Tyree Turner – 2024 – Greensburg Central Catholic High School - @tyreeturner10
1. How would your coaches and teammates describe you?
As a leader and very competitive especially in practice.
2. What makes you a good player? What are the strengthens in your game?
Playing balanced and knowing when to attack. My strengths are probably my midrange and rebounding skills.
3. What are your hobbies or interests outside of sports?
I like riding bikes and walking. I also like going to youth group.
4. What is the toughest classes on your schedule this semester?
CHS Anatomy and Physiology for sure and Honors Trigonometry and Pre Calculus.
5. Is there a coach that you look up to as a role model and why?
Coach Christian because he is classy and a mature coach at such a young age. He also has coached us to the semifinals 3 years in a row.
6. Rank the top five priorities currently in your life.
God , family, grades, athletics, and college.
7. Do you have any secret talent?
I can play the drums.
8. What does your daily routine look like?
I wake up and workout. Then drive to school. After school I go to practice and then come home. I then do my homework, eat, and go to sleep.
9. What are your preferred pre-game locker room routines?
I take a nap and get treatment from our trainer. Then I put my headphones in and lock in until coach goes through the game plan.
10. What is your favorite song or musician to listen to before games?
Lecrae or Kirk Franklin
11. Who has the best Pizza in Western, PA?
Probably Christopher's Pizzeria.
12. Who has the best chicken wings in Western, PA?
Definitely Dinos Sports Lounge in Greensburg.
13. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Hopefully still playing sports or in the medical field or school.
14. Who is the most underrated player on your team and why?
Ty Rozier because he does all of the dirty work on the boards and he never complains.
15. Who is the funniest player on your team?
Jayden Canady for sure. Funniest guy I've ever met.
Nate Richards – 2024 – Baldwin High School - @_naterichards_
1. How would your coaches and teammates describe you?
My coaches and teammates would describe me as a playmaker and a shot creator.
2. What makes you a good player? What are the strengthens in your game?
What makes me a good player is my ability to create my own shot in any situation.
Some strengths are my court vision, ball handling, and shooting.
3. What are your hobbies or interests outside of sports?
Some of my hobbies/interests are working out, hanging out with my friends, or playing PlayStation.
4. What is the toughest classes on your schedule this semester?
Algebra 2 and anatomy for sure.
5. Is there a coach that you look up to as a role model and why?
I look up to one of my trainers Eddie Benton because of the way he pushes me to get better and puts me in game like situations while training.
6. Rank the top five priorities currently in your life.
- Basketball – School – Family – Gym - Friends
7. Do you have any secret talent?
No.
8. What does your daily routine look like?
If it's a school day I wake up, go to school, eat, go to the gym, then work on my game.
On a regular day I wake up, shower, eat, go to the gym, and work on my game 1-2 times that day.
9. What are your preferred pre-game locker room routines?
My locker room routine is put on my uniform, left shoe first then right shoe, stretch, and listen to music.
10. What is your favorite song or musician to listen to before games?
Favorite song to listen to before a game is Back Again- Lil Durk and favorite artist Lil Double 0.
11. Who has the best Pizza in Western, PA?
Fioris.
12. Who has the best chicken wings in Western, PA?
51 Wings.
13. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
I see myself still involved with the game of basketball whether it's playing, coaching, or training.
14. Who is the most underrated player on your team and why?
Max Marzina is one of the most underrated players on my team in my opinion, he's only a freshman and I can see him being a problem for teams in the future.
15. Who is the funniest player on your team?
Matt Schenk.
Vita Vargo – 2025 – Mars High School - @vitavargo
1.
How would your coaches and teammates describe you?
Unselfish, dedicated, respectful player and team focused as well.
2.
What makes you a good player? What are the strengthens in your game?
Shooting and as the point guard, I can dribble through pressure while remaining calm. My strength is to do what it takes to win—It may entail scoring, rebounding, defending, or getting my teammates involved.
3.
What are your hobbies or interests outside of sports?
Spending time with my family and enjoying vacationing with them.
4.
What is the toughest classes on your schedule this semester?
Anatomy.
5.
Is there a coach that you look up to as a role model and why?
Coach Dre Corbin, GRB Basketball—He gives me his undivided attention as a basketball trainer; and challenges me to improve my skill level during every workout. Coach Dana Petruska, my High School Head Coach. She provided me an opportunity to start as a freshman and continues to challenge me to elevate my game.
6.
Rank the top five priorities currently in your life.
Family, faith, academics, basketball, and to be a good person.
7.
Do you have any secret talent?
Cooking.
8.
What does your daily routine look like?
During the weekday, going to school, basketball practice, doing homework/studying; and getting extra shots up while working on my handles in a gym.
9.
What are your preferred pre-game locker room routines?
Listening to music and remaining focused for game-time.
10.
What is your favorite song or musician to listen to before games?
20 min by Uzi.
11.
Who has the best Pizza in Western, PA?
My brother's homemade New York Style pizza!
12.
Who has the best chicken wings in Western, PA?
Scoreboard Restaurant and Lounge in Valencia!
13.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Having a career in the healthcare industry while remaining involved with basketball in some capacity.
14.Who is the most underrated player on your team and why?
Annalyn because she helped our team win games this season and it is her first year playing for Mars.
15.
Who is the funniest player on your team?
Lauren, she always knows how to keep it light with her humor during intense moments.
Ava Walker – 2024 – North Catholic High School - @avawalker21
1. How would your coaches and teammates describe you?
My coaches and teammates would describe me as a strong leader who has energy to pick up the team.
2. What makes you a good player? What are the strengthens in your game?
My strengths are finishing around the rim, seeing the court well, hitting shots, and helping the team with our lockdown defense.
3. What are your hobbies or interest outside of sports?
My interests outside of sports are spending time with family and friends.
4. What is the toughest class on your schedule this semester?
My toughest class is Honors Theology.
5. Is there a coach that you look up to as a role model and why?
A coach I look up to is Coach Rocco (my AAU coach as well as the boys NC coach).
He has coached me since 5th grade and taught me how to grow as a person on and off the court.
6. Rank the top 5 priorities currently in your life?
(not in order) Family, sports, friends, faith, and school
7. Do you have any secret talent?
No, I do not have any secret talents.
8. What does your daily routine look like?
My daily routine in season, is breakfast, school, practice, recovery, dinner, homework, then sleep.
9. What are your preferred pre-game locker room routines?
My pre-game routine is shooting and warming my shot up at halftime of the game before mine, and rolling and stretching out after getting dressed and taped for the game.
10. What is your favorite song or musician to listen before games?
I do not have a preferred song or musician but we have a team playlist that we listen to while getting dressed for the game.
11. Who has the best Pizza in Western, PA?
The best pizza in western PA is Beto's Pizza, on Banksville Rd.
12. Who has the best Chicken Wings in Western, PA?
The best chicken wings are at Papa Rocks, in Monroeville.
13. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
In the next ten years, I hope to see myself living a successful life after gaining a good education from a well-rounded athletic and academic school.
14. Who is the most underrated player on your team?
Kailtyn Tavella is the most underrated player on our team- she may not score a lot but her ability to get deflections, disrupt the other teams offense, and give us energy off the bench is a big part of us winning the game.
15. Who is the funniest player on your team?
Kaitlyn Tavella is the funniest player on our team. She always is cracking up jokes, making everyone on our team laugh. She knows how to put a smile on everyone's faces, even when we are having a bad practice and or game.
