After a thrilling five-set win over rival Maplewood, the Cochranton girls volleyball team moved up to No. 6 in Class A in the latest Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association poll.
Although the Tigers lost, Maplewood moved up to No. 8 after a number of upsets around the state this week.
For the complete PVCA state rankings click below.
– Tom Reisenweber
PVCA Rankings
Class AAA
Rank School (District) Previous
1. Mount Lebanon (7) 2
2. Bishop Shanahan (1) 1
3. North Allegheny (7) 3
4. Emmaus (11) 5
5. Allentown Central Catholic (11) 4
6. Butler (7) 8
7. Spring Grove (3) 9
8. Upper St. Clair (7) NR
9. Cardinal O’Hara (12) NR
10. Pine Richland (7) NR
Class AA
Rank School (District) Previous
1. West Allegheny (7) 1
2. Merion Mercy (1) 3
3. Phillipsburg-Osceola (6) 2
4. Susquehannock (3) 4
5. Brandywine Heights (3) 5
6. Lancaster Mennonite (3) 7
7. South Fayette (7) 6
8. Archbishop Carroll (12) 8
9. Bethlehem Catholic (11) 9
10. Holy Redeemer (2) 10
Class A
Rank School (District) Previous
1. Clarion (5) 1
2. North Star (9) 2
3. Northern Cambria (6) 3
4. West Branch (6) 5
5. Reading Holy Name (3) 6
6. Cochranton (10) 10
7. Hanover (3) 8
8. Maplewood (10) 9
9. Greensburg Central Catholic (7) NR
10. Nativity BVM (11) NR



I was at that match and it was very exciting. I couldn’t help but notice that the large cat-like animal painted on the Maplewood gym wall was, in fact, not a Panther, but rather a Tiger. It was the stripes that gave it away.