Michael Love stories, Page 5
Gateway grad Kenny Lewis IV shines in college debut at Cal (Pa.)
Kenny Lewis IV wanted to make a big impact in his collegiate football debut. The recent Gateway graduate got his chance in the Cal (Pa.) Vulcan’s season and home debut Sept. 4 against Charleston (W.Va.). And he delivered. Coming into the game as the back up punt returner, Lewis was...
Gateway sports notebook: Piper Munyon among top finishers at Red, White & Blue Invitational
Piper Munyon made her Red, White & Blue Invitational debut Sept. 6 at White Oak Park and found herself among some of the top runners in Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia at the finish line. The Gateway sophomore also saw an improvement in her time from last year’s WPIAL championship...
A-K Valley football notebook: Highlands, Apollo-Ridge bounce back with dominant victory
With a home matchup against Imani Christian looming this week, Highlands was hoping to build some positive momentum and get back on track in Friday’s Allegheny 7 Conference opener at East Allegheny after consecutive losses to Elizabeth Forward and New Castle. The Golden Rams responded in a big way with...
Riverview runners hope for quick rebuild in quest for more postseason success
Ashton Saunders made his mark at the season-opening Gateway Invitational on Aug. 30 at Boyce Park in Plum with a sixth-place finish in a time of 17 minutes, 38.53 seconds. The junior followed that up a week later with a strong run to fifth (16:58.10) in the Class A race...
Plum runners start season strong at Red, White and Blue Invitational
Mayah Torres ran to a 39th-place finish at the Red, White & Blue Invitational on Sept. 6 at White Oak Park. The Plum senior and the Mustangs girls cross country team’s top runner was close to going below 20 minutes in the Class 3A race filled with some of the...
Freeport dominates all phases against Deer Lakes, improves to 4-0
It was another complete win for the Freeport football team. The Yellowjackets, like they have in games before Friday’s Allegheny 7 Conference opener against Deer Lakes at Freeport Area Athletic Stadium, scored in all three phases and put their stamp on the game with a 37-point first half en route...
Latrobe’s Charlie Heese, Woodland Hills’ Annabel Johnson win at Kiski Area Invitational
Charlie Heese looked ahead of him down the home stretch of last year’s boys race at the Kiski Area Invitational and saw a trio of seniors win the title and take silver and bronze. The Latrobe junior was right behind them in fourth. On Friday, Heese returned to the Northmoreland...
A-K Valley high school football players to watch for 2025 Week 3
Player of the week Antonio Perkins Burrell, So., QB/S Perkins had his hands and feet stamped all over the Bucs’ 28-21 win over Mt. Pleasant last Friday. He rushed for 162 yards on 16 carries, an average of 10 yards per attempt, and scored all four touchdowns. Perkins completed 13...
A-K Valley high school notebook: Freeport, Deer Lakes golfers duke it out atop section standings
The Freeport boys golf team rolled through its first 11 matches without a loss. The Yellowjackets compiled an 8-0 record in Section 1-2A, and that included a 204-222 win over Deer Lakes on Aug. 18 at Buffalo Golf Club behind a 37 from senior Ethan Crooks, a returning WPIAL qualifier....
A-K Valley rivals Deer Lakes, Freeport expect competitive Allegheny 7 opener
For the first three weeks of the season, the Deer Lakes and Freeport football teams faced schools in nonconference play that are not traditional area rivals. The Yellowjackets (3-0) matched up with, and defeated soundly, Indiana in Week Zero, Derry in Week 1 and Quaker Valley last Friday. The Lancers...
Mt. Pleasant continues to have Deer Lakes’ number in key section matchup
Deer Lakes lost just two Section 4-2A games last year. Both were to Mt. Pleasant. The Lancers on Monday evening hoped to avenge those 2024 outcomes, wins by the defending section champion Vikings by a combined 9-0. But Mt. Pleasant had other ideas. The game was as close and intense...
Gateway grad Jayson Jenkins shines in 1st game adding punting duties for Robert Morris
Jayson Jenkins is getting the hang of college punting. The Gateway graduate and special teams standout as a graduate student on the Robert Morris football team earned Northeast Conference Co-Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts in the Colonials’ opener Aug. 30 at West Virginia. In his first...
