Tag: Shady Side Academy

State, WPIAL champions highlight Trib 25 football all-star team

December 12, 2018

Another high school football season has come and gone, and 2018 will be memorable for teams and players across Western Pennsylvania. Penn Hills and Aliquippa celebrated PIAA titles in Hershey and shared WPIAL championship glory with Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Steel Valley, South Fayette and Pine-Richland. There were

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Mike Rettger tournament to feature top matchups in Tuesday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports

December 10, 2018

The format is the same for most WPIAL boys and girls basketball teams. Open the season in a tip-off tournament, play a nonsection tune-up or two and then jump into section play for three or four games before the holidays. However, for four boys hoops teams, it has become a

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Veteran Shady Side Academy girls basketball team looks forward to promising season

December 8, 2018

Last season, the Shady Side Academy girls basketball team failed to qualify for the WPIAL playoffs, finishing with an 11-10 mark. They graduated three starters but return a quartet of players who were at one point or another in the starting lineup. They are seniors Catherine Jewart (5-foot5, G), high-scoring

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Shady Side Academy boys aim to replace key players lost to graduation

The Shady Side Academy boys basketball team finished 14-10 overall and 7-3 in section play a year ago, good for a share of the section title. They lost to Seton LaSalle in the second round of the WPIAL playoffs and fell to Fairview in the first round of the PIAA

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WPIAL field hockey all-stars announced

December 5, 2018

The Peters Township, Penn-Trafford and Shady Side Academy field hockey teams captured WPIAL championships in 2018, and all three were well represented on the All-WPIAL Division I and II squads released recently. Division I First Team Jessie Kolesar, Norwin Emelia Krakora, Mt. Lebanon Veronica Schratz, Peters Township Greta Schratz, Peters

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WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball breakdown

December 4, 2018

Class 3A Preseason Player of the Year Bella Burrelli, Neshannock 5-11, Sr., forward 17.9 ppg last season Players to watch Ariana Goitz, Shady Side Academy 5-6, Sr., G, 19.0 ppg Maura Huwalt, South Park 6-0, Sr., F, 13.0 ppg Amaia Johnson, East Allegheny 5-8, Jr., G/F, 12.2 ppg Karly McCutcheon,

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Freedom’s Jayden Sharpless named Trib HSSN Girls Soccer Player of the Year

December 1, 2018

Trib HSSN Girls Soccer Player of the Year Jayden Sharpless Freedom, freshman, midfielder Freedom rang up goals at a WPIAL-best pace this season, and its freshman phenom provided much of the firepower. The younger sister of Florida Atlantic commit Myla Sharpless, Jayden adapted to the high school level quickly. She

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WPIAL soccer players named to All-America, All-Region teams

November 29, 2018

The WPIAL received substantial recognition from the United Soccer Coaches -- the former National Soccer Coaches Association of America -- on Thursday. Four players from the district were lauded as All-Americans, and five more were named to All-Region II East teams. West Allegheny senior midfielder Nathan Dragisich and Butler senior

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Shady Side Academy’s Skyy Moore commits to Western Michigan

November 26, 2018

Skyy Moore can't exactly jump for joy right now, given his recovery from a fractured left ankle. But that didn't make the Shady Side Academy football star any less excited to make his college decision Monday. Moore, a standout quarterback/defensive back, committed to Western Michigan after visiting the school's campus

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PIAA football playoffs: 30 years in 30 days — Defense leads Rochester to ’98 title

November 23, 2018

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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