Ray Fisher stories

Sewickley Academy’s boys soccer team in anchored by a pair of top-notch underclassmen this season. The Panthers’ starting goalkeeper is freshman Hayden Haley, who is supported by sophomore goalie Carson D’Antonio, who also plays in the field. “It’s a great feeling to know we have two talented and capable goalies...

Five Quaker Valley golfers — yes, five — qualified for the WPIAL Class 2A boys tournament out of Section 9. The section tournament took place Sept. 15 at Rolling Acres Golf Course; the target score for securing a berth in the WPIAL playoffs was 84. Not only did QV’s Will...

Quaker Valley’s Avery Allan was awarded the No. 2 seed in Class 2A for the WPIAL girls tennis singles tournament. And the QV sophomore ended up second as top seed Gabrielle Dusi of Belle Vernon earned a marathon 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 victory in the finals Sept. 18 at North Allegheny....

Week 4 is the unofficial midpoint of the WPIAL high school football season. Quaker Valley played four nonconference games in the first half and won three of them. The Quakers defeated Valley in Week 4 by a score of 29-20 to add to earlier nonconference wins over Freedom and Keystone...

They have achieved prominent, high-level status in the Quaker Valley girls volleyball program. Mia Gartley, Bella Jarrett and Megan Harris rarely if ever leave the court during QV volleyball games. Gartley and Jarrett are 5-foot-9 outside hitters while Harris is a 5-5 junior libero. They are serving as captains this...

Sewickley Academy and the Class 5A Moon Tigers have a co-op partnership on the football field. And Sewickley senior Blake Wilmot has taken full advantage of the opportunity this fall. A senior defender on the Panthers’ soccer team, Wilmot also is a kicking specialist for the Moon gridders. “This is...

Quaker Valley’s Avery Allan had to be at her competitive best if she entertained any thoughts of winning the girls singles title in Section 5-2A tennis. As the No. 1 seed, the QV sophomore faced Sewickley Academy junior Lucy Taylor in the championship round where she emerged with a 6-1,...

Thomas Jefferson won its first three section games in girls soccer to climb into a tie for first place with South Fayette at 3-0. In fact, the Jaguars reeled off five consecutive victories earlier this season to improve to 5-2 overall. After starting out with one-goal losses to Upper St....

It was a tight race in boys soccer between Thomas Jefferson and Bethel Park in Section 2-3A last year. And it appears 2025 is developing into a mirror image of 2024. TJ started out unbeaten in the first month of the season with a 7-0-1 record. The only blemish on...

There was no second guessing coach Courtney Frost in her assessment of the Thomas Jefferson girls volleyball team. The Jaguars’ second-year coach was succinct and provided a direct response. “I expect my team to win our section and make it to the finals of the WPIAL and state playoffs,” Frost...

The Brentwood football team recovered nicely from season-opening losses to Yough and South Allegheny. Brentwood won back-to-back mercy rule games against Sto-Rox, 41-0, and Springdale, 42-0, to improve to 2-2 overall, 1-0 in the Class A Eastern Conference. “I like how our team responded after losing our first two games,”...

Cami Fisher added yet another honor in her outstanding tennis career at Bethel Park. The Bethel Park junior defended her Section 4-3A singles title Sept. 11 with a close 7-6 (7), 6-4 victory over Upper St. Clair freshman Brianna Kuczinski in the finals. Fisher is the fifth girl in school...

The Bethel Park boys soccer team responded to a season-opening loss by going unbeaten in its next five games. As a result, the two-time defending Section 2-3A champions found themselves in a tie for first with rival Thomas Jefferson in the section at 4-0-1. Bethel Park and TJ staged six...

One month into the season, the Bethel Park football team was 3-1 and averaging a hefty 38.2 ppg. Bethel Park scored 40-plus points in nonconference wins against Seneca Valley (43-26) and West Mifflin (41-7) and eclipsed 50 points in a 56-28 victory over Armstrong. The Black Hawks’ only loss was...

Bethel Park senior Santino LaMolinare, a 6-foot-3, 275-pound all-conference lineman, drew nine Division I college offers before committing Aug. 3 to Duquesne. LaMolinare was a first-team all-conference pick in the Allegheny Six last season and was part of the highest-scoring offense in Class 5A as the starter at right tackle....

Tyler Kennedy adds high value and instant credibility to the Sewickley Academy hockey program. Kennedy spent nine years in the NHL where he played in more than 500 games for four teams. He was an integral member of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Stanley Cup championship squad in 2009. Kennedy brings his...

Quaker Valley recorded its first sweep of the girls volleyball season Sept. 9 against a section opponent, New Brighton. QV defeated the visitors by scores of 25-15, 25-21, 25-20 to improve to 2-1 in Section 1-2A and 2-4 overall. “I think this team’s strength has to be defense,” QV coach...

Sewickley Academy’s girls golf team wrapped up the season’s first half at 6-2, capped by a one-shot win Sept. 3 against Beaver. Sewickley edged the Bobcats, 218-219, at Seven Oaks Country Club in a match that took one extra hole. “The whole team has worked really hard,” Sewickley coach Kelly...

Sewickley Academy’s boys soccer team finally hit the road in mid-September. The Panthers played their first four games on their home turf, compiling a 3-1 record and a 1-0 mark in Section 1-A. Sewickley was scheduled to visit Freedom on Sept. 9 and South Side on Sept. 11 in section...

Winning the Midwestern Athletic Conference girls tennis championship could usher in bigger things for Quaker Valley in 2025. Led by sophomore Avery Allan, QV repeated as the winner in the team competition at this year’s MAC tournament at Beaver. Teams from both Class 2A and 3A were in the field,...

Hannah Stein, at age 16, already is a world traveler. Make that a globe-trotting linguistic. Stein, a junior and returning starter on the Quaker Valley girls tennis team, spent almost seven weeks on the other side of the earth this summer. The QV jetsetter traveled to Morocco through a program...

Quaker Valley scored twice in each half en route to a 4-0 victory in its annual girls soccer rivalry game. The Quakers blanked visiting Sewickley Academy in a nonsection contest Sept. 4 at Chuck Knox Stadium. QV has captured the last three games in the rivalry, winning by 2-1 and...

Eden Christian Academy’s girls volleyball team opened the season with 3-1 wins over West Allegheny and South Park. Since then, the Warriors went 2-2 in their next four decisions with 3-0 victories against Western Beaver and Brentwood. Eden is the defending champion in Section 5-A as the Warriors were undefeated...

The Quaker Valley girls soccer team had nine reasons why its season-opener was a successful outing. The Quakers blanked Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, 9-0, on Aug. 28 as six players scored goals for the winning side. Freshman MF/ATT Ella Plachecki, senior MF Ari Bosh and sophomore MF/D Mia...

There’s a trendy new sport in town that has the Sewickley Academy athletic program adrenalized. For the first time in school history, Sewickley is fielding a girls volleyball team this fall coached by Julia Arlia. “We are extremely excited to launch our first girls volleyball team this year,” said Mike...