Tag: Greensburg C.C.

Basketball showcases on tap in Saturday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports

December 14, 2018

Tis the season for one-day showcase events. The trend in high school basketball in recent years is for teams to participate in one-day events for various causes held on Saturdays in December and January. One of those events takes place Saturday at Hempfield and will feature seven boys basketball games

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Westmoreland high school notebook: Wickstrom takes over Monessen softball

December 8, 2018

Monessen has made significant strides in the softball postseason the last few years. If the Greyhounds are going to continue their upswing, however, they will do so with a new coach. And a young coach at that. The school recently named Carlee Wickstrom coach after Bo Teets' resignation last month.

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Greensburg Central Catholic tops Monessen in nonsection opener

December 7, 2018

Mistake- and foul-filled action made it evident it was the first game of a long basketball season Friday at Monessen High School. In the end, though, it was Greensburg Central Catholic coming out on top with a 63-59 win in the coaching debuts of the Centurions' Greg Bisignani and Greyhounds'

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Westmoreland County basketball’s top storylines to follow

December 6, 2018

5 storylines to follow Remember me -- Coaches who resign or leave the game often mention in parting that they'll probably surface later on, that it's not the end of the road. In some cases, they even return to the same program. That is the case with four area boys

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Westmoreland County basketball teams to watch

5 teams to watch Boys Belle Vernon -- Longtime Monessen coach Joe Salvino switched Mon-Valley programs to take over the Leopards and has some talent with which to work. Junior guard Cam Nusser (14 ppg) pilots an experienced group that made the PIAA playoffs last year for the first time

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Westmoreland County basketball players to watch

5 players to watch Bryce Butler, Latrobe (Sr., 6-5, G) -- West Liberty recruit is one of area's more versatile scorers and team players. Averaged 20 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists for high-scoring Wildcats. Reed Fenton, Latrobe (Sr., 6-4, G) -- With a silky pull-up jumper, long frame and advanced

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Westmoreland County teams prepare for altered basketball landscape

About the only things guaranteed this season in local high school basketball, the only things that haven't changed, are that the ball is round and the rims are 10 feet high. The rest, well, it's all fair game and probably has been subjected in some way to a mass overhaul

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WPIAL Class A girls basketball breakdown

WPIAL Class A Preseason Player of the Year Taylor Kirschner Quigley Catholic 5-8, Sr., guard 20.8 ppg last season Players to watch Hailey Drutarosky Quigley Catholic 5-5, So., G, 16.1 ppg Anna Eisaman Greensburg C.C. 5-8, Sr., G, 14.8 ppg Madison Lampe West Greene 5-4, Sr., G, 13.7 ppg McKenna

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WPIAL Class A boys basketball breakdown

WPIAL Class A Preseason Player of the Year Geoff Helm Greensburg C.C. 6-5, Sr., guard/forward 16.7 ppg last season Players to watch Nathan Brudnock West Greene 6-1, Sr., G/F, 17.9 ppg Kaden Divito Cornell 5-10, Jr., G, 14.0 ppg Alex Griggs Vincentian Academy 6-0, So., G, 10.0 ppg Nate Meeks

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Penn-Trafford’s Kiley Dugan named Tribune-Review Westmoreland Girls Soccer Player of the Year

December 1, 2018

Tribune-Review Westmoreland Girls Soccer Player of the year Kiley Dugan Sr., MF, Penn-Trafford In the annals of Penn-Trafford girls soccer, Kiley Dugan will likely be remembered for her golden goal in the 2017 WPIAL Class 4A championship. The rousing overtime header allowed Penn-Trafford to skirt around rival Norwin, 2-1, and

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