WINDBER —
Shade’s Wade Walker was unhappy with the way he played on Monday so the senior forward elevated his game on Tuesday.
Walker finished with a game-high 38 points - as many as the entire Windber squad scored – and 20 rebounds, as the Panthers raised their record to 16-1, defeating the host Ramblers
64-38 in a WestPAC non-section game.
“Wade was a monster. You could just tell that we did not have an answer for Wade tonight,” Windber coach Chad Manippo said. “He wanted every rebound and every shot that he took. The very few times that he did miss, he wanted it back. He played an outstanding game tonight.”
“Wade was a force out there tonight which I’m happy for him, because Monday he was very frustrated with his own performance,” Shade coach Wade Fyock said. “He works hard every day at practice and brings intensity, and I think it carries over to the rest of them.”
Shade is playing without starting guard and 1,000-point scorer Ryan Fyock, who is out with a broken bone in his foot.
“Wade always works hard and that’s probably one of the reasons why we are able to stay consistent, with or without one of our starters,” said Coach Fyock, who also got 15 points from Brock Medva, 10 points from Jeremy Pyles and nine rebounds from Nash Walker.
Wade Walker, also a 1,000-point scorer for the Panthers, said the team still has to keep playing its best even if Ryan Fyock isn’t in the lineup.
“I think we all understand that we have to continue to move forward, but to tell you the truth, I’m extremely uncomfortable playing without Ryan,” Wade Walker said. “He’s the best player in the county and when you watch the kid play, he’s the best player and scorer and is underrated with his passing. He gets me lots of my points.”
Shade never trailed against Windber (5-11) and rolled out to a 17-9 lead after the first quarter and were up 28-16 at the intermission with Wade Walker pouring in 20 of his points in the half.
The Panthers outscored the Ramblers 36-22 in the second half.
“I feel as a team we had command out there tonight,” Wade Walker said. “My teammates were able to get me the ball down low. We do what we need to do to win. Tonight it was to get the ball down low and some nights it’s shooting the 3’s. Tonight was my night. I thought the team played great against a team that we knew that we couldn’t take for granted.”
Coach Fyock said he was pleased with his team’s defensive effort against the Ramblers, who were outrebounded 45-28.
Colt Ursino topped the Windber scoring with 15 points while Bryce Spak had five boards.
“Shade is an outstanding basketball team,” Manippo said. “I was extremely impressed with them defensively. They force you to do a lot of things offensively and speed up your half-court offense and rush you into taking shots that were not high percentage shots.”
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Shade’s Wade Walker pulls down a rebound Tuesday in front of Windber’s Cody Stenger and Shade’s Cody Kiser during a WestPAC game at Windber. Shade won 64-38. John rucosky
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Shade softball thriving on Karl’s watch
Frank Karl coached the majority of the girls who comprise Shade High School’s softball team from the time they played T-ball and coach pitch.
Karl was there when the group, as elementary-school students, once rallied from an 18-run deficit to win a game, and he hoped to be there when the group reached the varsity level. -
MIKE KOVAK| Blending schedules a challenge for athletic directors
Bishop McCort basketball gets it. So does Greater Johnstown basketball.
Go ahead and count Somerset baseball among the mix. The same goes for Ligonier Valley softball and Northern Cambria volleyball.
What is it that these different programs from various locations within The Tribune-Democrat coverage area get exactly? -
CORY ISENBERG| Stakes rise as schedules shrink
There are fewer events on the daily high school sports schedules, but the stakes are going up for area athletes as the spring season heads into its final weeks.
In track and field, the three area conferences will hold their championship meets this week.
In Portage today, the WestPAC athletes will gather for their championships while the Laurel Highlands and Heritage meets will be on Tuesday at Somerset and United, respectively. -
Seven Conemaugh Township athletes make commitments
Dillon Boyer entered Thursday’s scholastic baseball action ranked fourth in the state with a .688 batting average.
Boyer will take those impressive numbers a few miles North on Route 219 when he continues his career at the next level. The Conemaugh Township senior will attend Pitt-Johnstown and play NCAA Division II baseball for coach Todd Williams. -
Four from Richland committed to UPJ
For Sabrina Wingard, the opportunity to play collegiate soccer with her sister, Savanna, was too great an opportunity to skip.
For Bobby Colvin, Curt Colvin and Ismail Ahmad, the idea of playing highly competitive soccer next to their high school campus made for an easy choice. - Local sports in brief 4/4/2013
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Subich, Dell recognized for football
Greater Johnstown High School senior Nick Subich earned the Joe Sarra Community Service Award and took a Scholar Athlete Award at the recent Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete Awards Banquet.
The Joseph D. Sarra Community Service Award is named for the long-time chapter board member and former Penn State assistant football coach. -
Trexler gets his 1,000th point in McCort victory
While much of the Northeast was belted by massive accumulations of snow, the Blizzard Nemo mostly spared the Johnstown area.
Another Nemo created a buzz on Osborne Street on Friday night, though the flurry of points had nothing to do with the winter weather. -
Chestnut Ridge advances in PIAA Class AA team championship
Chestnut Ridge coach Greg Lazor expected District 3 champ Boiling Springs to push his team to the limit in Friday’s PIAA Class AA team wrestling quarterfinals.
And up to the end, it was a close one: Three matches went to overtime and the Lions carried a lead when the weight classes turned to the low end, but the Bubblers won four straight to end the quarterfinal round a winner, 32-25. - Local sports in brief 2/9/2013
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