Tickets on sale for ’24 Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame banquet
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Saturday, February 10, 2024 | 9:01 AM
Ellen Toy, seen here meeting with the Kiski Area High School girls volleyball team in 2014, will be a posthumous inductee at this year’s Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame banquet May 4, 2024.
Tickets are available for the 53rd Alle-Kiski Valley Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet, set for 7 p.m. May 4 at the Pittsburgh Shriners Center in Harmar, near the Route 28 expressway.
Tickets are $40 each, and a patron can sit either with an honorees’ following or at a non-affiliated table.
Contact Larry Lutz (724-822-3695), Fred Soilis, 412-736-1809 or Bill Heasley (724-882-3079) for information.
This year’s inductees will be:
• Shane Bartha, Apollo-Ridge High School basketball
• Brice Flenory, Valley High School, Point Park and Pittsburgh pro basketball
• Scott Higgins, Riverview and Westminster College football
• Fred Pagnaelli, Har-Brack and Point Park baseball and Highlands coach
• Mark Perry, Springdale soccer and WPIAL coach with 36 of 39 playoff seasons
• Melissa Baustert Schaeffer, Kiski Area and Carnegie Mellon cross country, track and Freeport coach
• Anthony Recchia, Kiski Area multi-sports and Pitt football
• Ellen Toy (posthumous), Kiski Area and Pitt volleyball, Kiski Area and Leechburg coach
• The 1946 Ken High football team
• The 1979 Valley boys basketball team
The Tribune-Review also will be sponsoring the student awards that will include:
• Derek Burk, Deer Lakes, Valley News Dispatch offensive football Player of the Year
• Luke Bombalski, Highlands, Valley News Dispatch defensive football Player of the Year
• Billy Lawrence, Springdale, Valley News Dispatch boys soccer Player of the Year
• Lola Abraham, Riverview, Valley News Dispatch girls soccer Player of the Year
The four Cager Classic MVPs and the Valley News Dispatch boys and girls basketball players of the year will be added at a later date, along with a Courage Award winner.
If you’re going
What: 53rd A-K Valley Sports Hall of Fame induction
When: 7 p.m. May 4
Where: Pittsburgh Shriners Center, Harmar
Tickets: $40
Contact: Larry Lutz, 724-822-3695; Fred Soilis, 412-736-1809; Bill Heasley, 724-882-3079
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