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Players selected for We Serve First All-Star Classic girls volleyball event

November 17, 2022

The inaugural We Serve First All-Star Classic girls volleyball event will be Dec. 10 at Kiski Area High School, and the 36 seniors set to take part have been selected.

Verona coach Joe Zelek, Harold Mauro, Garry Lyle and assistant Carl England plot strategy as Verona looked to face East Huntingdon on Nov. 10, 1962. A year later, Lyle would become the first Black athlete at George Washington University. He later played seven seasons with the Bears.

Through the Years: In 1962, Verona made last-minute grab at Gardner points

November 10, 2022

Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic legacy.

Freeport’s Cassidy Dell with a spike against Shenango’s Angela Butchelle during the WPIAL Class 2A girls volleyball championship Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, at UPMC Events Center.

George Guido: Freeport seniors capture 3rd WPIAL volleyball title

November 5, 2022

Freeport brought home its seventh WPIAL girls volleyball title Saturday.

Captains from Mapletown and Leechburg meet at midfield for the coin toss before their WPIAL Class A playoff game Friday, Nov. 4, 2022.

Mapletown makes statement, beats Leechburg in Class A first round

November 4, 2022

The Mapletown Maples heard what was being said about them in WPIAL Class A football circles.

Kiski Area added to its collection of coal buckets, symbolic of winning its fourth consecutive Foothills Conference title with a 36-6 win at Greensburg Salem on Nov. 3, 1972. Coach Dick Dilts admires the hardware along with principal William Miller and some of the players.

Through the Years: Kiski Area added to collection of coal buckets 50 years ago

November 3, 2022

Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic legacy.