Tag: Ligonier Valley

Hempfield’s Ella Bringe, right, blocks against Ligonier Valley during the Penn-Trafford volleyball tournament Sept. 17.
Rosters set for inaugural WCCA all-star volleyball match
November 18, 2022
A new event has joined the Westmoreland County Coaches Association sports rotation.

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Thomas Jefferson coach Bill Cherpak earned his 300th career win Friday night.
5 things we learned in Week 11: Bill Cherpak joins ‘role model’ George Novak in WPIAL’s 300 club
November 13, 2022
Bill Cherpak could’ve succeeded in whatever career path he pursued, says his former high school football coach, recalling how the Steel Valley graduate already was a bright leader in those days.

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Ligonier Valley football players warm up at Reeves Field at Geneva College before a power outage Friday night forced its playoff game against Beaver Falls to be moved to Blackhawk.
Ligonier Valley has long, strange trip to WPIAL football quarterfinals
November 12, 2022
Ligonier Valley football players sat quietly in the pitch black of a locker room with no power Friday night at Reeves Field on the campus of Geneva College.

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Ligonier Valley and Beaver Falls players warm up at Blackhawk Stadium before their WPIAL quarterfinal game Nov. 11, 2022. The game was originally scheduled to be played at Geneva College, but a power outage forced the teams to move to Blackhawk.
Beaver Falls shuts out Ligonier Valley in WPIAL quarters
November 11, 2022
Tasked with running a hurry-up offense, the likes of which they had never seen before, Ligonier Valley and Beaver Falls had to pack up and move their WPIAL Class 2A football game to another site Friday night shortly after warm-ups when a blown transformer caused a power outage at Geneva College’s Reeves Field.

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Beaver Falls-Ligonier Valley game delayed by power outage, moved to Blackhawk
The WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinal football playoff game between Ligonier Valley and Beaver Falls has been moved from Geneva College to Blackhawk High School.

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Central Valley’s Bret FitzSimmons celebrates his touchdown reception with Tyler Young during their game against Aliquippa on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, at Freedom Area High School.
WPIAL football playoff preview capsules for Nov. 11, 2022
November 10, 2022
With some unneeded help from Mother Nature, 20 WPIAL football teams hope to slip and slide into next weekend with a shot at district gold alive and well.

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Latrobe quarterback John Wetzel leaps over Highlands’ Nick McQuade last Friday.
Westmoreland County high school football notebook: Sophomore QB sparks Latrobe
When Ron Prady took over the Latrobe football program, he already knew many of the players because he teaches in the district.

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Ligonier Valley’s Haden Sierocky celebrates his touchdown with Broderick Schreyer against Apollo-Ridge on Sept. 16.
After making statement with playoff win, Ligonier Valley runs into powerful Beaver Falls
November 9, 2022
Ligonier Valley celebrated its first WPIAL playoff win last Friday night — on the bus ride home.

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Jake Gedekoh and his Belle Vernon teammates will play East Allegheny in the WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinals.
Birdie feels pain of Westmoreland County teams in WPIAL football playoffs
Last week: 5-4 (56%)

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Latrobe running back Robert Fulton plows through Highlands defenders in the third quarter Friday, Nov. 4, 2022 at Highlands Golden Rams Stadium.
Latrobe, Ligonier Valley celebrate long-awaited WPIAL playoff victories
November 5, 2022
As he walked off the practice field one day last week, Latrobe football coach Ron Prady was asked if he thought his team had a chance against higher-seeded Highlands in the first round of the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs.

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