Tag: Derry Area

All-American Wresting Club has rich history of training young wrestlers

January 29, 2019

Rob Waller's All-American Wrestling Club couldn't have asked for a better endorsement. Penn State senior Jason Nolf, a Kittanning graduate, credited Waller and his club's training after he won his second NCAA Division I title last March. Nolf sustained a serious knee injury late in the regular season, which forced

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WPIAL team wrestling rankings for week of Jan. 28, 2019

WPIAL wrestling rankings Class AAA Team, record, previous 1. Kiski Area, 11-0, 1 2. Seneca Valley, 10-2, 3 3. Hempfield, 12-2, 2 4. Canon-McMillan, 7-2, 5 5. Thomas Jefferson, 15-0, 6 6. Waynesburg, 13-1, 4 7. Norwin, 14-3, 7 8. Mt. Lebanon, 10-3, 8 9. North Allegheny, 10-3, NR 10.

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Westmoreland notebook: Derry’s DeLuca picks Merychurst for football

January 27, 2019

Dom DeLuca is one of the top multisport athletes in the state, so the Derry senior had plenty of options when it came to college recruiting. He is an all-state linebacker in football, a state championship-caliber wrestler and you could do a lot worse as far as volleyball front-liners go.

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Penn-Trafford boys, Franklin Regional girls win Class AAA titles at WCCA swim meet

January 26, 2019

For the 14 schools that compete in the Westmoreland County Coaches' Association swimming and diving championships this weekend at Derry, the two-day event marks not only a chance for teams to earn bragging rights for a year, it also gives the swimmers a unique insight as to what they're going

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Westmoreland County high school notebook: WPIAL rushing champ Shoaf pledges to Mercyhurst

The two-time WPIAL regular-season rushing champion has a college destination. Yough senior running back Dustin Shoaf, who racked up 5,053 yards during his highlight-packed career, announced Friday he has committed to Mercyhurst. Shoaf made a short video to declare his school of choice and posted it to Twitter with the

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Penn-Trafford divers Kalik, Sherwin sweep WCCA titles

January 25, 2019

Over the past year, Penn-Trafford diver Paige Kalik has been adding to her long list of career achievements. First, she won the 2018 WPIAL Class AAA diving title. Then, she reached the podium at the PIAA championships with a sixth-place finish. Now, Kalik can add a new accolade to her

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Westmoreland basketball notebook: Hempfield boys, Southmoreland girls take pride in ‘D’

January 24, 2019

The Hempfield boys and Southmoreland girls basketball teams have something common, and it isn't that you can get to both schools via the Amos K. Hutchinson Bypass. The similarity is in the numbers. Both teams lead their respective WPIAL classifications in defensive scoring average. Hempfield holds the lowest points-against average

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Derry divers, swimmers to test skills at annual WCCA championships

Despite fielding a young and somewhat thin roster, the Derry swimming and diving team nonetheless dove head-first into the 2018-19 season. Four athletes have qualified for the upcoming WPIAL Class AA diving championships, including Cam Washburn, Jakob Riggle and Robert Boyer on the boys team. andquot;Our diving has been outstanding,

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Kiski Area, Burrell earn top seeds for WPIAL wrestling tournament

The WPIAL wrestling committee on Thursday awarded Kiski Area (Class AAA) and Burrell (Class AA) the No. 1 seeds for the upcoming team tournament, which begins Monday with Class AAA preliminary-round matches. Kiski Area (11-0), ranked third in the state in the Trib HSSN rankings, has won the past two

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Burrell wrestlers take down Derry to claim 16th straight section title

January 23, 2019

The Derry wrestling team attempted what several others over the past decade and a half had failed to do: unseat Burrell from its section championship throne. But the Bucs didn't let their record-setting section streak fall as they topped the Trojans, 46-14, Wednesday evening to capture the Section 3-AA title

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