The Chartiers Valley boys’ track team recorded a 87-63 win over Ringgold last Tuesday (April 9). It was the track and field equivalent of getting a last touchdown in a football game separated only by a field goal.

Head coach Lori Poe recalled the suspense. “I knew we were winning on the track, it depended on results that came in from field events.” Chartiers Valley’s field events were held at the primary school – not in visual range of the Colts’ track.

As it turns out, the field results were tight.
“We ended up doing well in shot and javelin,” said Poe. “We got first in javelin and shot … they got second and third – so it wasn’t like [shot and javelin] put us into the win column. In disc, they took first and we took second and third.” Poe explained that for most field events, Ringgold found a way to counter Chartiers Valley. Between shot, discus, pole-vault, and javelin, the two teams equaled each other out.

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Penn State Altoona senior outfielder Ken Terpack was named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Baseball Player of the Week.

Terpack, a Chartiers Valley graduate, batted .625 on the week with nine RBIs, two doubles, a triple, and a grand slam while drawing three walks, scoring four runs, and not striking out. In addition, he posted a .684 on-base percentage and slugged 1.062.

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California University of Pennsylvania freshman infielder Lindsay Reicoff was named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West Softball Player of the Week.

Reicoff, a Chartiers Valley graduate, posted a 1.083 slugging percentage in her six games last week. Going 4-for-12, she hit .333 with three homers, six RBIs and four runs scored.

At Slippery Rock during the first game of a doubleheader, Reicoff’s three homers tied the single-game school record, as she finished that game with a career-high five RBIs. Reicoff then delivered a key RBI single late in a victory over Gannon, ranked 20th in NCAA Division II, in the second game of a doubleheader.

Chartiers Valley has raced to an 10-1 start, and the Colts have done it in dominating fashion.

Heading into yesterday’s Class AAA Section 3 game against McGuffey at CONSOL Energy Park, Chartiers Valley was on a six-game winning streak. The Colts had won all but one of those games by at least seven runs, scoring at least 10 runs in all but one of the contests.

The Colts, who stand all alone atop the Section 3 standings with a 3-0 record, are ranked No. 3 in Class AAA behind top-ranked Hopewell and No. 2 South Park.

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