NORTH x X Friday, April 10, 2015 FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE AND BREAKING UPDATES, VISIT POST-GAZETTE.COM E-mail: [email protected]Web: post-gazette.com/north Editor: Ken Fisher, 412-263-1457 Questions about delivery or service? Call 1-800-228-NEWS (6397) RESUMÉ PAGE N-2 / MARS CONSIDERS BUDGET WITH NO TAX INCREASE PAGE N-5 INSIDE INSIDE: HOMES tra HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SEE GARDEN, PAGE N-2 By Doug Oster Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The paths behind Bedners Farm and Greenhouse in McDonald are filled with mud as they thaw out from another brutal winter. Owner Russ Bed- ner warns visitors to wear boots as he leads them into a big hoop greenhouse filled with col- orful plants many of them new varieties in this new grow- ing season. Mr. Bedner admitted he gets excited about the new plants he finds after scouring trade shows and nurseries. I go on a gut feeling about what I think the public will enjoy, he said. First on his list for spring 2015 is Digiplexis, a new hybrid that was created by crossing digitalis foxglove and a digitalis relative from the Canary Islands called isoplexis. Its a long-blooming, sun-lov- ing annual that is perfect for gardens here in Zone 6. Bed- ners carries two colors this sea- son. Illumination Raspberry has fuchsia-colored blooms lined in peach; Illumination Flame sports red and orange blooms. The plant looks much like a foxglove with bell-shaped flowers on 3-foot spikes. Digiplexis, Mr. Bedner noted, is the talk of the gardening world this spring. Mr. Bedner also favors a new begonia called Lucky Strike, which is good for hanging bas- kets. The flowers have yellow inner petals and peach outer petals that create a contrast to its dark green leaves. Then theres the anemone Fantasy Pocahontas. He said it is an easy-to-grow, hardy pe- rennial that gets covered with pinkish-purple double flowers and grows to be 18 inches tall. It blooms midsummer and con- tinues until frost. A new variety of the popular hydrangea this year is called Perhaps with some brand-new plants youve never seen before Pictured above: 1. Rex begonias from the Shadow series at Quality Gardens in Valencia. 2. Hydrangea macrophylla Chique at Quality Gardens. 3. Blue spruce Sesters Dwarf introductions at Plumline Nursery in Murrysville. 4. Crazytunias at Quality Gardens. 5. Under The Sea coleus at Bedners Farm and Greenhouse in McDonald. 6. Digipexis Illumination Raspberry at Bedners Farm and Greenhouse. 7. Arizona cypress Sulfura at Plumline Nursery. 8. Fun and Games Leapfrog heucherella at Bedners Farm and Greenhouse. Photos by Doug Oster/Post-Gazette, Proven Winners, Hort Couture, Cultavaris Pine-Richland hires first in-house technology director SEE DIRECTOR, PAGE N-3 By Karen Kane Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The day Shawn Stoebener started his position as the first director of technology for the Pine-Richland School District, the school board agreed to pur- chase more than 200 laptops and a half-dozen carts to tote them in. That was March 23. Its that kind of district com- mitment to technology that ex- cites Mr. Stoebener about his $83,000 a year job. Im really looking forward to the work, said Mr. Stoe- bener. Until recently, the district had used only contracted ser- vice providers to meet its tech- nology operational needs. Now, Mr. Stoebener will be on hand to set the vision, as he described it. District spokeswoman Rachel Hathhorn said im- proved integration of technol- ogy is a strategic goal for the district. Having a dedicated person in-house will help direct this initiative, she said. Mr. Stoebener, 31, of Harr son comes to the district fro Avonworth, where he was contractor with a local technol ogy firm, Questeq. He essen tially was the districts director of technology. Raised in the Natron Heights section of Harrison, he graduated in 2001 from S Joseph High School in Natrona Harrison SEE BARBER, PAGE N-4 By Dave Zuchowski Victor Quinio started barber- ing full time when he was 19, fol- lowing a line of barbers in h family that goes back four gen erations. Now 72, Mr. Quinio, of t Natrona Heights section of Har- rison, is putting away his ba ber tools and retiring May 2 af ter 53 years in the business. He spent 47 of those years in h shop in the Heights Plaza Shop- ping Center in Natrona Heights. The shopping center, he sai dates back to 1955, making one of the oldest shopping pl zas in southwestern Pennsylva- nia. Mr. Quinios