Tag: Belle Vernon

Belle Vernon’s Ian Shahan competes in the boys 100 butterfly during the 2020 AA WPIAL Swimming and Diving Championship at Trees Pool on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020.
Belle Vernon state champ Ian Shahan to swim at Army
July 8, 2020
Wanting to be part of something bigger, Belle Vernon rising senior Ian Shahan committed to join the Army men’s swimming team for the 2021-22 season.

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Bucknell’s Kaitlyn Slagus poses with her All Tournament team and Tournament MVP trophy after the 2019 Patriot League tournament.
Belle Vernon hires one of program’s best players, Kaitlyn Slagus, as girls basketball coach
June 23, 2020
Kaitlyn Slagus is one of the best basketball players to ever take the court at Belle Vernon Area High School.

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Franklin Regional’s Palmer Jackson and Southmoreland’s Maggie Moore receive the 2019 Excellence Awards from Judge John J. Driscoll at the annual Westmoreland County Scholar Athlete banquet April 30, 3019, at Ferrante’s Lakeview in Hempfield.
Driscoll Westmoreland scholar-athlete banquet set for July 15
June 21, 2020
It looks like the 64th annual Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete banquet is a go.

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Mt. Lebanon’s Mac Stout wrestles Tyler Kocak of Hampton in the 170-pound final at the WPIAL Class AAA championships Feb. 29, 2020 at Canon-McMillan.
13 WPIAL wrestlers rated among nation’s best in preseason rankings
June 19, 2020
Four Waynesburg wrestlers were among a group of 13 from the WPIAL that cracked the top 20 in TheOpenMat.com’s national preseason rankings.

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Belle Vernon players, from left, Alyssa Larson, Erica Amoroso and Megan Christner run to greet Emily Frederick after she hit a two-run single in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat Yough in the 2015 WPIAL Class AAA championship game.
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Softball No. 1
June 10, 2020
From classification expansion to field renovations forcing a change in the venue for the district championships, there was a lot going on with the WPIAL softball championships this past decade.

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Gateway coach Mark Wardzinski talks to the players on his high school team March 10.
Western Pennsylvania Baseball League sets plans for season with 20 teams on board
Bob Johnston was trying to find a league where Gateway high school players could play this summer.

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Blackhawk pitcher Brendan McKay is tackled by catcher Matt Emge after defeating Belle Vernon in the WPIAL Class AAA championship game May 31, 2012.
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Baseball No. 7
May 27, 2020
While it almost became a theme to repeat in WPIAL softball this past decade, it was nearly an impossible dream for district baseball teams.

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Belle Vernon celebrates its 2018 WPIAL championship game victory over Elizabeth Forward.
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Softball No. 8
May 21, 2020
From classification expansion to field renovations forcing a change in the venue for the district championships, there was a lot going on with the WPIAL softball championships this past decade.

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Coach Ronnie Drennan offers direction to Grace Henderson (22) during a 2018 practice.
Belle Vernon girls basketball coach Ronnie Drennen steps down after 2 successful seasons
May 15, 2020
After winning 30 games during the past two seasons, Ronnie Drennen resigned as girls basketball coach at Belle Vernon.

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Belle Vernon’s Ally Pacak practices catching with teammate Sophia Godzak, right, on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 during softball practice and try-outs at the Belle Vernon Multiplex.
Virtual games help ease loss of season for Belle Vernon softball
May 12, 2020
Monday was supposed to mark the start of the WPIAL baseball and softball playoffs.

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