The District 10 Class A semifinals and the D-10 Class AAAA championship are set for Wednesday at Northwestern High School. The start time for each game has been adjusted to accommodate the participating schools.
Here is the new schedule:
District 10 Class AAAA championship
McDowell vs. Central Tech, 2 p.m.
District 10 Class A semifinals
Rocky Grove vs. Eisenhower, 4:30 p.m.
Kennedy Catholic vs. Cochranton, 7 p.m.
–Tom Reisenweber
Marc Blucas
Movie and television star Marc Blucas will be the keynote speaker at the third annual Erie Times-News Varsity Cup awards banquet June 4 at the Ambassador Center.
Blucas was a standout player on the Girard basketball teams that won the 1988 and 1990 PIAA Class AA titles. He later played with Wake Forest University, where he was a teammate of Tim Duncan.
Blucas, 41, began acting in 1995 and has appeared in numerous television series and movies during the past 18 years. He starred in the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” TV series and had prominent roles in the movies “We Were Soldiers,” “First Daughter” and alongside Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise in “Knight and Day.” He is currently starring in the TV series “Necessary Roughness.”
The Varsity Cup awards banquet honors the top high school athletes, coaches and teams in northwestern Pennsylvania at the end of each school year. Tickets are $20. For more ticket information, visit the Varsity Cup web page.
Readers also can vote for the Fan Favorite award of the Varsity Cup. Other awards finalists will be announced within the next two weeks.
Updates from Wednesday’s District 10 Class AAA track and field meet at Harbor Creek’s Paul J. Weitz Stadium. Earlier updates will appear in the previous entry section:
– Mike Copper
* Cathedral Prep, led by double winner Malik Moffett (high jump, 100 meters) won the boys title for the meet. Grove City didn’t claim the title until it captured the 1,600 relay finale.
Tennis updates from Tuesday’s PIAA team tournament at Pennbriar Athletic Club. The winners will advance to the PIAA quarterfinals, scheduled Friday at the Hershey Racquet Club.
Earlier updates will appear in the previous entry section.
– Mike Copper
* North Allegheny 3, Cathedral Prep 2. The Ramblers’ 2013 team season ends with an overall record of 11-1.
* The Class AAA No. 1 doubles match will be determined by a tiebreaker after Prep and North Allegheny’s players split the first two sets. North Allegheny has already clinched the dual with three team victories.
* Warren 4, Vincentian Academy 1. The Dragons officially advance to Friday’s PIAA Class AA quarterfinals with a perfect 15-0 record.
Coach Kent Peigthal, front row far left, and the Cathedral Prep tennis team celebrated their fourth consecutive District 10 Class AAA championship Friday with a 5-0 win over McDowell. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
The two-day Erie County Classic abruptly became a one-day event when heavy rain and lightning pounded Harbor Creek High School’s Paul J. Weitz Stadium shortly before Friday’s track and field action was supposed to start.
Harbor Creek athletic director Andy Krahe said the remainder of the meet was cancelled because of the weekend weather forecasts, as well as the upcoming District 10 meets. The Class AAA competition will take place there Wednesday, with the Class AA meet scheduled for Saturday.
– Mike Copper
Tennis results from Wednesday’s District 10 boys doubles tournament at Pennbriar Athletic Club. The champions will advance to the PIAA doubles tournament, scheduled May 24-25 at the Hershey Racquet Club:
– Mike Copper
Seneca wrestler Trevor Beiter signs his letter of intent to Gannon recently as assistant coach Hudson Harrison, left, Principal Keith Miller, center, and athletic director Kris Hudnall watch.
Seneca wrestler Trevor Beiter recently signed a letter of intent with Gannon University.
This past season Beiter won the District 10 Class AA title at 195 pounds, placed third at the Northwest Regional and qualified for the PIAA tournament. He was a two-time section champion and a two-time first-team Region 3 all-star. He also was an Erie Times-News District 10 All-Star after finishing his senior season with a 29-5 record.
Beiter plans to major in mechanical engineering.
Gannon is an NCAA Division II member of the PSAC in wrestling.
Another area wrestling standout, McDowell’s Paul Deitz, committed to Gannon today.
Seniors Nicholas Ward of Cathedral Prep and Shane Burns of Warren became back-to-back District 10 tennis titlists after Monday’s championship matches at Pennbriar Athletic Club.
Ward repeated as the Class AAA winner when he held off teammate Michal Prenovitz for a competitive 7-5, 7-6 (7-3) victory. He’ll next face District 3 second seed Darren Mast of Conestoga Valley in the first round of the PIAA tournament.
Burns prevented Fairview freshman Ben Westcott from claiming the district’s Class AA title as a qualifier. The Dragons’ top-seeded standout wore down Westcott, who won six matches just to reach Monday’s final, en route to a 6-3, 6-0 victory.
Burns will open against Wyomissing’s Ricardo Saad, the District 3 victor, when the state meet runs May 24-25 at Hershey. Saad was a PIAA finalist in 2012.
– Mike Copper
Saturday’s tennis results from the District 10 boys singles tournament at Pennbriar Athletic Club. The championship finals will take place there Monday at 3:30 p.m:
– Mike Copper
The McDowell boys track and field team only won one event during its 28th annual invitational Saturday. However, its victory in the 3,200-meter relay, along with other top-eight finishes, were enough to leave them with 97 1/2 points to Bradford’s 94.
The Bradford girls also experienced a close finish. The Owls outlasted fellow District 9 participant Brookville 101-99.
Full results from the meet appear below, with video highlights posted at http://video.goerie.com/?pl_id=24684&va_id=4035104.
– Mike Copper
Afrim Latifi, a standout player on the pitch for Cathedral Prep, Gannon University and the Erie Admirals over the last decade, will focus his attention more on coaching as of this fall.
Cathedral Prep athletic director Bill Flanagan announced Wednesday that Latifi has been hired to coach its sister school, Villa Maria Academy. He takes over for Walt Federowicz, who announced his retirement in March after 14 seasons in charge of the Victors.
Latifi was a District 10 player of the year while at Prep, where he graduated from in 2007. He then played for Gannon, where he was the PSAC’s player in the year in 2010, before embarking on a professional career with the Admirals.
– Mike Copper
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