Tag: Plum

A-K Valley lookahead for Week of Oct. 29, 2018

October 28, 2018

Monday Boys soccer: Deer Lakes will attempt to make it to Highmark Stadium for the first time as it takes on Section 2-AA rival Shady Side Academy in the WPIAL semifinals. The Lancers went 1-0-1 against the defending WPIAL champions during the regular season, but the 11th-seeded Indians upset North

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With young lineup set to return, future looks promising for Plum girls soccer team

October 26, 2018

The Plum girls soccer team's stay in the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs was brief -- just one game -- but coach Caitlin Schuchert said her young squad continues to trend in the right direction after a positive overall campaign. andquot;We always set the bar high,andquot; Schuchert said. andquot;We came up

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Trib HSSN goes on the record with Plum’s Seth Norcutt

October 25, 2018

The TribLive High School Sports Network recently asked more than 30 football players to answer questions, that ... well, weren't about X's and O's of the game. We wanted to find out more about the person, more so than the player. The players were asked such things as their andquot;favorite

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The Birdie has no plans to retire from picking games in the A-K Valley

October 24, 2018

Last week: 11-2 (.846) Season: 83-19 (.814) The news last week of Big Bird's retirement took The Birdie by surprise, as he always looked up to the andquot;Sesame Streetandquot; legend, both literally and metaphorically. But what really shocked the Alle-Kiski Valley's picks expert was the revelation that Big Bird himself

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Westmoreland County don’t-miss matchups for Week 9

Class 6A Seneca Valley (6-3, 4-3) at Norwin (3-5, 2-5) 7 p.m. Friday at Norwin Knights Stadium, North Huntingdon Last week: Pine-Richland 21, Seneca Valley 7; Mt. Lebanon 34, Norwin 28 Coaches: Ron Butschle, Seneca Valley; Dave Broseski, Norwin Top players: Gabe Lawson, Seneca Valley (Jr., 6-2, 190, QB); Jayvon

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A-K Valley don’t-miss football matchups for Week 9

Class 5A Northern Fox Chapel (2-7, 1-5) at Shaler (3-6, 2-4) 7 p.m. Friday at Lou Martig Field at Titans Stadium Last week: Armstrong 41, Fox Chapel 14; North Hills 21, Shaler 7 Coaches: Tom Loughran, Fox Chapel; Jim Ryan, Shaler Top players: Korey Simmons, Fox Chapel (Sr., 5-9, 168,

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Seeger, Fox Chapel girls have high expectations for WPIAL championship meet

October 23, 2018

Sarena Seeger was satisfied with her first race on the Roadman Park cross country course at Cal (Pa.). The new site of Thursday's WPIAL championships also was the setting for Seeger's win last week in the Class AAA girls race at the Tri-State Coaches Association championships. andquot;It's a really difficult

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A-K Valley WPIAL boys soccer playoff preview capsules for Oct. 22, 2018

October 21, 2018

boys soccer Class 4A First round No. 12 Plum (11-7) vs. No. 5 Pine-Richland (10-4-3) 8 p.m. Monday at Pine-Richland Winner plays: Winner of No. 4 Canon-McMillan/No. 13 Fox Chapel Coaches: Anthony Russo, Plum; Jon Conner, Pine-Richland Players to watch: Cole Kelly, Plum; Tom Fest, Pine-Richland Corner kicks: Plum is

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A-K Valley lookahead for Week of Oct. 22,2018

Monday Boys soccer: Coming off its first section championship since 2003, Deer Lakes will put its unbeaten season on the line as the Lancers (15-0-1) host Beth-Center (8-10) in a WPIAL Class AA first-round game. It's the first home playoff game for Deer Lakes. Springdale advanced to the WPIAL Class

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Kiski Area beats Plum, rolls into WPIAL Class AAA girls soccer quarterfinals

October 20, 2018

The Kiski Area girls soccer team scored four goals or more seven times during the regular season. The Cavaliers found the back of the net four times in the first half of Saturday's WPIAL Class AAA first-round game against Plum at home. The 4-0 final, Kiski's fourth win in a

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