Tag: Knoch

Deer Lakes’ Jacob Orseno fights for the ball with Hopewell’s Quincy Sannan during a WPIAL Class 2A first-round game last season.
A-K Valley boys soccer preview: Deer Lakes, Plum, Fox Chapel among teams to watch
August 21, 2025
Over the last seven years, the Deer Lakes boys soccer program has found a way to insert itself into the WPIAL championship conversation on an annual basis.

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Kiski Area lineman Wilson Spencer (right) works out during the first day of practice Aug. 11 at Kiski Area.
A-K Valley high school football matchups for 2025 Week Zero
August 20, 2025
Here’s a look at the don’t-miss matchups for Week Zero in the A-K Valley:

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Deer Lakes running back Ryan Love (front) leads the charge in a pursuit drill during practice Aug. 6.
Straight talk from The Birdie as he makes his Week Zero picks in the A-K Valley
If you count the City League, independents and Kiski School, Trib HSSN produced 128 high school football team preview stories to get ready for this season.

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Deer Lakes’ Claire Cacurak (left) was all-WPIAL as a junior last season.
A-K valley girls high school soccer preview: Deer Lakes ‘shooting for higher ground’
The Deer Lakes girls soccer team made a number of long trips for section matches last season and faced a few unfamiliar foes.

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Plum’s Tyler Baleno, left, and Landen Ekiert, right, run defensive reps during practice Aug. 4 at Plum High School.
The Birdie offers up some preseason pigskin poetry for A-K Valley teams
August 17, 2025
Moments after The Birdie turned in his preseason prediction column, his phone rang. (Crazy Train ringtone. RIP, Ozzy.) It was the boss.

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Knoch quarterback Max Wiley throws during a 7-on-7 tournament at Fox Chapel Area High School.
3 generations of Wileys experience joys, pitfalls of sharing sideline at Knoch
August 16, 2025
John Wiley makes no attempt to hide it: The Wiley men are loud.

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Burrell coach Dom Girardi looks on as players run sprints during practice on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, at Burrell High School.
A-K Valley football notebook: Longtime broadcasters change teams for 2025 season
August 14, 2025
After 25 years of calling Highlands sporting events, Mike and Mike have taken their talents across the Allegheny River.

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Knoch quarterback Max Wiley throws during a 7-on-7 tournament at Fox Chapel.
1st-year coach building depth at Knoch
August 10, 2025
Knoch limped to the finish line of the 2024 season. Quite literally.

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Knoch’s Zane Pacek was 4-2 with a 1.60 ERA this past spring.
‘Where the story ended’: Knoch pitcher Zane Pacek commits to Central Michigan
July 28, 2025
Zane Pacek made what ended up being an easy decision while fishing with his dad July 21.

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Knoch’s Kristofer Robinson competes for the Mighty Penguins Junior Black sled hockey team.
Knoch rising senior Kristofer Robinson completes accomplished sled hockey and track seasons
July 26, 2025
Regardless of whether Kristofer Robinson is on the track, in the field or on the ice, the Knoch rising senior is an athlete who wins on a regular basis.

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