Ray Fisher stories, Page 19
Fisher’s files: Senior captain sees growth in Sewickley Academy girls lacrosse team
Libby Eannarino’s distinguished three-sport career at Sewickley Academy continues. The 5-foot-9 senior was a high-scoring backcourt player in basketball, a midfielder in soccer and currently is a midfielder on the Sewickley girls lacrosse team. She has served as captain in all three sports. Eannarino also competes for Sky Walkers Lacrosse...
Sewickley Academy doubles teams find success in section, WPIAL tournaments
The top four doubles competitors in Section 4-2A boys tennis this season proved to be Sewickley Academy athletes. In an all-Sewickley final, freshmen Max Kopf and Ben Terrell won the doubles championship by knocking off seniors Jackson Quigley and Tejas Mitra, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Kopf and Terrell were seeded second...
After strong start in Myrtle Beach, Thomas Jefferson baseball keeps rolling
The Thomas Jefferson baseball team began the season with three wins and a 29-run outburst at the Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach. The Jaguars returned home and continued their winning ways. TJ rang up a 10-0 record through the first month of the season, outscoring the opposition by an 82-12...
Fisher’s Files: Baldwin track coach Ed Helbig surprised by hall of fame honor
Baldwin coach Ed Helbig has been battling serious health issues since June. But he received great news away from the hospital setting this past winter. Helbig was selected for induction into the Baldwin Athletic Hall of Fame. “I was totally surprised,” Helbig said. “When I found out the group that...
Sewickley Academy track team collecting medals
The Sewickley Academy track team kicked off its 2024 schedule April 4 in a seven-team meet at Hampton. The Panthers ended the meet with 23 medal-worthy performances, led by sophomore Herlynn Niepa’s first-place finish in the girls 100-meter dash thanks to her time of 13.16. Niepa also placed fifth in...
Momentum keeps building for Quaker Valley girls track team
The Quaker Valley track and field program is thriving. Big time. The QV girls team has won the past two WPIAL Class 2A championships. The Quakers defended their title with ease last year at the WPIAL finals at Peters Township, rolling past Winchester Thurston, Knoch and Derry. The QV girls...
Daysaun Spencer, Meghan Schruben display athleticism for Brentwood track and field
Youth is being served this season in the Brentwood track and field program. Brentwood’s Daysaun Spencer and Meghan Schruben were a triple medalists April 13 at the Chartiers-Houston track invitational. Spencer won both the boys long jump and triple jump events with distances of 21 feet, 1.5 inches and 41-4,...
Bethel Park’s Artemis Conaboy picks up where she left off last season
Artemis Conaboy’s favorite track and field event is the 400-meter dash. “I love the length of the race and the how anyone can win and catch up at different points of the race,” said the athletic Bethel Park senior. Well, Conaboy picked up where she left off last season at...
Bethel Park’s Ryan Petras, Eddie Cebula make early season impact
Bethel Park athletes Ryan Petras and Eddie Cebula recently were cited as players of the week on back-to-back days in their respective sports. Petras, on April 7, was named Trib HSSN baseball player of the week. A day later, Cebula was lauded as a Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association player...
After claiming WPIAL singles title, Severin Harmon, Sewickley Academy tennis turn attention to team success
Severin Harmon has been the top singles player for the Sewickley Academy boys tennis team for three seasons. Now, he reigns as the WPIAL’s No. 1 player in Class 2A. Harmon defeated Aquinas Academy senior Jackson Gillespie, 6-3, 6-3, in the WPIAL singles championship match April 10, at Glen Creek...
Experienced Quaker Valley boys tennis team ready for prime time
The 2023 season was viewed as a dress rehearsal for 2024 for the Quaker Valley boys tennis team. “If last year was a rehearsal, then this year is show time,” coach Christi Hays said. QV won the Section 5-2A championship with a 10-0 record in 2023, then defeated Burrell, 5-0,...
4 Quaker Valley girls hockey players compete in national championships
Four Quaker Valley girls advanced with their teams to the 2024 USA Hockey national championships in various cities across the country. QV senior Sydney Hewitt, junior Emily Reiner, freshman Isabel King and seventh-grader Grace Keisel recently competed with their Steel City Selects girls hockey team as MidAm champions in their...
