Tag: Belle Vernon
Belle Vernon holds off Farrell to keep dream season going in PIAA Class 4A 1st round
March 7, 2025
If there’s one phrase that best describes the 2024-25 Belle Vernon boys basketball team, it’s “battle-tested.”
Belle Vernon boys ready to get back to business against Farrell
Going back a number of years, there have been plenty of battles between Joe Salvino and Farrell’s boys basketball team.
Westmoreland County PIAA basketball playoff capsules for March 7, 2025
March 6, 2025
PIAA basketball playoffs
Westmoreland County basketball notebook: GCC’s Erica Gribble proves to be comfortable on big stage
Greensburg Central Catholic junior point guard Erica Gribble has the uncanny ability to treat any place she plays basketball as “just another court.”
Trib 10: WPIAL basketball champions vault up latest rankings
March 5, 2025
The post-WPIAL playoff edition of the weekly Trib 10 is out with the top six spots filled by the freshly minted district champions.
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week for March 2, 2025
March 2, 2025
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week: Belle Vernon
Westmoreland basketball notebook: PIAA sites revealed for local teams
The PIAA announced first-round times and sites for the state tournaments, which begin Friday and Saturday across the commonwealth.
Belle Vernon boys hope to extend Salvino’s final season with state tournament run
On the doorstep of retirement but not quite ready to knock on the door with the PIAA playoffs to come, Joe Salvino still doesn’t crave attention.
Belle Vernon rewards retiring coach with school’s 1st WPIAL title since 1978
February 27, 2025
A retirement party at Petersen Events Center for one of the WPIAL’s winningest boys basketball coaches might seem a bit outlandish. Yet three weeks after Joe Salvino shared his retirement plans, he and his Belle Vernon players were there to celebrate.
2025 WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball championship breakdown: Belle Vernon vs. North Catholic
February 26, 2025
WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball championship
