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2019 Valley News Dispatch Football All-Stars
Here’s a look at the Valley News Dispatch football all-star team: Kenny Blake Kiski Area, RB/DB, jr. Blake scored 11 touchdowns while carrying the ball 168 times for 980 yards. He also caught 14 passes for 144 yards. On defense, he tallied 26 tackles, one sack and one interception. Jake...
Valley News Dispatch Offensive Player of the Year: Burrell’s Alex Arledge
Valley News Dispatch Offensive Player of the Year Alex Arledge QB, Junior, 6-3, 190, Burrell Burrell football coach Shawn Liotta was looking for a quarterback, and this past season, he found one in junior Alex Arledge. The 6-foot-3 gunslinger stepped into Liotta’s complicated run-and-shoot offense and simply took over. He...
Leechburg boys start section play with win over Propel Andrew StreetVideo
The Leechburg boys basketball team turned in its best section performance since 2006-07 last season, and the Blue Devils continued that performance Friday night at Propel Andrew Street. Jake Blumer scored 20 points, and Dylan Cook added 18 as the Blue Devils (4-1, 1-0) exploded offensively in the second half...
Todd Massack resigns as Riverview football coach
Riverview has always held a special place in Todd Massack’s life. Over the course of his 14-year coaching stint at Riverview, he coached all three of his sons — Nick, Jacob and Jared — and had the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of some of his mentors and his...
Alle-Kiski Valley boys basketball notebook: Fox Chapel, Highlands and Springdale build perfect records
Building an undefeated record early in the season is the best a team can do, and three Alle-Kiski Valley squads entered Thursday unbeaten. Fox Chapel (3-0), Highlands (3-0) and Springdale (4-0) each stayed perfect in its own way. Led by a core of players like Dimitri Fitch, Logan Dexter and...
Kiski Area boys basketball on verge of taking next step
A year ago, the Kiski Area boys basketball team finished their 2018-19 season with just four wins in the first year of coach Will Saunders’ tenure. Now, after a 54-52 win over Connellsville this past Tuesday, the Cavaliers are already halfway to that total, and with the team that Saunders...
McGuffey’s CJ Cole accepts preferred walk-on offer from West Virginia
McGuffey wide receiver and defensive back CJ Cole is heading south for college, but not too far south. McGuffey football coach Ed Dalton said the 6-foot-3, 175-pound standout athlete accepted a preferred walk-on offer from West Virginia Thursday morning. Cole also had a preferred walk-on offer from Pitt that he...
Kiski Area wrestling tops Norwin to start section schedule
The Kiski Area wrestling team got its first dual win of the season on Wednesday after capturing the Eastern Area tournament this past weekend. Led by back-to-back pins from seniors Jack Blumer and Nick Delp at the top of the match, the Cavaliers produced six total pins throughout and topped...
With program showing signs of progress, Highlands wrestling ready to compete
Since Highlands wrestling coach Grant Walters took over the program in 2011-12, it’s been a process to build it from the ground up. As the Golden Rams head into the 2019-20 season, the program is at a point where it can build for the future while competing in the present....
Highlands’ Johnny Crise accepts preferred walk-on offer from Penn State
Highlands’ athlete Johnny Crise made his college decision Tuesday and accepted a preferred walk-on offer to play football at Penn State. I’m staying home!! #WeAre @TylerBowen @DannKabalaPSU @coachjfranklin pic.twitter.com/LSmydwcaNd— Johnny Crise (@Crise_20) December 10, 2019 Until this past summer, Crise planned to play basketball at the collegiate level. But after...
Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Week for Week of Dec. 9, 2019
Mt. Lebanon sophomore Mac Stout had a dominating performances at Gateway’s Eastern Area Invitational. He went 5-0 and beat Kiski Area’s Nick Delp in the 170-pound championship bout to capture the bracket and earn Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament in addition to Trib HSSN Wrestler of the Week honors. On...
Trib HSSN Wrestling Team of the Week for Week of Dec. 9, 2019
The Butler Golden Tornado started their season with a tournament win at the Chartiers-Houston Invitational, where they topped a field of 29 teams by having a champion, four third-place finishers, a fourth-place medalist and two fifths. Levi Donnel, a 113-pound freshman, paced the Golden Tornado with three pins and a...