retirement i poignant for him and his family. His great-grandfather, Lu dovico Laus, worked in th wardrobe department of an op era company in Italy an started barbering when a singer who saw him taking care of the wigs asked him to trim his hair. Others also asked, and when he got good at the trade, he opened his own barber shop. Mr. Laus son, Louis, learned the trade from his father in hi shop near Rome, and when h immigrated to the U.S in 190 he opened a shop near Al gheny Valley Hospital in Natrona Heights. All of his 10 children got into the hair business, including my father, Victor Sr., who learne as an apprentice in his father' Barbers retirement means end of an era Hes been cutting hair for 53 years Harmar SEE HULTON, PAGE N-5 By Jon Schmitz Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Work on the $64.8 million Hulton Bridge replacement proj- ect will extend into spring 2016, but the Pennsylvania Depart- ment of Transportation expects that the new span will be open to traffic by late October this year. Bridge users will have to deal with two extended closures be- fore that, as the contractor relo- cates utilities and works on the approaches in Harmar and Oak- mont. The first, estimated at 12 days, will come in June or July after Riverview School District goes on summer break. The other, projected at 15 days, is sched- uled for late September or early October. The detours will be arduous, as the Hulton Bridges nearest neighbors (aside from the Penn- sylvania Turnpike crossing) are the C.L. Schmitt Bridge in New Kensington, about 7 miles away, and the Highland Park Bridge in Pittsburgh 6 miles away via Freeport Road and 8 miles away via Allegheny River Boulevard. When it comes to capacity, the new bridge will blow away its 106-year-old predecessor. It will provide two 11-foot-wide traffic lanes in both directions, double the number of the old bridge. It will have 6-foot-wide shoulders on both sides, a 4-foot- wide median and a 5-foot-wide Hulton Bridge closures coming New span expected to open by fall See a video online at post- gazette.com. Harmar SEE PROJECT, PAGE N-5 Single-lane traffic restric- tions went into effect Monday on Freeport Road (old Route 28) near the Hulton Bridge. The work is being done in connection with the Hulton Bridge relocation project. Motorists are being funneled into a single 11-foot lane in each direction in the area of the bridge. The long-term restriction will be in place through Oct. 19. The southbound left-turn lane has been closed, although motorists still are able to turn left to cross the bridge. The work is part of the $64.8 Freeport Road construction begins Ross By Sandy Trozzo SEE ROSS, PAGE N-3 Ross commissioners Monday approved an ordinance seeking up to $12 million in bonds. Township manager Doug Sample said it was more likely the township would borrow ap- proximately $10 million, which would be used to re-fund previ ous bond issues and build a new public works facility. Las month, commissione awarded contracts totaling $7.2 million for the public work building and a salt storag building. In other business, commis sioners voted to apply for Bond issue approved for public works building FREE DELIVERY FREE Setup & FREE Removal www. SleepPgh .com 1726WM.FLYNNHWY•GLENSHAW (Route 8 & Butler Plank Road–Next To Getgo) 412-492-7858 PHONE ORDERS ACCEPTED Firm Or Plush Queen Set $599 Super Pillowtop Queen Set $799
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XFriday, April 10, 2015
FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE ANDBREAKING UPDATES, VISIT POST-GAZETTE.COM
E-mail: [email protected] Web: post-gazette.com/north Editor: Ken Fisher, 412-263-1457 Questions about delivery or service? Call 1-800-228-NEWS (6397)
RESUMÉ PAGE N-2 / MARS CONSIDERS BUDGET WITH NO TAX INCREASE PAGE N-5I N S I D E
WHEELSINSIDE: HOMES
SECTIONS
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HOW DOES YOUR
GARDEN GROW?
1 2 3
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SEE GARDEN, PAGE N-2
By Doug OsterPittsburgh Post-Gazette
The paths behind Bedner�sFarm and Greenhouse inMcDonald are filled with mudas they thaw out from anotherbrutal winter. Owner Russ Bed-ner warns visitors to wearboots as he leads them into a bighoop greenhouse filled with col-orful plants � many of themnew varieties in this new grow-ing season.
Mr. Bedner admitted he getsexcited about the new plants hefinds after scouring tradeshows and nurseries. �I go on agut feeling about what I thinkthe public will enjoy,� he said.
