Tag: Leechburg

Former Leechburg football, basketball and baseball standout Mark Lamendola will be inducted into the Alle-Kiski Sports Hall of Fame in the Class of 2023.
Mark Lamendola, A-K Valley Hall of Famer from Leechburg’s past, admires current Blue Devils
May 13, 2023
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.

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Leechburg coach Heath Shimer said he was pleased his team got the No. 3 seed for the WPIAL Class A baseball playoffs.
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.

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Senior pitcher Anna Cibik throws during a workout May 2, 2023, at Leechburg High School.
Leechburg softball team proud to uphold playoff streak
May 3, 2023
Anna Cibik found herself in an unfamiliar position last week.

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Steel Valley’s Makhai Valentine dunks over Deer Lakes’ Bryce Robson during their WPIAL Class 3A semifinal on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, at Bethel Park.
2023 all-state boys basketball team includes 29 WPIAL players
Aquinas Academy’s Vinnie Cugini and Steel Valley’s Makhai Valentine earned all-state player of the year honors Wednesday as two of the most prolific scorers in WPIAL boys basketball.

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Burrell’s Katie Armstrong is a senior on the 2023 softball team.
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Burrell’s Katie Armstrong, Leechburg’s Owen McDermott
April 29, 2023
Katie Armstrong

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North Hills pitcher C.J. Leuch celebrates a strikeout against Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at Moon.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 24, 2023: North Hills, Shaler to face off in Section 3
April 23, 2023
The final week of April means section play in WPIAL baseball and softball is winding down.

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Leechburg’s Braiden Turiak tags out Armstrong’s Dustin Coleman at second base during their game on Thursday, April 13, 2023, in Kittanning.
Leechburg baseball team making presence felt loud and clear
April 13, 2023
Leechburg baseball coach Heath Shimer looked at his roster coming into the season and knew the potential was there for success.

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Leechburg senior Logan Kline
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Leechburg’s Logan Kline
April 3, 2023
This week marked an important time in the spring sports calendar: the start of section play for baseball.

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Deer Lakes’ Bryce Robson is introduced before the start of the PIAA Class 3A state championship game March 25 at Giant Center in Hershey.
Valley News Dispatch boys basketball all-stars: Deer Lakes’ Bryce Robson strikes gold
April 1, 2023
Here are the 2022-23 Valley News Dispatch boys basketball all-stars:

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Union starting pitcher Mia Pruehs throws against West Greene in the WPIAL Class A softball championship Wednesday June 1, 2002, at Cal (Pa.).
2023 WPIAL Class A softball preseason breakdown
March 18, 2023
Union edged West Greene, 3-2, to capture its first WPIAL Class A softball title last season.

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