Quaker Valley’s Mike Mastroianni earns career win No. 500
It was a matter of when, not if, Quaker Valley boys basketball coach Mike Mastroianni would get career win No. 500. It happened Monday night as the Quakers held off Albert Gallatin to escape with a 54-51 victory and deliver Mastroianni another milestone victory. Mike Mastroianni and the Quaker Valley...
Citrano brothers give Plum wrestling strong foundation
With a roster full of youth, talent and potential, the Plum wrestling team is looking forward to a season in which development and learning experiences are expected. “This season should be one that will be exciting to see growth and to build on the experiences of last year,” coach Mike...
Behind Sullivan’s 32-point performance, St. Joseph takes down Propel Braddock Hills
St. Joseph guard Andrew Sullivan has been big for the Spartans over the course of his high school career. On Friday, the junior guard put his team on his back down the stretch and scored the final four of his 32 points to secure a 49-45 victory over Propel Braddock...
Deer Lakes takes down Summit Academy to open up 2019-2020 seasonVideo
It’s always nice to start the season off with a win and for the first time of Terence Parham’s tenure at Deer Lakes the Lancers gifted their coach with one in the first game of the season. Led by a 22-point performance from freshman guard Bryce Robson and a 11-point...
Quaker Valley basketball coach Mike Mastroianni chasing win No. 500
During his time at Quaker Valley, boys basketball coach Mike Mastroianni has built a culture that has allowed the program to reach new heights of success. In the past three years, the Quakers have played in three WPIAL Class 4A title games, made a run to the PIAA semifinals twice...
Carnegie Mellon women’s soccer loses in NCAA Division III semifinals
The Carnegie Mellon women’s soccer team had its NCAA Division III national championship hopes come to an end Friday. The Tartans lost 2-1 to No. 1 Messiah (22-1-2) on penalty kicks in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in Greensboro, N.C. Messiah’s Maddie Kohl, Megan Mansfield and Brooke Firestone...
Shady Side Academy’s Mary Lynch named Regional Coach of the Year
Throughout the postseason, a few WPIAL soccer coaches have earned coach of the year honors. Earlier this week another one joined the group. After her team’s run to the state championship in Hershey, Shady Side Academy girls soccer coach Mary Lynch was named the 2019 United Soccer Coaches East Regional...
Starting 5: A guide to the A-K Valley boys high school basketball season
STORYLINES 1. Back in Business Damian Davies has led the Leechburg boys basketball team to a WPIAL championship in the past. Now he’s back to try to do it again. After being rehired in June, the longtime Leechburg coach has a team filled with size, speed and talent capable of...
Highlands boys basketball set to play Shaler at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland
The Highlands Golden Rams boys basketball team is headed to Cleveland later this season. On Dec. 18, the Golden Rams will take on Shaler at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse at 3 p.m., just a few hours before the Cleveland Cavaliers take on the Charlotte Hornets at 7 p.m. “We’ve never...
A-K Valley Class AA wrestling preview: Burrell looking to extend WPIAL championship streak
In order to win 13 straight WPIAL Class AA team wrestling championships, there has to be some type of secret formula. Right? According to seventh-year Burrell coach Josh Shields, who won an individual WPIAL title during his time with the Bucs, there’s no secret sauce. It just is something that...
Mars’ Blair Gerlach named PSCA Class AAA Girls Soccer Coach of the Year
Postseason honors keep piling up for the Mars girls soccer team. On Wednesday, Mars girls soccer coach Blair Gerlach was named the Pennsylvania Class AAA Girls Soccer Coach of the Year by the Pennsylvania State Soccer Coaches Association. “I think it all comes back to the team,” Gerlach said of...
A-K Valley Class AAA wrestling preview: Kiski Area ready to live up to expectations
For the past three years, Kiski Area has been the team to beat in Class AAA. The Cavaliers (19-1) are the three-time defending WPIAL Class AAA champions, and they have placed in the top four of the state tournament the past three years. But, just like many high school teams...
Mars’ Taylor Hamlett named Trib HSSN Girls Soccer Player of the Year
To accomplish something as significant as winning a WPIAL and PIAA title in the same season, teams must come together and reach their peak ability. But leaders also must step up. Mars forward Taylor Hamlett did just that for the Fightin’ Planets as they worked their way to becoming one...
