Tag: Quaker Valley

WPIAL Class AA preseason wrestling rankings

December 5, 2018

WPIAL Class AA preseason team rankings Rank, team, last season's record 1. Burrell, 13-7 andamp;#8226; The Bucs return 11 starters and have won 12 consecutive WPIAL titles. They are the team to beat until someone defeats them. 2. Freedom, 11-6 andamp;#8226; The Bulldogs reached the semifinals and finished fourth in

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WPIAL Class 4A boys basketball breakdown

December 3, 2018

Class 4A Preseason Player of the Year Johnny Crise, Highlands 6-7, Jr., forward 12.0 ppg last season Players to watch Danny Conlan, Quaker Valley 6-5, Sr., F, 12.0 ppg Aaron Hilzendeger, Ambridge 6-6, Sr., F, 19.2 ppg Jacob Johnson, Mt. Pleasant 6-2, Jr., G, 15.5 ppg Cam Nusser, Belle Vernon

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PIAA football playoffs: 30 years in 30 days — Pine-Richland, QV, Jeannette win state gold in ’17

The PIAA had been hosting state playoffs in all but one fall high school sport since 1976. Soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, cross country and field hockey all crowned state champions once the district playoffs concluded. The lone exception to the fall state playoff slate was high school football. It wasn't

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Quaker Valley boys basketball hopes to benefit from depth

November 23, 2018

Quaker Valley's boys basketball team has played for the last two WPIAL Class 4A championships. The Quakers hope to make it back to Petersen Events Center once again this spring as well as to the PIAA semifinals, where they lost to Sharon, 65-48, to finish last season 26-2. andquot;Absolutely. Last

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Tri-County West all-conference: Aliquippa’s Devonshire, Moreland earn MVP honors

November 18, 2018

Aliquippa teammates MJ Devonshire and Solvauhn Moreland, two-way standouts for the WPIAL champion, swept conference MVP honors in the Tri-County West. Devonshire earned the award for offense, Moreland was named the top defender and each received first-team all-conference recognition on both sides of the ball. In all, the Quips earned

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Quaker Valley boys soccer values ‘brotherhood’ more than championships

November 16, 2018

Quaker Valley's soccer program has two annual targets -- WPIAL and PIAA championships -- but this season's team might have developed something more special than its traditional trek to the playoffs. This team became a andquot;family,andquot; according to Quaker Valley coach Andrew Marshall. andquot;It's always been a close group, though

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Quaker Valley athlete of the week: Dom Reiter

November 15, 2018

Dom Reiter School: Quaker Valley Sport: Soccer Class: Junior Claim to fame: Dom Reiter was not just the only Quaker Valley player with a point in every postseason game, he had a point in every game of the season. But the box scores and reality don't quite match, according to

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Quaker Valley’s Jackson a part of Pitt football surge

November 12, 2018

Dane Jackson, a redshirt junior cornerback for the University of Pittsburgh football team, was a part of a balanced defensive effort Saturday in the Panthers' 52-22 victory over Virginia Tech. The Quaker Valley alum and Cornell High School grad was one of three to finish with six tackles. Five of

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Late goal moves Deer Lakes boys soccer into state semifinals

November 10, 2018

Deer Lakes is developing a flair for the dramatic in the state soccer playoffs. A.J. Dorman scored the go-ahead goal with 3 minutes, 4 seconds remaining, and Deer Lakes kept its postseason run going with a 2-1 victory over Quaker Valley in a PIAA Class AA boys quarterfinal Saturday evening

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Quaker Valley reflects on another successful football season

November 9, 2018

Ron Balog couldn't restrain his emotions in an impassioned post-game speech -- he was as happy as he's ever been after a loss and just as sad that the season was over. Quaker Valley's first-year coach wanted his players to know how much they meant to him. andquot;I've always been

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