Tag: Knoch

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.

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.

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.

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.

Apollo-Ridge’s Connor Bogdanski takes part in the Big Man Challenge on July 23, 2025, at Fox Chapel.

Athletes put summer workouts to use in Fox Chapel’s Big Man Challenge

Apollo-Ridge right tackle Connor Bogdanski was tired, but earned the feeling he was looking for July 23 at James M. Burke Athletic Facility. The Vikings had the smallest school enrollment at the Big Man Challenge, but they were able to earn a team victory over host Fox Chapel and Knoch.

Joe Lafko watches his Hampton team against Highlands in January 2024. Lafko will coach Knoch next season.

Longtime coach Joe Lafko hired to lead Knoch boys basketball team

May 16, 2025

Joe Lafko looked to the future and also the past for motivation to return to coaching high school boys basketball.

Upper St. Clair’s Sadie Tomczyk edges Plum’s Gabrielle Layne and Norwin’s Melani Schmidt in the 200-meter final during the WPIAL Class 3A track and field championships Wednesday.

Apollo-Ridge’s Jaden McCray, Freeport’s Mackenzie Magness among A-K Valley champs at WPIAL meet

May 14, 2025

Apollo-Ridge junior Jaden McCray earned a fifth-place medal in the javelin at last year’s WPIAL Class 2A track and field championships. That came with an automatic trip to states.