Tag: Leechburg

Highlands’ Johnny Crise celebrates as time winds down in the WPIAL Class 4A championship game against Belle Vernon on Feb. 29, 2020, at Petersen Events Center.
Highlands’ Johnny Crise named Valley News Dispatch Boys Basketball Player of the Year
April 5, 2020
Valley News Dispatch Boys Basketball Player of the Year

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New Leechburg coach Randy Walters was head coach at Valley in 2002-03.
Leechburg hires new football coach, athletic director
March 25, 2020
As an assistant coach with Burrell football the last two seasons, Randy Walters watched the Bucs fling the ball all over the field using head coach Shawn Liotta’s up-tempo Air Raid approach.

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Guido: A look at other times high school sports shut down
March 24, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is threatening to do what World War II, the Spanish flu and the Asian flu couldn’t do: shelve an entire high school sports season.

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Highlands’ Johnny Crise pulls down a rebound between Grove City defenders during their PIAA Class 4A second round state playoff game Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2020, at North Allegheny High School.
George Guido: Lots of fond memories from basketball season
March 17, 2020
This is the week when we usually wrap up the local high school basketball season and advise everybody to take in the Cager Classic Saturday night at Highlands.

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Leechburg baseball not satisfied with just WPIAL playoff spot
March 15, 2020
After making the WPIAL baseball playoffs each of the past two seasons, Leechburg would like to break out of the 2-0 mold.

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Leechburg pitcher Emma Ritchie was a first team Valley News Dispatch all-star last season.
Leechburg softball team readies for run at 34th straight playoff berth
The coronavirus pandemic might do something other WPIAL softball teams have failed to do: stop Leechburg’s playoff streak.

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The East and West teams wait to compete during the skills competition at the annual Cager Classic March 22, 2019 at Highlands High School.
Organizers cancel A-K Cager Classic all-star game over coronavirus concerns
March 12, 2020
One of the Alle-Kiski Valley’s most popular sports events has become a victim of coronavirus concerns.

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Lincoln Park’s Johnnie Bryant scores on a layup against Deer Lakes defenders Jack Hollibaugh (34) and Ryan Butler (42) on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, in a WPIAL first-round playoff game at Fox Chapel.
A-K Valley Boys Basketball Notebook: Three more teams see their season come to an end
February 20, 2020
Three more A-K Valley boys basketball teams had their seasons end this past weekend as Deer Lakes, Apollo-Ridge and Leechburg lost their first-round matchups.

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Jake Nulph was named the new head football coach at Edinboro University on Jan. 19, 2020.
George Guido: New Edinboro football coach to headline Armstrong County Sports HOF class
February 18, 2020
It’s been a pretty busy 2020 so far for Apollo-Ridge graduate Jake Nulph.

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Geibel Catholic’s Ryan Anderson drives to the basket against Leechburg’s Connor McDermott during their WPIAL Class 1A first round matchup on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 at Thomas Jefferson High School.
No. 9 Geibel Catholic boys use an electric fourth quarter to earn first round victory over Leechburg
February 15, 2020
For the past three years, the Geibel boys basketball team qualified for the playoffs. But each time, the Gators lost in the first round.

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