Winter sports teams begin preparation for season
By JEREMY SELLEW
jsellew@yourmvi.com
While a couple of local teams remain alive in the PIAA football playoffs, winter sports are right around the corner and Monday was the first official day of practice.
Local boys and girls basketball, wrestling, gymnastics and swimming teams had their first get-togethers.
As the first practices loom, some coaches are pleasantly surprised with the players that walk into the gym for the first day.
“I was really surprised by the kids that were in the gym today,” McKeesport boys coach Kevin Kovach said. “We had some guys come in from the football team. We kind of did a tryout thing today and we’ll do that for part of practice tomorrow. We’ll have a good idea where we’re at by the end of practice.”
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