Tag: Plum

WPIAL wrestling champion Kiski Area motivated to add PIAA title

December 4, 2018

Kiski Area held an optional wrestling workout on the final Monday of November, with some of its athletes and coaches taking part in the first day of hunting season. The Cavaliers are hunting more than deer, though: The back-to-back WPIAL Class AAA champions have bigger game in mind once the

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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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Deer Lakes’ Madeline Boulos named Valley News Dispatch Girls Soccer Player of the Year

December 1, 2018

Valley News Dispatch Girls Soccer Player of the Year Madeline Boulos Deer Lakes, freshman, forward Madeline Boulos was one of the youngest players on Deer Lakes' girls soccer team this fall, but she quickly became one of the most important, too. The Lancers leaned into their youth movement the last

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Deer Lakes’ Jesse Greyshock named Valley News Dispatch Boys Soccer Player of the Year

Valley News Dispatch Boys Soccer Player of the Year Jesse Greyshock Deer Lakes, senior, goalkeeper Jesse Greyshock began his Deer Lakes varsity career in the midfield. He ended it two levels back, leading the Lancers to a historic season. In his second season as Deer Lakes' full-time goalkeeper, Greyshock brought

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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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