Tag: Leechburg

A-K Valley basketball notebook: Leechburg girls continue winning ways

December 13, 2018

Maybe it seemed unlikely for Leechburg to continue its run of girls basketball success this season. After all, the Blue Devils graduated the most successful senior class in school history after last season, and that group played more than 90 percent of the varsity minutes last season. Early indications show

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A-K Valley high school look-ahead: Week of Dec. 10, 2018

December 9, 2018

Monday Girls basketball andamp;#8226; Burrell and Deer Lakes shared a section in most seasons, but they split up after the PIAA went through realignment in the offseason. Still, they will meet for a nonsection game at Burrell. Senior Kaylen Sharrow leads the way for Burrell (1-1) after scoring in double

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A-K Valley basketball top storylines, players, teams to watch

December 6, 2018

The 2017-18 basketball season ended with six Alle-Kiski Valley teams in the PIAA playoffs, highlighted by the Highlands boys' run to the Class 5A quarterfinals. Record-breaking players and senior classes took their final bows. Then, the offseason, as it always does, brought change. Those seniors graduated, leaving roster holes that

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A-K Valley high school look-ahead: Week of Dec. 3, 2018

December 2, 2018

Monday Hockey andamp;#8226; Burrell can run its season-opening winning streak to 10 games if it can beat Connellsville in a Division II game at Pittsburgh Ice Arena. The Bucs lead the Division II standings by two games, outscoring their opponents 63-21. andamp;#8226; After a lopsided loss to West Allegheny, Fox

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Leechburg girls basketball must move on from historic era

November 28, 2018

The greatest girls basketball era has ended at Leechburg, and it's time to move on. Graduated are the six key players who accumulated 58 victories over the past four seasons and won the program's first WPIAL playoff games and made two PIAA appearances. The coach, Joel Ceraso, also has moved

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Leechburg boys basketball looks to maintain momentum gained during football season

It's been several decades since the notion of Leechburg football success carrying over to the basketball season has been prevalent. But that's exactly what third-year coach Corey Smith is hoping for as he prepares the Blue Devils for a possible encore to last year's earning of a PIAA basketball playoff

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WPIAL top 10: Longest playoff droughts

November 14, 2018

Pining for the playoffs With Mohawk, Canon-McMillan and West Greene recently ending WPIAL playoff droughts, here are the schools that haven't been to the postseason lately: School, Last appearance 1. Southmoreland, 1979 2. Leechburg, 1988 3. Brownsville, 2000 4. Carlynton, 2001 5. Albert Gallatin, 2005 6. Uniontown, 2009 7. Ellwood

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Alle-Kiski Valley high school lookahead: Week of Nov. 11

November 11, 2018

Monday Hockey First place in PIHL Division II is on the line as Burrell (6-0) takes on Central Valley (5-1). The Bucs have 43 goals, 16 more than the second-highest total in Division II this season. Tyler Stewart and Dylan Zelonka have 23 points apiece. Knoch will try to keep

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George Guido: A-K Valley football teams failed to surpass .500 record

November 6, 2018

For the first time since 1909, there are no Alle-Kiski football teams that finished over .500. Of course, there were only a handful of teams that were around in 1909 -- New Kensington, Tarentum, Ford City, Apollo, Aspinwall and Parnassus. Forbes Field opened that year, William H. Taft was in

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Freeport volleyball earns WPIAL quarterfinal victory

October 30, 2018

Freeport still is searching for its best performance, but the Yellowjackets have a chance to find it in the WPIAL semifinals. Ally DeJidas tallied a team-high 12 kills and Lauren Lampus added 11 to lead Class AA No. 1 Freeport to a 3-0 sweep of No. 8 Seton LaSalle in

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