Tag: Valley

Valley’s Elijah Murray finishes off a route after catching a pass on the right sideline.
Valley to rely on experience, running game
September 8, 2020
The Valley Vikings lacked experience last season, and it showed early.

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Apollo-Ridge’s Klay Fitzroy intercepts a pass intended for New Brighton’s Jake Francona last season.
The Birdie whistling a happy tune now that football is back in the A-K Valley
September 5, 2020
The TribLive HSSN high school sports staff logged on to a video conference call for the annual high school football preseason meeting.

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Kiski Area’s Sam Albert (center-left) will look to lean on his senior running back Kenny Blake (far left) and their running game this season while Burrell’s Shawn Liotta (center-right) will lean on his air-raid, run-and-shoot style offense with senior quarterback Alex Arledge at the helm. Albert represents the coaches who lean on the running game and Liotta is a coach who leads the new wave of coaches that lean on a fast-paced passing offense.
Run vs. Pass: Fast-paced, high-scoring offenses finding a home in Alle-Kiski Valley
When Shawn Liotta took over the Burrell football program two years ago, he brought a fast-paced and exciting passing offense with him.

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Franklin Regional’s Palmer Jackson and Southmoreland’s Maggie Moore receive the 2019 Excellence Awards from Judge John J. Driscoll at the annual Westmoreland County Scholar Athlete banquet April 30, 3019.
Westmoreland County scholar-athlete awards to be handed out Wednesday
July 13, 2020
The votes are in and the winners have been selected for the annual Judge John J. Driscoll Westmoreland Scholar-Athlete banquet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Ferrante’s Lakeview.

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Plum’s A.J. Collins drives in a pair of runs with a base-loaded single during the fifth inning against Independent Players on Monday, June 29, 2020, at Valley High School in New Kensington.
Plum bats stay dangerous in WPBL victory
June 29, 2020
A six-run fifth inning turned out to be the difference for Plum in an 11-7 victory over the Independent Players in Western Pennsylvania Baseball League action Monday at Valley High School.

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Kiski’s Billy Perroz eyes an outside pitch that he takes to right field for a second-inning, three-run triple against the Independent Players in WPBL action Thursday, June 25, 2020 at Valley High School.
Golden Cavs hold off late surge to start WPBL season 2-0
June 25, 2020
When the Kiski Area Golden Cavs took on Gateway last Thursday in the Western Pennsylvania Baseball League, they didn’t score until the fourth inning.

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Valley’s Issac Kelley can’t get to a ball hit by Highlands’ Dom Fellows in the sixth inning Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at Valley High School.
Mix-and-match Independent Players are ready for busy summer
The Independent Players summer baseball team looks like it is going to have a busy summer.

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Franklin Regional’s Palmer Jackson and Southmoreland’s Maggie Moore receive the 2019 Excellence Awards from Judge John J. Driscoll at the annual Westmoreland County Scholar Athlete banquet April 30, 3019, at Ferrante’s Lakeview in Hempfield.
Driscoll Westmoreland scholar-athlete banquet set for July 15
June 21, 2020
It looks like the 64th annual Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete banquet is a go.

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Gateway coach Mark Wardzinski talks to the players on his high school team March 10.
Western Pennsylvania Baseball League sets plans for season with 20 teams on board
June 10, 2020
Bob Johnston was trying to find a league where Gateway high school players could play this summer.

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Bundled up fans watch New Kensington High School’s Willie Thrower score a touchdown at Forbes Field in the WPIAL title game on Thanksgiving Day in 1947. The Red Raiders defeated Har-Brack, 28-0.
New Western Pa. high school QB award honors trailblazer Willie Thrower
June 8, 2020
Starting this fall, the top quarterback among schools in the WPIAL and City League will receive an award named in honor of the NFL’s first African-American signal-caller.

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