Tag: Kiski School

Alle-Kiski high school notebook: Mowry takes over Knoch football

January 19, 2019

Needing to fulfill a graduation requirement of 2,000 volunteer hours while attending college at Slippery Rock, Brandon Mowry called his former high school football coach Mike King and joined his staff at Knoch as an assistant. And so began a 15-year process that culminated Wednesday with Mowry becoming the eighth

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A-K Valley girls hoops teams struggle through challenges

John Broderick became something like a college coach in his first two seasons as Springdale's girls basketball coach, leaving his Fox Chapel teaching job at midday to sit in Springdale's cafeteria and recruit players. He had some success but then would find himself in the same position the next year:

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WPIAL section tournaments set for Wednesday

January 18, 2019

The section team wrestling tournaments in Class AAA and Class AA will get underway at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Kiski Area is the returning WPIAL champion in Class AAA and Burrell in Class AA. Burrell has won 12 consecutive Class AA titles. The top two teams in each subsection, which have

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Kiski Area wrestling rallies vs. Franklin Regional, pins down top seed

January 16, 2019

Wednesday was senior night for the Kiski Area wrestling team. As a sign of sportsmanship, the Cavaliers public address announcer also recognized the Franklin Regional seniors as they trotted to the middle of the circle, shook hands with Kiski Area coach Chris Heater and were handed gold wrestling pins as

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A-K Valley wrestling notebook: Valley aims to dethrone Burrell for section title

January 15, 2019

Part of Burrell's enormous WPIAL success over the past decade-plus includes a dominance of its section opponents. To wit: The Bucs have won 107 consecutive section matches since the 2002-03 season, claiming the regular-season championship every year since 2004. Although a long line of teams would enjoy the opportunity to

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Kiski Area, Burrell remain atop WPIAL wrestling rankings

Trib HSSN wrestling rankings Class AAA Team, record, previous 1. Kiski Area, 8-0, 1 2. Hempfield, 10-1, 3 3. Seneca Valley, 5-2, 2 4. Waynesburg, 11-0, 4 5. Canon-McMillan, 4-2, 5 6. Thomas Jefferson, 12-0, 7 7. Norwin, 7-2, 8 8. Peters Township, 5-0, 9 9. Greensburg Salem, 6-1, 6

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Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings for week of Jan. 14, 2019

Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings Class AAA Team (district), record, previous 1. Bethlehem Liberty (11), 12-2, 1 2. Bethlehem Catholic (11), 6-1, 2 3. Kiski Area (7), 8-0, 3 4. Cedar Cliff (3), 8-0, 4 5. Cathedral Prep (10), 15-2, 5 6. Council Rock South (1), 3-0, 6 7. Hempfield

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Trib HSSN Wrestling Team of the Week: Waynesburg

Team of the week: Waynesburg The Raiders chose to win again at the Winner's Choice Tournament in Fairmont, W.Va. Waynesburg went into the tournament as the defending champion and once again claimed the title, finishing with 208.5 team points, well ahead of second-place East Fairmont. Four Waynesburg wrestlers won individual

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A-K Valley high school sports look-ahead: Week of Jan. 14, 2019

January 13, 2019

Monday Girls basketball andamp;#8226; Deer Lakes visits Shady Side Academy for a Section 3-3A game. Deer Lakes (9-2, 5-1) can tie for first place in the section with a win. andamp;#8226; Apollo-Ridge's defense will be put to the test at Greensburg Salem, which features 1,500-point scorer Megan Kallock. Apollo-Ridge allows

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Alle-Kiski Valley high school notebook: Burrell girls bit by injury bug

January 12, 2019

An already-daunting challenge became a near impossibility for Burrell last week when the Bucs took the floor for a Section 1-4A girls basketball game against No. 1 North Catholic. Absent three starters to injury, the Bucs had just six healthy players on hand, five of whom were freshmen or sophomores,

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