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Miller pitches Western Beaver past Serra Catholic into WPIAL finals

 By Mark Kaboly
Brian Dzurenda’s scouting report on Nick Miller couldn’t have been better. In fact, the Serra Catholic coach was spot-on perfect. Heading into Tuesday’s Class A semifinal playoff game against Western Beaver, Dzurenda knew Miller had a nasty curveball that he would throw in any situation imaginable. “The whole idea was …
Serra’s playoff run ends with loss to Neshannock
By George Guido
Defending PIAA Class A champion and top-seeded Neshannock showed no ill effects from a 16-day layoff in Monday afternoon’s WPIAL quarterfinal. The Lancers jumped on Serra Catholic (11-7) for seven runs in the first inning and rolled to a 14-0 victory at McIntyre Field in Ross Township. The game was …
WPIAL softball postseason newcomers making inroads
By Mark Kaboly
There’s no denying that the Serra Catholic baseball team has been there, done that. The Eagles have won two WPIAL titles, a state championship and 140 games — including 27 in the playoffs — over the past seven years. The same can be said about Elizabeth Forward’s softball team. The …
Hazaga, Serra defeat Bishop Canevin for third time this season
By Mark Kaboly
When Chad Hazaga found out that Serra Catholic’s quarterfinal playoff game against Bishop Canevin was at West Mifflin’s nearly all-turf baseball complex, the first thing …
Former assistant assumes control of Serra hockey program
By Chris Adamski
Brian Boehm recently stepped down as coach of the Serra hockey team after five section titles in seven seasons. “I thought we had the best (coaching) staff in Pittsburgh,” Boehm said last week. “I didn’t think anybody had a better overall staff.” Now, a member of that staff has taken …
WPIAL baseball, softball teams get early heads-up on playoff pairings
By Keith Barnes
Serra Catholic baseball coach Brian Dzurenda likes to keep his team loose on the cusp of the WPIAL playoff pairings announcement, so he took a …
Serra Catholic beats Monessen to clinch section title
By Mark Kaboly
Brian Dzurenda has had his share of good baseball teams at Serra Catholic over his 14 years as coach, but none more satisfying than the current one. Not the one that won the WPIAL Class A title in 2009. Not the one that won the WPIAL Class A title in …
Daily News spotlight athletes: Woodland Hills’ Jake Jessell, Serra’s Haley Havrilla
By Robert Stinner
Jake Jessell Year: Freshman School: Woodland Hills Sport: Baseball Claim to fame: Jessell struck out 12 batters and allowed only one hit in complete-game victory …
Serra baseball team wins big over Clairton
By Mark Kaboly
Serra Catholic baseball coach Brian Dzurenda is obviously a hard man to please. Moments after his team smacked the ball around Boston Field for 13 …
Serra Catholic softball holds off Monessen, 7-5
By Mark Kaboly
Serra Catholic softball coach Mike Elko has been down this road a time of two already this season, so it was understandable that he was …
Frazier softball upends Serra Catholic
By Keith Barnes
Maybe Serra Catholic will find a way to avoid that one big inning that always seems to plague it when the team plays Frazier. It wouldn’t hurt the Eagles’ chances to see the last of Commodores senior shortstop Alexis Livingstone, either. Livingstone hit two doubles, drove in two runs, scored …
Daily News Spotlight Athletes: Serra’s Wayne Hydak, Elizabeth Forward’s Portia McBride
By Robert Stinner
Wayne Hydak Year: Senior School: Serra Catholic Sport: Baseball Claim to fame: Hydak threw a complete-game three-hitter in a 4-1 win over California in early-season …
Kosanovich, Cleary share Coach of the Year honor
By Keith Barnes
The Serra Catholic and Elizabeth Forward girls basketball teams enjoyed similar seasons. Both schools have junior-laden squads that were thought to be a year away …
Hazaga pitches Serra baseball to victory
By Mark Kaboly
The way Serra Catholic baseball coach Brian Dzurenda determines whether a home game will be played is based solely on the infield conditions at Boston Field. Weather conditions never factor in, and that was quite evident during Friday’s season opener against visiting Saltsburg. It didn’t really concern Dzurenda that temperatures …
Serra baseball team eyes return to recent glory
By Mark Kaboly
Brian Dzurenda is well aware of the specifics, and the veteran Serra Catholic baseball coach is pretty sure what his program was able to accomplish …
High school notebook: Serra Catholic hires football coach
By Staff Reports
Serra Catholic athletic director Bill Cleary made sure that each of the eight applicants he interviewed for the vacant football coaching job knew one thing about the program. “I made all of them well aware of where we are,” Cleary said. And still, Tony St. Angelo wanted the job. Serra …
Serra hires Tony St. Angelo to lead football team
By Mark Kaboly
Serra Catholic athletic director Bill Cleary made sure that each of the eight applicants he interviewed for the vacant football coaching  job knew one thing about the  program. “I made all of them well aware of where we are,” Cleary said. And still, Tony St. Angelo wanted the job. Serra …
Poor 1st-half shooting dooms Serra girls in PIAA playoffs
By Mark Kaboly
INDIANA — Bill Cleary has nothing against the media. In fact, the veteran Serra Catholic girls basketball coach has been quite cooperative during his 26 …
Daily News spotlight athletes: West Mifflin’s Tommy Forster, Serra’s Katie Sieg
By Robert Stinner
Tommy Forster Year: Senior School: West Mifflin Sport: Bowling Claim to fame: As a No. 12 seed, Forster won the boys singles championship at the …
Serra girls hope to carry over momentum from first-round PIAA win
By Keith Barnes
Serra Catholic found itself with a bit of an identity crisis after losing to Vincentian in the WPIAL Class A championship game. “It was kind of a tough week,” Serra Catholic coach Bill Cleary said. “I the beginning of the week it was hard, but as the week rolled on, …
Mars knocks off Serra behind goalie Knapp
By Mark Kaboly
After losing two early season games to Mars within a span of two weeks, Serra Catholic hockey coach Brian Boehm was expecting something much different …
Lineup changes help Serra advance in PIHL Penguins Cup playoffs
By Mark Kaboly
Brian Boehm has been coaching hockey long enough to know that something was just not right. So, just like hockey coaches do, Boehm made changes …
Serra’s surprising season stalls in WPIAL title game
By Mark Kaboly
The last thing Serra Catholic coach Bill Cleary wanted to do was get philosophical. However, after his team’s improbable turnaround from a year ago ended …
Wise, Vincentian overcome Serra Catholic in WPIAL Class A final
By Mark Kaboly
Vincentian coach Ron Moncrief paused for a moment to see what the commotion was all about before quickly realizing it could be only one person …
Cleary goes for fifth WPIAL title but must go through Vincentian
By Mark Kaboly
Even though Bill Cleary knows the end is a lot closer than the beginning, the 26-year coach of the Serra Catholic girls basketball team promises that there will be no Ray Lewis or Jerome Bettis ending for him — at least not this year. But don’t mistake that for doubting …