What’s coming up: 10/30/24
by: Don Rebel
NORTH ALLEGHENY VOLLEYBALL HUNTING FOR ANOTHER REPEAT
Welcome to Semifinals Wednesday for Class 4A in the WPIAL girls volleyball playoffs.
Don’t be offended if a member of the North Allegheny girls volleyball team asks you to repeat something because they are experts when it comes to duplicating championship runs.
The Tigers won back-to-back WPIAL 4A titles in 2017 and 2018 and repeated again in 2020 and 2021.
NA defeated Canon-McMillan to win the 2023 crown a year ago and is now two victories from repeating for a third time in eight years.
Top-seed North Allegheny (15-1) will square off with No. 4 Upper St. Clair (13-5) in the second game of a Class 4A semifinals doubleheader at Peters Township.
Following a first-round bye, the Tigers swept past Armstrong in the second round, 3-0.
The Panthers own two straight 3-0 wins in the postseason, beating Fox Chapel in the opening round and Shaler in the quarterfinals.
In the first 4A final four match, No. 2 Canon-McMillan (16-1) is challenged by No. 3 North Catholic (15-2) at 6 p.m.
Both teams had first-round byes.
The Big Macs ousted Pine-Richland in three games while the Trojans swept past Peters Township, 3-0.