Tag: Plum

A-K Valley notebook: St. Joseph grad stars in Super Bowl commercial

February 2, 2019

A former St. Joseph boys basketball standout will get a shining moment on professional football's biggest night. Chris Conroy, a 2005 St. Joseph graduate, is starring in a Super Bowl commercial for Mercedes Benz's A-Class model. In the ad, which was posted online Thursday and is titled andquot;Say The Word,andquot;

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Plum bowling teams wrap up season in playoff position

February 1, 2019

Plum's boys bowling team has proven its talent this season by having five of the top six bowlers, by average, in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League's East Division. But the team's success goes beyond stats. The majority of the Mustangs have been bowling together since middle school, and some

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Dilonardo takes over as coach of Plum softball team

Phil Dilonardo spent the past eight seasons as an assistant coach with the Plum varsity softball team. So, when the head coaching position opened with the resignation of Jim McGrath at the end of the 2018 campaign, Dilonardo staked his claim to stay with the program he's grown to care

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A-K Valley H.S. lookahead: Week of Jan. 28-Feb. 2

January 27, 2019

Monday Girls basketball It's a big night for Freeport as the Class 4A No. 4 Yellowjackets (14-2, 9-1) visit No. 1 North Catholic (14-1, 10-0) in a battle for first place in Section 1-4A. North Catholic won the first matchup against Freeport, 75-63, thanks largely to an early 14-2 run

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Victory from team’s lone senior helps Plum wrestling take down Gateway

January 25, 2019

Colin Stecik is the lone senior on the Plum wrestling roster. So it seemed fitting that on senior night against Gateway on Jan. 23 Stecik would earn the deciding victory in a match that finished tied at 36 and went to the first criteria: most matches won. andquot;Colin's been with

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Plum boys hope to close games, regular season strong

Plum boys basketball coach Hart Coleman had seen the same scenario play out too many times this season: Play strong for three quarters and take the lead only to see that lead -- and the victory -- slip away in the fourth. After a 55-52 loss at Armstrong last Friday,

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Plum girls look to finish strong in hopes of returning to WPIAL playoffs

January 23, 2019

At the midway point of the fourth quarter of Tuesday's Section 2-5A game against Franklin Regional, the Plum girls basketball team held a 46-45 lead and hoped to hold on for the victory. However, the Panthers, second in the section behind frontrunner Gateway, grabbed the lead back and pulled away

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A-K Valley wrestling notebook: Valley’s Hutcherson joins teammate with 100 career wins

January 22, 2019

Noah Hutcherson wasn't counting down -- or up -- to 100 wins, but he knew how important the accomplishment was when he reached it. The Valley senior 170-pounder earned his century victory last week with an 8-0 major decision over Burrell's Danny McCarthy, joining teammate David Schuffert in triple digits.

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Albert Gallatin’s departure leaves open week for Big East opponents to fill

January 21, 2019

The Big East football conference just got a little smaller. As expected, the Class 5A conference will have only seven teams next fall, now that Albert Gallatin has withdrawn from playing WPIAL football. The WPIAL approved an updated conference alignment at Monday's board meeting. Albert Gallatin's subtraction was the only

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A-K Valley high school sports look-ahead: Week of Jan. 21, 2019

January 20, 2019

MONDAY Girls basketball: Apollo-Ridge will get a second chance to slow down Class 4A No. 1 North Catholic in a Section 1-4A game. The Vikings (10-4, 4-4) have the second-best defense in the section, allowing 36.5 points per game, but the defending WPIAL champion Trojans (12-1, 8-0) scored 76 in

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