Greg Macafee stories, Page 35
Apollo-Ridge’s Harmon brothers excelling on mat at Armstrong
Just last year, Apollo-Ridge and Armstrong worked out a co-op agreement that allowed then-Apollo-Ridge sophomore Logan Harmon to wrestle for the River Hawks and compete in orange and blue during the winter months. During his first season, Harmon excelled. He went 22-6 with 12 pins wrestling at 182 and 195...
Trib HSSN Wrestling Team of the Week: Waynesburg
The Raiders finished in third place at the 53rd annual Powerade Tournament hosted by Canon-McMillan. They had one champion, Mac Church (106), and also had wrestlers finish third, fourth, fifth and sixth. Church dominated his weight class, earning four major decisions, along with a 3-1 decision over Erie Prep’s Jacob...
Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Week: Gabe Willochell, Latrobe
No one had a better Powerade tournament than Latrobe’s Gabe Willochell and he was awarded for it by earning Outstanding Wrestler honors. He also won his weight class at 132 pounds with five pins and an ultimate tiebreaker decision. As the No. 6 seed, Willochell earned two pins in his...
Waynesburg leads WPIAL contingent with 4 in semifinals at Powerade
After an exciting Friday of wrestling, the field for the semifinals at the 2019 Powerade wrestling tournament is set. Four teams from the WPIAL find themselves in the top 10 teams and each team has at least two wrestlers remaining in the championship round. In total, 23 WPIAL wrestlers made...
Powerade wrestling tournament notebook: Waynesburg, Seneca Valley earn top five spots heading into quarters
Heading into the quarterfinals of the 2019 Powerade wrestling tournament at Canon-McMillan on Friday, just two WPIAL teams found themselves within the top five teams of one of the toughest competitions in the country. The hosts found themselves just outside of the top five looking in. Both Seneca Valley and...
A-K Valley boys basketball notebook: Knoch and Leechburg riding balance
Balanced attacks can lead to high-scoring offenses, and this season, that formula is working for several area boys basketball teams. Knoch (4-1, 1-0) has had at least three players score in double-digits in all five of its games, and in two of those games, four or more players have recorded...
Undefeated Springdale boys basketball team surprise of WPIAL Class 2A
Heading into this season, it might have been easy to overlook the Springdale boys basketball team. The Dynamos were coming off a 12-9 season, having lost to Jeannette in the first-round of the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs. On top of that, they also lost four seniors, including 6-foot-4 standout Mike...
A-K Valley wrestling notebook: Kiski Area, Burrell wrestlers earn Powerade seeds
Wrestling teams from all around will travel to Canon-McMillan on Friday and Saturday to compete in the 2019 Powerade wrestling tournament, which is considered one of the best in Western Pennsylvania as well as the country. Five wrestlers from the A-K Valley find themselves among the top eight seeds. Kiski...
Trib HSSN wrestler of the week: Waynesburg’s Wyatt Henson
The Beast of the East Tournament in New Jersey had close to 130 teams this past weekend and Waynesburg’s Wyatt Henson found a way to earn a third-place finish in the 138-pound bracket. The Iowa commit went 6-1 against wrestlers from Maryland, Ohio, New Jersey, Florida and Delaware. All six...
Trib HSSN wrestling team of the week: Seneca Valley
Seneca Valley went into the Kiski Area Quad Meet last Friday looking to prove it was one of the top teams in WPIAL Class AAA, and that’s exactly what they did. Along with Canon-McMillan, Seneca Valley left with a pair of victories as it handed Kiski Area a 35-29 loss...
Offensive mindset leads to good start for Highlands wrestler Jrake Burford
In his first high school season on the mat last year, Highlands’ Jrake Burford turned in quality performance after quality performance as he was a key contributor to his team’s playoff appearance. So far this season, Burford has continued that trend. He has three losses, and this past weekend at...
Defense leads the way as Fox Chapel cruises past Latrobe
No team has scored more than 50 points on Fox Chapel this season. When the Foxes hosted the defending Section 3-6A champion Latrobe on Monday, they weren’t about to allow the Wildcats to be the first. Led by a 17-point contribution from Arnold Vento, 13 points from Eli Yofan and...
