Tag: Pine-Richland

Ace’s secret weapon helps Pine-Richland softball to signature early season win

April 17, 2021

Gabriella Aughton showed up to Pine-Richland’s game at Hempfield on April 9 with a secret weapon.

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Ousted coach Eric Kasperowicz reapplies to lead Pine-Richland football team

April 16, 2021

Pine-Richland already has at least one applicant to coach the football team next fall, and it’s someone who knows the program very well.

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Pine-Richland board member resigns amid backlash over football coach’s firing; parents call for reinstatement

A Pine-Richland school board member resigned his post without explanation Friday amid community uproar over the school district’s decision to fire championship-winning football coach Eric Kasperowicz earlier this week.

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Cowboys QB Ben DiNucci supports Eric Kasperowicz after coach’s surprise firing at Pine-Richland

Ben DiNucci lives 1,200 miles from Pine-Richland but was stunned when word reached him in Texas that his high school football coach had been fired.

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Mark Madden: Pine-Richland’s shameful firing of Eric Kasperowicz deserves better than ‘no comment’

Pine-Richland High School fired Eric Kasperowicz after eight seasons as football coach. He won two state championships and four WPIAL titles, including one of each this past season. Kasperowicz was 85-18. He’s beloved by his players and known for his professionalism. Plenty of Kasperowicz’s players got football scholarships.

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Football coach Eric Kasperowicz: ‘No bullying or hazing took place’ at Pine-Richland

April 15, 2021

A day after being fired, former Pine-Richland football coach Eric Kasperowicz pushed back against any allegation of hazing or bullying in his program, while his assistants described a toxic relationship with the school’s administration.

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WPIAL awards $1,000 scholarships to 20 scholar-athletes, cancels luncheon

The WPIAL/James Collins Scholar-Athlete Program luncheon was canceled again this spring because of the pandemic, but the $1,000 scholarships will be awarded as planned.

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Pine-Richland fires football coach Eric Kasperowicz 5 months after winning state title

April 14, 2021

In the span of eight years, Pine-Richland football coach Eric Kasperowicz built the Rams into one of the WPIAL’s best programs with four WPIAL championships and two state titles.

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North Allegheny, Mt. Lebanon move on to Penguins Cup finals in Class AAA

April 13, 2021

Connor Chi’s second goal of the game 30 seconds into overtime gave No. 4 North Allegheny a 4-3 win over Peters Township in the first of two PIHL Class AAA semifinal matchups at the RMU Island Sports Center on Neville Island on Monday night.

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Ambridge takes over as Class AA No. 1 in latest WPIAL volleyball coaches rankings

April 12, 2021

The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its Week 3 boys volleyball rankings Monday morning, and for the second week in a row, there is a new team at the top of Class AA.

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