The athletes received proclamations.
The Upper St. Clair Board of Commissioners honored the Upper St. Clair High School boys' soccer team Monday night. The team, led by head coach Uwe Schneider, won the PIAA championship in November. Each player received a proclamation from the township. Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook
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Players gathered at the high school this week.
The Upper St. Clair School Board and district administrators honored the high school's boys' soccer team on Monday night. The team won the PIAA championship in November. "We couldn't win the section, couldn't win WPIALs, so we thought we might as well win the state championship," joked head coach Uwe Schneider, a German teacher at Boyce Middle School. The Panthers beat Wilson High School 1-0, after losing in the state championship game last year. "They played the best game of the season and these guys really deserved to be state champs," said Schneider, who is now the coach of three state championship team. Superintendent Patrick O'Toole and school board President Barbara Bolas presented each player with a certificate and cafeteria gift …
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In addition, the location of Monday night's school board meeting has been changed.
The union representing the Upper St. Clair School District's maintenance workers, custodians, secretaries, aides and cafeteria workers voted Saturday to approve a contract proposal from the district. "The district has been involved in constructive talks with the union representatives since January. I am pleased to bring forward this contract proposal for a vote on Monday. Details of the agreement will be discussed at the public meeting before the vote," Superintendent Patrick O'Toole stated on the district's website. The school board is scheduled to vote on the agreement tonight at its regularly scheduled meeting. The meeting location was changed on Friday to accomodate the recognition of the boys' soccer team for winning the PIAA …
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11:17 am on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Here's the update: http://patch.com/A-0nhJ The school board approved the agreement Monday night. more ›
The boys' soccer team won the WPIAL title in the midst of an 18-game winning streak during the 2011 season.
With the core of a near-state championship team returning this year, Upper St. Clair boys’ soccer coach Uwe Schneider has an understandable amount of optimism. But he takes nothing for granted. “We don’t look back. What’s done is done,” he said as his players prepared for the start of the 2012 season. “We have to focus one game at a time and play to the best of our abilities.” Those abilities translated to a 2011 WPIAL Class AAA championship and a trip to the PIAA title game, in which the Panthers lost a 1-0 heartbreaker to undefeated Conestoga, from Philadelphia’s Main Line. USC dominated in the western part of the state, though, racking up 18 straight victories on the way to a 20-2-2 overall record. And the good news is that just five …
The team reflects on their successful season.
The Upper St. Clair High School boys varsity soccer team is pleased with their season, despite falling to Conestoga in the PIAA Class AAA championship, 1-0, over the weekend. "I told my guys Saturday night that this was just a great season," head coach Uwe Schneider said. "Not winning the state championship doesn't take away the great season. This team is one of the top four or five teams in the history of Upper St. Clair." "I really enjoyed every moment I had with the team," said senior Jesse Poljak, one of the team's captains. "It was an amazing year. From the beginning we never thought we'd make it to the state championship, let alone win WPIAL." The only goal of the game was scored by Conestoga early in the second half. The coach …
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Dan Wilhelm
8:31 am on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Congratulations to our state champion boys on a great season. Good to see USC back on top. Great run. more ›