Tag: Chartiers Valley
CTK ’17 – New WPIAL Football Coaches
August 17, 2017
New Faces – New Places – New Hopes – New Dreams. There are six more coaching changes this off-season then before the 2016 campaign. There are a lot of rookie head coaches getting their first crack, some coaches who are just changing hats and addresses and one who has gone back to the future. Whatever […]
WPIAL football conference preview: Class 5A Allegheny 9
August 10, 2017
The favorite West Allegheny (13-1 overall, 8-0 Allegheny 9 in 2016) Though standout skill players Kenny White (Pine-Richland), a Division I-bound defensive back, and all-conference WR Brandon Lipford (Montour) transferred and six other first-team all-conference players graduated, the defending WPIAL Class 5A champion Indians have plenty of talent remaining. Back
Chartiers Valley’s Tarr aims for 3rd straight trip to PIAA meet
August 5, 2017
For the past two seasons, the Chartiers Valley boys cross country team has come up just short of a PIAA qualifying spot. They will lookCarlynton welcomes Bishop Canevin for girls tennis co-op
Bishop Canevin and Carlynton tend to be fierce rivals. From basketball to soccer to baseball, a win means bragging rights. But when the girls tennis
WPIAL Alum Q&A – Mariah Wells
March 13, 2017
Just more than one week ago, the Chartiers Valley girls basketball team claimed the WPIAL Championship in the 5A classification. Four years prior, the Colts also made an appearance in the title game, but came up just short. Among the standouts on that team in 2012-13 was Mariah Wells, who just completed a successful career on the hardwood at Seton Hill University. She is this week's feature for the WPIAL Alum Q&A.Scholastic Notebook – 03/12/2017
March 12, 2017
New Castle was a good 3-point shooting team in the regular season. But the Red Hurricanes’ marksmanship has even improved in the postseason, and is it any wonder New Castle hasn’t lost a playoff game? New Castle won the WPIAL Class 4A championship and romped past Sharon in the first round of the PIAA playoffs. New Castle has averaged nine made 3-pointers a game in four postseason games and coach Ralph Blundo’s team is shooting 43 percent behind the arc in playoff games. That is excellent for any team, let alone a high school team. New Castle made 11, 9 and 10 3-pointers in three WPIAL playoff games, and then made 7 of 22 against Sharon in the first round of the playoffs.Scholastic Notebook – 03/06/2017
March 6, 2017
It doesn’t take an analytics whiz to figure out that 3-point shooting has become a big part of high school basketball. But if one can deduce anything from the WPIAL championships over the past three days, it is this: While accuracy from 3-point range might be nice, the biggest factor in winning a championship is to hit the boards. Look at the statistics from the 12 boys and girls championships (six in each classification) Thursday through Saturday and rebounding was by far the biggest key and not shooting. Here is what the statistics showed:
Char Valley Avenges Loss, Beats Oak Cath for WPIAL 5-A Girls Crown
March 4, 2017
Ever since losing to Oakland Catholic in a non-section game back on January 21st, Chartiers Valley has had one word on their mind. Redemption. Six weeks and 11 straight victories later, and the Lady Colts have completed that redemption. A stifling defense that limited Oakland Catholic to ten second-half points, coupled with clutch shooting from beyond the arc and at the free throw line, allowed Chartiers Valley to pull away late with a 52-36 victory in the WPIAL 5A Championship Game.
WPIAL Coaches Corner – Tim McConnell
February 26, 2017
In this feature titled “Coach’s Corner”, I will be interviewing a different coach every week and asking them questions about their personal life and about coaching. Hopefully their answers will not only shed some light on how they coach their respective teams, but also allow readers to get to know the men behind the fields/courts. This week highlights Chartiers Valley boys basketball coach Tim McConnell. Coach McConnell is in his 24th season as head coach of the Colts, posting 20+ win seasons in 20 of his previous 23 years. He is closing in on 550 career wins as a coach and he has led Chartiers Valley to 6 WPIAL championships, including titles with each of his sons: TJ and Matty. Let’s take a look inside Coach McConnell’s corner:2016 WPIAL BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS Results
November 6, 2016
The 2016 WPIAL boys soccer champions came in a variety of shapes and sizes from a seed perspective with only one thing in common, none of the four winners began the playoffs as the team to beat. A #2-seed, a #3-seed, a #5-seed and a #6-seed did what they needed to do to register four victories and claim district gold. Here are ALL of the results from the 2016 WPIAL Boys Soccer Playoffs. All results with (MSA) after are matches you can hear archived here at MSAsports.net All four championship matches can be viewed as well with the video archive. 2016 WPIAL CLASS 4-A BOYS SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: North Allegheny Tigers 2 - Seneca Valley Raiders 1 in Overtime (MSA)
