Tag: Deer Lakes

Deer Lakes running back Cody Scarantine catches a ball during drills on the first day of practice Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. Scarantine broke his lower fibula during a game last year.

Now recovered from broken leg, Deer Lakes’ Scarantine ready to make impact

August 16, 2021

As if Deer Lakes didn’t have enough challenges last season fielding an inexperienced team around the stops and starts related to the covid-19 pandemic.

Deer Lakes’ Derek Burk throws during practice Wednesday, Aug. 11.

After taking medicine last season, Deer Lakes ready to reap rewards

August 15, 2021

The Deer Lakes Lancers knew they’d be taking their lumps in 2020, going with a young and inexperienced team.

Plum coach Matt Morgan led the Mustangs to the WPIAL Class 5A semifinals last season.

A-K Valley football coaches eager to get back to normal when camp starts Monday

August 14, 2021

At this time last August, high school football teams throughout the Alle-Kiski Valley were wading through a pool of uncertainty as the covid pandemic threatened to eliminate the season.

Deer Lakes’ newly hired girls volleyball coach Laurie Caraher observes a girls volleyball camp at Deer lakes High School Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021.

Caraher will draw on experience as Division I player, club coach as she takes over Deer Lakes girls volleyball

August 12, 2021

Laurie Caraher is pumped for Monday’s start of preseason practices as the new coach of the Deer Lakes girls volleyball team.

Deer Lakes’ Abigail Boulos (left) closes in on Burrell’s Leah Brockett during the first half of a Section 2-2A matchup Sept. 23, 2020, at Deer Lakes’ Lancers Stadium.

Deer Lakes soccer standout ready to kick off college career at St. Francis

August 2, 2021

The countdown has reached zeroes for Deer Lakes graduate Abigail Boulos as she embarks on a Division I soccer tenure at St. Francis (Pa.).

New Deer Lakes varsity boys soccer coach Aaron Smith instructs during a workout July 14, 2021, at Lancers Stadium.

New Deer Lakes soccer coach Aaron Smith steps in to ‘higher-end program’

July 15, 2021

Aaron Smith spent the past 11 years on the sidelines for the Valley girls soccer team.

New Deer Lakes coach Sam Salih coaches the Greensburg Central Catholic girls team during the 2019 season.

Girls basketball coach Sam Salih makes move to Deer Lakes from Greensburg CC

July 7, 2021

When Sam Salih resigned as girls varsity head coach at Greensburg Central Catholic in April after three seasons, he said it was time for a change, and he left the Centurions program on good terms.