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Keystone Oaks baseball ace shines in blowout win over Elizabeth Forward

 By Mark Kaboly
Keystone Oaks coach Scott Crimone is as enamored with Jared Skolnicki’s gaudy statistics as much as the next guy. Though Skolnicki’s record has been perfect, …
Three KO senior football players sign their LOIs
By Nathan Smith
Three Keystone Oaks senior football players signed their letters of intent to continue their playing careers last week. Senior lineman Ryan Carroll signed his letter …
Keystone Oaks softball challenging for Section 1-AA title
By Nathan Smith
Mark Kaminski wanted the Keystone Oaks girls softball team to get serious when he took over last season. It didn’t take long for the new …
Track & field teams expecting big things in 2013
By Nathan Smith
When the WPIAL track and field teams come around the final bend of the season, don’t be surprised if several area athletes are leading the …
Kittanning’s Nolf wins 3rd WPIAL wrestling title
By Bill West
Opponents in a tournament final for the second time in a week, Kittanning junior Jason Nolf and Keystone Oaks senior Nick Zanetta adjusted their strategies …
Local roundup: Rosato leads Keystone Oaks skaters
By Staff Reports
Ryan Rosato scored four goals and added two assists as the Keystone Oaks hockey team defeated visiting Frazier, 8-4, in a PIHL Open Division game on Thursday. Jonathan Mead made 18 saves to get the win for Keystone Oaks (13-6-1). Jacob Boucher scored two goals for Frazier (3-16). Nicholas Farrell …
Strong group stands between Kittanning’s Jason Nolf and a 3rd straight WPIAL title
By Bill West
Each of the past two wrestling seasons, when asked in the early winter about who might stand between him and success, Kittanning’s Jason Nolf identified …
Keystone Oaks hockey bounces back from two-game skid to defeat Carrick
By Nathan Smith
It was a rough week for the Keystone Oaks hockey team. After going on a six-game win streak to clinch a spot in the PIHL …
Keystone Oaks girls basketball overcomes slow start in Class AAA playoffs
By Nathan Smith
Keystone Oaks girls basketball coach Nikki Presto wasn’t exactly pleased with her team’s performance against Mt. Pleasant in the preliminary round of the WPIAL Class …
Crusaders, Colts fill up Class AA all-star roster
By Nathan Smith
The Bishop Canevin and Chartiers Valley hockey teams will square off in a rematch of the Crusaders’ 6-5 win on Feb. 21. But on Feb. …
Chartiers Valley downs Keystone Oaks in Section 5-AAA showdown
By Nathan Smith
After defeating Keystone Oaks 98-82 last week, Chartiers Valley boys basketball coach Tim McConnell said he would like to his senior center Spencer Casson reproduce …
Keystone Oaks sports soared to new heights in 2012
By Nathan Smith
The Keystone Oaks Golden Eagles had several special moments during the 2012 season. A handful of athletes made it to PIAA tournaments, a team claimed …
Senior duo leading Keystone Oaks boys basketball team
By Nathan Smith
Cory Sevacko and Jared Skolnicki have seen the highs and lows the Keystone Oaks basketball team has experienced over the past three seasons. As freshman …
Keystone Oaks girls basketball’s ugly wins lead to 4-1 start
By Nathan Smith
It was a strong showing for the Keystone Oaks girls basketball team last week when looking at the final results. The team rattled off three …
Keystone Oaks boys basketball embracing high expectations
By Nathan Smith
There are some pretty high expectations for the Keystone Oaks boys basketball team heading into the 2012-13 season. The Golden Eagles had a breakout campaign …
KO wrestling returning plenty of experience
By Nathan Smith
The 2011-12 season was big for the Keystone Oaks wrestling team. The Golden Eagles went 4-0 in Section 3-AA A subsection action, finished third at …
Area girls hoops teams prepare for first season in new sections
By Nathan Smith
When it comes to the Signal Item area girls basketball teams, it is all about settling into new homes. Each squad has moved into a …
Keystone Oaks hockey starts season 2-0
By Nathan Smith 8:53 p.m.
Starting strong has been something that has escaped the Keystone Oaks hockey team in recent seasons. The squad dropped four-straight season openers and started with …
Golden Eagles suffer first loss
By Nathan Smith 8:52 p.m.
Keystone Oaks hockey coach John McCarthy had a simple explanation of what happened during the Golden Eagles 11-3 loss to Ford City last week – …
Area football players poised to have a big season in 2013
By Nathan Smith
The 2012 WPIAL football season is drawing to a close. The helmets and pads are locked away, coaches have stopped drawing Xs and Os and …
South Allegheny starts slow, routs Keystone Oaks
By Keith Barnes
South Allegheny may not have qualified for the WPIAL Class AA playoffs since 1986, but on the cusp of ending a 26-year postseason drought, the Gladiators were nearly victims of their own overconfidence against winless Keystone Oaks. “We were a little bit cocky in the beginning because we are a …
Keystone Oaks tennis pair finds postseason success
By Nathan Smith
The dynamic duo of Keystone Oaks’ Emily Valley and Maura Gray made noise at the WPIAL Class AA girls doubles tennis tournament. The pair defeated …
Keystone Oaks falls to Quakers, 21-14
By Nathan Smith
The season didn’t get any easier for the Keystone Oaks football team as it fell to Quaker Valley, 21-14, for the program’s first 0-4 start …
First-year coach Van Balen looking to lead KO girls volleyball to success
By Nathan Smith
When Keystone Oaks needed a new coach for the girls volleyball squad, it didn’t have to go far — it just had to look to the bench. Former assistant Ben Van Balen replaced previous coach Mike DiPaolo, who accepted a position as an assistant coach with the Point Park women’s …
Bishop Canevin dismantles Carlynton, 38-0
By Nathan Smith
Bishop Canevin showed why it was the No. 2 team in the Tribune-Review’s Class A rankings as it pounded its way to a 38-0 win …