Tag: Derry Area

Belle Vernon’s football team will go back up to Class 4A next season.
Westmoreland high school notes: Teams will shift classifications next season
December 2, 2023
Student totals came out last week, but the next two-year enrollment cycle for high school teams will kick in next fall.

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Burrell’s Calio Zanella attempts to escape from Burgettstown’s Dylan Slovick at 127 pounds at the WPIAL Class 2A team wrestling championships Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, at Chartiers-Houston High School.
WPIAL Class 2A preseason Top 10 for 2023-24 wrestling season
November 29, 2023
Preseason Top 10

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Shady Side Academy’s Eli Teslovich steals the ball from Burrell’s Macky Bennis last season.
Trib HSSN 2023-24 WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball preseason breakdown
November 28, 2023
The four-year reign of district and state dominance ended last season for Our Lady of the Sacred Heart as the 2022-2023 season became the Year of the Deer in Class 3A.

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North Catholic’s Alayna Rocco celebrates after defeating Greensburg Salem last season.
Trib HSSN 2023-24 WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball preseason breakdown
November 27, 2023
North Catholic, Blackhawk and Elizabeth Forward won section titles with undefeated records last season, and all three bring back their leading scorer.

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Belle Vernon’s Quinton Martin drives to the basket against Laurel Highlands last season.
Westmoreland County high school notebook: Coach returns to Ligonier Valley girls basketball
November 18, 2023
Ligonier Valley named a new girls basketball coach four days before the official start of practice.

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Veteran coach Gene Brisbane is in his fifth year overseeing the Derry girls program, and he has high hopes for this season because of improved roster numbers.
Increased roster numbers have Derry girls coach Brisbane optimistic about season
November 14, 2023
Gene Brisbane has been on the bench for 49 seasons, and his passion for coaching high school girls and boys never has wavered.

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Derry’s Brady Angus (right) averaged 10 points last season.
Derry boys looking to make noise like section foe Deer Lakes did last season
Derry boys basketball coach Tom Esposito isn’t making any brash predictions about the upcoming season, but after watching section opponent Deer Lakes make a stellar run last year, he often thinks, “Why not us?”

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Penn-Trafford junior Ella Dindak was named to the All-WPIAL second team in Class 4A.
Westmoreland high school notes: Area players selected to All-WPIAL volleyball lists
November 12, 2023
The area was well represented on the All-WPIAL lists for girls volleyball.

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Greensburg Salem’s Gionnah Ruffner will play for the East team at the 2023 WCCA girls volleyball match.
Ligonier Valley to host 2nd annual WCCA girls volleyball match
November 10, 2023
The inaugural Westmoreland County Coaches Association girls volleyball match was a rousing success last fall, so it was a no-brainer for organizers to bring the event back.

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Mars’ Evan Wright works out on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, at Mars.
WPIAL football playoffs roundup: Evan Wright’s 4 TDs lift Mars past Chartiers Valley
November 4, 2023
Evan Wright ran for 159 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 4 Mars to a 44-19 victory over No. 13 Chartiers Valley (3-8) in the first round of the WPIAL Class 4A football playoffs Friday night.

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