North Allegheny Survives Scare to Win 7th WPIAL AAA Boys Volleyball Title in a Row

By: HSSN Staff
Friday, May 24, 2013 | 12:19 AM

In the WPIAL Boys AAA Volleyball Championship match the North Allegheny Tigers defeat the  Bethel Park Black Hawks by a 3-2 match score to win their 7th title in a row and their 10th in the last 11 years and 16th overall title.

The Tigers took game one 25-17 and made it look easy. At 13-10 they went on a 12-4 run to win. Tommy Keisling the SR OH led the way with his power game.

In game two it was close and tied 9-9 before Bethel Park would take control. NA fell apart mid game  as the Blackhawks went on an 8-3 run to go up 21-15. Camden Hay the SR OH came up big to lead the way and his kill gave BP a 5 point lead at 23-18 on their way to a 25-21 game two win to tie the match at 1-1.

In game three NA simply made a statement. They led early by 5-3 and went on a tear. Runs of 7-1 to go up 12-4, and an 11-4 finish showed why they are the dominant program in AAA.

All the momentum NA had they lost as the Black Hawks would go up early at 5-2 and hold the lead until 13-13.  At this point the match became intense as they would trade the lead 5 times and tie 7 times before BP took control and at 21-21 scored the final 4 points to win game four 25-21. The left handed Grant Underwood would lead the way for Bethel Park.

In the deciding game 5, the Tigers rolled to a 7-1 lead as again Bethel could not sustain momentum from the previous game victory. They would themselves go on a 6-3 run to cut the lead to three but could get no closer. NA would get two big kills from David Haas and two from Brendan Brown on the way to a game five 15-8 win and a 3-2 match victory.

Bethel Park still chases their elusive first WPIAL title as they take second place for the second time in their team history.

Both teams enter the PIAA state tournament starting next week. North Allegheny will face Norwin while Bethel Park will take on an opponent to be determined.

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