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Chartiers Houston's Kayla Briggs is PG's girls' sports Athlete of the Week

Written by Brad Everett on .

Last week: Briggs tossed two shutouts to help the Chartiers-Houston softball team remain undefeated.

Check this out: Chartiers-Houston, which won the past two WPIAL Class A championships, moved up to Class AA this season, but the stage hasn't been too big for the Bucs or its star pitcher. Briggs, a senior, is 15-0 and ranks among the WPIAL strikeout leaders with 154. Briggs has shut out 10 of the 12 WPIAL opponents the Bucs have faced. She was named all-state last season and is a two-time all-section pick.

• How many types of pitches do you throw? Four. The screwball, drop-curve, fastball and changeup.

• Could you strike out a lot of guys on the Chartiers-Houston baseball team? (Laughs) I have no idea. I've never watched them play.

• Best player in the WPIAL? Well, the best hitter is (Canon-McMillan's) Giorgiana Zeremenko.

• Do you watch The Voice? Yeah, sometimes.

• If you performed, which judge would you want to pick you? Adam Levine.

• Do you drink energy drinks? No. I just drink Powerade.

• Something you're good at cooking? Mac and cheese.

• What do you typically put on a hamburger? Just ketchup.

• Last movie you saw in a theater? Red Dawn.

• How far will the Penguins go in the playoffs? I don't know. I don't even watch them.

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Briggs having special season for Chartiers-Houston softball team

Written by Nick Tolomeo on .

Chartiers-Houston senior pitcher Kayla Briggs was expected to be one of the top pitchers in the WPIAL this season.

As a junior she helped lead the Buccaneers to the WPIAL Class A championship. But this season her team would be playing in Class AA and besides, regardless of classification, past success is no guarantee to future success.

But Briggs has been successful, very successful. Actually, Briggs has been downright dominant and nearly perfect.

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Chartiers Houston boys took “revenge” track win from Burgettstown last week

Written by Cara De Carlo on .

The final score between Chartiers Houston and Burgettstown was 76-65, and it was Burgettstown who lost. This was significant; Burgettstown had kept Chartiers Houston out of the playoffs in 2012.

“It was kind of a little bit of revenge,” said Chartiers Valley head coach Karlin Nixon. “We didn’t make the playoffs last year because [Burgettstown] beat us.”

The Bucs used a few key event categories to widen the gap on the Blue Devils enough that they couldn’t overcome it.

“We got a lot of points in the sprints,” said Nixon. “We went one-two-three in the 100, one and two in the 200, one-three in the 400 … that’s 24 points in those three events. We won the four-by-one and the four-by-four. I knew Burgettstown was weak in the sprints and strong in distance. We got some points in distance that we didn’t in expect. I think in the jumps we got them 17 to one. We moved some kids around [to different events] that day just to get points in the sprints and the jumps… Shane Murphy, who’s a senior, hadn’t triple jumped all year. And he won the triple jump that day.”

Nixon also said that senior Jevonne Hariston can execute the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 400-meter dash, and high jump so well that he gets the Bucs anywhere from 15-20 points per meet. Similarly, Nixon estimated that senior hurdler David Kincaid wins both hurdle events in a meet about 90 percent of the time.

Chartiers Houston will host the Black Hills  invitational-style meet this Friday. Next Tuesday (April 30), the Bucs will compete in the annual Father-Son meet with Bentworth. Bentworth’s track team is coached by Nixon’s father, Jerome.

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WPIAL scoreless against Chartiers-Houston softball team

Written by Nick Tolomeo on .

Chartiers-Houston has won its first five games against WPIAL competition. Heck, the Buccaneers have not even allowed a run to a WPIAL opponent through five games.

They seem to be adjusting to life just fine in Class AA. This is the first season in program history that Chartiers-Houston is playing outside of the WPIAL's smallest classification.

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Char-Houston's Vulcano chooses football and West Liberty University

Written by Ken Wunderley on .

Garrett Vulcano, a senior football and wrestling athlete at Chartiers-Houston High School in Houston, Pennsylvania, has accepted a football scholarship with West Liberty University and will be a member of the Hilltoppers in the fall. Vulcano (6-1, 200) recorded over 100 tackles in each of the past three seasons as a linebacker.

As a team captain during his senior season, Vulcano, the Black Hills Conference Defensive MVP, led the team with 130 tackles, averaging over 14 per game at CH. He also had 3.5 sacks, two interceptions, a fumble recovery, and safety as a member of the Buccaneers defense.  Vulcano was named to the Pennsylvania Associated Press Class A football team and was named to play in the PFSCA East/West and Tri-County All-Star games. He appeared on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette South Fab 22 this season. He was named second team PFN all-state linebacker and was ranked 3rd in the state through nine weeks on the MaxPreps list of tackle leaders.  

On the offensive side of the ball, Vulcano recorded 18 receptions for 296 yards and four touchdowns as a slot receiver. In his junior season, he led the Bucs defense with 149 tackles, including ten for a loss, and a berth in the WPIAL Class A playoffs.

As a member of the wrestling team, Vulcano set the school record with 154 victories. As a 195-pound wrestler, he was named to the Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic WPIAL All-Star Team. He completed his senior season with a record of 45-3 as Vulcano won his third consecutive championship in the section tournament, a district title at the WPIAL Championships and a second-place finish at the PIAA Tournament in Hershey.

Vulcano holds a GPA of 3.46 and would like to study Physical Education at West Liberty University in West Liberty, West Virginia. Garrett is the son of Frank, Jr. and Susan Vulcano of Houston.

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