Tag: Valley

Burrell’s Cam Baker is the reigning 107-pound WPIAL champion.
Burrell, Derry could battle for WPIAL Class 2A wrestling title
December 10, 2024
Burrell and Derry come into the season ranked 1-2 in the TribHSSN Class 2A wrestling rankings.

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Penn-Trafford’s Torrie DeStefano (24) looks to get around Norwin’s Anna Fraser on Tuesday.
Westmoreland County girls basketball notebook: Penn-Trafford happy to have defensive spark plug back
December 4, 2024
Penn-Trafford learned how to play without Torrie DeStefano last season after the then-sophomore guard suffered a season-ending knee injury just six games into the schedule.

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Knoch’s Karlee Buterbaugh battles Highlands’ Kalleigh Nerone for a rebound during their game Jan. 22, 2024, at Highlands.
Starting 5s: Previewing high school girls basketball season in the A-K Valley
November 28, 2024
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Deer Lakes’ Nathaniel Moore scores past Mercyhurst Prep’s Derek Bly during a PIAA Class A first-round game March 9.
Starting 5s: Previewing high school boys basketball season in the A-K Valley
Starting 5s

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Burrell’s Cam Baker works to pin Bentworth’s Brian Mathews at 107 pounds during the WPIAL Class 2A team wrestling quarterfinals Jan. 31, 2024.
A-K Valley Class 2A wrestling preview: ‘Nothing has really changed’ for defending champ Burrell
November 27, 2024
After a two-year hiatus, Burrell wrestling returned to the top of the WPIAL Class 2A mountain by winning its 18th district championship last season.

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Burrell’s Pyper Ferres scores past Mia Shipman of Hempfield during the WCCA volleyball all-star match on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, at Ligonier Valley.
Rosters announced for 3rd annual We Serve First All-Star Classic
November 26, 2024
The players for the third annual We Serve First All-Star Classic, sponsored by the We Serve First Foundation, have been released.

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Oakland Catholic’s London Creach draws a foul by McKeesport’s Kaylee Charles nexts to Rachael Manfredo in the final seconds of overtime in their 2023 PIAA Class 5A quarterfinal.
Trib HSSN 2024-25 WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball preseason breakdown
November 25, 2024
Since the PIAA went to six classifications in 2017, North Catholic has dominated Class 4A girls basketball.

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Tonya Norman was named Valley’s girls basketball coach ahead of the 2024-25 season.
Valley girls basketball team is hungry to be competitive
November 24, 2024
Tonya Norman is the new sheriff in town as the coach for Valley girls basketball. Although she is in her first year, she is familiar with Valley sports.

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Valley’s Mickael Allen (left), shown shooting against Deer Lakes’ Nate Moore	last season, is “focused on leading,” coach Brice Flenory said.
Brice Flenory wants to turn back clock at Valley
Valley is looking to rejuvenate a basketball program that won a WPIAL championship in 1993 and was a force in the ’90s.

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Freeport’s Tom Hunter (31) celebrates the winning touchdown with Mike Petras (14) while kicker Mike Brestensky carries his white kicking shoe back to the bench as the Yellowjackets downed Jeannette, 9-7, to win the Allegheny Conference title on Nov. 2, 1984.
Through the Years: 40 years ago, Freeport finally got the better of nemesis Jeannette
November 21, 2024
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch has taken a look back at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic legacy.

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