at Butler, 4-29-14 (by JJ LaBella)
Archive for April 2014
Tigers Blow Past Golden Tornado, 3-0
Earlier in the season the Butler Golden Tornado gave North Allegheny a scare in a five-set thriller. In the rematch on Tuesday night at Butler, the reigning PIAA champions flexed their muscle with 3-0 sweep of their section foe. The Tigers disposed of the Golden Tornado by set scores of 25-11, 25-16 and 25-17. Senior… More »
NA Tennis Duo Fall In Heartbreaker At WPIAL Doubles Championship
Indoors again Tuesday at the Lakevue Racquet Club, the Tiger tennis duo of senior Kevin Goth and sophomore Jared Isaacs tangled with the number one seeded team from Shady Side Academy, Chris Grubbs and Michael Kann, and fell just short of WPIAL gold. In a tight and exciting three set match the Shady Side duo… More »
Koebley Scores Seven Goals In Double OT Win Over Sewickley
North Allegheny erased a two-goal deficit in the final quarter and claimed an 8-7 win in double overtime against Sewickley Academy on Monday night. The Tigers trailed 7-5 with less than four minutes to play before two quick strikes by NA forced overtime. Nick Koebley scored with 3:35 remaining in regulation and Alex McGovern netted… More »
Tigers Silence Butler For 5-0 Section Win
On a cold and damp spring night at Kelly Automotive Park, the North Allegheny Tigers blanked Butler, 5-0, to draw even with the Golden Tornado atop the Section 1-AAAA standings. The game featured a fifth inning power outage that caused an approximate 30 minute delay. Once play resumed, the Tigers pitching staff sapped any remaining… More »
Goth, Isaacs Reach WPIAL Doubles Finals
On a rainy Monday, the WPIAL Doubles Tournament moved indoors to The Club at Monroeville, and when day one ended senior Kevin Goth and sophomore Jared Isaacs reached the championship round and also qualified for the PIAA Championship in Hershey, PA on May 23. Senior Kylie Isaacs and sophomore Andrew Xu came close to joining… More »
Tigers Finish Section Play With 4-1 Win Over Butler
On one of the most pleasant spring dates of the season, the Tigers traveled to Butler Thursday afternoon to finish Section 2 play with the Golden Tornado and came away with a 4-1 victory. Playing a modified lineup as three regulars were given the day off, the Tigers were still able to control the action. … More »
Top-Ranked USC Holds Off NA In Non-Section Affair
Upper St. Clair, the top-ranked team according to laxpower.com, scored five unanswered goals in the second half to deal North Allegheny a 9-5 defeat on Thursday night at Newman Stadium. The feisty Tigers scratched and clawed with the Panthers throughout most of the game until USC’s late-game surge put the game out of reach. Upper… More »
Wildcats Outlast Tigers
In a game of offensive outbursts by both teams, the Greater Latrobe Wildcats struck last to defeat the North Allegheny Varsity Softball Team on Senior Night at NASH Field on Thursday evening. Senior Sami Beining took the loss for the Tigers to see her season record slip to 5-2. After a back-and-forth scoring session in… More »
NA Completes Season Sweep Of Seneca, 6-2
North Allegheny dashed to an early six-run lead and held off the Seneca Valley Raiders for a 6-2 triumph on Thursday night from NASH. On senior night, Matt Muslin and Dan Trettel paced the lineup with three hits each and the senior pitching combo of Mitch Machi and Tyler Saundry were key contributors for a… More »