Gateway’s Piper Munyon sees better times after putting focus on cross country
Piper Munyon split her time as a Gateway freshman last fall between soccer, her first love, and competing as a member of the Gators cross country team. It was a several-month balance, combined with her school studies, that she worked on through the end of the soccer season in mid...
Alle-Kiski Valley high school football notebook: Perkins does it all for Burrell
Antonio Perkins is heating up at the right time as a dual threat for the Burrell football team. Friday night against Mt. Pleasant, the Bucs sophomore shined with his feet and his arm. He scored on touchdown runs of 1, 42, 10, and 3 yards to help Burrell get into...
Riverview girls soccer focused on ‘big goals’ after nonsection success
Isabel Chaparro likes what she sees from the Riverview girls soccer team’s early set of games. The Raiders were 3-0 in nonsection action through a 9-0 victory over Apollo-Ridge last Wednesday at Riverside Park. Junior midfielder Mary Quinlan tallied a hat trick, giving her a team-best eight goals through three...
Plum girls soccer extends section winning streak
The Plum girls soccer team ran its current section winning streak to 30 games with a convincing 9-0 home win over West Mifflin last Wednesday. The Mustangs, 4-0 overall and 3-0 in Section 4-3A with the win over the Titans, contributed to that run of section success in their opener...
Plum ends 13-game losing skid against Gateway with well-balanced victory
In Week Zero, Plum snapped a seven-game losing streak to rival Franklin Regional. On Friday, the Mustangs ended another long streak. This time to neighboring Gateway. Plum had lost 13 in a row to the Gators, but the Mustangs were able to make the plays they needed to in all...
Kiski Area Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025 represents younger generations
Mike Rairigh earned nine varsity letters in football, basketball and track and field as a Kiski Area athlete. He finished his high school football career as the Cavaliers’ all-time leader in receptions, picked up all-conference recognition football and basketball and earned a silver medal in the javelin at the WPIAL...
Gateway basketball coach Alvis Rogers steps down after 7 seasons
After seven seasons as head coach of the Gateway boys basketball team, Alvis Rogers felt it was time to step down from the post, citing family and personal issues for his decision. “There was a lot of things that were weighing on me mentally, and I felt I needed to...
A-K Valley high school football players to watch for 2025 Week 2
Player of the week Tim Andrasy Leechburg, Sr., RB/LB Andrasy is a threat to break a big run with power in the Blue Devils offense, and he had a memorable impact in Friday’s 58-6 victory at Beth-Center. He had a career night with six rushing touchdowns, scoring on runs of...
Plum aims to snap lengthy losing skid against rival Gateway
The Gateway and Plum football teams have played 13 times over the past 23 years, with the Gators winning each game. A couple of the matchups have gone down to the wire, including last year when Gateway scored a late touchdown to rally for a 22-15 victory. The Mustangs, who...
Kiski Area sweeps Norwin in annual Pack the Park outdoor volleyball match
Sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-70s at first serve greeted the Norwin and Kiski Area girls volleyball teams for the fifth annual Pack the Park outdoor grass-court match at Vandergrift’s Kennedy Park. The energy put forth by both teams was matched by their coaches and the many spectators who...
Norwin, Kiski Area again to square off in Pack the Park girls volleyball event
Tim Toy beamed with excitement as he talked with spectators and organizers and watched the action at last year’s Pack the Park event between the Kiski Area and Norwin girls volleyball teams on the outdoor grass court at Kennedy Park in Vandergrift. The Cavaliers and Knights went the distance with...
High-scoring Gateway girls soccer team shooting for postseason berth
Eight Gateway girls soccer players scored at least one goal in their season-opening wins over Penn Hills and Obama Academy. Junior midfielder/forward Savannah Boden tallied a hat trick in the 8-1 win over Penn Hills and added five assists over the two victories. Senior captain and forward Julia Beam also...
Gateway boys soccer working to find identity in early going
The Gateway boys soccer team held a 2-1 lead with 32 minutes left in its season-opener at perennial Class 2A power Deer Lakes on Aug. 23. But the Gators were not able to hold on as the Lancers rallied and pulled away for an 8-2 victory. It wasn’t the start...