Young Quaker Valley boys lacrosse lineup looks to build on playoff season
Quaker Valley’s boys lacrosse team proved to be a tough nut to crack in the second half of last season. QV won four in a row down the home stretch and six of seven after April 14 to lock up a WPIAL playoff berth. The seventh-seeded Quakers rallied to an...
Libby Eannarino, Ashley Close return as team leaders for Sewickley Academy girls lacrosse
Sewickley Academy’s girls lacrosse team should have an outstanding one-two punch this season in Libby Eannarino and Ashley Close, both senior midfielders and co-captains. Both were lacrosse all-stars in Section 1-3A last year. “We want to build on what we started last year and set the tone for the future,”...
Fisher’s Files: Quaker Valley, Sewickley Academy players picked for Roundball Classic
Three Sewickley area athletes have been named to participate in the annual Roundball Classic basketball games, set for May 22-26 at North Allegheny. Top senior players from the WPIAL, City League and District 10 were selected to play in the all-star weekend. Quaker Valley guard Joe Coyle was chosen to...
Medal-winning Quaker Valley diver taking talents to Idaho
The University of Idaho is located in the city of Moscow in the North Central region of the state. Along with the rest of the Idaho panhandle, Moscow, population 25,000, is in the Pacific Time Zone and sits 2,297 miles from Pittsburgh. The panhandle is bordered by the state of...
Veteran lineup looks to lead Quaker Valley baseball back to playoffs
The Quaker Valley baseball team is looking for a return to the postseason. The Quakers have qualified for the WPIAL playoffs eight times in the past 10 seasons that have been played and were section champs from 2013-16. QV finished fifth in Section 1-3A last year behind Riverside (12-0), Neshannock...
Vinnie Heller earns Thomas Jefferson’s prestigious Breisinger Award
His statistics are not gaudy. Thomas Jefferson’s Vinnie Heller caught five passes for 79 yards in 2023, averaging 15.8 yards per reception. But it’s approach to the game and dedication to the TJ football program that caught the attention of players and coaches. A senior wide receiver/hybrid linebacker, Heller was...
Thomas Jefferson boys reflect on special season
It ranks as one of the best basketball seasons in school history. Thomas Jefferson’s boys basketball team rolled to a 21-3 record before having the wind knocked out of its sails in the WPIAL Class 5A semifinals. “Our kids did everything I asked,” coach Dom DeCicco said. “We came up...
Sewickley Academy baseball expects excitement on diamond
It appears the Sewickley Academy baseball team will have a nice mix of experience and talented underclassmen this spring. “Overall, with the combination of experienced leadership, new talent and improved facilities, the team has the potential to have a memorable and successful season in 2024,” coach Andrew Petruska said. “We’re...
Quaker Valley swimmers find success in postseason pools
Two Quaker Valley girls, senior Emily Connors and junior Margaret Getty, qualified for the PIAA Class 2A championships in four events. Connors, a UNC Wilmington recruit, advanced in the 50-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly off her third-place showing in both at the WPIAL finals. She also competed on the Quakers’...
Maddox Shaw’s PIAA title highlights decorated season for Jaguars
A two-time WPIAL champion, Thomas Jefferson’s Maddox Shaw advanced to the PIAA Class 3A tournament in Hershey again this year where he took first place in the 139-pound weight division. Shaw became TJ’s second state champion in the past three years and second under coach Michael Ladick. “For 730 days...
Mason Kernan caps Bethel Park career as WPIAL champion, PIAA bronze-medalist
Mason Kernan ended his four-year reign on the mats at Bethel Park with a 124-18 record. A 133-pound senior and West Virginia recruit, Kernan captured a WPIAL Class 3A championship and placed third in the state this season. “Mason competed hard this season and gave everything he had,” Bethel Park...
Decorated senior class moves on, but Bethel Park baseball expects to contend again
Bethel Park has won two PIAA baseball championships and two WPIAL runner-up trophies over the last three years. The Black Hawks were WPIAL finalists in 2023 but saw their two-year run as PIAA 5A champions end with a 2-1 playoff loss to Bonner-Pendergast out of District 12. “We graduated 14...
Pair of Quaker Valley wrestlers hit 40-win mark, make states
One is a senior and the all-time leader in wins at Quaker Valley; the other is a sophomore star who displayed his mettle all season. Jack Kazalas and Bruce Anderchak both advanced to the PIAA Class 2A wrestling tournament at Giant Center in Hershey and both finished the year reaching...
