March 27, 2014 9:16 PM
By Ken Wunderley / Tri-State Sports & News Service
Take a look at history and it’s easy to see why North Allegheny and Ambridge are No. 1 in the WPIAL boys volleyball rankings.
North Allegheny has won seven consecutive WPIAL Class AAA titles and 10 of the past 11.
North Allegheny’s stiffest competition in the WPIAL should come from a team in its section, Fox Chapel. The Foxes have two All-WPIAL Class AAA players on their roster. Michael Eisner, a 6-2 senior opposite, was voted to the second team, while Jaysen Zaleski, a 6-2 junior middle hitter, was a third-team selection.
by Bill West / TribLive
Published: Friday, March 28, 2014, 1:41 a.m.
When Pittsburgh Volleyball Club coaches first approached him with the idea of changing his position to setter about three years ago, Fox Chapel junior Max DePellegrini pushed back.
“I was like, ‘I don’t really want to set’ because I wanted to hit,” DePellegrini said. “Hitting is, obviously, the cooler job.”
Plenty of club and varsity action during the past two-plus seasons helped DePellegrini get past that perception, and the junior now realizes that with enough of his perfectly placed passes, he might set up Fox Chapel for a run to the WPIAL Class AAA championship match.