Tag: Kiski Area

Kiski Area’s Cora Coleman is one of four starters returning this season.
New Kiski Area girls coach foresees ‘formidable team’
November 21, 2022
There have been some lean years during the past decade in girls basketball at Kiski Area, but a 9-13 record a year ago represents the most victories since the team went 16-7 during the 2011-12 season, the most recent time the Cavaliers reached the WPIAL playoffs.

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Kiski Area’s Lebryn Smith is a four-year starter at point guard.
Kiski Area boys coach Smith confident entering 2nd season
Every time he’s in the gym at Kiski Area High School, Corey Smith looks up at banners representing the Cavaliers’ WPIAL section championships in boys basketball and feels the pride of being a member of those title teams in 2000 and ’02.

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Hempfield’s Ella Bringe, right, blocks against Ligonier Valley during the Penn-Trafford volleyball tournament Sept. 17.
Rosters set for inaugural WCCA all-star volleyball match
November 18, 2022
A new event has joined the Westmoreland County Coaches Association sports rotation.

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Bundled-up fans at Forbes Field on Thanksgiving Day, 1947, watch Willie Thrower score a touchdown as Ken High won its second consecutive WPIAL title over Har-Brack, 27-0. Thrower intercepted two passes, ran for one and passed for another.
Through the Years: In 1947, Ken High shut out Har-Brack
November 17, 2022
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic legacy.

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Players selected for We Serve First All-Star Classic girls volleyball event
The inaugural We Serve First All-Star Classic girls volleyball event will be Dec. 10 at Kiski Area High School, and the 36 seniors set to take part have been selected.

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Verona coach Joe Zelek, Harold Mauro, Garry Lyle and assistant Carl England plot strategy as Verona looked to face East Huntingdon on Nov. 10, 1962. A year later, Lyle would become the first Black athlete at George Washington University. He later played seven seasons with the Bears.
Through the Years: In 1962, Verona made last-minute grab at Gardner points
November 10, 2022
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic legacy.

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Apollo-Ridge sophomore Gabe Kavulic placed 13th in the Class A boys race at the WPIAL cross country championships Oct. 27, 2022, at Cal (Pa.)
Apollo-Ridge’s Gabe Kavulic will cap 1st foray into cross country at PIAA championships
November 4, 2022
Gabe Kavulic didn’t run cross country last year as a freshman.

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Kiski Area added to its collection of coal buckets, symbolic of winning its fourth consecutive Foothills Conference title with a 36-6 win at Greensburg Salem on Nov. 3, 1972. Coach Dick Dilts admires the hardware along with principal William Miller and some of the players.
Through the Years: Kiski Area added to collection of coal buckets 50 years ago
November 3, 2022
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic legacy.

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Kiski Area’s Lexiann Colaianni is a member of the 2022 girls tennis team.
Kiski Area tennis players relish trip to WPIAL playoffs
November 1, 2022
Kiski Area girls tennis made some waves this season as the Cavaliers qualified for the WPIAL Class 3A team playoffs for the first time in more than a decade.

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Seneca Valley’s Beaux Lizewski controls the ball against Fox Chapel on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in Jackson.
14 boys soccer players from WPIAL garner all-state honors
October 30, 2022
The Western Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association announced its all-state team Sunday night.

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