Jon McKay won’t be remembered for a storied high school basketball career, he jokingly admitted, but his dunks in a Miami gym a few weeks ago will go down as his greatest...
When Jalen Price patrols the Karns City sidelines beginning in November, he’ll be one of the youngest head coaches in Western Pennsylvania.
The 2019 Armstrong High School...
Pull the plug. No shot clock is coming to Pennsylvania high school gyms next season.
That’s the verdict after the PIAA steering committee voted against a shot clock propo...
Jake Jewart remembers being in the gym while his father, Mike, coached youth basketball at Karns City and Moniteau.
“My dad cares about his players,” Jake said. “I began ...
Joe Lafko’s break lasted a year.
The longtime Hampton boys basketball head coach was officially approved to be Knoch’s next coach Wednesday night, May 14, at the Knoch Sc...
Junior Knoch boys basketball standout Jackson Bauman and his sophomore brother, Brody, are transferring to Moon.
The family’s move is for father Alan Bauman's job, he sai...
Meet this year’s all-state girls basketball players, as voted on by Pennsylvania sports writers.
2024-25 Pennsylvania Sports Writers All-State Girls Basketball Teams
CLAS...
One moment in Slippery Rock’s regular-season region matchup against Sharon was a microcosm for Josh Book’s campaign.
With about four seconds remaining, the Rockets needed...
A number of girls basketball teams in Butler County met with success this season. While winning on the hardwood takes the efforts of every player on the court, leaders em...
Knoch boys basketball coach Alan Bauman has stepped down following a 19-8 season in which the Knights reached the PIAA Tournament for the first time in nearly two decades...
Seneca Valley’s Gracie Cato and Knoch’s Teegan Finucan took part in the inaugural CJ2K Vs. The World “Bigger Than Basketball” Charity Classic at Aliquippa High School.
Th...
When Maryland’s Derik Queen elevated over Colorado State’s Ethan Morton as the clock ticked down to zero seconds, Morton thought instantly, “We won.”
He didn’t turn aroun...
Butler and Mars will be represented at next month’s Cager Classic basketball all-star game.
Among the 44 senior boys and girls hoops players at the event will be Butler g...
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 an entire 3...
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 4A boys ba...
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 why.
Seni...
North Catholic’s boys basketball team has only ever reached the PIAA final once, that trip coming in 2009.
The Trojans (22-6) have won 13 of their last 14, a roll they’ll...
BUTLER TWP — As each year goes by, the mystique of the 2019-2020 Butler boys basketball season magnifies.
The Golden Tornado won their section then the WPIAL Class 6A cha...
For the fifth consecutive season, Butler graduate Ethan Morton finds himself in the NCAA Tournament.
However, this one feels a bit different for the 2019-2020 Pennsylvani...
The 2025 PIAA Basketball Championships semifinals will be held Friday and Saturday, and two Butler County teams are still dancing.
North Catholic’s boys and girls tea...
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 weren’t sweati...
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 title game aga...
OIL CITY — Closing out a game is one thing, but equating that to what North Catholic girls basketball turned in Wednesday night would be a huge understatement.
Leading Di...
MANOR TWP, Armstrong County — Several important statistics worked against Karns City’s girls basketball team against Central Cambria Tuesday night.
The Gremlins were out-...
WEXFORD — North Catholic's nickname isn't the Flames.
The Trojans came out on fire anyway in posting an 84-53 PIAA Class 4A boys basketball tournament win over Beaver on ...
The second round of the 2025 PIAA Basketball Championships will be Tuesday and Wednesday.
Three Butler County teams remain after the weekend’s opening round: the three-ti...
CHERRY TWP — Karns City got cozy in an abode that wasn’t its own. The Gremlins made sure Ellwood City couldn’t do the same.
Deploying myriad defenses, the Gremlins made t...
CRANBERRY TWP — An errant shot deflected high off the rim, the basketball oddly coming to rest on top of the backboard.
The game wasn’t delayed long. Sarah Loughry took a...
PITTSBURGH — The cap on Slippery Rock’s season isn’t what the Rockets will be remembered by. Nor should it be.
Coach Jeff Steele’s team was out-classed in a 80-29 PIA...
District 3’s West York beat Mars 54-44 in the first round of the PIAA Class 5A girls basketball tournament Saturday afternoon.
The Planets’ season comes to an end, while ...
