Tag: Kiski School
WPIAL wrestling teams find out opponents for PIAA team tournament
February 3, 2019
Now that the Burrell and Kiski Area wrestling teams have successfully defended their WPIAL titles, they can focus on winning PIAA championships. The PIAA team tournament begins Monday in both Class AAA and Class AA. Canon-McMillan, which defeated Waynesburg for third place in Class AAA, will travel to Pittsburgh to
A-K Valley notebook: St. Joseph grad stars in Super Bowl commercial
February 2, 2019
A former St. Joseph boys basketball standout will get a shining moment on professional football's biggest night. Chris Conroy, a 2005 St. Joseph graduate, is starring in a Super Bowl commercial for Mercedes Benz's A-Class model. In the ad, which was posted online Thursday and is titled andquot;Say The Word,andquot;
Kiski Area wins third straight WPIAL Class AAA wrestling crown
Kiski Area is beginning to collect WPIAL championships the way it gets pins: in bunches. Control of Class AAA wrestling remained firmly with the Cavaliers, who rolled to their third consecutive title with a convincing 49-17 victory over Seneca Valley on Saturday at Norwin. One of the WPIAL's most consistent
Five things to watch at Saturday’s WPIAL wrestling semifinals, finals
February 1, 2019
The WPIAL Class AAA and AA wrestling championships will be held Saturday. Kiski Area (Class AAA) and Burrell (AA) are the returning champions, and both are seeded No. 1 in each classification. Here are some interesting facts about the team tournament. Can Burrell do it again Burrell has reached the
Kiski Area senior wrestlers determined to win 3rd straight WPIAL title
January 31, 2019
The memory of the 2016 WPIAL Class AAA wrestling semifinals still stings Kiski Area: a match the Cavaliers expected to win against a Canon-McMillan team they beat earlier in the season. Yet, the match showed the fickle nature of the postseason: a surprising opening pin caused a 12-point swing Kiski
Kiski Area wrestlers roll into WPIAL Class AAA semifinals after convincing victories
January 30, 2019
The Kiski Area wrestling team is halfway home to what it hopes is a third consecutive WPIAL Class AAA team championship. The top-seeded Cavaliers defended their house Wednesday evening, scoring a 65-6 first-round victory over South Fayette and a 49-16 quarterfinal triumph over Connellsville. andquot;I thought we wrestled well,andquot; Kiski
Alle-Kiski Valley Athletes of the Week: Kiski Area’s Brenden Brzozowski, Burrell’s Abby Horcicak
Brenden Brzozowski School: Kiski Area Class: Senior Sport: Swimming Report card: Brzozowski made his last splash at last Saturday's Westmoreland County Coaches' Association's swimming championships. The four-year starter and Edinboro swimming commit finished fourth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.37) and the 100 butterfly (54.37). Brzozowski swam anchor in the Cavaliers'
High school wrestling notebook: WPIAL tournament will go as planned Wednesday
January 29, 2019
With school districts canceling classes for Wednesday ahead of the frigid temperatures that are expected in Western Pennsylvania, WPIAL officials said Tuesday the wrestling team tournament will go on as scheduled. There are eight sites hosting first-round and quarterfinal matches: four in Class AAA (Kiski Area, Canon-McMillan, Hempfield and Seneca
Strategy key for Burrell, Kiski Area wrestling coaches in team postseason
Josh Shields took a rough, if facetious, estimate of when he begins preparation for the team wrestling postseason. andquot;Last year, right around March,andquot; Burrell's sixth-year coach said with a laugh. andquot;The brackets for the team things relatively stay the same, so I knew the types of teams we would be
Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings for week of Jan. 28, 2019
Trib HSSN state wrestling rankings Class AAA Team (district), record, previous 1. Bethlehem Liberty (11), 17-2, 1 2. Bethlehem Catholic (11), 9-1, 2 3. Kiski Area (7), 11-0, 3 4. Cedar Cliff (3), 12-0, 4 5. Council Rock South (1), 8-0, 6 6. Seneca Valley (7), 10-2, 10 7. Nazareth
