Quaker Valley wrestling team begins section competition

By: HSSN Staff
Wednesday, December 12, 2018 | 2:54 PM

The Quaker Valley wrestling team, fresh off five matches at the Hampton Dawg Duals, continues the early-season portion of its schedule Wednesday evening with its Class AA Section 2-2B opener against Carlynton at Quaker Valley High School.

The varsity match is to begin at 7:30.

The Quakers hope to make it back to the WPIAL team playoffs after earning a spot in the field last season.

Quaker Valley won three of its five matches at Hampton on Saturday. It edged Mt. Pleasant 35-33 and topped Ligonier Valley 52-27 and Yough 57-15

The Quakers suffered a close loss to District 10’s General McLane 38-32, and fell to the host Talbots 42-18.

John Rocco Kazalas and Conner Redinger each went 4-0 to lead QV, while Austin Dohl, Geoff Magin and Bradley Fadeley each finished with 4-1 marks.

Sewickley Academy hockey in the hunt

Despite a shutout loss to Varsity A power West Allegheny on Monday, the Sewickley Academy hockey team still is in heart of its division standings.

The Panthers were stymied by the Indians, 10-0, and it put them at an even 5-5 through 10 games. West Allegheny upped its record in the North Division to 9-1, one game back of undefeated Montour at 10-0.

Meadville is 8-2, followed by North Hills at 6-4, and Sewickley Academy is one game behind in fifth.

The Panthers have just one game left in December – Monday’s matchup against Deer Lakes – before turning the calendar to January.

Sewickley Academy is averaging 4.1 points scored per game, fourth out of the 10 teams in the division.

QV bowling ready to roll

The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League’s 2018-19 season is in full swing, and Quaker Valley hopes to have a successful campaign in the West Division against the likes of Avonworth, Hampton, Moon, Nazareth Prep and North Hills.

The Quakers are slated to bowl against Hampton on Wednesday at Pines Plaza Lanes in Perrysville.

The QV boys hope to qualify for the WPIBL team championship tournament for the second year in a row.

The top two finishing teams from each of the nine boys and nine girls sections will punch tickets to the WPIBL team finals the week of Feb. 13.

Michael Love is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Michael at mlove@tribweb.com or via Twitter @MLove_Trib.

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