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Loftis, Warriors excited to get season rolling

The Elizabeth Forward boys basketball team lost four starters from last yearÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s team which qualified for the WPIAL Class AAAA playoffs, so it would be understandable if head coach Matt Loftis was worried heading into this season.However, the third-year coach is excited to get the season ...

Slagus returns to coach Lady Leopards

On her way to becoming the best player in the history of the Belle Vernon girls basketball program, Kaitlyn Slagus was known as a tireless leader and hard worker.After a standout career at Bucknell and a year overseas, Slagus returned home and enters her first season as the coach of the program ...

Porter, Gators ‘basically starting from scratch’

Geibel Catholic boys basketball coach Don Porter and his staff must basically put together a new team to try to make another run at the playoffs."We lost all five starters from last year's team," Porter said. "Four graduated and one transferred out, so we are basically starting from ...

Inexperienced Pioneers strive to keep playoff streak alive

West Greene reached the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs for a school-record fifth consecutive year last season but running that streak to six won't be easy for coach Jim Romanus."These are crazy times," Romanus said. "This is the smallest squad that I've had since I've been at West Greene. We've ...

Bosnic ready for challenge in move to Class AA

Times are a changing for the Monessen boys basketball team.The Greyhounds moved up to Class AA from A and gone are the days when they would show up with a roster full of athletes who would intimidate, and then dominate, most opponents.Regardless, third-year coach Dan Bosnic is ready for the ...

Bearcats look to turn things around after move to Class AA

The Bentworth boys basketball team started four freshman last year and took its lumps.The Bearcats finished 1-21 in 2019 and have lost 43 of their last 44 games playing at the AAA level.Fortunately, Bentworth dropped back down to Class AA and the move could provide longtime coach Bob Kennedy ...