Greg Macafee stories, Page 44

Ross set to guide Valley’s young roster

Graduation can hit high school athletic programs. Valley knows that feeling. After losing 13 seniors from last year’s team, Valley will have a young roster this season that only returns one starter on offense and four on defense. Some coaches might be deterred by fielding a young group, but longtime...
Burrell vows to ‘play fast,’ push the tempo

When the Burrell offense takes the field this season, don’t blink, because you might just miss the entire offensive series. Second-year coach Shawn Liotta wants to light up the scoreboard and “play fast,” a saying that has been established as this year’s team motto. “We want to push the tempo,”...
Greb, Knoch tennis ready to take next step

When Knoch tennis coach Nance Conlon first saw Laura Greb during a summer clinic a few years ago, she quickly noticed the player’s potential. “She showed up, and I immediately talked to her dad and told him she was too good for it,” Conlon said. “You could immediately see the...
New A-K Valley quarterbacks face challenge of leading their offenses

Quarterback is one of the most complicated positions in football, and it takes a special type of player to bear all of the responsibilities that make an offense successful. Throughout the offseason, nine coaches from the Alle-Kiski Valley were tasked with finding a new player to fill those needs in...
Highlands ready to compete in Northwest 8 Conference

Every week in WPIAL’s Class 4A Northwest Eight Conference is a grind, and Highlands coach Dom Girardi would have it no other way. “We’re going to go out and compete every single week, and that’s how it’s going to be,” Girardi said. As the season wore on last year, the...
McCann embodies Kiski Area’s hard-nosed mentality

After winning three of its first four games last season, the Kiski Area football team was ready to make a strong move in the right direction. But several injuries left the Cavaliers hampered, and a slew of underclassmen were thrown into the starting lineup. One of those underclassmen was Peyton...
Pitt basketball team builds camaraderie during trip to Italy

The Pitt men’s basketball team kicked off its 2019-2020 season in a special way. During a 10-day trip, the Panthers toured Italy with stops in Rome, Florence, Bologna, Vicenza and Venice. Coach Jeff Capel said he and his team built a bond that will be crucial this season. “The trip...
Kiski Area continues to grow behind young, dedicated players

Kiski Area coach Sam Albert is no stranger to building a football program. He has done it with success at four schools in Western Pennsylvania. Heading into his third year at Kiski, Albert is starting to see a culture change. “I think each year the kids buy more and more...
Highlands’ Brock White feeling stronger after injury-shortened freshman season

Before last season began, Highlands coach Dom Girardi had high hopes for a freshman running back who displayed a lot of potential throughout summer and training camp. But when the Golden Rams took the field in their Week Zero matchup against Plum, those high hopes quickly changed to positive thoughts...
Fox Chapel golf ready to take next step

Throughout his nine years of coaching at Fox Chapel, golf coach Bryan Deal has built a strong program that has produced two individual WPIAL champions. But a team title always has eluded Deal. This year might be different. The Foxes return four starters from a WPIAL runner-up team that finished...
WPIAL Class 3A football breakdown: Aliquippa to be challenged in defense of PIAA title

When Mike Warfield took over the storied Aliquippa program last season, the bar was set high for the first-year coach. With a roster full of Division I athletes such as M.J. Devonshire (Kentucky), Will Gipson (Pitt) and Solvauhn Moreland (Ball State), the Quips charged through their competition on the way...
Aliquippa’s Devonshire making a name for himself at Kentucky

It looks like it didn’t take long for Aliquippa’s MJ Devonshire, the 2018-19 Trib HSSN Boys Athlete of the Year to make a name for himself at Kentucky. Reports came out Tuesday afternoon that Kentucky’s associate head coach, recruiting coordinator and NFL liaison Vince Marrow said Devonshire, a true freshman...
Former Pirate Neil Walker to receive Graduate of the Year award in Pittsburgh

In the middle of May, Pine-Richland alum Neil Walker, a former Pittsburgh Pirate and current Miami Marlin was named the 2019 American Legion Graduate of the Year, an award given to a former Legion baseball player and current major leaguer for his character, leadership, playing abilities and community service. As...
Camp Preview: Alle-Kiski teams look to bounce back this season

Last season was a substandard year for high school football teams throughout the Alle-Kiski Valley. Only two teams, Kiski Area and Freeport, reached the playoffs but they both suffered early exits with losses to Gateway and Aliquippa, respectively. The rest of the Alle-Kiski teams suffered problems of their own. Between...
Burrell’s Phillips provides leadership and versatility

Quarterback is the most important position on the field. He commands the offense, organizes linemen, calls out plays, and if need be changes the play at the line of scrimmage. Basically, he represents a coach on the field and last year, coach Shawn Liotta and the Burrell Bucs were without...
Lipari, Domanic capture Fleet Feet Liberty Mile titles

“Runner’s World” calls the event “one of America’s most iconic races,” and elite runners showed exactly why on Friday night. More than 1,100 runners took to the one-mile course of the Fleet Feet Liberty Mile, as spectators lined the course that weaved through the streets of the Cultural District in...

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