First on his list for spring
2015 is Digiplexis, a new hybridthat was created by crossingdigitalis � foxglove � and adigitalis relative from theCanary Islands called isoplexis.
It�s a long-blooming, sun-lov-ing annual that is perfect forgardens here in Zone 6. Bed-ner�s carries two colors this sea-son. �Illumination Raspberry�has fuchsia-colored bloomslined in peach; �IlluminationFlame� sports red and orangeblooms. The plant looks muchlike a foxglove with bell-shapedflowers on 3-foot spikes.
Digiplexis, Mr. Bedner noted,is the talk of the gardeningworld this spring.
Mr. Bedner also favors a newbegonia called �Lucky Strike,�
which is good for hanging bas-kets. The flowers have yellowinner petals and peach outerpetals that create a contrast toits dark green leaves.
Then there�s the anemone�Fantasy Pocahontas.� He saidit is an easy-to-grow, hardy pe-rennial that gets covered withpinkish-purple double flowersand grows to be 18 inches tall. Itblooms midsummer and con-tinues until frost.
A new variety of the popularhydrangea this year is called
Perhaps with some brand-new plantsyou�ve never seen before
Pictured above: 1. Rex begonias from the Shadow series at Quality Gardens in Valencia. 2. Hydrangeamacrophylla �Chique� at Quality Gardens. 3. Blue spruce �Sester�s Dwarf� introductions at PlumlineNursery in Murrysville. 4. �Crazytunias� at Quality Gardens. 5. �Under The Sea� coleus at Bedner�sFarm and Greenhouse in McDonald. 6. Digipexis �Illumination Raspberry� at Bedner�s Farm andGreenhouse. 7. Arizona cypress �Sulfura� at Plumline Nursery. 8. Fun and Games �Leapfrog�heucherella at Bedner�s Farm and Greenhouse.
Photos by Doug Oster/Post-Gazette, Proven Winners, Hort Couture, Cultavaris
Pine-Richland hires first in-housetechnology director
SEE DIRECTOR, PAGE N-3
By Karen KanePittsburgh Post-Gazette
The day Shawn Stoebenerstarted his position as the firstdirector of technology for thePine-Richland School District,the school board agreed to pur-chase more than 200 laptops anda half-dozen carts to tote themin. That was March 23.
It�s that kind of district com-mitment to technology that ex-cites Mr. Stoebener about his$83,000 a year job.
�I�m really looking forwardto the work,� said Mr. Stoe-bener.
Until recently, the districthad used only contracted ser-vice providers to meet its tech-nology operational needs. Now,Mr. Stoebener will be on hand to�set the vision,� as he describedit.
District spokeswomanRachel Hathhorn said �im-proved integration of technol-ogy� is a �strategic� goal for thedistrict. �Having a dedicated
person in-house will help directthis initiative,� she said.
Mr. Stoebener, 31, of Harri-son comes to the district fromAvonworth, where he was acontractor with a local technol-ogy firm, Questeq. He essen-tially was the district�s directorof technology.
Raised in the NatronaHeights section of Harrison, hegraduated in 2001 from St.Joseph High School in Natrona
Harrison
SEE BARBER, PAGE N-4
By Dave Zuchowski
Victor Quinio started barber-ing full time when he was 19, fol-lowing a line of barbers in hisfamily that goes back four gen-erations.
Now 72, Mr. Quinio, of theNatrona Heights section of Har-rison, is putting away his bar-ber tools and retiring May 2 af-ter 53 years in the business. Hespent 47 of those years in hisshop in the Heights Plaza Shop-ping Center in Natrona Heights.The shopping center, he said,dates back to 1955, making itone of the oldest shopping pla-zas in southwestern Pennsylva-nia.
Mr. Quinio�s retirement ispoignant for him and his family.
His great-grandfather, Lu-dovico Laus, worked in thewardrobe department of an op-era company in Italy andstarted barbering when a singerwho saw him taking care of thewigs asked him to trim his hair.Others also asked, and when hegot good at the trade, he openedhis own barber shop.
Mr. Laus� son, Louis, learnedthe trade from his father in hisshop near Rome, and when heimmigrated to the U.S in 1909,he opened a shop near Alle-gheny Valley Hospital inNatrona Heights.
