Tag: Jeannette
Westmoreland County basketball players to watch
December 6, 2018
5 players to watch Bryce Butler, Latrobe (Sr., 6-5, G) -- West Liberty recruit is one of area's more versatile scorers and team players. Averaged 20 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists for high-scoring Wildcats. Reed Fenton, Latrobe (Sr., 6-4, G) -- With a silky pull-up jumper, long frame and advanced
Westmoreland County teams prepare for altered basketball landscape
About the only things guaranteed this season in local high school basketball, the only things that haven't changed, are that the ball is round and the rims are 10 feet high. The rest, well, it's all fair game and probably has been subjected in some way to a mass overhaul
WPIAL Class 2A girls basketball breakdown
December 5, 2018
WPIAL Class 2A Preseason Player of the Year Shamyjha Price Bishop Canevin 5-9, Sr., guard 14.4 ppg last season Players to watch Dymond Crawford Jeannette 5-9, Sr., G, 20.4 ppg Gigi Mele-Madigan Serra Catholic 5-7, Sr., G, 11.5 ppg Natalie Murrio Brentwood 5-6, Sr., G, 9.0 ppg Ashley Norling OLSH
WPIAL Class 2A boys basketball breakdown
WPIAL Class 2A Preseason Player of the Year Isiah Warfield Sewickley Academy 6-4, Jr., guard 16.0 ppg last season Players to watch Daren DiMichele OLSH 6-1, Sr., G, 17.0 ppg Dusan Krivokopic Winchester Thurston 6-5, Jr., F, 20.6 ppg Jimmy Moon Serra Catholic 6-8, Sr., F, 16.1 ppg Dante Spadafora
Jeannette’s Marcus Barnes commits to William & Mary
December 3, 2018
Marcus Barnes is glad he waited. So is William andamp;amp; Mary. Barnes, a football standout at Jeannette, held true to his word by waiting until after the season to commit to a college, announcing Monday night he will attend William andamp;amp; Mary in Williamsburg, Va. He chose the FCS school
PIAA football playoffs: 30 years in 30 days — Pine-Richland, QV, Jeannette win state gold in ’17
The PIAA had been hosting state playoffs in all but one fall high school sport since 1976. Soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, cross country and field hockey all crowned state champions once the district playoffs concluded. The lone exception to the fall state playoff slate was high school football. It wasn't
PIAA football playoffs: 30 years in 30 days — Central, TJ, Jeannette all claim gold in ’07
December 1, 2018
The PIAA had been hosting state playoffs in all but one fall high school sport since 1976. Soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, cross country and field hockey all crowned state champions once the district playoffs concluded. The lone exception to the fall state playoff slate was high school football. It wasn't
WPIAL football top 10: Most district titles
November 28, 2018
WPIAL football titles won With another round of WPIAL title games played, here is a list of the schools the have won the most WPIAL titles: School, Titles, First one, Most recent 1. Aliquippa, 17, 1952, 2018 2. Clairton, 13, 1929, 2016 3. New Castle, 11, 1924, 1998 4. Jeannette,
Jeannette girls basketball team has new look
November 25, 2018
The Jeannette girls basketball team has a new coach and a new attitude this year. Jonathan Bass, who spent the past two seasons as an assistant under Jeanine Vertacnik, is hoping to help turn things around in 2017-18. Vertacnik was hired as Monessen's coach. andquot;I'm a breath of fresh air
Jeannette boys basketball team needs balance to be successful
When a team loses 80 percent of the offense from a squad that reached the WPIAL Class A semifinals and won two games in the PIAA tournament, it might expect a down season. Jeannette boys coach Adrian Batts doesn't see it that way. In fact, he thinks the team could
