West View Students Spend Monday Morning With Harlem Wizard Players

A morning assembly at rallied students and teachers for tonight's game featuring the Harlem Wizards basketball team.

The team, known for its fancy footwork, tricks and athleticism, will play the North Hills Playground Players at 7 tonight in the , 55 Rochester Road in Ross Township.  

The home team features a lineup that includes Bruce Fromlak, West View police chief and borough manager; North Hills School District Superintendnet Patrick Mannarino; and Judge Richard Opiela of Magisterial District Court 05-2-02. 

The game is to

Tickets will be available at the door. They are $12 for adults and $10 for students.

The Playground Players include:

• Sonny Amato – kindergarten teacher, McIntyre Elementary
• John Curran – English teacher, 
• Bruce Fromlak – police chief and borough manager, 
• Stephen Garcia – response to intervention teacher,
• Bruce Goodworth – fourth-grade teacher, West View Elementary
• JoAnn Harrop– lifestyle and fashion reporter, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Matt Holland – police officer, West View Borough
• David Lieberman – principal, 
• Tom Lisak – social studies teacher, North Hills Senior High School
• Steve Long – special education teacher, North Hills Senior High, and baseball coach
• Kevin Lyons – physical education teacher, North Hills elementary schools
• Patrick Mannarino – superintendent, 
• Chris Mikula – physical education teacher, West View Elementary
• Richard Opiela – judge
• Brett Parkhill – first-grade teacher, 
• Dennis Scharding – learning support teacher, West View Elementary
• Jesse Simpson – principal, West View Elementary
• Doug Sundo – special education teacher, , and track coach
• Todd Towne – West View Borough Police
• Patrick Weber – physical education teacher, Highcliff Elementary
• John Zawalnicki – guidance counselor, West View Elementary

Diane Oberst, an art teacher at Ross and West View Elementary schools and coach of the North Hills girls’ seventh-grade basketball team, is The Playground Players coach. 

Assistant coaches are retired Ross Township police officer/DARE Officer Robert Muchenski and Johnny Angel, lead singer of Johnny Angel & the Halo’s. The North Hills eighth- and ninth-grade cheerleading squads will provide additional support. 

Refreshments and merchandise will be available for purchase, and attendees will have the opportunity to attend an autograph session with the Harlem Wizards after the game.