Tag: Kiski School

High school wrestling notebook: Kiski Area cements No. 1 ranking

December 26, 2018

Kiski Area showed why it is ranked No. 1 in the WPIAL and No. 2 in the state. The Cavaliers knocked off No. 2 Canon-McMillan, 36-33, and No. 4 Seneca Valley, 39-32, in a duals tournament at Canon-McMillan on Friday. No. 3 Hempfield beat Canon-McMillan, 42-24, before losing to Seneca

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WPIAL wrestling rankings for week of Dec. 24, 2018

December 25, 2018

WPIAL wrestling rankings Class AAA Team, record, previous 1. Kiski Area, 4-0, 1 2. Seneca Valley, 4-0, 4 3. Hempfield, 8-1, 3 4. Waynesburg, 4-0, 5 5. Canon-McMillan, 2-2, 2 6. Franklin Regional, 2-0, 6 7. Greensburg Salem, 2-0, 7 8. Thomas Jefferson, 7-0, 8 9. Norwin, 5-2, 9 10.

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A-K Valley wrestling notebook: Highlands having bounce-back season

After a difficult 2017-18 season, Highlands is having a rebound year. A 60-16 Section 3-AA victory last week over South Allegheny gave the Golden Rams (6-5, 1-1) their first section win since the 2016-17 season. That win, plus a pair of third-place finishes at the North Hills Duals and the

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Powerade Tournament offers big test for local wrestlers

Cam Connor walked into Canon-McMillan's gymnasium three years ago this week as a wide-eyed freshman ready for his first crack at the one of the most prestigious high school wrestling tournaments in the country. He will enter the same gym Friday with a sharper focus but the same belief in

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Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings for week of Dec. 24, 2018

State wrestling rankings Class AAA Team (district), record, previous 1. Bethlehem Catholic (11), 3-0, 1 2. Kiski Area (7), 4-0, 2 3. Cedar Cliff (3), 6-0, 3 4. Cathedral Prep (10), 4-1, 5 5. Bethlehem Liberty (11), 6-0, 6 6. Council Rock South (1), 1-0, 7 7. Seneca Valley (7),

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Trib HSSN wrestling team of the week: Kiski Area

Team of the week: Kiski Area (4-0) The Cavaliers won WPIAL Class AAA championships each of the past two seasons and came into 2018-19 as the favorite to do so again. But what they did this week still rings as impressive. In the four-team WPIAL Showcase at Canon-McMillan, No. 1

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Trib HSSN wrestler of the week: Kiski Area’s Stone Joseph

Wrestler of the week: Stone Joseph, Kiski Area, fr. A concussion sidelined Joseph for Kiski Area's first few competitions of the season, but he made the most of his long-awaited debut. The freshman heavyweight had a dominant 20-second pin in his first varsity match, helping the Cavaliers roll to a

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Norwin’s Phipps, North Hills’ Hillegas seek 2nd Powerade titles

Kurtis Phipps knows how hard it is to win the Powerade Christmas Tournament. Last year as a sophomore, the Norwin wrestler defeated eventual PIAA Class AAA 103-pound champion, Seneca Valley sophomore Alejandro Herrera-Rondon, in the semifinals and then Maryland state champion, St. Pauls' Will Guida in the finals. North Hills

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A-K Valley lookahead for Week of Dec. 24, 2018

December 23, 2018

THURSDAY Boys basketball: The Apollo Trust Company Holiday Tournament tips off with former section rivals Leechburg and Riverview at Apollo-Ridge. Both teams are off to hot starts, with Leechburg leading Section 3-A and Riverview winning its first three games of the season. The nightcap of the Highlands holiday tournament features

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Alle-Kiski high school notebook: Christmas break challenges coaches

December 22, 2018

The holidays may be the most wonderful time of the year, but for high school coaches, they also can become one of the more stressful. With practices and games on hiatus until after the Christmas holiday passes Tuesday, coaches are leaving it to their players to remain vigilant until competition

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