VALLEY SPORTS HISTORY
2005
2005
• Ringgold’s girls basketball team improved to 6-10 with a 57-54 non-section victory at Laurel Highlands. Four players reached double figures for the Rams: Ashley Campbell and Brittany Radic each had 11 points with Michelle Dipaola and
Tonya Lewis scoring 10 points apiece.
• Jason Weslager was Belle Vernon Area’s lone champion in the 62nd annual Westmoreland County Coaches Association wrestling tournament. Weslager took the 119-pound title with an 18-4 major decision over Kiski Area’s Tony Clark. The Leps’ Jacob Weslager finished third at 130 by pinning Hempfield’s Mike Nuduin in 2:47.
1995
• Tonight could be the night that record- breaking Monessen High junior Gina Naccarato adds another bit of history to her storied career. If she scores 28 points at home in a Section 4 AA-A contest against Frazier, she will become the 12th girls player to hit the 2,000-point mark and the youngest girl in the WPIAL to hit that goal. Naccarato, who is second in the WPIAL in scoring this season with an average of 30.2 points per game, scored 33 points in the Hounds’ previous meeting with Frazier.
• In a game that felt like a playoff match, Ringgold was nipped by Albert Gallatin, 6160, in a meeting of Section 2 Quad A powerhouses. Albert Gallatin’s Shantai Hall, who led the winners with 18 points, hit three of four free throws in overtime to seal the victory. Ringgold trailed, 61-57, when Missy Fitch hit a three-pointer with eight seconds on the clock. The Rams got the ball back, but a shot by Fitch at the buzzer bounced off the backboard.
1985
• In Mon Valley YMCA Church League basketball action, Monessen Methodist and Lynwood Lutheran remained unbeaten with convincing wins in both cases.
Brian Niccolai and Joe Moorer led a balanced attack for the Methodists as they belted Monessen St. Mary’s, 64-43. Sean Suchko poured in a game-high 26 points for the losers. Dave Pacy collected 34 points for St. Cajetan, but it wasn’t enough in a 64-52 loss to Lynwood Lutheran. Brian Trombley and Lee Barch each had 17 points, and Bill Komperta and Tom Delmastro contributed 15 points apiece for the Lutherans.
• The Dunlevy Redbirds advanced to the quarterfinals of the Spirit Vanguard Soccer Clinic at the Civic Arena with a 1-0 victory over Moon Township. Jared Walsh scored the Redbirds’ goal, with George Watkins notching his second shutout. On the same day, the Redbirds downed Center Township, 9-3, at the Sewickley Indoor Arena behind Dave Kobilie’s four goals.
