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Defense, Special Teams Leads Central Catholic to Back-To-Back Championships

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Two preeminent powers in the WPIAL’s largest classification dueled for the first time with a championship at stake and the Central Catholic Vikings outlasted the North Allegheny Tigers, 38-24, at Martorelli Stadium on Friday night in the Class 6A Championship Game. The Central Catholic defense forced three turnovers and senior Anderson Cynkar had two return… More »

Student-Athlete Spotlight: Central Catholic’s Dominic Pieto

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Name: Dominic Pieto Position: Utility Years you have played: Three years on varsity, but started playing when I was 5 so a total of 13 years GPA: 3.8 Future plans: Long Island University to study Sports Management and play Baseball Dream job: MLB Coach Hobbies: Football and Hanging with friends Athletic accomplishments: 6A WPIAL football… More »

Student-Athlete Spotlight: Central Catholic’s Joe Olsavsky

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Name: Joe Olsavsky Position: Second Base Years Played: Nine GPA: 3.6 Future Plans: Play baseball at John Carroll University and study Finance Dream Job: Pro baseball player Hobbies: Hanging our with friends, football, and golf Athletic Accomplishments: Player of the Week and All-Section Honorable Mention Academic Clubs: Viking Ambassadors Favorite Baseball Memory: Myrtle Beach Trip… More »

Student-Athlete Spotlight: Central Catholic’s Brandon Gelpi

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Name: Brandon Gelpi Position: Outfield Years played: 4 year starter for Central Catholic High School Varsity Baseball GPA: 4.2 Future plans: I will continue my academic and athletic career at the University of Illinois at Chicago. I will be studying Teaching of History (Secondary Education) Dream Job: Professional Baseball Player in the MLB Hobbies: I love to workout and train for baseball… More »

Another Late Field Goal Keeps Central Catholic’s Season Alive

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For the second week in a row, senior Johnathan Opalko converted on a late field goal to continue Central Catholic’s season. With 1:08 remaining in the fourth quarter, Opalko nailed a 37-yard field goal with room to spare to give the Vikings (12-1) a 24-21 win against District 6 champion, State College, at North Allegheny… More »

Central Catholic Knocks Off two-time defending WPIAL Champion, Pine-Richland

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Central Catholic may have been the top-seed entering the Class 6A WPIAL Championship Game Saturday Night at Heinz Field, but Pine-Richland was coming in as the two-time defending champions. The Vikings (11-1) weren’t phasing, scoring the final 10 points of the game to pull out a 10-7 victory and winning their first WPIAL title since… More »