�All of his 10 children got intothe hair business, including myfather, Victor Sr., who learnedas an apprentice in his father's
Barber�sretirementmeans endof an era
He�s been cuttinghair for 53 years
Harmar
SEE HULTON, PAGE N-5
By Jon SchmitzPittsburgh Post-Gazette
Work on the $64.8 millionHulton Bridge replacement proj-ect will extend into spring 2016,but the Pennsylvania Depart-ment of Transportation expectsthat the new span will be open totraffic by late October this year.
Bridge users will have to dealwith two extended closures be-fore that, as the contractor relo-cates utilities and works on theapproaches in Harmar and Oak-mont.
The first, estimated at 12 days,will come in June or July afterRiverview School District goeson summer break. The other,projected at 15 days, is sched-uled for late September or earlyOctober.
The detours will be arduous,as the Hulton Bridge�s nearestneighbors (aside from the Penn-sylvania Turnpike crossing) arethe C.L. Schmitt Bridge in NewKensington, about 7 miles away,and the Highland Park Bridge inPittsburgh � 6 miles away viaFreeport Road and 8 miles awayvia Allegheny River Boulevard.
When it comes to capacity,the new bridge will blow awayits 106-year-old predecessor. Itwill provide two 11-foot-widetraffic lanes in both directions,double the number of the oldbridge. It will have 6-foot-wideshoulders on both sides, a 4-foot-wide median and a 5-foot-wide
HultonBridge
closurescoming
New span expectedto open by fall
See a video online at post-gazette.com.
Harmar
SEE PROJECT, PAGE N-5
Single-lane traffic restric-tions went into effect Mondayon Freeport Road (old Route 28)near the Hulton Bridge.
The work is being done inconnection with the HultonBridge relocation project.
Motorists are being funneledinto a single 11-foot lane in eachdirection in the area of thebridge.
The long-term restrictionwill be in place through Oct.19.
The southbound left-turnlane has been closed, althoughmotorists still are able to turnleft to cross the bridge.
The work is part of the $64.8
FreeportRoad
constructionbegins
Ross
By Sandy Trozzo
SEE ROSS, PAGE N-3
Ross commissioners Mondayapproved an ordinance seekingup to $12 million in bonds.
Township manager DougSample said it was more likelythe township would borrow ap-proximately $10 million, whichwould be used to re-fund previ-ous bond issues and build a newpublic works facility. Lastmonth, commissionersawarded contracts totaling $7.2million for the public worksbuilding and a salt storagebuilding.
In other business, commis-sioners voted to apply for a
Bond issueapproved forpublic works
building
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Jane had to answer 10questions about herself, heractivities and other aspects
of her life. She worked forhours on her application,her mother said.
While her parents weresupportive of her effort, theyalso were cautious.
After all, over 8,000 girlsapply and the magazine se-lects 36.
�We didn�t want to get herhopes up,� Mrs. Fusco said.
When the magazine no-tified the family that it hadexciting news for them,the Fuscos still were cau-tious.
�We were told to call thenext day, and we thoughtmaybe Jane was one of thefinalists or something likethat,� her mother said.
It turned out she wasone of the 36 girls selected.Jane traveled with herparents to California lastsummer for the confer-ence, where the partici-pants attended work-shops, presentations andgames designed not onlyfor them to get to knoweach other but also tobuild their leadershipskills and confidence.
Jane also formed somefriendships.
�We have a group chat
and have group emails, pluswe will have a reunion,� shesaid.
In addition to attendingthe conference, Jane is fea-tured on the cover of themagazine.
Her story and the sto-ries of the girls who at-tended the LeadershipSummit are told in thepublication.
�I think that other girlscan relate to me,� Jane said.�I hope that I can inspireyounger girls and be a rolemodel. If you want some-thing, you should go after itand not give up.�
Jane hopes to become aBroadway star. She is ap-pearing in Act One The-atre�s �Willy Wonka� pro-duction and is a finalist to-night in the Kean QuestTalent Search at the KeanTheatre in Richland.
�I think I have a lot morecourage in myself since Iwas selected [for the Lead-ership Summit],� she said.�It gives me the courage totry new things.�
U��V���WJANE FUSCOAGE: 13HOMETOWN: RossEDUCATION: Seventh grade, North Hills Middle SchoolFAMILY: Parents, John and Cindy FuscoHOBBIES: Participating in Act One Theatre, dancing,
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�LA Dreamin� � and hasboth pink and blue flowers.It�s a reliable bloomer as itsets buds on both old andnew wood and grows to 5 feettall and 5 feet wide.
