Plum Advance Leader category, Page 67
After trip to PIAA semifinals, future looks promising for Plum girls soccer
The Plum girls soccer team accomplished many things in 2021 and finished with 21 victories through the regular season, WPIAL playoffs and PIAA tournament. Coach Jamie Stewart said the girls created an air of excitement among many in the Plum High School community with their play throughout the fall. But...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 21, 2021
Forest Hills AAA Properties Inc. sold property at 109 Avenue A to Scott Peterson for $75,000. Tri COG Land Bank sold property at 418 Avenue D to Jamal McDonald for $30,000. Dana Patterson sold property at 538 Windsor Ave. to Stephen Thomas Deschon Jr. and Jena Lynn Braill for $98,000....
Plum library, schools team with 412 Food Rescue to get leftovers to needy residents
Pam Fauls heard about the 412 Food Rescue program long before the coronavirus put people out of work and caused prices to skyrocket because of shutdowns and short supplies. But it wasn’t until restrictions on in-person gatherings were lifted that she was able to launch a program in her own...
A-K Valley girls athlete of the week: Plum’s Ava Weleski
Ava Weleski Class: Sophomore School: Plum Sport: Soccer Report card: Weleski scored the winning goal for Plum in a 2-1 victory over Mechanicsburg in the PIAA Class 3A quarterfinals Saturday. She also has three multi-goal games in the postseason and a total of seven goals. This season is the first...
Mars girls soccer headed back to Hershey after another win over Plum
The Mars girls soccer team is headed back to Hershey for a shot at its third straight PIAA championship. Sophomore Ainsley Ray headed home a corner kick from fellow sophomore Addi Girdwood with 10 minutes, 36 seconds left in the second half to lift the Planets past Plum, 1-0, in...
Food drive seeks last-minute Thanksgiving dinner fixings
A Thanksgiving wrap-up food drive is planned Nov. 17 at the Fox’s Pizza Den in Oakmont. It will be held 4 to 7 p.m. and all donations benefit Rosedale Food Pantry. The most needed items for Thanksgiving include: flour, sugar, canned pumpkin, canned sweet potatoes, boxed stuffing mix, cereal, canned...
Plum girls soccer gets another crack at nemesis Mars, this time in state semifinals
The Plum girls soccer team had to endure a pair of 170-mile round trips — two excursions to Hollidaysburg’s Tiger Stadium, near Altoona — for the first two rounds of the PIAA Class 3A playoffs. Those trips, long as they were, did yield winning results: a first-round 3-1 victory over...
PIAA girls soccer preview capsule: Plum vs. Mars, Tuesday, Nov. 16
Class 3A Semifinals 7-2 Plum (21-2-1) vs. 7-1 Mars (18-0-1) 6 p.m. Tuesday at Shaler Titans Stadium, Shaler Middle School, Glenshaw Winner plays: Winner of 1-1 Radnor/12-1 Archbishop Ryan in championship game at 4 p.m. Saturday in Hershey Tuesday’s contest is a rematch of a 2-1 Mars victory in the...
Plum police’s No Shave November nets donation for food bank
The Plum Borough Police Department may be looking a little scruffy during No Shave November but it’s all for a good cause. For a $50 donation, officers can bypass department grooming policy and grow out their facial hair during the inaugural fundraiser. The proceeds raised go to the Plum Food...
A-K Valley senior spotlight: Plum’s Marissa Liberto
Marissa Liberto Plum girls soccer Marissa Liberto can score a goal or two. She also loves setting up her teammates. The Plum senior forward/midfielder and newly minted All-WPIAL performer just wants to win soccer games. “Winning the game is all that matters,” said Liberto, who will help lead the 21-2-1...
Heart, grit help carry Plum to WPIAL football playoffs
The Plum football team lost to Hampton by 28 points in the regular season. To some, that Greater Allegheny Conference result, 35-7 on Oct. 8 at Plum, might have been a foreshadowing of things to come when the WPIAL football playoff committee paired the Talbots and Mustangs for the Class...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 14, 2021
Monroeville Maplecrest LLC sold property at 112 Armour Drive to NVR Inc. for $83,300. James Cole sold property at 228 Brinton St. to Mary Rita Craddock for $89,000. Nianzu Liang sold property at 232 Clover Drive to Mark Noel and Julie Luu for $200,000. David Cawley sold property at 764...