Highlands boys basketball coach Tyler Stoczynski reaches career win No. 100
In his eighth season as the coach of the Highlands boys basketball program, Tyler Stoczynski hit a milestone earlier this week. With a big 76-49 victory over Class 5A No. 3 Shaler on Wednesday at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Stoczynski earned the 100th win of his young coaching career....
Kiski Area wrestling falls short at Quad Meet against top teams
Having the opportunity to test your wrestlers throughout the regular season is the best way to improve for the postseason. On Friday, Kiski Area went through one of those situations as it hosted three of the top five wrestling teams in WPIAL Class AAA for the Kiski Area Quad Meet....
Seneca Valley, Canon-McMillan come out on top of Kiski Area quad meet
Four of the top five Class AAA wrestling teams in the WPIAL got together at Kiski Area on Friday evening for their second annual meeting. Trib HSSN No. 1 Hempfield and No. 2 Kiski Area both lost twice, as No. 4 Seneca Valley and No. 5 Canon-McMillan went undefeated. “It...
‘Iron sharpens iron’ for top WPIAL Class AAA wrestling teams at Kiski duals
Each wrestling season, teams from around the WPIAL seek out opportunities to test themselves against the best competition before the postseason arrives. On Friday, four of the top five teams in the WPIAL Class AAA — No. 1 Hempfield (7-0), No. 2 Kiski Area (7-0), No. 4. Seneca Valley (2-0)...
Alle-Kiski Valley boys basketball notebook: Fox Chapel’s defense leading the way in hot start
In a time in high school basketball where most coaches are having their teams run and put up as many points as possible, Fox Chapel has gone the opposite direction and is letting its defense do the talking. Through six games, the Foxes are undefeated and the most impressive part...
Riverview boys hoops looks to build on experiences from last season
The Riverview boys basketball team is in a familiar position. Just last year, the Raiders were 4-2 with wins over Trinity Christian, Aquinas Academy, Summit Academy and Propel Braddock Hills. After six games this season, Riverview holds the same record. The second half of last season’s schedule brought different results...
Elizabeth Forward volleyball standout Kaitlin Fournier commits to Georgia
Elizabeth Forward’s Kaitlin Fournier is becoming a Bulldog. Last week, the Elizabeth Forward junior verbally committed to play Division I volleyball at Georgia. I am so incredibly excited to announce my verbal commitment to further my academic and volleyball career at the University of Georgia. I would like to thank...
Alle-Kiski Valley wrestling notebook: Kiski Area goes undefeated at Moon Duals
Even though Kiski Area is the three-time defending WPIAL Class AAA wrestling team champion, the Cavaliers are still out to prove that they are the team to beat. So far through the 2019-20 season, that’s exactly what the Cavaliers have done, and this past weekend they continued to do so...
Burrell wrestler Ian Oswalt earns career win No. 100
This past weekend, Burrell junior Ian Oswalt reached a milestone in his third year of high school that some wrestlers never reach in their entire scholastic career. With a 1-0 decision over Muncy’s Bryce Vollman at the King of the Mountain tournament, Oswalt earned his 100th win, something 28 other...
Trib HSSN Wrestling Team of the Week: Canon-McMillan
Canon-McMillan started the 2019-20 season on the right note. The Big Macs took third in the Cumberland Valley Kickoff tournament, then won the King of the Mountain tournament by eight points over Mifflin County last weekend. Garrit Nijenhuis (182 pounds) was the only Big Mac wrestler to win his weight...
Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Week: Waynesburg’s Mac Church
Waynesburg’s Mac Church had a great weekend at the Walsh Jesuit (Ohio) Ironman Classic tournament. He placed second in the 106-pound weight class, which had seven other nationally ranked 106-pound wrestlers. The Waynesburg freshman was No. 12 heading into the weekend. His only loss of the tournament — which is...
Valley alum Zach Clarke wins powerlifting gold at Pennsylvania Special Olympics
At the beginning of November, Valley grad Zach Clarke traveled to Villanova University to compete in the Pennsylvania Special Olympics championships and came home with more than enough gold to go around. Clarke won the overall gold in powerlifting and also won gold in the squat and bench press with...
All-City League football team: Westinghouse leads with 9 selections
City League champion Westinghouse was recognized for its accomplishments Monday as nine players were selected to the All-City League team, and coach Donte Green earned coach of the year honors. The Bulldogs went 8-4 this season, despite losing their first three games of the year. But, they recovered and won...
