Volleyball
Knoch, Knoch – Who’s There? – WPIAL 3-A Girls Volleyball Champion Knights
November 5, 2017
It takes a high level of dedication and commitment to continue to pursue a championship for 32 seasons without ever winning one, but that’s what Coach Geist has done coaching the girls’ volleyball team at Knoch High School. The top seeded Knights ended that championship drought, winning the Girls 3A WPIAL Championship three sets to […]
Beaver Dethrones Freeport to Win WPIAL Girls Volleyball 2-A Crown
Last year, Freeport and Beaver met at Baldwin High School in the WPIAL Class 2A Volleyball Championship match. Freeport won the match 3-1, winning back-to-back district titles. 364 days later, Beaver got their revenge. They defeated Freeport in an instant classic, winning the match 3-2 (18-25, 25-21, 25-18, 18-25, 15-13) for their first WPIAL Volleyball […]
Bishop Canevin Back on Top in WPIAL 1-A Girls Volleyball
It is an odd year for the Bishop Canevin volleyball team. And that’s a good thing. The Lady Crusaders defeated Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in straight sets (25-19, 25-22, 25-23) to win the 2017 WPIAL Class 1A Championship. It is the third championship in five years for Bishop Canevin, who also won in […]North Allegheny sweeps Armstrong for 5th WPIAL girls volleyball crown
November 4, 2017
From the first week of the season through Saturday's Class AAAA girls volleyball finals, North Allegheny was atop the Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association rankings,Hempfield girls volleyball falls short of PIAA tournament berth
The Hempfield girls volleyball team's hopes of returning to the PIAA tournament fell short Saturday. The Spartans lost 3-0 to 2016 champion Seneca Valley inKnoch tops Montour for 1st WPIAL girls volleyball championship
Dianne Geist has been coaching the Knoch girls volleyball program for 31 years, and after a long road she and her Knights reached the pinnacle
Beaver defeats Freeport in 5 sets to capture 1st WPIAL volleyball title
Macy McElhaney rose up at the net, blocked a kill attempt and the ball fell to the other side of the court and with it
Bishop Canevin claims WPIAL Class A volleyball title
Last year, the players on the Bishop Canevin girls volleyball team stood in a line, some with tears in their eyes, watching Greensburg Central CatholicSouth Fayette volleyball caps season in quarterfinals
There was only one thing South Fayette girls volleyball coach Scott Sundgren wanted from this season — more of it. After watching his young roster
Brentwood volleyball relishes playoff experience
November 3, 2017
Anna Betz excelled in her dual role as a middle hitter and defensive specialist on the Brentwood girls volleyball team this season. A three-sport standout
Freeport girls volleyball aims for 3rd consecutive WPIAL title
Hannah Mason knows what it's like to go head-to-head in an intense battle with the Beaver girls volleyball team. The senior outside hitter and her
WPIAL Girls Volleyball Semifinals Recaps 2017
There have not been a lot of surprises in the district girls volleyball postseason as chalk has prevailed. It will be #1 vs #2 in 4-A, in 3-A and in 2-A and #1 vs #3 in 1-A. Those Saturday matchups were finalized after the eight Semifinals matches Thursday on the Trib Live High School Sports […]
Defending champion Freeport girls advance to WPIAL title game
November 2, 2017
Freeport ran away from Serra Catholic in Game 1 of Thursday's WPIAL Class AA semifinal at Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic. The No. 1-seeded Yellowjackets were
Top-seeded North Allegheny sweeps Hempfield in WPIAL semifinals
North Allegheny senior middle hitter Kayla Dinkins sent a charge over the net, testing the waters early Thursday night at North Hills Middle School. The
Freeport setter Courtney Grubbs uses ‘sixth sense’ to set up her hitters
November 1, 2017
Freeport setter Courtney Grubbs is a fan of the animated movie andquot;Finding Dory,andquot; and after watching the beluga whales in the film use echolocation to
Hempfield volleyball aims for another upset in semifinals
The Hempfield girls volleyball team has hit its peak in the WPIAL Class AAAA playoffs. The No. 12-seeded Spartans, who finished third in Section 3
No. 12 Hempfield upsets Baldwin in WPIAL volleyball quarterfinals
October 31, 2017
Hempfield has gotten healthy at the right time. The Spartans, who have played through an injury-riddled girls volleyball season, were running on all cylinders in
Freeport sweeps Deer Lakes to roll into WPIAL volleyball semifinals
Freeport wasted little time showing why it's the top seed in WPIAL Class AA and the top-ranked girls volleyball team in the state. The YellowjacketsNo. 2 Beaver takes down Derry in WPIAL volleyball quarterfinals
Alix Ellis wanted to do anything possible to turn around the Derry girls volleyball team's performance. The senior right-side hitter didn't want the Trojans' bestLigonier Valley girls fall to Bald Eagle Area
The Ligonier Valley girls volleyball team was ousted from the District 6 playoffs Tuesday night after a 3-0 quarterfinal loss to top-seeded Bald Eagle Area.
