Tag: Plum

Plum girls basketball aims to take next step in WPIAL playoffs

November 29, 2018

The Plum girls basketball team hopes to snap a drought this season. The Mustangs have suffered eight straight WPIAL first-round losses since 2010. Before that, Plum squads went seven years without making it to the postseason. The last playoff victory was a 50-49 win over Ambridge in the 2002 Quad-A

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Plum boys look to rebound after disappointing 2017-18 season

The Plum boys basketball team took its lumps in uncharacteristic fashion last year. The consistent playoff qualifier and section-title contender dipped to 6-16 overall and 1-13 in Section 3-6A. The youthful Mustangs finished the season without a senior in the rotation. They spent the campaign getting used to a new

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Plum swimmers eye more record-breaking efforts this season

November 23, 2018

Plum swimmers altered the school record board in the high school natatorium four times over the past two seasons, and there is optimism among the Mustangs coaches and competitors that there will be more changes to the lists this year. School-record swims are just part of what is fueling the

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Alle-Kiski valley high school notebook: Kiski Area grad faces Steelers

November 21, 2018

The man who will try to slow down the Pittsburgh Steelers' offense Sunday hails from the Alle-Kiski Valley. Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Joe Woods, a 1988 Kiski Area graduate, will call the plays Sunday as the Steelers visit Broncos Field at Mile High at 4:25 p.m. A longtime defensive backs

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Plum slow-pitch softball team captures another league title

November 16, 2018

With figurative targets on their backs after claiming the 2017 Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League championship, the Plum varsity players still turned away the competition this fall. The Mustangs brought home a second straight league title earlier this month, topping Seneca Valley, 15-3, in the championship game. andquot;The expectations were

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Plum’s Marra signs on to pitch at UNC Ashville

Gino Marra has some unfinished business to tend to with the Plum baseball team, but the Mustangs left-handed pitcher also has his long-term diamond plans set. The senior will play for Division I North Carolina-Asheville, and he made his decision final Nov. 14, the first day of the national letter

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Alle Kiski Valley high school notebook: Former Kiski Area standout Walker dies

November 15, 2018

Former Kiski Area and Penn State Behrend soccer star Dustin Walker died Sunday of natural causes at the age of 30, PSU Behrend announced Tuesday. A 2010 Behrend graduate and three-time All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference selection at Behrend, Walker holds school records with 30 shutouts and 69 games in goal.

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Plum’s Scarpino recovering from concussion

November 14, 2018

A Plum ice hockey player has begun the road to recovery after suffering a head injury early in Monday's game against Penn-Trafford. Forward Anthony Scarpino collided with a Warriors player near the boards as play advanced up the ice. His head struck a glass partition that separated one of the

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Gateway leads Big East all-conference honors with 8 first-team players

November 12, 2018

Undefeated conference champion Gateway saw eight players receive first-team all-Big East honors Monday and the Gators' Don Holl earned coach of the year. Bryce Washington, Amir Wahid, Tui Faumuina-Brown, Courtney Jackson, Brendan Majocha, Derrick Davis, Kelvon Nelson and Jeremiah Josephs were all named to the first team. Penn-Trafford had seven

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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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