Tag: Shady Side Academy

Plenty of talented players to return for Shady Side Academy boys golf

November 2, 2018

The Shady Side Academy boys golf team ended up with a 14-0 regular season record and claimed the Section 8-AAA crown for the second year in a row with a perfect 12-0 section mark. andquot;There were some good teams in our section,andquot; SSA assistant coach Kyle Smith said. andquot;To go

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Shady Side Academy sends pair of boys runners to PIAA meet

The Shady Side Academy boys cross country team recently completed its season with a fifth-place finish at the WPIAL championships. The first four teams qualified for the PIAA meet. andquot;We peaked at the WPIALs,andquot; SSA coach Paul Ejzak said. andquot;The boys ran their best times and came within a gnat's

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WPIAL singles, doubles champions advance in PIAA tournament

It was a good day to be a WPIAL champion Friday at the PIAA singles and doubles tournaments at Hershey Racquet Club. Both district singles champions and the two doubles teams that claimed WPIAL gold were victorious in the first round and quarterfinals. North Allegheny's Ashley Huang earned two straight-set

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Quaker Valley, Shady Side Academy to meet for 3rd straight season in boys soccer final

Boys soccer WPIAL championship Class AA No. 1 Quaker Valley (18-3) vs. No. 11 Shady Side Academy (11-6-1) 1:15 p.m. Saturday, Highmark Stadium Coaches: Andrew Marshall, Quaker Valley; Ed Ellsworth, Shady Side Academy Players to watch: Dom Reiter, Sr., F, Quaker Valley; Wally Navid, Sr., M, Shady Side Academy Corner

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Freeport volleyball earns WPIAL quarterfinal victory

October 30, 2018

Freeport still is searching for its best performance, but the Yellowjackets have a chance to find it in the WPIAL semifinals. Ally DeJidas tallied a team-high 12 kills and Lauren Lampus added 11 to lead Class AA No. 1 Freeport to a 3-0 sweep of No. 8 Seton LaSalle in

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Shady Side Academy overcomes Ellis School to capture 14th WPIAL Class A field hockey title

Shady Side Academy field hockey coach Betsy Gorse watched video all day Tuesday. It wasn't game video of the Indians opponent. It was the same five-minute clip of legendary coach Herb Brooks' locker room speech before the U.S. Olympic hockey team went out and stunned the world with an upset

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Shady Side Academy girls shut out rival GCC to advance to state playoffs

After missing out on an opportunity to go for back-to-back WPIAL championships, the Greensburg Central Catholic girls soccer team had an opportunity to clinch a spot in the PIAA Class A playoffs Tuesday night. Rival Shady Side Academy had other plans in its quest for another PIAA title. The No.

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WPIAL sets soccer championship schedule for Highmark Stadium

The WPIAL released the schedule for the upcoming eight soccer championship games, which will take place Thursday through Saturday at Highmark Stadium in Station Square. Thursday's schedule includes the Class A boys game between Avonworth and Greensburg Central Catholic at 6 p.m. and the Class AAA boys game between Franklin

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WPIAL causes buzz by seeding Burgettstown second in deep Class 2A bracket

October 29, 2018

When the Class 2A bracket appeared on the overhead screen, Mark Druga knew immediately that his phone would start buzzing, so he turned it off. andquot;I did not want to interrupt the process,andquot; the Burgettstown coach said Monday at the WPIAL pairings meeting. andquot;I didn't want to be that guy,

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WPIAL field hockey, volleyball playoffs continue in Tuesday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports

Will the golden runs of Penn-Trafford and Ellis School continue Tuesday in a pair of WPIAL field hockey championship matches Peters Township ended Pine-Richland's title run at one with a victory on Monday in the Class AAA finals. Now Latrobe in Class AA and Shady Side Academy in Class A

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