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Alle-Kiski PIAA track title contenders possess right combination of abilities

 By Bill West
For reasons she can’t explain, Emily Lelis — a couple of months away from the start of her freshman year at Springdale — accepted her …
Fox Chapel’s Martin edges rival for 3,200 at WPIAL track championships
By Bill West
A tenth of a second, a blip of time that usually determines sprints, made the difference in this spring’s third 3,200-meter clash between Kiski Area …
Riverview baseball falls to California in windy Class A quarterfinal
By George Guido
The wild winds of West Mifflin helped do in the Riverview Raiders on Wednesday afternoon. Seven balls hit high into the air by California players caught a hilltop gust and was one of the factors in a 6-4 Trojans victory in a WPIAL Class A quarterfinal. Nine walks by Riverview’s …
Riverview’s Murphy eyes WPIAL gold in hurdles
By Bill West
Two years ago, as a freshman, Riverview’s Tyler Murphy just wanted to jump into sand pits and crash pads. His coaches, much to his chagrin, …
Riverview baseball team rolls into quarterfinals
By George Guido
Riverview scored four runs in the fourth and fifth innings and rolled to a 9-4 victory over Rochester in the opening round of the WPIAL …
No. 3 seed Riverview emerges as baseball playoff frontrunner
By Bill West
During the past decade, few WPIAL baseball programs proved better at posting upsets in the playoffs than Riverview. There was the 2001 team that, as …
Valley News Dispatch spotlight athletes: Riverview’s Greg Wagner, Highlands’ Gabby Miller
By Dave Yohe and D.j. Vasil
Greg Wagner Class: Senior Sport: Track School: Riverview Report card: Wagner broke a 25-year-old school record in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9 minutes, 44.3 seconds at the Mars Invitational. He followed that with a seventh-place finish last week at the Baldwin Invitational. Was setting a school record …
Alle-Kiski roundup: Back-to-back homers in 7th lift Plum softball over Serra
By Staff Reports
Plum’s softball team showed it has a flair for the dramatic. The playoff-bound Mustangs used back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the seventh inning …
Alle-Kiski roundup: Riverview grabs share of section title
By Staff Reports
With a mercy-rule victory at Springdale on Friday, Riverview’s baseball team wrapped up a share of its first section title since 2004. The Raiders (12-2), in their first season back in Class A since 2004, capped Section 4-A play with a 14-1, five-inning win over the Dynamos (5-7, 3-5). They …
High school notebook: Playoff picture coming into focus for A-K Valley teams
By Bill Beckner Jr.
The local WPIAL baseball and softball playoff picture is coming into view as the regular season winds down. Local baseball teams headed to the postseason …
A-K Valley distance standouts use strategy to excel
By Bill West
Shortly after he arrived at the track Friday for the Mars Invitational, Riverview senior Greg Wagner asked one of the Raiders’ assistant coaches for heat …
Leechburg softball clinches playoff berth for 27th consecutive year
By George Guido
Tuesday turned out to be a banner day for the Leechburg softball team. Not only did the Blue Devils solidify their 27th consecutive WPIAL playoff …
Alle-Kiski roundup: Runs aplenty in Riverview softball win
By Staff Reports
Among Riverview softball’s many high-scoring games this season, Monday’s nonsection clash with Apollo-Ridge took the top spot. Riverview and Apollo-Ridge combined for 26 runs as …
Valley News Dispatch Spotlight Athletes: Kiski Area’s Andrew Dickun, Riverview’s Hannah Larkin
By Dave Yohe and D.j. Vasil
Andrew Dickun Class: Senior Sport: Track School: Kiski Area Report card: Dickun took first place in the 100-meter dash at Saturday’s Wildcat Invitational at Hempfield Area High School. He also won the same event at the Altoona Igloo Invitational on March 31. What was your goal for the Wildcat meet? …
Guido: Riverview baseball field to get alterations for dek hockey rink
By George Guido
Riverview’s baseball team will soon be on the move — but not too far. The school’s baseball field will be moved nearly 100 feet from its present location so a dek hockey rink can be part of the athletic offerings at the venerable complex. Oakmont Borough, which owns the park, …
Riverview’s three-man rotation stifling opponents
By Bill West
Signs of the North Catholic baseball team’s frustration Friday afternoon at Riverside Park in Oakmont were subtle at first — a grimace here, a headshake …
Alle-Kiski roundup: Riverview’s Malky fans 15 in victory
By Staff Reports
On a windy day at Riverside Park, the North Catholic baseball team couldn’t avoid the breeze created by Riverview star pitcher Anthony Malky. The senior …
Former Springdale coach eyes surprise return to field
By Bill Beckner Jr.
Admittedly bored and void of a working relationship with the game he coached for 50 years, Chuck Wagner said he is ready to come out …
Local roundup: Riverview beats Deer Lakes in opener
By Staff Reports
Akron recruit Anthony Malky struck out 10 in a complete-game victory and Dom Conte had three hits as Riverview opened the season with a 3-2 nonsection victory over Deer Lakes at chilly Pullman Park in Butler. Cole Quinio’s sacrifice bunt moved Jason Anthony to third, and Anthony scored the game-winning …
High school notebook: Riverview will not field boys tennis team
By Bill Beckner Jr.
Riverside Park in Oakmont had its tennis courts resurfaced, but the sleek, new layout won’t have a team to play on it this spring. Because of a lack of participation, Riverview High School is suspending its boys team for a year. Athletic director Bob Kariotis said a poll was taken …
High school roundup: Riverview girls fall in playoff opener
By Staff Reports
Riverview has a young girls team and could have postseason success in its future. That means this year’s playoff trip was a learning experience. Riverview couldn’t overcome an early deficit and lost, 42-28, to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in a Class AA preliminary-round game Friday night at Cornell …
Riverview girls win in regular-season finale
By Bill Beckner Jr.
Riverview’s girls basketball team did the right thing earlier this season when it removed two games from its schedule because it was over the PIAA …
High school basketball notebook: Freshmen girls making impact
By Bill Beckner Jr.
Riverview coach Keith Stitt could see basketball talent in Sadie Buchser when she was playing in eighth grade. Some say Buchser probably was varsity-ready then. …
Riverview girls stun No. 3 Jeannette
By Bill Beckner Jr.
After giving Jeannette a relatively close game in the teams’ first meeting, Riverview’s girls basketball team had its sights on an upset in the Section …
High school notebook: Riverview gives up two games
By Bill Beckner Jr.
It’s a case of calling a foul on yourself before anyone could blow the whistle. Riverview’s girls basketball team removed two nonsection games from its …