basketball

CLARION — Elk County Catholic knew what it was up against. Instead of shying away from DuBois Central Catholic’s powerful forwards, the Crusaders atta...

CLARION — Elk County Catholic’s 3-point shooting built a lead. In Saturday’s District 9 title game, however, it was the Lady Crusaders’ stingy defense...

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina ignored all the attention surrounding the final home game for retiring Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski, as well ...

CLARION — Few teams could have withstood the 3-point barrage that Otto-Eldred saw on Saturday. But, after falling behind North Clarion early, the Terr...

CLARION — It was a game that featured almost as many fouls as points in the first half. Ridgway led, 14-8, and it felt as though the scorekeepers migh...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — The ball sat on the rim long enough for a silence to fall over this most spectacular crowd of the season. And when it fell thr...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — It’s fared well in these playoff-like games before. Under similar circumstances in 2019, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball ...

MARCH TRULY IS the season of basketball. The college basketball regular season winds down and conference tournaments begin. Teams on the NCAA Tourname...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — It isn’t exactly where we thought this team would be on the eve of its Senior Night. No, after it trounced Marquette for the C...

No. 8 Clarion 61, No. 4 Cameron County 54 EMPORIUM — In a close game for most of the night, foul trouble and Devon Lauer gave Clarion enough of an edg...

CLARION — Alec Srock’s put-back bucket told the story of the game. With five minutes remaining and the DuBois Central Catholic boys basketball team le...

CLARION — The Clearfield girls came out firing on all cylinders to start Tuesday night’s District 9 Class 4A championship game, but once top-seeded St...

BROOKVILLE — Ridgway flustered Karns City early. After an early burst gave the Elkers the lead, however, they’d need to match surging Karns City’s mom...

DuBois Central Catholic 62, Northern Potter 35 DUBOIS — No. 4 DuBois Catholic took an 18-6 lead at the end of the first quarter and never looked back,...

KANE — “It’s what we expected,” said a beaming Shawn Gray. “We expected to be here. We know it doesn’t matter if we’re playing Ridgway or Elk County, ...

At surface level, the storyline is abundantly clear: This is about as big a regular season game as this particular starting five has ever played. Inde...

Minutes earlier, they’d watched with dread as their star center slowly hobbled off the floor with an apparent ankle injury. Down the stretch, however,...

DUKE CENTER — The stakes may have been higher, but the result resembled what the Terror Dome has seen all season. The Otto-Eldred girls basketball tea...

DUKE CENTER — Steve Bell said it best. “Have you seen a better basketball game in this area?” the second-year Otto-Eldred boys basketball coach asked ...

EMPORIUM — North Clarion and Cameron County went toe-to-toe for a full 32 minutes in a game that is sure to be one of the best seen this year. It was ...