WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Earlier this season, Trinity ended Chartiers Valley’s state record 64-game win streak. Ever since that game, the Colts were hoping for an opportunity for payback. They got exactly that on Monday night as No. 2 Chartiers Valley (23-3) defeated No. 1 Trinity (21-2), 62-40, at Peters Township’s AHN Arena. After the game was tied 3-3… More »
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It was looking like deja vu for the Chartiers Valley boys basketball team in the Class 5A WPIAL semifinals again. After losing to Mars each of the past two years, the top-seeded Colts (22-3) fell behind 13-0 to No. 5 Mars (16-4) in the first quarter of the Class 5A semifinals on Wednesday. There was… More »
Gateway gave top-seeded Chartiers Valley all they could handle in the boys basketball Class 5A quarterfinals, but the Colts (21-3) were able to prevail, 53-47, over the No. 8 Gators (8-8). The game was tied at half before Chartiers Valley slowly started to build the lead in the second half to the point where the… More »
It may have only been a non-section game, but Wednesday’s 64-62 overtime win for Chartiers Valley at Lincoln Park will be a night senior Brayden Reynolds will never forget. In the win, Reynolds eclipsed the 1,000 point plateau in his high school career, and topped it off with a game-winning 3-pointer in overtime with a… More »
Name: Jacob Manalo Sport: Baseball Position: Middle Infield GPA: 4.7 Future Plans: Penn State University and biomedical engineering Dream Job: pediatric oncologist Hobbies: Lifting, snowboarding, sports (watching and playing), Xbox Athletic accomplishments: Varsity baseball letter Academic clubs: National Honor Society, Mini-thon, No Place For Hate
Name: Griffin Beattie School: Chartiers Valley Sport: Baseball Position: Center field GPA: 4.1 Future Plans: Studying business intelligence and playing football at Mercyhurst University Dream Job: Working for Tesla Hobbies: Delivering pizza and hanging out with the boys Stats/Accomplishments: All-section punter, all-purpose back, academic all-section in football. Batted .333 last year in baseball.
Name: Sarah Verduci School: Chartiers Valley Sport: Softball Position: Second Base GPA: 4.7 Future Plans: Attend the University of Michigan and major in Cognitive Science focusing on Economics or Neuroscience Dream Job: CEO & founder of a medical company Hobbies: running Mini-THON, making cookies Academic Clubs: Mini-THON (co-founder & member of MT Student Leadership Council),… More »
Name: Louie Kearney School: Chartiers Valley Position: Second Base GPA: 3.8 Future Plans: Penn State to major in business Dream Job: FBI agent Hobbies: Watching sports, fantasy football, and fishing Athletic Accomplishments: Making the playoffs in all three of my sports – basketball, baseball and soccer Academic Clubs: Spanish, DECA