Tag: Shady Side Academy
Quaker Valley, Shady Side Academy to meet for 3rd straight season in boys soccer final
November 2, 2018
Boys soccer WPIAL championship Class AA No. 1 Quaker Valley (18-3) vs. No. 11 Shady Side Academy (11-6-1) 1:15 p.m. Saturday, Highmark Stadium Coaches: Andrew Marshall, Quaker Valley; Ed Ellsworth, Shady Side Academy Players to watch: Dom Reiter, Sr., F, Quaker Valley; Wally Navid, Sr., M, Shady Side Academy CornerFreeport volleyball earns WPIAL quarterfinal victory
October 30, 2018
Freeport still is searching for its best performance, but the Yellowjackets have a chance to find it in the WPIAL semifinals. Ally DeJidas tallied a team-high 12 kills and Lauren Lampus added 11 to lead Class AA No. 1 Freeport to a 3-0 sweep of No. 8 Seton LaSalle in
Shady Side Academy overcomes Ellis School to capture 14th WPIAL Class A field hockey title
Shady Side Academy field hockey coach Betsy Gorse watched video all day Tuesday. It wasn't game video of the Indians opponent. It was the same five-minute clip of legendary coach Herb Brooks' locker room speech before the U.S. Olympic hockey team went out and stunned the world with an upset
Shady Side Academy girls shut out rival GCC to advance to state playoffs
After missing out on an opportunity to go for back-to-back WPIAL championships, the Greensburg Central Catholic girls soccer team had an opportunity to clinch a spot in the PIAA Class A playoffs Tuesday night. Rival Shady Side Academy had other plans in its quest for another PIAA title. The No.
WPIAL sets soccer championship schedule for Highmark Stadium
The WPIAL released the schedule for the upcoming eight soccer championship games, which will take place Thursday through Saturday at Highmark Stadium in Station Square. Thursday's schedule includes the Class A boys game between Avonworth and Greensburg Central Catholic at 6 p.m. and the Class AAA boys game between Franklin
WPIAL causes buzz by seeding Burgettstown second in deep Class 2A bracket
October 29, 2018
When the Class 2A bracket appeared on the overhead screen, Mark Druga knew immediately that his phone would start buzzing, so he turned it off. andquot;I did not want to interrupt the process,andquot; the Burgettstown coach said Monday at the WPIAL pairings meeting. andquot;I didn't want to be that guy,
WPIAL field hockey, volleyball playoffs continue in Tuesday’s 3 things to watch in high school sports
Will the golden runs of Penn-Trafford and Ellis School continue Tuesday in a pair of WPIAL field hockey championship matches Peters Township ended Pine-Richland's title run at one with a victory on Monday in the Class AAA finals. Now Latrobe in Class AA and Shady Side Academy in Class A
Shady Side Academy boys edge Deer Lakes to return to WPIAL title game
Prior to Monday's semifinal with Shady Side Academy, Deer Lakes boys soccer coach Jordan Wiegand told his players the two keys to victory were outworking their opponent and finishing their chances. The first key went well. Deer Lakes worked the ball around effectively, kept possession for long periods and got
Greensburg Central Catholic girls volleyball advances to semifinals
No. 3 Greensburg Central Catholic withstood two persistent sets by No. 6 Brentwood, but prevailed for a 3-0 victory in the WPIAL Class A quarterfinals Friday night at Oakland Catholic. Despite no one recording more than two kills, the Centurions were able to use strong serves to throw Brentwood off
