As Pitt reached its critical end-of-season juncture, closing out the year against three straight ranked opponents, it began without the steady services of kicker Trey Butkowski. Butkowski, a true fres...

The loss snapped a fourgame winning streak for the defending national champion Gators. SAN DIEGO (AP) — Brock Harding made a goahead jumper in the key with 48 seconds left and then hit five free throw...

Don’t look now, but it’s time for another basketball season here in the Mon Valley. Is it me, or did the fall sports season just blow by us at a ludicrous speed? While there is still one team playing ...

Ricky Tyburski plans to keep the program at a high level despite graduation losses. Being the coach hired after a legend retires, it’s never easy filling those shoes. But first-year Belle Vernon coach...

Of the league-leading nine rookies the Pittsburgh Penguins have played this season, forward Ben Kindel leads the pack with 18 games. At all of 18 years of age, Kindel isn’t exactly the graybeard of th...

The team has two exciting newcomers in Lyla McConnell and Isis Almyty. Heading into year two of Cornelious Nesbit’s tenure as head girls basketball coach at Belle Vernon, the buzz is continuing to gro...

Coach Bob Kennedy hopes his team can handle the adjustment as well as it did last winter. It was a tale of two seasons for the Bentworth boys’ basketball squad last winter. The Bearcats opened sluggis...

Shannon Squire hopes to build on the success of the school’s soccer and softball teams. It’s a new era for the Bentworth girls basketball program as firstyear coach Shannon Squire takes over. “I am ve...

Cal coach Brent Baker believes they’re headed in the right direction coming off a 3-18 season. Reenergize. That’s the word California boys’ basketball coach Brent Baker has been using to describe the ...

Coach Brandi Sutherland has 14 players available after operating shorthanded last season. In Class 1A or 2A girls basketball, sometimes it’s all about the numbers. Teams need depth not only to compete...

He has an experienced roster after deciding to come back for his second season as head coach. Charleroi enters the season with a sense of stability and renewed optimism. After originally stepping in a...

They were winless last year with four freshmen starting, and coach Sean Lee believes they’re headed in the right direction. Charleroi girls basketball enters this season with a sense of renewal. The C...

Despite thoroughly enjoying his retirement, former Belle Vernon head coach Joe Salvino popped in to check out his former Leopards, and his protege Ricky Tyburski, during one of their first official pr...

Most of Clairton’s roster won’t be available until the school’s gridiron playoff run ends. If there is one thing that RaShawd Hatten has gotten used to as boys basketball coach at Clairton, it’s that ...

Coach Carlton Wade is looking for a more balanced offensive attack after losing his high-scoring daughter to graduation. Things will be different with the Clairton girls basketball team this year. To ...

Three double-figures scorers return from last year’s 18-7 squad. Elizabeth Forward boys head coach Nolan Larry wouldn’t come straight out and say that he thinks his team is the favorite in Section 3-4...

Both seniors are nearing the 1,000-point mark. Despite losing nearly 25 points per game in scoring from last year’s team, there’s still a lot of excitement brewing around the Elizabeth Forward girls b...

The Commodores are again dealing with a challenging section as they try to improve on last season’s 5-17 record. The Frazier boys’ basketball team won’t be the most experienced group when it hits the ...

The Commodores gave up 53.3 points per game last season, which doomed their playoff hopes. Last season, the Frazier girls had playoff aspirations. But an eight-game losing streak, including an 0-5 ski...