Seneca Valley Raiders

JOHNSTOWN – Forest Hills coach Bobby Salata has to be happy with his team’s performance this season as the Rangers have posted a 9-5-1 record and clinched a playoff spot. The next step for his team is to defeat a team above them in the standings, something the Rangers have failed to do this season in falling to Bishop McCort [twice] and Serra in games that were not even close. A bright spot may have occurred last week as FH took Somerset into the games final minute down one goal only to fall 5-3 with an empty netter. Oh the rigors of coaching can be so rewarding and Westmont Hilltop’s Art ‘King Arthur’ McMillan can attest to over the past 15 + seasons. You see the Mighty Hilltopper has a streak at stake this season with 13 straight winning seasons and a 193-54-15 record over that time, the longest in Western Pennsylvania and ten straight playoff appearances, second only to Thomas Jefferson, who has secured their 14th straight playoff berth. After their first ever Penguins Cup championship last season, only to fall in a heart-wrenching 2-1 loss to Radnor in the State Finals, it has been a different story for Westmont-Hilltop with a 7-8-1 record this season. This may be one of McQuillan’s finest coaching performances as the Hilltopper lineup has just 4 returning starters from last years team and is dominated by freshman and sophomores, which will be a great accomplishment if the make the playoffs and even bigger if the finish at .500 or above. That accomplishment got tougher Wednesday as Forest Hills came out smoking in the first period and scorched Westmont’s Patrick Krumenacher for five goals en route to an 8-0 pasting of Westmont. Leo Lunetto, Dave Duncan and Bryan Parkinson each scored two goals and Kyle Single had a pretty non eventful night at the office with the shutout.