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Posted: April 6th, 2013
The Girard boys track and field team concluded Saturday’s Fairview Kiwanis Club Invitational by capturing the 1,600-meter relay.
That victory also clinched the meet’s team title for the YellowJackets, whose 111 points topped the field of 15 schools.
Also victorious were the Harbor Creek girls, who had a double winner in Sophie Mazza. The junior swept the 100 and 300 hurdles.
Video from the meet is posted at http://video.goerie.com/?pl_id=25273. Look for full results in Sunday’s Erie Times-News sports section.
– Mike Copper
Posted: March 23rd, 2013
- Carl Anderson
Senior Carl Anderson was one of the stabilizers of the Mercyhurst Prep boys basketball program.
After two coaches were fired in less than one year and first-year coach Sean Baer taking over right before Anderson’s sophomore season, the talented leader helped regroup the program, which led to 56 wins over the past three years.
Anderson, a 6-foot 2-inch forward, averaged 12.5 points per game this year and helped Mercyhurst pick up another PIAA playoff win over District 9 champion Brockway. The Lakers’ program is back playing at a high level each season and Anderson will leave Mercyhurst in the spring as one of the seasons why.
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Posted: March 22nd, 2013
Griffin Schaetzle
Mercyhurst Prep sophomore Griffin Schaetzle continues to impress on swimming’s biggest stage.
After securing a third-place medal in the 100 free and a sixth-place medal in the 200 free as a freshman, Schaetzle followed that up with two more medals this season at the PIAA Class AA championships.
Schaetzle swam the 100 backstroke in 50.80 seconds to finish second and took fourth in the 200 free with a time of 1 minute, 42.47 seconds. The underclassmen has become an elite swimmer in District 10 and has two more years to collect more D-10 and PIAA hardware.
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Posted: March 21st, 2013
No Erie or District 10 basketball teams advanced to the PIAA championships this weekend.
However, three former Erie residents, Jeff O’Brien, Darren DeFranco and Ron Leeds are scheduled to be on the Giant Center court in Hershey this weekend. O’Brien will officiate the PIAA Class AA girls championship game between York Catholic and Bishop Canevin today at noon. DeFranco and Leeds will work the Class AA boys game between Beaver Falls and Holy Cross on Saturday at 2 p.m.
O’Brien, 50, has been officiating for 29 years, but this is his first chance to work a PIAA title game. He now lives in Easton.
His mother, Reggie O’Brien, still lives in Erie. His father, James, died in 2008.
Reggie O’Brien has three sons, three grandsons and one son-in-law who have attended Prep. James O’Brien was a 1949 Prep grad.
DeFranco is a class of 1986 graduate from Girard and Leeds graduated from Fairview in 1993.
All eight PIAA championship games can be watched on Pennsylvania Cable Network this weekend.
Posted: March 16th, 2013
Results of the overall leaders and District 10 entrants from Saturday’s PIAA Class AA swimming and diving meet at Bucknell University in Lewisburg. Because the media center isn’t immediately adjacent to Kinney Natatorium, updates will only be provided at the end of each session. However, if a district entrant finishes first or second, an attempt will be made to post that result as soon as possible.
– Mike Copper
Posted: March 16th, 2013
Andrew Welton
Central Tech senior Andrew Welton left his mark on the school’s wrestling program this season.
Welton put together an amazing postseason run in Class AAA to finish as the PIAA 285-pound runner-up. He started the postseason with his second District 10 Class AAA championship before an outstanding performance at the Northwest regional in Altoona.
Welton had a first-period throw that led to a pin in both the semifinals and championship of the region tournament.
He capped his final season with a spot in the championship match in Hershey to be the first Central Tech medalist in the past 20 years.
Poll results: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 16th, 2013
Danielle Barnes
North East girls basketball coach Terry Frontino could always count on quality minutes from 5-foot 6-inch junior guard/forward Danielle Barnes.
Whether it was to play for a starter in foul trouble or to get another player a breather, Barnes was a steady fill-in. Barnes averaged 2 points per game but her defensive intensity is what lifted the Grapepickers.
She played extended first-half minutes against McGuffey in the first round of the PIAA playoffs while two starters were in foul trouble. North East went on to win 59-49. With seven seniors graduating in a few months, Barnes will be counted on to be a leader next season.
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Posted: March 16th, 2013
Coty Gander
Lakeview has two standout 1,000-point scorers in Dalton Boggs and Casey Greggs, but big man Coty Gander continues to make his mark on this magical playoff run for the Sailors.
Gander, a 6-foot 2-inch senior center, hit a pair of free throws with 15 seconds left to clinch an exciting 44-40 win over Quaker Valley in the first round of the PIAA playoffs.
He scored 10 points in the win and was 4-of-4 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter. Gander then scored 15 points to lead Lakeview to a 49-41 upset of Greensburg Central Catholic in the second round.
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Posted: March 15th, 2013
Results of the overall leaders and District 10 entrants from Friday’s PIAA Class AAA swimming and diving meet at Bucknell University in Lewisburg. Because the media center isn’t immediately adjacent to Kinney Natatorium, updates will only be provided at the end of each session. However, if a district entrant finishes first or second, an attempt will be made to post that result as soon as possible.
– Mike Copper
Posted: March 14th, 2013
FAIRVIEW JUNIOR ROBERT SIKATZKI, AN EXCHANGE STUDENT FROM GERMANY, WAS VOTED THE BOYS SWIMMER OF THE MEET.
THE DISTRICT 10 TRIO OF FAIRVIEW’S ROBERT SIKATZKI (49.56), MERCYHURST PREP’S GRIFFIN SCHAETZLE (50.80) AND CORRY’S BRENT BENEDICT (51.14) CLAIMED THE TOP THREE MEDAL SPOTS IN THE 100-YARD BACKSTROKE. IT WAS THE SECOND GOLD MEDAL OF THE MEET FOR SIKATZKI, A GERMAN EXCHANGE STUDENT.
FRANKLIN’S PHIL EMERSON HAS REPEATED AS THE PIAA CLASS AA BOYS CHAMPION IN THE 100-YARD FREESTYLE. EMERSON TOUCHED THE WALL IN 45.63 SECONDS TO THE 45.97 OF SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP’S NATHAN SMITH.
WILMINGTON SOPHOMORE LAUREN BARBER WON THE GIRLS 100-YARD BREASTSTROKE FINAL IN A TIME OF 1 MINUTE, 2.63 SECONDS. HER TIME WAS .08 OF A SECOND FROM TYING THE PIAA RECORD.
Results of the overall leaders and District 10 entrants from Thursday’s PIAA Class AA swimming and diving meet at Bucknell University in Lewisburg. Because the media center isn’t immediately adjacent to Kinney Natatorium, updates will only be provided at the end of each session. However, if a district entrant finishes first or second, an attempt will be made to post that result as soon as possible.
– Mike Copper
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