Tag: Plum

Plum senior Rylan Schoonover
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Plum’s Rylan Schoonover
November 4, 2024
For Plum hockey coach Jon Gratton, it is nice to have a calming influence for a team that has struggled out of the gate the past couple of seasons.

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Plum’s Wes Lorish chips onto the 18th green during the WPIAL Class 3A team championship Oct. 10 at Cedarbrook Golf Course in Rostraver.
Plum’s Wes Lorish caps decorated high school career at PIAA golf tournament
November 2, 2024
Wes Lorish had high hopes for his final PIAA Class 3A individual championship tournament.

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The Fox Chapel boys occer team celebrates with the WPIAL championship trophy after defeating Plum, 1-0, in the Class 4A final on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at Highmark Stadium.
Fox Chapel finds winning goal in 70th minute to get past Plum, win 1st WPIAL title since ’95
November 1, 2024
It has been close to three decades since the last time the Fox Chapel boys soccer program could call itself the WPIAL champion.

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Apollo-Ridge receiver Alex Smith reaches for a pass against Beaver Falls defenders Cody Long and Javon Turner as the Vikings won their first WPIAL playoff game, 58-40, on Oct. 31, 2014.
Through the Years: Apollo-Ridge earned 2nd playoff win in ’14
October 31, 2024
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic history.

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Plum’s Fedgy Fertil battles for the ball with Norwin’s Danny Hartman on Oct. 10.
With painful losses in rearview mirror, Plum, Fox Chapel ready to duke it out in WPIAL finals
Plum and Fox Chapel have a similar story entering the WPIAL boys soccer championship game.

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Fox Chapel’s Sophie Thorne battles Plum’s Emily Grubich for possession during their WPIAL Class 3A semifinal on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, at Martorelli Stadium in Ross.
A-K Valley high school soccer playoff capsule for Oct. 31, 2024
October 30, 2024
WPIAL soccer playoffs

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Burrell’s Maggie Nesko celebrates with McKenna Miller after scoring against Mt. Pleasant during their WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinal on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, at Mt. Pleasant.
A-K Valley schools to be well-represented at WPIAL soccer championships
There might be a bit more traffic than usual heading down Route 28 the next few days, as local soccer fans make their way to Highmark Stadium on the South Side.

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Plum coach Raf Kolankowski
Top-seeded Plum boys soccer team headed to 1st WPIAL final in 19 years
October 29, 2024
For years, Plum boys soccer coach Raf Kolankowski has talked about how the soccer gods haven’t shined on his group in the postseason.

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Fox Chapel’s Emily McKee (12) celebrates with Sophie Thorne after scoring against Plum during their WPIAL Class 3A semifinal on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, at Martorelli Stadium in Ross.
Fox Chapel locks in, beats Plum to return to WPIAL Class 3A championship game
Fox Chapel is heading back to Highmark Stadium for a shot at a second straight WPIAL championship.

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Plum’s Emily Grubich battles Moon’s Lillian Snyder for possession during a WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal Thursday.
A-K Valley high school soccer playoff capsules for Oct. 29, 2024
October 28, 2024
WPIAL soccer playoffs

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