Plum girls soccer team tops Mechanicsburg in PIAA quarters
The record-setting season for the Plum girls soccer team continues. The Mustangs trailed District 3 champion Mechanicsburg just two minutes into Saturday’s PIAA Class 3A quarterfinal at Hollidaysburg. But second-half tallies from junior Camryn Rogers and sophomore Ava Weleski lifted Plum into the state semifinals with a 2-1 win over...
Plum girls soccer not satisfied as they head into state quarterfinals
The Plum girls soccer team is in uncharted territory, but at the same time, it has set its course for a familiar destination. For the first time in program history, the Mustangs will play a PIAA quarterfinal game. Plum faces District 3 champion Mechanicsburg at 1 p.m. Saturday. “It is...
A-K Valley PIAA soccer quarterfinal capsule for Nov. 13, 2021
PIAA Girls Soccer Class 3A Quarterfinals Plum (20-2-1) vs. Mechanicsburg (18-3-2) 1 p.m. Saturday at Hollidaysburg High School, Hollidaysburg Winner plays: Winner of 7-1 Mars (17-0-1)/7-3 Montour (16-7) on Tuesday in semifinals (Site and time TBD) Notes: Plum punched its ticket to the quarterfinals with a 3-1 victory over District...
Freeport volleyball avoids WPIAL title hangover, beats Plum in PIAA 1st-round match
Freeport girls volleyball coach Tom Phillips has always worried about the potential for a “hangover” from winning a WPIAL championship going into the first round of the state tournament. The emotional high of winning a district crown can be tough to replicate just a couple days later, but the Yellowjackets...
Plum beats District 6 champ Hollidaysburg for program’s 1st PIAA playoff victory
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Plum girls soccer team threw everything but the kitchen sink at the Hollidaysburg net, and Tigers freshman keeper Natalie Foster in the first half during a PIAA Class AAA first-round game Tuesday at Hollidaysburg. Plum delivered 14 shots, including seven on goal, over the first 40 minutes....
Plum Snow Angels looking for volunteers and those in need of help
A Plum man has formed a network of volunteers, Plum Snow Angels, to shovel the sidewalks and driveways of elderly and disabled residents in the borough. When floodwaters ripped through Plum in 2019, Ric Vigno and friends traveled through the borough and helped elderly and disabled residents throw away “half...
Plum girls soccer team gets shot at redemption in PIAA 1st round
Kaley Simqu was a starter at Cedar Crest High School two years ago for Plum’s PIAA Class 3A girls soccer first-round game against District 3 champion Manheim Central. Now a junior, the midfielder/defender and a number of other current Mustangs teammates experienced the heartbreak of a shootout loss to the...
Plum Girl Scouts earn Bronze, Silver awards
It took a while because of the pandemic, but the Junior Girl Scouts from Plum Troop #55153 finally got their accolades. The troop worked together as a team and completed the requirements needed to earn the Bronze Award. The girls made Christmas ornaments for the residents at Concordia at Ridgewood...
A-K Valley PIAA girls soccer playoff capsules for Nov. 9, 2021
Class 3A First round 7-2 Plum (19-2-1) at 6-1 Hollidaysburg (13-8) 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hollidaysburg High School Winner plays: Winner of 3-1 Mechanicsburg/12-2 St. Hubert’s in quarterfinals Saturday (site and time TBD) Plum enters the state playoffs after a runner-up finish to Mars in Saturday’s WPIAL title game at...
Freeport, Plum finally cross paths in PIAA first-round volleyball match
The Plum and Freeport girls volleyball teams shared a gym four times this season but never played an official match against each other. The Mustangs and Yellowjackets did scrimmage in mid-August, but they missed each other at the Plum and Freeport tournaments. The teams also got a chance to see...
A-K Valley senior spotlight: Plum’s Caroline Hunter
Caroline Hunter Plum girls volleyball Members of the Plum girls volleyball team have turned the page on the WPIAL season. The Mustangs dropped a 3-2 decision to Hampton in the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals last Tuesday but quickly changed focus to the PIAA tournament. They will play WPIAL champion Freeport...
In brief: Take home a spaghetti dinner in Plum
Skip cooking dinner; order spaghetti meal Nov. 21 Take advantage of the take-home spaghetti dinner the Knights of Columbus has scheduled at Our Lady of Joy Church, 2000 O’Block Road, Plum, from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Nov. 21. Just drive your car up to the main entrance, place your order...
Persia leads Plum runners at WPIAL championship meet
Ashley Persia ran her final high school cross country race Oct. 28 at the WPIAL championships, and the Plum senior made her move throughout the race and finished 48th in Class 3A at Cal (Pa). While Persia didn’t reach her goal of a trip to states, Mustangs’ coach Stephanie Lednak...
