Tag: Plum
Plum football team gains experience during challenging campaign
November 2, 2018
The Plum football team took its lumps this season as injuries to some key players, youth and inexperience at several positions and a challenging schedule in and out of conference play contributed to a 2-8 overall record. But coach Matt Morgan said the team kept battling through whatever adversity itFreeport volleyball earns WPIAL quarterfinal victory
October 30, 2018
Freeport still is searching for its best performance, but the Yellowjackets have a chance to find it in the WPIAL semifinals. Ally DeJidas tallied a team-high 12 kills and Lauren Lampus added 11 to lead Class AA No. 1 Freeport to a 3-0 sweep of No. 8 Seton LaSalle in
Greensburg Central Catholic girls volleyball advances to semifinals
October 29, 2018
No. 3 Greensburg Central Catholic withstood two persistent sets by No. 6 Brentwood, but prevailed for a 3-0 victory in the WPIAL Class A quarterfinals Friday night at Oakland Catholic. Despite no one recording more than two kills, the Centurions were able to use strong serves to throw Brentwood off
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
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
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;favoriteThe 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
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
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,
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
