Tag: Kiski School

A-K Valley lookahead for Week of Feb. 11, 2019

February 10, 2019

MONDAY Girls basketball: Deer Lakes and Freeport don't share the same section -- or even the same classification -- anymore, but will meet up in the first game of a girls-boys doubleheader at Deer Lakes. Both the host Lancers and visiting Yellowjackets qualified for the WPIAL playoffs, Deer Lakes in

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Kiski Area wrestling takes 3rd at PIAA team tournament

February 9, 2019

HERSHEY -- When you set a goal of being state champion, anything less could be considered a disappointment. Kiski Area saw its dreams of winning a state title dashed in the semifinals, but the Cavaliers regrouped and came back strong to finish third by first defeating WPIAL rival Canon-McMillan, 30-24,

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Ellwood City girls hold out hope for playoff berth in Saturday’s 3 things to watch in HS sports

The 2019 WPIAL boys and girls playoff fields are finally set. Well, the girls' side is nearly finalized. One team will find out if it is headed to the district playoffs or if it will be home listening to the postseason on Trib HSSN. The strange thing is the team

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Kiski Area wrestlers can’t overcome close losses, fall to Northampton in PIAA semifinals

February 8, 2019

HERSHEY -- Kiski Area's dream of winning its first team wrestling title will have to wait for another season. The Cavaliers' hopes were dashed by Northampton in the PIAA Class AAA semifinals Friday at the Giant Center. Too many close losses in the upper weights proved too much for WPIAL

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Kiski Area cruises past Owen J. Roberts in PIAA Class AAA 1st-round match

February 7, 2019

HERSHEY -- A couple Kiski Area wrestlers who usually win didn't Thursday during the first round of the PIAA Class AAA team tournament at the Giant Center. Even after those defeats, though, the Cavaliers showed all the other challengers that it will take a great team effort to defeat them.

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Ambridge, Quaker Valley girls to play for playoff berth Thursday night

February 6, 2019

Win and you're in. It might be stressful for players and coaches, but it's an early playoff gift for girls basketball fans. That will be the case Thursday in Section 2-4A when Ambridge hosts Quaker Valley. Both teams are tied for fourth place with 4-7 records, trailing co-leaders Blackhawk and

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Kiski Area wrestlers have ‘unfinished business’ in PIAA Class AAA tournament

Kiski Area departed Hershey last February unhappy, or at least as unhappy as anyone can feel in the chocolate capital of the world. As much success as the Cavaliers experienced throughout the team wrestling season, they ended on a sour -- not sweet -- note: a loss to Bethlehem Catholic

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George Guido: Putting Burrell’s dominance in perspective

February 5, 2019

It's 13 and counting for the Burrell wrestling team. The Bucs extended their incredible run Saturday with a 54-21 victory over Freedom at Chartiers-Houston High School, giving the program 13 consecutive WPIAL titles. Burrell actually had the title wrapped up early, sporting a 45-9 lead with four bouts left. The

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Kiski Area, Burrell eye state titles with their version of ‘Murderers’ Row’

The New York Yankees teams of the late 1920s were considered some of the best in the history of baseball. The first six hitters in the 1927 Yankees' lineup -- Earle Combs, Mark Koenig, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Bob Meusel and Tony Lazzeri -- were labeled as andquot;Murderers' Row.andquot; They

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A-K Valley wrestling notebook: Roscosky provides boost for Kiski Area

Kiski Area's bench was jumping up and down after the first match of the team's WPIAL Class AAA wrestling semifinal against Canon-McMillan. The reaction didn't come after the Cavaliers got a pin. Instead, one of their youngest starters kept one of Canon-McMillan's best wrestlers from getting a pin of his

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