Tag: Leechburg

After considering holdout, The Birdie is back prognosticating A-K Valley games

August 18, 2018

After flying back north this summer from his undisclosed offseason home, The Birdie heard all about the contract dispute between the Pittsburgh Steelers and a

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New Leechburg girls basketball coach Carter preaches that ‘little victories equal big wins’

August 9, 2018

Andre Carter can dribble with his left hand, but he never developed the same confidence as using his right. He could get around that in

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Leechburg hires new girls basketball coach

August 8, 2018

Andre Carter considered football his first love as a player, but basketball became his coaching passion. Leechburg hired Carter as its new girls basketball coach

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Leechburg’s Mikayla Lovelace named Valley News Dispatch Girls Athlete of the Year

July 7, 2018

It took just one game for Mikayla Lovelace to make an impact on Leechburg's girls basketball program — a 51-28 victory over Aquinas Academy in

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Top high school sports stories of the 2017-18 school year

11.18.2017 Final score: Quaker Valley 2, Aliquippa 0. An unusual score produced maybe the most unlikely champion in WPIAL football history. The Quakers, who coaxed

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Sewickley Academy captures Trib HSSN Cup for Class A

July 1, 2018

A historic double gold on the links got the ball rolling in the fall toward another sports cup for Sewickley Academy, while the capper in

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Deer Lakes’ Jake McCaskey named Valley News Dispatch Baseball Player of the Year

June 30, 2018

PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jake McCaskey Deer Lakes, senior, pitcher/shortstop Jake McCaskey tried to picture the scenario: a hitter version of himself against the pitching

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Freeport’s Ally DeJidas named Valley News Dispatch Softball Player of the Year

PLAYER OF THE YEAR Ally DeJidas Freeport, jr., center field Ally DeJidas knows her favorite home run from the spring season: a three-run blast that

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A-K Valley notebook: Search begins for Deer Lakes football coach

June 23, 2018

Deer Lakes' football coaching position officially became vacant last week when the district's school board officially accepted Steve Sciullo's resignation after four years leading the

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Burrell hires Leechburg’s Joel Ceraso as girls basketball coach

June 21, 2018

Joel Ceraso sees similarities to his most recent coaching job when assessing his new one. A team needing a boost after missing the playoffs Check.

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