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Colts ride red-hot trio into state basketball quarterfinals

Written by Brad Everett on .

Brad Everett, on the Chartiers Valley boys' basketball team:

2013 0314 CharV Casson"As Chartiers Valley makes its annual trip deep into the postseason, a trio of players have been spending a lot of time behind the wheel.

Michael Boulos, Spencer Casson and Matty McConnell are the driving force for a Chartiers Valley team that finished as the WPIAL Class AAA runner-up and advanced to the PIAA playoffs for the 10th time in 11 years.

The Colts (24-4) routed District 6 champion Johnstown, 65-38, Tuesday. They advance to take on Archbishop Carroll of Radnor in Friday's quarterfinals."

(Photo: Chartiers Valley's Spencer Casson dunks against Montour during the WPIAL Class AAA championship game. Matt Freed/Post-Gazette.)

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PIAA wrestling loss disappoints Char Valley's Wilps

Written by Ken Wunderley on .

Chartiers Valley wrestling coach Bill Evans has a unique outlook on two losses suffered by Colts junior Noah Wilps over the weekend at the PIAA tournament in Hershey.

"It's the best thing that could have happened to Noah," Evans said. "He may not agree now, but he will when he gets to college."

Wilps placed sixth in the Class AAA 170-pound weight class, but finished up with three consecutive losses.

"I'm so happy for Noah," Evans said. "When you look at where he came from start to finish, it's all about hard work. It was just hard work all year long. There's no secret formula."

Wilps opened the tournament with a pair of one-point victories, including one that went to the ultimate tiebreaker, which earned him a spot in the semifinals.

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Chartiers Valley basketball seniors enjoying the ride

Written by Nicholas Tolomeo on .

Nick Tolomeo's update on the Chartiers Valley girls' basketball team:

"When they arrived as freshmen four years ago, the incoming class had a chance to be a special one for the girls basketball team at Chartiers Valley.

The first two years of their careers included 40 wins, two section titles and trips to the WPIAL and PIAA semifinals.

Then sophomore captain and leading scorer Alex Coyne moved with her family to Florida.

"When Alex moved, all of us kept hearing, 'You guys had a chance to be good, but you aren't going to be any good now,'" coach Spencer Stefko recalled."

 

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Inside moves send Colts to easy win

Written by Mike White on .

Mike White recapped Chartiers Valley's win over Johnstown:

2013 0313 Johnstown Barfield"Spencer Casson is a 6-foot-6 senior on Chartiers Valley's boys basketball team. To Johnstown, he must have seemed 8-6.

Johnstown starts two players 5-4 and one 5-9. Everyone on Johnstown's team looked up at Casson -- and he brought the Trojans down. Casson stood in the middle  of Chartiers Valley's defense and had a block party, swatting shot after shot.

And Casson rebounded. And he scored. When he was done, he had a triple-double and led Chartiers Valley to a 65-38 victory in a PIAA Class AAA second-round game  at Hempfield."

(Photo: Johnstown Damean Barfield, left, guards Chartiers Valley's Michael Boulos on a drive in first half action. John Heller / Post-Gazette.)

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