Tag: Deer Lakes

A-K Valley soccer capsules: Monday’s semifinals

October 27, 2018

Class AA Girls semifinals No. 2 Deer Lakes (17-0-1) vs. No. 11 Shady Side Academy (10-6-1) 6 p.m. Monday at North Allegheny Winner plays: Winner of No. 1 Quaker Valley/No. 4 Charleroi Coaches: Jordan Wiegand, Deer Lakes; Ed Ellsworth, Shady Side Academy Players to watch: Ryan Rodgers, Deer Lakes; Max

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North Catholic clinches share of title with win over Deer Lakes

October 26, 2018

With the WPIAL playoffs right around the corner, the North Catholic football team wanted to keep rolling. The Trojans did just that as they jumped out to a four-touchdown lead on Deer Lakes after the first quarter, held a 47-point advantage at halftime and finished off a 64-3 victory in

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Young Deer Lakes girls soccer team remains calm as stakes get higher

Frank Accetta is experiencing the stress of the WPIAL girls soccer playoffs, but when he looks at his Deer Lakes players, he sees calm. The Lancers, a young team that starts more freshmen than seniors, are going through their deepest postseason run in a decade to cap the best regular

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Strong showing for Riverview boys, girls at WPIAL cross country championships

October 25, 2018

The Riverview, Greensburg Salem and North Allegheny cross country programs compete in different classifications, but after Thursday's WPIAL championship meet on the Roadman Park course at Cal (Pa.), they have something in common. They will have their boys and girls teams competing at the PIAA championships Nov. 3 in Hershey.

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Deer Lakes shuts out Waynesburg to reach WPIAL semifinals for 1st time

Deer Lakes did little celebrating even after a dominant performance in Thursday's WPIAL boys soccer quarterfinals. Right now, the Lancers are all business, and their business is unfinished. Ryan Rodgers scored a pair of goals and Ronan Renter and A.J. Dorman added one apiece as No. 2 Deer Lakes beat

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Deer Lakes girls soccer returns to semifinals for first time in decade

October 24, 2018

Ten years had elapsed since the Deer Lakes girls soccer team advanced to the WPIAL semifinals. That decade-long drought ended Wednesday night as the Lancers, the third seed in the Class AA tournament, topped Quaker Valley, 2-1, in a quarterfinal matchup at Lancers Stadium. andquot;It was a hard-fought game,andquot; Deer

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The Birdie has no plans to retire from picking games in the A-K Valley

Last week: 11-2 (.846) Season: 83-19 (.814) The news last week of Big Bird's retirement took The Birdie by surprise, as he always looked up to the andquot;Sesame Streetandquot; legend, both literally and metaphorically. But what really shocked the Alle-Kiski Valley's picks expert was the revelation that Big Bird himself

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A-K Valley don’t-miss football matchups for Week 9

Class 5A Northern Fox Chapel (2-7, 1-5) at Shaler (3-6, 2-4) 7 p.m. Friday at Lou Martig Field at Titans Stadium Last week: Armstrong 41, Fox Chapel 14; North Hills 21, Shaler 7 Coaches: Tom Loughran, Fox Chapel; Jim Ryan, Shaler Top players: Korey Simmons, Fox Chapel (Sr., 5-9, 168,

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A-K Valley boys soccer playoff preview capsules for Thursday’s quarterfinals

October 23, 2018

Boys soccer Class AAA Quarterfinals No. 10 Kiski Area (12-6-1) vs. No. 2 West Allegheny (17-1) 8 p.m. Thursday at Mars Winner plays: Winner of No. 3 Mars/No. 6 South Fayette Coaches: Sean Arnold, Kiski Area; Kevin Amos, West Allegheny Players to watch: Nick Smith, Kiski Area; Nate Dragisich, West

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Alle-Kiski playoff capsules: WPIAL girls soccer quarterfinals

Girls soccer Class AAA Quarterfinals No. 7 Kiski Area (14-4) vs. No. 2 Oakland Catholic (15-1) 6 p.m. Wednesday at Norwin Winner plays: Winner of No. 6 West Allegheny/No. 14 South Fayette Coaches: Melisa O'Toole, Kiski Area; Jim Earle, Oakland Catholic Players to watch: Reagan Frederick, Kiski Area; Hannah Henn,

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