There�s also a new hy-drangea with exotic-lookingblack stems. One called�Zorro� has blue blooms; an-other called �Zebra� haswhite. Mr. Bedner noted thatthese need more sunlightthan other hydrangeas.
New for the vegetable gar-dener this season is a plantcalled �Ketchup �n� FriesTomTatos.� A potato plantand tomato plant are graftedtogether and produce sweetcherry tomatoes aboveground and white potatoesunderground.
Also new are Kalettes, across between Brusselssprouts and kale.
�You have the long stock,but instead of the actualtight Brussels sprout, it willhave a kale leafy vegetableshape,� Mr. Bedner said.
�You always have peopleasking what�s new, and it getsthem excited about a new coloror a new texture to add to theirgardens,�� Mr. Beder said.
Personalized landscapingOn a recent brisk morn-
ing, Micah Tribou, opera-tions manager at PlumlineNursery in Murrysville, ex-amined some recently deliv-ered conifers and evergreens.
He grew up in the familybusiness, and Mr. Triboutakes pride in the fact thenursery grows a wide vari-ety of plants and specializesin unusual varieties.
�If you can�t find it here,you can�t find it on the EastCoast,� he said. �We spendall winter looking for some-thing new.�
Mr. Tribou discovered theblue fir conifer called�Martha´s Vineyard� severalyears ago as a seedling in agrower�s field in Oregon.Now he has finally foundspecimens big enough to sell.
The tree has beautifulblue color and a conicalshape. It is tough and growsonly 8 feet tall and 4 feetwide. �It fits in lots of placesin a garden,�� he said.
The self-described �plantnerd� said he also is droolingover the Japanese whitepine called �Tani Mano
Uki.� The slow-growing, ev-ergreen rock garden plant isrelatively rare and offers thetypical blue-green color butdevelops a significantamount of white on the tipsof its needles that fade topink in the winter.
�It looks good all year,�� hesaid.
Arizona cypress �Sul-fura� is a narrow evergreenthat has a strong yellow castand reaches 20 feet.
�It will really jump out atyou,� he said of the plant,which offers four seasons ofinterest.
�Sester�s Dwarf� is asmall version of a regularblue spruce that grows to re-semble a dwarf Albertaspruce but with different tex-ture and color. Instead ofhaving lime-green needles, ithas coarser, blue needles.
�It�s everything you loveabout a blue spruce, only asmaller variety,�� he ex-plained.
�Amber Jubilee� nine-bark is a shrub that leafs outwith yellow-orange-ishleaves, dulls a bit in the sum-mer and turns red in the fall.
�It�s indestructible and re-ally pretty,�� he said.
Then there is the Japa-nese maple �OrangeDream,� which gets 20 feettall with stunning leaves. Inspring, the foliage is orange;in summer, it�s green; and infall, it�s fire engine red.
�It stands out like a UFO.It�s really bright,� he said.
Mr. Tribou also has a newannual to show off. �Snow �NSummer� jasmine grows toresemble a ground coverwith variegated leaves andcan be used in a container totrail over the edges.
�Everybody wants tomake a house their homethat speaks to your personal-ity,�� he said of landscaping.
Gardening excitementA cool, soft rain peppers
the roof of the greenhouse atQuality Gardens in Valen-cia. It�s toasty warm insideand bursting with blooms asowner Tom McMeekin se-lects some of his favorites.
�There�s so many new, it�shard to pick something that�sbest,�� he said. �A number ofthings are wonderful thisyear, especially the Hydran-gea macrophylla �Chique�
that has bi-colored flowers re-sembling candy stripes.��
Mr. McMeekin wondersaloud if we really need an-other heuchera � coral bells� as he talks about onecalled �Lava Lamp.�
�Every year there�s some-thing that�s just exciting,� hesaid. �This one will have agreat spot in your garden.��
The perennial is a shade-lover grown for its foliage. Thefirst leaves are a bright copperorange when emerging andthen deepen to coppery purplethrough the season. Theleaves are large, flat androunded, and the plant likesbrightness, but not full sun.
The Lily Looks series ofasiatic lilies is another of hisfavorites.
�They�re hardy as bricksand will spread,� he said.
The plants stay less than 2feet tall and love full sun, andthe flowers point up for anice show.
