Tag: Plum

Plum running back coach Deji Karim conducts handoff reps with his players including CJ Hart, front, during practice Aug. 4.
EJ and CJ: Running back duo looks to carry on Plum tradition in ground game
August 18, 2025
Over the last several years, Plum has had the running back position locked down.

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Plum’s Tyler Baleno, left, and Landen Ekiert, right, run defensive reps during practice Aug. 4 at Plum High School.
The Birdie offers up some preseason pigskin poetry for A-K Valley teams
August 17, 2025
Moments after The Birdie turned in his preseason prediction column, his phone rang. (Crazy Train ringtone. RIP, Ozzy.) It was the boss.

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Burrell coach Dom Girardi looks on as players run sprints during practice on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, at Burrell High School.
A-K Valley football notebook: Longtime broadcasters change teams for 2025 season
August 14, 2025
After 25 years of calling Highlands sporting events, Mike and Mike have taken their talents across the Allegheny River.

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Plum’s Antonio Hanzlik, right, and John Nonnenberg, conduct passing drills during team practice on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025 at Plum High School.
Feeling ‘light years ahead from last season,’ Plum seeks playoff return
August 6, 2025
For Plum coach Matt Morgan, the 2024 season didn’t end the way he or the team wanted. The Mustangs finished with a 2-8 record and missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

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WPIAL denies eligibility to 2 Central Catholic football transfers, approves 4 others
August 4, 2025
The WPIAL denied eligibility to two Central Catholic football players, leaving Xavier Harding and Ma’Noah Wright sidelined for the upcoming season.

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Plum rising junior goalkeeper Chase Eber looks to defend during a voluntary workout session July 23<ins>,</ins><ins> 2025,</ins> at Plum High School.
Summer workouts help Plum soccer teams reload for upcoming season
July 26, 2025
Chase Eber is a rising junior goalkeeper hoping to raise his game for the Plum boys soccer team.

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Sophomore guard/forward Xavier Barto works with the ball while being closely guarded by senior guard Josh Kodman during an open-gym workout July 17, 2025, at Plum’s Holiday Park Intermediate gym. Joining the play is sophomore guard Bryce Nabozny.
Plum, Riverview basketball teams benefit from summer league games
July 19, 2025
When Dave Pucka wrapped up his first year as Plum’s boys basketball coach in February, he looked to the offseason for opportunities for his team to build for the upcoming season and the goal of returning to the WPIAL playoffs after a several-year hiatus.

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Plum’s Owen Proskin runs the 110-meter hurdles at the 2025 Butler Invitational.
Plum’s Owen Proskin ‘shoots for the stars,’ takes 2nd in decathlon at national meet
June 28, 2025
Most athletes are excited to compete at the national level for just one track event, but Plum rising senior Owen Proskin has taken it to the next level.

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Indiana pitcher Greg Minnick delivers in the rain against Elizabeth Forward during the WPIAL Class 4A championship game on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at EQT Park.
Pa. baseball coaches association announces 2025 all-state teams, all-star game rosters
June 19, 2025
The Pennsylvania State Baseball Coaches Association released all-state teams in all six classifications Thursday with some seniors also chosen for an inaugural all-star game.

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Members of the Plum boys bowling team that competed at U.S. High School Bowling National Championships on June 7-9<ins>,</ins><ins> 2025,</ins> in Fort Wayne, Ind., include, in front, from left, Brian Krail, Grayson Byass-Rascoe and Cade Schimmer; and in back, assistant coach Sam Cooper, Vincent Rossetti, Tim Ellefson, Grayson Koontz and head coach Ty Kirkpatrick.
Plum bowlers relish experience at high school national championships
June 14, 2025
When the Plum boys and girls bowling teams punched their tickets to the state championships in March, they also secured return trips to the U.S. High School Bowling National Championships on June 7-9, in Fort Wayne, Ind.

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