Dave Mackall stories, Page 32
Richland knocks off Ligonier Valley boys in overtime in District 6 final
These two schools don’t particularly seem to care much for one another. It showed in their latest meeting on the hardwood Friday night, where top-seeded Ligonier Valley met No. 2 Richland in a wild District 6 Class 3A boys basketball championship game at Mt. Aloysius. When the final horn sounded...
Ligonier Valley boys advance to District 6 Class 3A final
EBENSBURG — It’ll be Ligonier Valley and Richland in a rematch of the District 6 Class 3A boys basketball championship this season after both posted victories Tuesday night in the semifinals. By most accounts, it was anticipated that the two top-seeded teams would meet in the title game Friday at...
Paola leads Ligonier Valley boys past Central Cambria
Luckily for Ligonier Valley, free-throw shooting didn’t figure in the outcome of the top-seeded Rams’ 75-55 boys basketball victory Saturday over visiting Central Cambria in a District 6 Class 3A quarterfinal. They made just 6 of 13 attempts (46 percent) to Central Cambria’s 10 of 11 (91 percent). From the...
Sewickley Academy maintains mastery of Jeannette, reaches semifinals
Sewickley Academy led from start-to-finish in dispatching Jeannette from the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs Friday night at Canon-McMillan, but the Panthers weren’t skating to victory. In the fourth playoff meeting in as many years between the schools, defending Class 2A champion Sewickley Academy survived Jeannette’s furious fourth-quarter rally to come...
District 6 basketball playoffs postponed; Ligonier Valley boys to play Saturday
Ligonier Valley’s District 6 playoff schedule in boys basketball will begin a day later as part of a decision to delay most boys and girls games because of a winter storm warning Wednesday. Top-seeded Ligonier Valley (20-2), the defending Class 3A champion, will open the playoffs on Saturday, instead of...
Robert Morris men can’t finish job against St. Francis
LORETTO — Andy Toole implored his team to play with more heart. He stalked the sideline, clapping emphatically, as he often does, trying to ignite a spark, any hot spot that might fuel his players’ desire. This was St. Francis (Pa.), the Northeast Conference favorite and RMU’s longest-running rival that...
Hempfield grad Harrell grows into leader for Purdue Fort Wayne basketball
From observer to leader, Kason Harrell has been mapping out a road to his future while attending Purdue Fort Wayne, an obscure basketball school in the nation’s heartland that, for now, serves as his second home. The former Hempfield standout more than three years ago arrived at the Summit League...