Then there is the petunia.�We have a love/hate rela-tionship with them,�� the gar-dener noted. �The lovecomes from their perfor-mance in hot, dry locations.But we hate them for themaintenance they need withdeadheading and watering.��
He points to the new Cra-zytunias, which are a self-cleaning, heat-tolerantmounding variety thatcomes in an array of shades.
�They just keep bloomingand blooming all summerand they get quite large,�� hepromised.
Also, he added, �Rex bego-nias are something yourgrandmother had out back.��
He�s fond of the Shadowseries, which offers manydifferent colors of foliage.They form vibrant leavesbigger than your hand andthrive in the shade.
�Gardening should besomething that excites you,��he said. �It should give you areward beyond just gettingthe job done.��
Doug Oster: [email protected] or 412-779-5861.Visit his garden blog atwww.post-gazette.com/gar-deningwithdoug. Twitter:@dougoster1.
How does your garden grow?
Correction
Ann Gaudino was previ-ously director of the LowerSchool at The Ellis School.Her title was reported incor-rectly in last week�s storyabout her new position asprincipal of Cardinal WuerlNorth Catholic High School.
School news
Seneca ValleyThe Seneca Social to bene-
fit student programs will befrom 6:30 to 11 p.m. Thurs-day in Jergel�s Rhythm Grille,103 Slade Lane, Marshall. Itis sponsored by the SenecaValley Foundation. Tickets,$40, are available atwww.svsd.net/SenecaSo-cial2015 or the administra-tion offices, 128 SenecaSchool Road, Jackson.
Shady Side AcademySpring open houses will be
at the junior school (pre-K to5) 9:15 a.m. April 23, 400 S.Braddock Ave., Point Breeze;at the middle school (grades6 to 8) 9 a.m. April 23, 500Squaw Run Road East, FoxChapel; and the senior school(grades 9 to 12) 9:30 a.m.April 29, 423 Fox ChapelRoad, Fox Chapel. Reserva-tions: www.ShadySideAcad-
emy.org/VisitUs.
Shaler AreaMusicians from the middle
school, Pittsburgh CAPA andprofessional jazz musicianswill perform during the eighthJazz Extravaganza at 7 p.m.today in the middle school,1800 Mount Royal Blvd. Theevent, which is free, is spon-sored by Shaler North Hills Li-brary. Information: 412-486-0211.
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Mitchell Rupprecht Deer Lakes Forward Sr. 5-11 165 Became the first player in 11 years to break the 50-goal, 100-point plateaus in the regular season.
Brett Berner North Hills Forward Sr. 5-8 140 Three-time PIHL all-star selection finished second in Class AA with 34 goals and 56 points.
Ian Houk-Graves Mars Area Defenseman Sr. 6-1 160 Two-time PIHL Class A all-star scored eight goals and had 13 points in 13 regular-season games.
Joseph Hubert North Allegheny Goaltender Jr. 5-9 165 The last line of defense for team that allowed fewest goals (43) of any in the PIHL’s top three classes.
Zach Luniewsky Deer Lakes Forward Sr. 5-9 165 Finished third in the PIHL in scoring during regular season, finishing with 38 goals and 101 points.
Paul Maust Mars Area Forward Soph. 5-10 170 First-time PIHL all-star was the top scorer for the Planets in regular season with 29 goals, 51 points.
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lege degrees and is close tocompleting a third, but histrue passion is the sport ofvolleyball.
Mathis, a graduate of Pen-field High School in NewYork, has taken over as headcoach at Pine-Richland HighSchool.
�I was Dave Neely's JVcoach in 2012 when he tookover as head coach,� Mathissaid. �I took the last twoyears off to go back to school.When I heard Dave hadstepped down, I applied forthe job.�
Mathis has a bachelor�sdegree in physical educationfrom Kent State University,a master�s degree in leader-ship from George MasonUniversity in Virginia, andis currently working on adoctorate of education de-gree at Duquesne Univer-sity.
�I am working on my dis-sertation now,� Mathis said.�My hope is to graduate thissummer.�
Mathis does have previ-ous coaching experience,but this is his first year as avarsity head coach.
�I lived in WashingtonD.C. for five years and was aJV coach at a high schoolduring that stretch,� Mathissaid. �I also coached clubball during that time.�
Mathis met his wife dur-ing his stay in D.C.
