 3 seconds left in the game.

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Westmoreland high school notebook: Big year for Belle Vernon sports

It is far from finished, but Belle Vernon already can look back on a successful 2019-20 sports year.

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Highlands handles Belle Vernon, wins 1st WPIAL boys basketball title since 1995

During the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs, top-seeded Highlands has shown the capability to win in a multitude of ways.

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Watch Day 3 of WPIAL basketball championships on Trib HSSN

Five more WPIAL championship trophies will be awarded Saturday at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center as the district basketball finals conclude.

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Belle Vernon’s Shahan edges 100 freestyle rival to highlight WPIAL Class AA meet

February 28, 2020

Both Belle Vernon’s Ian Shahan and Neshannock’s Conner McBeth surpassed Shahan’s 100-yard freestyle WPIAL record from last year when the rivals swam neck-and-neck through Friday’s race at the WPIAL Class AA swimming championships at Pitt’s Trees Pool.

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Mt. Pleasant’s Gardner ‘phenomenal’ at WPIAL swim meet, winning 6th gold

Heather Gardner’s closest competitor called her “phenomenal.”

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