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Plum baseball ends season with tough loss to North Allegheny

 By Michael Love
The Plum varsity baseball team cleared one hurdle in the WPIAL Quad-A playoffs this year when it took down Shaler in the first round to …
Penn-Trafford softball shuts out Plum in first-round defeat
By Michael Love
The Plum varsity softball team tried to break a streak of first-round eliminations from the WPIAL Quad-A playoffs that dated back more than a decade …
Plum volleyball falls in 5-set heartbreaker to Seneca Valley
By Michael Love
The Plum varsity boys volleyball team engaged in several close battles this year and faced the pressure of a trio of five-set matches in the …
Plum track sends two to AAA state meet
By Michael Love
Matt Dombrowski didn’t want his high school career to end at the football stadium at Baldwin High School. He wanted to make Shippensburg his final …
Plum High School Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2013 selected
By Michael Love
The Plum High School Sports Hall of Fame committee has announced the eight-member Class of 2013 that will be inducted on Nov. 14 at Edgewood Country Club in Churchill. Tickets are available at $40 per individual and $400 for a table of 10. Checks can be made payable to Plum …
Conference title caps season for Plum grad, distance runner Lydon
By Michael Love
Penn State-Behrend junior distance runner Denny Lydon, a Plum graduate, enjoyed another successful outdoor track and field season this spring. He captured his second consecutive …
Plum baseball snaps six-game playoff losing skid
By Michael Love
The Plum varsity baseball team hoped to get the playoff monkey off its back Monday as it faced Shaler in a first-round Quad-A playoff game …
Plum track athletes seek medals, trips to states at WPIAL meet
By Michael Love
Several weeks of practices, dual meets and invitationals have led to Thursday’s WPIAL Class AAA championships at Baldwin High School, and 17 Plum athletes will …
Plum boys volleyball closes out regular season with senior-night triumph
By Michael Love
The Plum varsity boys volleyball team entered the WPIAL playoffs with a lot of momentum after wrapping up an 8-4 season in Section 3-AAA action with a 3-1 mark over its final four games. The Mustangs made quick work of Gateway, 3-0, in their Section 3-AAA finale last Thursday at …
Plum basketball’s Richards adds golf to coaching resume
By Michael Love
Ron Richards is known as a fiery basketball coach, and through his two tenures as head mentor to the Plum varsity boys basketball team, he …
North Allegheny baseball blanks Plum to reach semifinals
By Michael Love
Plum already had taken down a higher seed in this year’s WPIAL Class AAAA playoffs. But the No. 10-seeded Mustangs couldn’t repeat the feat Wednesday. …
Defense shines for Penn-Trafford softball in playoff win
By George Guido
The Plum Mustangs hit the ball well during Tuesday’s opening-round Class AAAA softball game at Gateway High School, but Penn-Trafford was up to the task. …
Plum baseball ends playoff drought with win over Shaler
By George Guido
Plum senior Zac Manuppelli picked a great time for one of his top career performances. With scouts from several colleges watching, Manuppelli threw a two-hitter …
Local notebook: Mathias looking to add perimeter game
By Bill Beckner Jr.
Erin Mathias is a huge fan of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant. If all goes as planned, the Fox Chapel junior center will play …
Plum’s Dombrowski hopes to make WPIAL impact in shot put
By Michael Love
Matt Dombrowski ended his freshman outdoor track and field season throwing 39 feet in the shot put. As he got older and stronger and developed …
Slumping Plum baseball enters WPIAL playoffs from different perspective
By Michael Love
Plum varsity head baseball coach Carl Vollmer said his team heads into the WPIAL playoffs under different terms this year. “We’ve typically been the higher …
Plum softball hopes to put string of first-round playoff exits to rest
By Michael Love
The second season for softball almost is here. The WPIAL playoff pairings are scheduled to be released Thursday, and the Mustangs again are in the mix in Quad-A after finishing second (10-2) to McKeesport (12-0) in Section 2 race. Mustangs head coach Jim McGrath said his team will be ready …
Plum confident heading to WPIALs
By Michael Love
The Plum varsity boys volleyball team wraps up its Section 3-AAA slate Thursday with a senior-night game against Gateway in the main gym at Plum …
Baleno named new Plum boys soccer coach
By Michael Love
Dave Baleno knows what it feels like to experience success on the soccer field at Plum. The 2000 Plum graduate was a four-year varsity letterman for the Mustangs. He played as a freshman and became a starter as a sophomore. In the fall of 1998, Baleno’s junior season, Plum went …
Plum bowling teams honored
By Michael Love
The Plum boys and girls bowling teams were celebrated on April 28. The teams were honored by the WPIBL and the Plum coaches for their …
Alle-Kiski roundup: Back-to-back homers in 7th lift Plum softball over Serra
By Staff Reports
Plum’s softball team showed it has a flair for the dramatic. The playoff-bound Mustangs used back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the seventh inning …
Baserunning gaffes hurt Plum
By Bill Beckner Jr.
Plum doesn’t mind being called a small-ball team, but there’s one small problem: The Mustangs can’t play that style if they don’t execute on the …
Plum wraps up section slate with Franklin Regional
By Michael Love
With about a week or two gone in the Section 3-AAAA schedule, it was pretty well established that Pittsburgh Central Catholic, Plum and Franklin Regional …
Host Plum volleyball takes second at invitational
By Michael Love
The Plum varsity boys volleyball team was one point away from wrapping up the championship at Saturday’s 38th annual Plum Invitational tournament at Plum High …
Plum grad Cliber happy to remain part of softball program as assistant coach
By Michael Love
Kaitlin Cliber graduated in 2012 after a multiyear career as a member of the Plum varsity softball team. She finished her career as a starter …