Tag: North Allegheny
North Allegheny claims 2nd straight PIAA Class 4A girls volleyball crown
November 17, 2018
SILVER SPRING TOWNSHIP -- Dandamp;#233;jandamp;#224; vu was the theme Saturday night. North Allegheny faced Bishop Shanahan in the PIAA Class 4A girls volleyball finals for the second year in a row. Although the location was different, as were several of the players, the result was the same as North Allegheny
Highway to Heinz culminates in Saturday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports
November 16, 2018
Eight teams are headed to the big house hoping to strike gold on the North Shore of Pittsburgh. For the 18th year in a row, the WPIAL will be holding four of its football championship games at Heinz Field. There are a couple of rookie teams tasting the title game
North Allegheny volleyball expects another battle against Bishop Shanahan in PIAA final
November 15, 2018
Paige Miller remembers the amount of preparation the North Allegheny girls volleyball team put in before a match against Bishop Shanahan around this time last year. Film study, plus a Tigers' team firing on all cylinders, swept Bishop Shanahan to win its first PIAA Class AAA volleyball championship since 1994.
North Allegheny preaches consistency, mental toughness after semifinal loss
North Allegheny senior linebacker Dante Caputo knew Seneca Valley's football team wasn't going to be a pushover. In the first meeting between the teams, the Tigers squeaked past the Raiders with a four-point win. andquot;I knew what they were capable of,andquot; Caputo said. andquot;Coming into the playoffs, I looked back
North Allegheny cross country runner Kinne chooses Duke
North Allegheny cross country senior Zachary Kinne put so much into figuring out where he wanted to continue his career, he made himself sick. Kinne signed a letter of intent to the Duke men's team for the 2019-20 season Nov. 14. andquot;I finished my application for early decision on Nov.
North Allegheny returns to PIAA title match by topping Garnet Valley in semifinals
November 13, 2018
The North Allegheny girls volleyball Twitter account has pinned photo of the team celebrating its 2017 PIAA championship, complete with the golden ball trophy and a 15-foot long banner proclaiming the Tigers state champions. On Saturday, the Tigers will get a chance to update that photo. North Allegheny defeated Garnet
PIAA soccer, volleyball semifinals set in Tuesday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports
November 12, 2018
Upon first glance, the western finals of the PIAA boys soccer playoffs look like a WPIAL pitch party. Seven of the eight teams playing for a spot in the state championships from the west side of the boys soccer bracket are from District 7, with Radnor from District 1 being
North Allegheny, Pine-Richland lead Class 6A all-conference football teams
North Allegheny and Pine-Richland each had six players earn first-team all-conference honors in WPIAL Class 6A. The two schools combined to fill all five offensive line spots. NA's Art Walker was named coach of the year. Central Catholic had five first-team selections and Canon-McMillan had three. Mt. Lebanon, Norwin and
Freeport, Knoch and North Allegheny girls volleyball teams set for PIAA semifinals
November 11, 2018
The Freeport, Knoch and North Allegheny girls volleyball teams all remain alive in their quests for back-to-back PIAA championships. They will play semifinal matches Tuesday evening. Freeport swept District 9 champion Redbank Valley in the first round of the Class AA tournament and scored a 3-2 win over WPIAL champion
Five things we learned from Friday’s WPIAL playoffs
November 10, 2018
This was a tough week for the favorites. Three No. 1 seeds were upset Friday night in the WPIAL football playoffs, a break from the predictability seen previously under the new six-classification format. Consider, in the past two seasons combined, 10 of the 12 top seeds reached the WPIAL finals.
