Quaker Valley Boys Soccer Wins WPIAL Championship

The boys team defeats Mars, 2-1, in the WPIAL Class AA match Saturday.

The  Quaker Valley boys' soccer team defeated Mars in overtime Saturday to clinch the WPIAL Class AA crown. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the boys scored with 4.2 seconds left in the second overtime to defeat Mars, 2-1 at Chartiers Valley High School. With time ticking down, the No. 4 seed Quakers made one last rush down the field and moved the ball into the box, the Post-Gazette reported. Adam Richert controlled the ball and lobbed a shot from about 12 yards away into the goal to avoid moving to a shootout. Congratulations Quakers!  Did you attend the game? Upload your photos to Patch. Read more of the highlights from the Post Gazette. 

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John Linko

10:20 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

The Quakers begin their quest for the PIAA State Championship on Tuesday Evening at 8:00 PM at North Allegheny, against District 10 (Northwest PA) runner-up General McLane. The complete championship bracket is available at: http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/documents/2012_AAB_SOC_Brax.pdf   more ›

As Olympics Near, Divers Prep for Settlers Cabin Competition

Director of a local dive meet says the Olympics introduce many young athletes to the sport of diving.

One day after the USA Diving National Preliminary Championships wrap up at the Settlers Cabin Dive Pool in Robinson, meet director Dorothy Krug will board a flight to London to watch her daughter compete as an Olympic diver.  "It's just totally exciting," said Krug, director of the Pitt Aquatic Club and mother of Cassidy Krug, the 26-year-old Montour alum selected for this year's U.S. Olympic diving team. "A lot of kids have an Olympic dream but it's not one that you actually get to see happen."  The pool at Allegheny County's Settlers Cabin Park is hosting a senior-level dive meet that will serve as one of four regional qualifiers for the 2012 AT&T National Diving Championships next month in North Carolina.  Divers ranging in age from …

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Quaker Valley Hockey Team Captures Second Championship

QV posted a 4-1 win against West Chester Rustin Sunday at the Robert Morris University Island Sports Center. This is its second Class A Pennsylvania Cup.

Quaker Valley Wins Class A Penguins Cup

Quaker Valley claims the Penguin Cup championship and ends a 10-game losing streak to Mars with their 4-2 win Saturday at CONSOL Energy Center. QV advances to the state championship game at 3 p.m. Sunday at RMU Island Sports Center.

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Sewickley Academy Coach Influences a 'Generation of Gentlemen'

Coach Win Palmer led last year’s boys basketball team to win the state championship. This year, he's leading a lesson in winning and losing both on and off the court.

Last year, the Sewickley Academy boys’ basketball team went all the way, placing first in the PIAA Class A State Championship. The team won the WPIAL championship back to back in 2009 and 2010. And for the sixth time in the past eight seasons, the Panthers clinched the section title. After so much success in recent years, where does the team go from here? Athletic Director and Head Coach Win Palmer knows the difficulty that lies ahead for his team this year. He lost five seniors and now has a very young team. He has to start all over again, outlining the basic principles of basketball in order to create a winning team. It is a demanding and repetitive method of coaching, but it’s the process Palmer really enjoys. “I want to build another …

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Police: Steelers Fan Cited After Drunken Celebration

Patrick McCormick, 28, of Moon Township yelled and pretended to play football in the Sewickley Car Store parking lot following the Steelers' AFC Championship victory.

A Pittsburgh Steelers fan who pretended to score a touchdown Sunday night after the championship game instead scored a trip to the local police lockup, Sewickley police reported. Sewickley police cited Patrick McCormick, 28, of Moon Township with public drunkenness before he was taken to the Coraopolis Police Department’s jail. Sewickley police Sgt. Dave Mazza said he had just completed his shift and was stopped at a red light on Chestnut Street at Route 65 shortly about 11:15 p.m. when he noticed McCormick behaving strangely. Police said McCormick approached Mazza’s driver’s side door and stared into the window before running across Route 65 to the Sewickley Car Store parking lot. Once in the lot, police said McCormick began yelling and …

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Misplaced Yinzers in Good Company When Seeking Steelers

Avid Steelers fans forced to watch Sunday's big game out of town can find good company at a Steelers bar near you.

If you’re living in Pittsburgh right now, the concept of wishing to see more black and gold, or feeling deprived of company swathed in Terrible Towels might seem strange. But for Sarah Crawshaw, a former Pittsburgher living in Charleston, SC, and other members of the Pittsburgh Diaspora, playoff season comes with more than a touch of nostalgia. Raised on the North Side in a family of die-hard fans famous for their resplendent tailgate parties, Crawshaw admits that sometimes she finds herself grading papers between plays when she watches games now. It's harder to get her Southern friends interested in the action. “My parents have had season tickets to Steelers games for 40 years. So tailgates are literally like homecoming for me,” Crawshaw …

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Holly Usher

2:02 pm on Friday, January 21, 2011

Great story! I love how it's Sewickley-centric, Pittsburgh-centric AND national.   more ›