By The Staff of the New Castle News The Perfect Storm. That’s how the 2013-14 New Castle High Red Hurricane basketball team will forever be remembered after capping an unbeaten season with a state title on Saturday. Playing in front…
New Castle finishes perfect season by stomping La Salle College in PIAA Class AAAA boys’ basketball championship
Unleashing a determined defensive effort fueled by the energy generated by an fervent fanbase, Ralph Blundo’s basketball-playing New Castle Hurricanes capped a perfect season by powering past LaSalle College 52-39 in the PIAA Class AAAA championship game Saturday night at Hershey’s Giant…
La Salle halted in title game
By Rick O’Brien La Salle’s impressive and surprising run at its first state basketball championship finally ended. With considerable athleticism and toughness, much of it gained on the gridiron, New Castle completed a perfect season by beating the Explorers,…
PIAA Final: ’Canes to face Philadelphia school
By: Ron Poniewasz Jr., New Castle News This one is for all the marbles. New Castle High. La Salle College. The winner gets gold medals and a sparking trophy. The loser gets silver medals and a runner-up status. The PIAA…
New Castle (30-0) goes for perfect season in tonight’s PIAA Class AAAA boys’ basketball championship opposite La Salle College
By Mark Pynes How they got here: Champions out of the WPIAL, the Hurricanes took out three fellow District 7 playmates in the first three rounds — Bethel Park 71-64 in the first round, North Allegheny 64-54 in the second…
Semifinal loss means end of the road for Chester’s dominant duo
By Matt DeGeorge Tyrell Sturdivant and Mahir Johnson hoped the journey wouldn’t be over. They hoped that the winding path that brought them through the Chester youth systems, though three years at Glasgow (Del.) High School, through a joyous homecoming…
