Since 1996, Blackhawk hasn’t had a player go to Hershey, according to Blackhawk coach Nathan Lowery.
This season, the Cougars will have two.
Sophomore Jonah Cooper and senior Clint Davies will open ...
If the last two seasons are any indication, the road to the PIAA Class AAA title will go through District 1.
The district from the Philadelphia area has had all of the final four participants each of ...
In 2012, Matt Lynch was one match away from reaching the PIAA Class AA singles tournament.
But Lynch, who is homeschooled but plays tennis for Bentworth, lost to Hampton’s Brad Cisek in the WPIAL Class ...
Prior to this season, Chuck Correll Sr. can’t remember a time when he coached a tennis team that had a football player at No. 1 singles.
But this season, Correll, who has coached the sport for more than ...
Peter Hazlett played in the PIAA Class AAA team tournament in Hershey in 2011 and 2012.
On Friday, the Mt. Lebanon junior returns to the Hershey Racquet Club. But this time, it’s for singles.
Hazlett ...
As the No. 4 seed in the WPIAL singles tournament, Vincentian’s Derek Chen was a bit of a surprise champion in the district tournament.
Chen will now try to pull of the same surprise at the PIAA Class ...
North Allegheny barely escaped its first-round matchup at the PIAA Class AAA team tournament, beating Erie Cathedral Prep, 3-2.
That set up a matchup with two-time defending state champion Conestoga ...
Last season, Shady Side Academy's Alok Nimgaonkar and Chris Grubbs won the WPIAL doubles title before falling to eventual state champion Alex Brzozowski and Mario Nicolia of Erie Cathedral Prep.
Both ...
In 2012, Shady Side Academy advanced to the PIAA Class AAA team championship before losing 4-1 to 2011 champion Conestoga.
This past weekend, the Indians again advanced to the state final to face Conestoga, ...
Mars ninth-graders Josh Raymundo and Aaron Gruber got their first taste of Hershey when they played Friday in the PIAA Class AA team tournament.
The Planets lost to Eastern Lebanon County, 4-1, in the ...
Sewickley Academy’s Will Kleeman went through the state tournament last week at less than full strength.
The senior No. 2 singles player is battling tendonitis in his right wrist.
“It’s forced him ...
Sewickley Academy coach Whitney Snyder said the Panthers had three goals entering this season — have fun, win a WPIAL title and win a state championship.
The Panthers accomplished the first two, but ...
Ryan Riordan's update on the Sewickley Academy and Shady Side tennis teams:
"It was singles play that ultimately doomed Shady Side and Sewickley at the PIAA team tournaments last weekend.
The ...
Ryan Riordan's feature on Mt. Lebanon's Peter Hazlett:
(Photo: Mt. Lebanon's Peter Hazlett will be in pursuit of a PIAA medal this weekend at the state singles tournament in Hershey. Lake Fong/Post-Gazette.) ...
Ryan Riordan's feature on Blackhawk tennis:
"Clint Davies and Jonah Cooper have known each other for more than a decade and have used that familiarity with each other to excel as a doubles team, ...
Obama’s Micah Byrum won last week’s City League singles tournament and will advance to play in the state tournament (beginning May 24). Here is a link to the full story by Rahsheena Jordan of the Obama ...
It had been three years since Quaker Valley had been in the WPIAL Class AA tournament, much less won a postseason match.
But the Quakers, who have a rich tradition on the tennis court, were strong this ...
Shady Side Academy won its third WPIAL title in three years, and now they have their eyes set a bigger goal. A state title.
The Indians reached the final in 2010, the quarterfinals in 2011 and the final ...
For the fourth straight year, Shady Side Academy’s boys tennis team found itself in the WPIAL Class AAA championship match.
And for the third time during that span, the Indians raised the first-place ...
When Shady Side Academy’s No. 1 doubles team of Chris Grubbs and Michael Kann lost the first set of their match against North Allegheny’s Tomas Monti and Eric Huang in the WPIAL Class AAA title match, ...