�My wife [the formerShannon Brady] went toNorth Hills High School,�said Mathis, who is cur-rently working at Environ-mental Charter School inPoint Breeze. �We movedhere four years ago.�
Mathis' previous year ofcoaching at Pine-Richlandhelped with the transitionduring the change ofcoaches.
�The seniors on thissquad were freshmen on myJV team in 2012, so I was fa-miliar with some of thekids,� Mathis said. �The se-niors have significantly im-proved since I coachedthem.�
Mathis and his squadhave the challenging task ofcompeting in the strongestsection in the WPIAL. Pine-Richland entered the week
with a 1-3 record in Section 2,which puts them sixth out ofthe seven teams.
Despite the slow start,Pine-Richland is No. 10 inthe WPIAL Class AAA rank-ings, behind four otherteams from Section 2.
Mathis has installed newoffensive and defensivegameplans, but feels themost important thing is toget the kids interested in vol-leyball much younger.
�We don't have a middleschool program,� Mathissaid. �That's my major goalfor the program. We need tohave a feeder system.�
Mathis is using a nine-player rotation for the var-sity squad, which includesfour seniors, 6-foot-2 outsidehitter Tommy Barone, 5-10back-row specialist JoeClark, 5-10 middle hitterRandall Abuyo and 6-2 mid-dle hitter Zac Ketchel. Allfour were members of lastyear's varsity squad.
�Tommy is one of our tophitters,� Mathis said. �Ran-dall and Zac are undersizedmiddles, but both have beenconsistent.�
Lance Todorowski, a 6-0setter, is one of three sopho-mores in the starting rota-tion.
"It's exciting to have asophomore setter and knowthat we will have consis-tency at that position for twomore years," Mathis said.
The other four players inthe Rams starting rotationare 6-2 junior outside hitterJames Kozej, 5-8 sophomoreback-row specialist DrewNeverett, 5-10 junior oppo-site Mike Pohlod and 6-1sophomore opposite SamVidic.
Pine-Richland lost a 3-1decision at North AlleghenyTuesday and had a bye onThursday.
The Rams play Allderdicein a non-league match todayand are entered in the FoxChapel Tournament Satur-day. They conclude the firsthalf of section play againstShaler Area next Tuesday.
�Our goal is to get betterevery day and try to take ad-vantage of any weaknesseswe can find in our oppo-nents,� Mathis said. �Wemay be off to a slow start, butI truly believe we can getback into the playoff race inthe second half.�
At the beginning of theweek the Fox Chapel AreaFoxes were the top-rankedboys lacrosse team in theWPIAL rankings, accord-ing to www.laxpower.com,an on-line lacrosse websitededicated to covering highschool and college lacrossenationwide.
Such a ranking prior toWednesday�s game againstPine-Richland and tomor-row�s game at Peters Town-ship is impressive enough.
Although it�s still veryearly in the season and theFoxes have just a 2-0 record,it�s still pretty heady stuff.
But when one considersthe Foxes have not had awinning record since 2008prior to coach ChrisMcCrady taking over theprogram last season andeven an embarrassing 1-12-1record just three years ago,the 2-0 start is even moreimpressive.
�I coached a lot of thesekids from the time theywere in fourth grade up,�said McCrady, a one timegoaltender for MichiganState. �I coached the recteam, an organizationcalled �Pittsburgh Youth
Lacrosse.� I started to coachwhen many of our playerswere in fourth grade (2008),then followed the playersevery year.�
The list of players whohave been with McCradyfor seven years includes 6-foot-4, 240-pound defenderChris Gibbons and fellowcaptain Dave Schaffner, apair of seniors who techni-cally were in the fifth gradewhen they began theirMcCrady mentorship, ju-nior attacker Tucker Rootand his classmate, LeviMcCrady, the coach�s son.
The younger McCradyleads the team with 10 goalsscored with his long-rangeshooting ability while Root,a very accurate shooter, issecond with seven goals.This dynamic scoring duohelped the Foxes score 25goals in their first twogames of the season, a 17-5victory against CentralCatholic on March 23 andan 8-5 triumph againstFranklin Regional two dayslater.
Coach McCrady lookedat the victory against thePanthers as a good sign.
�It was a game we won in2014 that put us in the rightdirection and allowed us togo to the [WPIAL] playoffs
for the first time ever,� thecoach said.
