Tag: Plum

Kiski Area's Austin LaPiana (44) takes a shot against Freeport goalie Morgan Penn (1) during their game on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017 at the Belmont Sports Complex in Kittanning.
A-K Valley hockey teams gearing up for stretch run of PIHL season
December 27, 2017
With the PIHL regular season a little more than half complete, teams in playoff contention, including those from the A-K Valley, are beginning to look

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Young Plum team gaining experience through mat action
December 26, 2017
Plum head wrestling coach Steve Stremple said he is encouraged from what he's seen from the effort of his young team over the first few

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Kiski Area's Jared Curcio (right) wrestles Plum's Gavin James (left) in the 132-lb match on Wed. Dec. 20, 2017 at Kiski Area High School.
Plum wrestling coaches encouraged by early-season effort
December 23, 2017
Plum wrestling coach Steve Stremple examined his team's numbers coming into the season and concluded that it would be behind the 8-ball when it came

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The casket holding Officer Brian Shaw, is carried from Mount St. Peter Church prior to the funeral procession departing for the cemetery in New Kensington on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017.
Hockey event to benefit family of fallen New Kensington police officer
December 19, 2017
The Burrell and Plum hockey clubs will come together Friday at Pittsburgh Ice Arena for a hockey scrimmage to benefit the family of fallen New

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Kiski Area girls snap long losing skid in section play
December 18, 2017
With just over five minutes left in the fourth quarter of Monday's Section 4-5A girls basketball game between Plum and Kiski Area, the Mustangs held

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Fox Chapel's Nick Gizzo (11) runs the ball against Penn-Trafford in the second quarter in a WPIAL playoff game on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, at Penn-Trafford.
Fox Chapel’s Gizzo, Freeport’s Kemp named Valley News Dispatch Football Players of the Year
December 16, 2017
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Nick Gizzo Fox Chapel, sr., QB/DB, 6-foot-1, 189 pounds Nick Gizzo didn't know in the moment just what he was

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Plum sophomore Anthony Little, a former football player and wrestler shown Dec 6, 2017, has been forced to give up both sports because of a heart condition.
Plum sophomore Little sidelined by heart condition
A poster is taped to the ceiling above Anthony Little's bed, where he can see it every day when he wakes. The gift from former

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Apollo-Ridge senior Megan Ost during basketball practice on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017 at the high school.
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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