Tag: Knoch
A-K Valley basketball top storylines, players, teams to watch
December 6, 2018
The 2017-18 basketball season ended with six Alle-Kiski Valley teams in the PIAA playoffs, highlighted by the Highlands boys' run to the Class 5A quarterfinals. Record-breaking players and senior classes took their final bows. Then, the offseason, as it always does, brought change. Those seniors graduated, leaving roster holes that
WPIAL wrestling champion Kiski Area motivated to add PIAA title
December 4, 2018
Kiski Area held an optional wrestling workout on the final Monday of November, with some of its athletes and coaches taking part in the first day of hunting season. The Cavaliers are hunting more than deer, though: The back-to-back WPIAL Class AAA champions have bigger game in mind once the
AD Ryan Matsook seeks football coach who’ll unite Western Beaver, Lincoln Park
December 3, 2018
Western Beaver needs a new football coach and there's a state-title winner already working in the district. A cooperative agreement with Lincoln Park makes the job more attractive, said athletic director/vice principal Ryan Matsook, but no, he's not a candidate. andquot;That's been the hot topic of discussion,andquot; Matsook said withA-K Valley high school look-ahead: Week of Dec. 3, 2018
December 2, 2018
Monday Hockey andamp;#8226; Burrell can run its season-opening winning streak to 10 games if it can beat Connellsville in a Division II game at Pittsburgh Ice Arena. The Bucs lead the Division II standings by two games, outscoring their opponents 63-21. andamp;#8226; After a lopsided loss to West Allegheny, Fox
Deer Lakes’ Madeline Boulos named Valley News Dispatch Girls Soccer Player of the Year
December 1, 2018
Valley News Dispatch Girls Soccer Player of the Year Madeline Boulos Deer Lakes, freshman, forward Madeline Boulos was one of the youngest players on Deer Lakes' girls soccer team this fall, but she quickly became one of the most important, too. The Lancers leaned into their youth movement the last
Defensive-minded Knoch boys basketball plans to push pace
November 27, 2018
In the seven years Ron McNabb has been coaching Knoch boys basketball, the calling card for the program has been a tough, physical, grind-it-out style of half-court defense. That defensive intensity isn't going anywhere, but McNabb said he has the most athletic group of players in his tenure, so don't
Knoch girls basketball starting over after playoff run
Knoch girls basketball leaned on a senior-laden team last season to reach the playoffs for the first time in six years, and behind them was a group that observed what it took to get over the hump. The Knights don't have any returning starters, but they have players such as
South Fayette’s Diven, Blackhawk’s Watson-Trent top Northwest Eight honors
November 25, 2018
Northwest Eight champion South Fayette earned nine first-team spots on the all-conference team including quarterback Jamie Diven, a 3,000-yard passer for the Lions. Joining him were Mike Trimbur, Tom Elia, Ryan Coe, Ben Coyne and Ryan Kokoski. Trimber, Elia and Coe were named first-team on both offense and defense. Diven
Alle-Kiski valley high school notebook: Kiski Area grad faces Steelers
November 21, 2018
The man who will try to slow down the Pittsburgh Steelers' offense Sunday hails from the Alle-Kiski Valley. Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Joe Woods, a 1988 Kiski Area graduate, will call the plays Sunday as the Steelers visit Broncos Field at Mile High at 4:25 p.m. A longtime defensive backs
Hard work pays off as Kiski Area wrestlers Connor, Miller sign letters of intent
November 14, 2018
Cam Connor and Darren Miller grew up wrestling together from their earliest days in the Kiski Area youth program, so it seemed fitting they also made their college commitments official on the same day. The Kiski Area seniors both signed their national letter of intent Wednesday, the opening day of
