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Celebrating sinking his 18th hole shot, Tiger Woods puts his hands and club in the air at the AT&T National Tournament.

Golf star Tiger Woods involved in single car crash

Dylan Scheel, Business Manager • March 31, 2021

45-year-old golf star Eldrick “Tiger” Woods has faced many challenges and setbacks over his 25 year golf career including a multitude of back issues, but on Feb. 23, he faced his biggest challenge...

Sophomore Isaac Barry prepares to throw his pitch on March 16 at a scrimmage game against Carlynton.

Baseball back after canceled 2020 season

Abigail Ketterer, Staff Writer • March 26, 2021

Due to COVID-19, last year’s baseball season was cancelled. There was only one scrimmage game. That’s why this year’s varsity baseball team is excited to get back on the field. “Seniors Kevin...

Senior Erica Gazdik makes a throw to freshman Shaye Bailey at first base during a practice on March 22.

Softball starts pitching again

After last year's softball season was canceled, the girls are finally getting to play
Kinsley Aswani, Staff Writer • March 26, 2021

Last year, due to COVID-19, the girls softball season got shut down. Now, this year, they are up and running again. The girls only had two seniors,  Shyann Komara and Brooke Matoic,graduate last year,...

Senior Trent Schultheis finished his Freedom wrestling career with a third place finish in the PIAA championships on March 12.

Wrestling towards goals

Wrestlers compete in State, District tournaments
Brigette Richard, Social Media Director • March 26, 2021

With the wrestling season slowly coming to an end, WPIAL (Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League) and PIAA (Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association) championships come to a start....

Then-sophomore Sara Mengel completes a long jump in a scrimmage at Ambridge on March 12, 2020. The next day, all events would be canceled, marking the end of the team's season before it officially began.

Getting back on track: Track and field team begins new season

Chloe Wolf, Asst. Editorial Editor • March 26, 2021

As the spring season begins, the track and field team starts their practices and preparations for the upcoming sports season. Although, this season will be considerably different compared to the last year....

Head Coach John Kaercher gives the Bulldog starting lineup a pep talk just before the March 6 tipoff against North Catholic for the WPIAL quarterfinals game.

Girls basketball team falls to North Catholic in WPIAL quarterfinals

Keith Pawlowski, News Editor • March 26, 2021

After a month-long delay to the season due to COVID-19, the girls basketball season came to an end in March this year. Similar to many other organized activities during this time of pandemic, the girls...

While skating across the ice, senior Marc Evans goes to try and hit the puck.

Hitting pucks and scoring goals

Central Valley hockey season slowly comes to an end
Brigette Richard, Social Media Director • February 26, 2021

After spending months in quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Central Valley Warriors hockey team did not know how much of a season they were really going to have. Hoping that they would have a...

Senior Tyrique Campbell readies himself on defense while eyeing up an approaching opponent on Feb. 9 against Avonworth.

Dropping the ball

Boys basketball team struggles to pull out wins this season
Sarah Levenson, Managing Editor • February 26, 2021

After only getting to play five games last month due to COVID-19 postponements, the boys basketball team finally got into a steady flow of games taking place throughout all of February. However, the team...

Junior Olivia Evans follows a shot to the boards, looking for a rebound on Feb. 4 against Laurel.

Girls basketball team looks to continue momentum in second half of season

Leannah Messenger, Editorial Editor • February 26, 2021

As of Feb. 4, the current record for the girls basketball team this season is 4-4 overall, and 3-4 in section. The team went up against their section rival, Laurel, on Feb. 4 where they lost 55-58. That...

Sophomore Matthew Schultheis prepares to take on his opponent from Carlynton on Feb. 2.

Wrestling team falls in sub-sectionals, still alive individually

Paige Young, Asst. News Editor • February 26, 2021

Just like other sports in the district, the wrestling team has lost a large amount of matches in their season this year. That has not stopped them from preparing for matches and tournaments though. So...

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