Tag: Knoch
PIAA girls volleyball, soccer quarterfinals set in Saturday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports
November 9, 2018
While it was a great start to the state playoffs for soccer teams around the WPIAL, the same can't be said for district girls volleyball teams. Only five of 12 WPIAL teams were able to pick up victories in the opening round of the PIAA postseason on Tuesday. Among the
Knoch volleyball maintains togetherness as PIAA title push rolls on
Prior to practice Thursday, Knoch girls volleyball coach Diane Geist served pancakes to her players. Geist has an agreement with her team that she will make them anytime someone makes a pancake dig in a match, and Kenzie Kerkan delivered in Tuesday's 3-1 win over Elizabeth Forward. Kerkan sprawled on
A-K Valley PIAA volleyball capsule: Saturday’s match
November 8, 2018
PIAA Class AAA Quarterfinals Knoch (23-0) vs. Dover (16-7) 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Hollidaysburg High School Winner plays: Winner of Warren/Thomas Jefferson Coaches: Diane Geist, Knoch; Brett Hoffman, Dover Players to watch: Kennedy Christy, Knoch; Emma Davis, Dover Service points: Knoch began the defense of its PIAA title with a tighter-than-expected
Knoch wants to win at PIAAs for setter Fitzpatrick
November 7, 2018
Kerrie Fitzpatrick grew up watching her older sisters, Kaley and Kara, play volleyball at Knoch, so she's been around the program and the sport most of her life. andquot;My whole family plays, so I've been playing volleyball since I could hold a ball,andquot; Fitzpatrick said. As the Knights' lone senior,
WPIAL champion Knoch rallies past Elizabeth Forward in opening round of PIAA volleyball playoffs
November 6, 2018
With the gym buzzing with noise and the threat of being pushed to a fifth set by an energetic and upset-minded Elizabeth Forward on the horizon, Knoch summoned the moxie needed of a team that had won 46 matches in a row. When it came down to crunch time, the
A-K Valley athletes of the week: AJ Dorman and Hannah Rowe
AJ Dorman School: Deer Lakes Class: Junior Sport: Soccer Report card: Coming off a tough loss 1-0 loss to section rival Shady Side Academy in the WPIAL Class AA semifinals, Dorman made sure it didn't happen again. A two-year starter, he had a hat trick to help Deer Lakes roll
Its WPIAL title defense complete, Knoch volleyball sets sights on PIAA repeat
November 5, 2018
With a second consecutive WPIAL championship in the books, Knoch girls volleyball is getting ready to start another title defense. Knoch swept Thomas Jefferson, 3-0, to win the Class AAA title Saturday at Fox Chapel and now turns its attention to the state tournament, starting with Elizabeth Forward in the
A-K Valley PIAA volleyball capsules: Tuesday’s matches
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Class AAA Knoch (22-0) vs. Elizabeth Forward (13-5) 7 p.m. Tuesday, North Catholic Winner plays: Winner of Somerset/Dover on Saturday, site/time TBD Coaches: Diane Geist, Knoch; Kameron Smith, Elizabeth Forward Players to watch: Hannah Rowe, Knoch; Bri Spirnak, Elizabeth Forward Service points: Knoch, coming off its second consecutive
PIAA soccer, volleyball, field hockey playoffs set to begin in Tuesday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports
Since being shut out of gold in PIAA soccer nine years ago, WPIAL teams have captured 20 of the 52 state championships. Three times district teams have left Hershey with four state soccer crowns, including 2012 and '13 when WPIAL teams won eight of the 12 titles. The other seasonA-K Valley high school notebook: Local teams embrace unknown
November 4, 2018
It's the time of the schedule where local teams venture out into the unknown. The PIAA playoffs begin Tuesday in soccer and volleyball, with the Deer Lakes boys soccer team and the Freeport and Knoch girls volleyball teams representing the Alle-Kiski Valley. Deer Lakes plays District 10 champion Fairview at
