Tag: Leechburg
Leechburg baseball team says goodbye to talented senior class
June 12, 2023
The Leechburg baseball team gathered in early January for workouts, which coach Heath Shimer said had a lot to do with the team having its best season since 2009.
Leechburg boys basketball coach Damian Davies resigns
June 2, 2023
Damian Davies said it was time to step away as head coach of the Leechburg boys basketball team but said he leaves with many positive moments from the four seasons of his second stint with the program.
Bishop Canevin baseball wins defensive playoff battle over Leechburg
May 22, 2023
Bishop Canevin and Leechburg, two high-scoring Class A baseball teams, found the runs hard to come by Monday in their WPIAL quarterfinals game at Highlands, but No. 6 Canevin managed to score more.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for May 22, 2023: Baseball enters quarterfinals
May 21, 2023
Welcome to quarterfinals Monday in the WPIAL baseball playoffs, when 24 games will be played to whittle each classification from eight to four teams.
Carmichaels softball routs Leechburg in Class A quarterfinals
May 18, 2023
The Carmichaels softball team scored 10 or more runs in 13 of its 16 regular-season games.
A-K Valley WPIAL softball playoff capsules: Games for Thursday, May 18, 2023
May 17, 2023
WPIAL softball playoffs
A-K Valley WPIAL softball playoff capsules: Games for Tuesday, May 16, 2023
May 15, 2023
WPIAL softball playoffs
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Leechburg’s Braiden Turiak, Plum’s Rayla Smith
May 13, 2023
Rayla Smith
Mark Lamendola, A-K Valley Hall of Famer from Leechburg’s past, admires current Blue Devils
After a more than a three-decade absence, the Leechburg Blue Devils qualified for the WPIAL football playoffs during the 2021 and 2022 seasons. The star of those teams, Braylan Lovelace, accepted a scholarship to Pitt, becoming Leechburg’s first Division I football recruit since his father, David, in 1993.
Leechburg rewarded for strong season, gets Class A’s No. 3 seed in WPIAL baseball playoffs
May 12, 2023
In the regular season Leechburg was the lone Class A team to push two-time defending champion Union to the limit.
