Tag: Deer Lakes

Deer Lakes’ Greyshock, Springdale’s Zolnierczyk match successes

October 28, 2018

One stands 6 feet tall and spent his first two varsity seasons playing center midfield. The other has a lanky 6-foot-4 build and grew up as more of a basketball player before turning his attention to soccer. Jesse Greyshock and Mike Zolnierczyk, the senior goalkeepers at Deer Lakes and Springdale,

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A-K Valley lookahead for Week of Oct. 29, 2018

Monday Boys soccer: Deer Lakes will attempt to make it to Highmark Stadium for the first time as it takes on Section 2-AA rival Shady Side Academy in the WPIAL semifinals. The Lancers went 1-0-1 against the defending WPIAL champions during the regular season, but the 11th-seeded Indians upset North

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A-K Valley notebook: Rivalry games for Deer Lakes, Springdale boys soccer

October 27, 2018

The WPIAL boys soccer semifinals will have the feel of a section game for a pair of Alle-Kiski Valley teams. Class AA No. 2 Deer Lakes and Class A No. 5 Springdale will square off with section opponents in Monday's semifinal round, with the Lancers (17-0-1) taking on Section 2-AA

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Speicher leads Hopewell past Deer Lakes in WPIAL girls soccer semifinals

A soccer game can turn on its head quickly, and Deer Lakes and Hopewell saw that happen in their WPIAL semifinal matchup. More than 40 minutes of mostly even soccer in the rain suddenly turned into a Hopewell downpour. The No. 2 Vikings scored three goals in about a six-minute

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A-K Valley soccer capsules: Monday’s semifinals

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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