Tag: Plum

A-K Valley basketball notebook: Teams begin section play

December 14, 2017

Just a week into the regular season, the games are already getting bigger. Thursday marked the opening of section competition in WPIAL basketball for girls

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Basketball coaches use early-season games to build toward section competition

December 11, 2017

Tyler Stoczynski believes in the importance of compiling a difficult nonsection schedule, but Highlands' boys basketball coach took it to another level this season. So

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Plum bowlers motivated to capture section title

Plum senior bowler Franklin Mercurio found himself in an unfamiliar spot during the state championships last spring. The first-time qualifier ran into a lane he

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Taylor looks to improve record time for Plum swimming

Devan Taylor is the fastest girls 100-yard breaststroker in the history of Plum swimming. She proved it again last year when she set the school

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Alle-Kiski Valley swimmers hunt for hardware

December 10, 2017

Renee Robson made the most of her first varsity swim season. The Deer Lakes sophomore posted one of the area's top WPIAL finishes last year

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Springdale’s Demore named Valley News Dispatch Boys Soccer Player of the Year

December 9, 2017

Jared Demore Senior, forward, Springdale At times this season, Springdale's best recipe for offensive success seemed simple. When the Dynamos needed a goal, they went

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Freeport’s Comperatore named Valley News Dispatch Girls Soccer Player of the Year

Girls soccer player of the year Kaylee Comperatore Senior, forward, Freeport Kaylee Comperatore plans to pursue nursing in college, ironic considering the turn her junior

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New-look Plum opens season with win against Gateway

December 8, 2017

With three new starters and several others playing their first varsity game, first-year Plum boys basketball coach Hart Coleman said he was anxious to see

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A-K Valley basketball’s starting 5 season primer

December 7, 2017

Boys 5 players to watch Ben Beale, Sr., 6-2, G/F, Freeport — Beale hit one of the biggest shots of last season, a buzzer-beating 3-pointer

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Winning tradition motivates Kiski Area wrestlers

December 6, 2017

Chris Heater saw trophies and other commemorative artifacts from Kiski Area's wrestling history scattered around the high school halls. He had them collected together and

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