Basketball
‘It was meant to be,’ says new Woodland Hills boys basketball coach Eugene Wilson
May 24, 2021
A few weeks after its coach resigned midseason, the Woodland Hills boys basketball team made a trip to Ringgold for a nonsection game this past winter.
Freeport hires new coaches for boys basketball, boys soccer
May 21, 2021
Two new coaches will be on the sidelines at Freeport next school year.
‘Perfect timing’ leads Dave DeGregorio back to North Allegheny as boys basketball coach
May 20, 2021
When Dave DeGregorio resigned at North Allegheny five years ago to coach his sons, a part of him thought he might return someday, if the timing was right.
North Allegheny ready to rehire Dave DeGregorio as boys basketball coach
May 15, 2021
North Allegheny’s next boys basketball coach already knows the program well.
Busy Roundball Classic week tips off with team practices
May 10, 2021
It is Roundball Classic week and Western Pennsylvania’s top all-star senior basketball players will begin gathering at Geneva College.
Westmoreland high school notebook: YMCA to host summer hoops leagues
May 8, 2021
A local summer basketball league is taking shape, and it will feature some of the top returning WPIAL girls players and teams.
Westmoreland notebook: Anticipated Hempfield-Norwin baseball series awaits
May 1, 2021
Finally.
Roundball Classic to allow fans at Geneva
April 30, 2021
Roundball Classic organizer Allen Deep said he has received a number of inquiries about fan attendance at the all-star basketball event set for May 13, 14 and 15 at Geneva College.
Serra Catholic hires Matt Bacco as girls basketball coach
April 29, 2021
Serra Catholic has a new girls basketball coach for the first time in years.
Gateway’s Shegog looks forward to prestigious Roundball Classic
April 25, 2021
Gateway senior forward Dynasty Shegog went toe-to-toe with Penn Hills’ Amoni Blackwell, Jasmyn Golden and Jayla Golden; McKeesport’s Haley Hertzer; and Woodland Hills’ Peyton Pinkney in Section 4-5A during the truncated 2020-21 season.
Baldwin basketball trio headed to Chatham as package deal
It’s not uncommon for the best of friends to be teammates in a particular sport.
Bethel Park’s Westphal looks forward to future at Duquesne
Olivia Westphal is recognized as one of the best Bethel Park basketball players in school history.
Despite cancellation of annual event, Franklin Regional basketball boosters make donation to Clelian Heights
April 24, 2021
Franklin Regional’s annual basketball game with Clelian Heights School for Exceptional Childen was canceled in January because of the pandemic, but the goodwill of the annual event is right on schedule.
Kiski Area hires alum Corey Smith as new boys basketball coach
April 20, 2021
Corey Smith is coming home, and he couldn’t be happier.
Winning never gets old for Chartiers Valley girls basketball
April 18, 2021
It was a season like no other for the Chartiers Valley girls basketball team between shutdowns and record win streaks.
Riverview, Plum athletes look forward to final high school basketball game
April 17, 2021
Gideon Deasy’s final high school basketball season didn’t start off as he had hoped as he continued to recover from an ankle injury that had plagued him since the fall.
Carlynton boys move forward having learned from late-season losses
April 11, 2021
It had been an outstanding season for the Carlynton boys basketball team as the Cougars prepared to play Sto-Rox in the de facto Section 2-2A title game.
As memory of stinging end fades, Bishop Canevin boys savor championship season
A season filled with great joys and a golden high ended with a kick to the gut and a low that just felt so empty.
Westmoreland high school notebook: Norwin’s Bilinsky gets 1 more game
April 10, 2021
Norwin senior Ty Bilinsky was selected for the Roundball Classic, the year-end all-star basketball event. But he doesn’t just plan to show up and sit on the bench as an honorary pick.
Valley News Dispatch Girls Basketball Player of the Year: Plum’s Kennedie Montue
April 3, 2021
Valley News Dispatch Girls Basketball Player of the Year
