CHAMBERSBURG — Playing the brand of basketball it takes to stay with Lansdale Catholic for stretches of a game is very challenging.
Maintaining that level for a...
PETERS TWP, Franklin County — Eight points were the difference on the scoreboard, but one player was the deviation on the hardwood.
North Catholic’s PIAA Class ...
CRANBERRY TWP — If North Catholic’s girls basketball team makes its first PIAA final since 2019, the work that goes on behind the curtain will be a large reason...
HAMPTON — The heat was on for North Catholic.
Down by a dozen nearly midway through the second quarter in a stuffy Hampton High School gym, the Trojanettes were...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Down by double digits before a rally gets North Catholic back in the game.
The Trojans had been here before. In last month’s WPIAL Class 4A titl...
You miss every shot you don’t take. It’s one of sports’ great clichés, but it’s how Mars boys basketball and coach Kobe Phillippi operate from deep.
The Planets...
MOON TWP — Mars was a 19-mile drive from the University of Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center, but only the length of a paper clip away from a win Tuesday nigh...
JACKSON TWP — The first playoff win in 19 years was well within reach for Seneca Valley’s girls basketball team.
A spirited fourth-quarter rally was led by seni...
SOUTH FAYETTE TWP — Regional conflict doesn’t usually have a lot to do with basketball.
It kind of did for Mars on Tuesday night.
During a pivotal moment in a W...
JACKSON TWP — Seneca Valley played five-and-a-half minutes before registering its first points in a WPIAL 6A boys basketball playoff opener Monday night.
The dr...
SHALER TWP — The right game plan goes a long way in laying the foundation for an upset.
Mars girls basketball coach Zach Stitt had a surprising one in mind, the...
JACKSON TWP — Walking across the court on senior night, Tyler Pepin fought away tears. If he had been there, Pepin knows his father wouldn’t have been able to.
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Every dribble and swish has led to this.
The WPIAL boys and girls basketball brackets were revealed Monday afternoon, and a dozen Butler County teams are includ...
The non-section schedule for Knoch’s boys basketball team this season has been brutal.
Head coach Alan Bauman wouldn’t have it any other way.
The Knights have f...
Tears welled in Erica Rebovich and Ella Omasits’ eyes the night of Feb. 4 as they had to watch their Seneca Valley girls basketball teammates practice. Those tw...
JACKSON TWP — Momentum is a relevant concept as it pertains to Seneca Valley.
“I don’t think it carries over from game to game, but we definitely have to play b...
