Baldwin Highlanders - 1975 & 1988 AAA

HARMARVILLE - North Allegheny 4 Central Catholic 2 The Tigers made a commitment for the 2003-2004 season long before the opening faceoff and it has paid off as NA coach Tom Pandolfo, has stressed conditioning and is beginning to make believers out of NA and non-NA followers. Central Catholic coach Kevin Zielmanski is trying to get his team to put a consistent 45 game together, which has eluded the Vikings since their opening victory at Meadville and will continue to until CC plays hungrier and maybe a little joust with NA would be just what the doctor ordered. Central jumped on top as Matt Grabowski scored at 13:33 of the first period. The Tigers responded as Derek Rusbarsky scored midway through the first and captain Bryan Maloney put the Tigers ahead with 1:50 remaining for a 2-1 lead. Bill Weiler scored a crucial power play goal with just :19 left in the second period to extend the Tiger advantage to 3-1. Matt Urso teamed up with Eddie Martin and Matt Capalongo to pull CC back within one with 8:21 remaining and plenty of time left to tie it. But North Allegheny as it has throughout the pre-season and early in the regular season stood tall and Matt Zrebiac shot a 3:04 of the third found its way through traffic and put the game on ice for a 4-2 NA victory and a spot in the Semi-Finals on Sunday.