Hockey: West Feature Athlete - Ambridge's Walter Riggs

Name: Walter Riggs
School: Ambridge
Grade: 11
Sport: Hockey
Position: Forward

Background Info: Riggs is a three-year starter and assistant captain on this season’s team. He leads Ambridge in points with 12 (eight goals, four assists). He has scored a goal in five of his past six games. Riggs was the team’s leading returning scorer after finishing fourth last year with 27 points (10 goals, 17 assists).

Coach Jaymes Dougherty: “He has decent size and good skills. He may not have the skill level of [last season’s top scorers] Doug Simon and Nick Santiago, but he is showing improvement each week.”