�It was a game we had towin because our division isso competitive. I�m not sureeither team played theirbest, but anytime you win asection game, it�s a greatthing.�
The Foxes defeatedFranklin Regional, 8-7, inthe third game of the 2014season, Fox Chapel�s firstvictory against a Division 1team in three years, enroute to a 13-4 season andplayoff berth.
Another milestone in thedevelopment of Fox Chapellacrosse came when An-drew Casile graduated toplay for Thiel this year.Now a freshman midfielder,he scored four goals andfour assists in his firstseven games for the NCAADivision III Tomcats.
McCrady is quick to de-flect praise for the team�saccomplishments, how-ever. He would rather be-stow it upon his assistantcoaches, Cam Thompson, alongtime assistant toMcCrady who brought mul-tiple offensive sets to FoxChapel, Andrew Dixon,who works with the de-fense, and fellow Shady SideAcademy grad Jay Deal.
�I�ve learned so muchfrom these young guys. Igraduated college 20 yearsago. These guys are maturefrom a coaching perspec-tive but they are still youngguys,� McCrady said.
In addition to the fourveteran players, other keycontributors to the Foxesthis season include seniorgoalie Dan Dicimo, juniorAndy Ream, who hadscored six goals in the firsttwo games, defensive mid-fielder Ben Freedland, whoalso is an outstandinghockey player, junior mid-fielder Matt Hardiman, asecond-year starter whohad two goals coming intothe Pine-Richland game,and attackers Jake Kron-man and Jake Chasjon.
Fox Chapel also figuresto improve with the returnof defender Ryan Quinnfrom injury. Ream�sbrother Chris replaced himfor the first two games of theseason and, according to hishead coach, did �a great jobin Ryan�s absence.�
That is how the North Al-legheny softball seasonstarted this year.
While the batting orderand fielding positions maynot have been consistent,there was consistency ev-erywhere else. The Tigers(3-0, 3-0 through Tuesday)only committed one errorin those games and havehad seven different playersdrive in runs. They blankedMoon Area and Seneca Val-ley, 4-0 and 3-0, respectivelyand won, 10-2, at ButlerArea. Their game againstBrashear was suspended inthe first inning.
�We are not changing thelineup for the sake of chang-ing the lineup,� coach RickMeister said. �We want tosee how our kids respondand so far, they have all re-sponded. We are not perfect,we are not mailing in or-ders for medals. We are justdetermining who is going to
play where. Until some-thing settles in and we havea set lineup, we are going tocontinue to give players op-portunities.�
After splitting pitchingduties with her older sister,Sami Beining, who hassince graduated, juniorMadi Beining is North Alle-gheny�s top returning pitch-ers. Madi Beining hadpitched all of the inningsthrough three-plus games,but the Tigers have othercapable pitchers in juniorMollie Benvenuto and se-nior Mackenzie Gostomski.
�Mollie is a very capablepitcher and can do someother things as well,� Meis-ter said. �Gostomski canpitch too and she is a left-hander all the way. I wouldnot hesitate to put her in thegame. She is not the powerpitcher that Madi or Molliewould be but if she goes into
that circle, we feel confidentin her.�
Junior catcher Liz Sch-erer also returns.
�Liz has emerged assomewhat of a teamleader,� Meister said. �Be-ing a �go-to catcher,� herleadership has been impor-tant to us.�
North Allegheny hasbeen employing a platoon atfirst base with seniors EricaJelinek and Logann Wood-ley. Jelinek is batting .625
Senior Emily Hogan isback at second base and bat-ting .500. Gostomski startsin left field and she is alsobatting .500. She had athree-run triple that openedup a six-run seventh inningand allowed North Alle-gheny to roll past Butler.
�She is our number twohitter, most noted for herspeed and her ability to putthe ball in play, but against
Butler she really got a holdof one,� Meister said.
She is part of an experi-enced outfield that has all re-turning starters includingjunior Laura Cotter in cen-ter field and senior AnnaSardon in right field. Cotter,who is batting .417 this sea-son, is one of two team cap-tains along with Hogan.
After emerging in thesecond half of last season asa utility player, juniorLacey Hilderbrand is start-ing at shortstop this season.
�I think this is a teamthat is going to have thatgood flexibility,� Meistersaid. �We can try to ride thehot hand. I don�t even wantto call them substitutes, wecall them �changes.� Theflexibility gives you a verysolid bench as well.
�We are still a work inprogress � it has been for-ward progress.�
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