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SHS Volleyball Capture First-ever NTL Championship

SHS Volleyball Capture First-ever NTL Championship

Last year, the SHS volleyball team qualified for PIAA District IV Championship play, a first in decades. So how did they level up this season? For the first time ever, the squad brought home the coveted NTL title, losing just two games the entire season!

Photo credit: Daniel M. Polinski

These are the girls who rewrote the history books. The team had already qualified for post-season play by…

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ON THE ROAD TO VICTORY

ON THE ROAD TO VICTORY

The Lady Redskins Soccer Team, earlier this afternoon, as they prepared to load the bus for the first game of their 2015 post-season play.

Photo credit: Daniel Polinski

In the photo, they are headed for Hughesville, where they are scheduled to take on Montgomery.

Let’s hope that they bring us back some hardware!

Update: Your lady Redskins BEAT Montgomery 7-1!

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Members of the Polish Falcons of America from Pittsburgh, Pa., perform a gymnastics routine under the direction of Druh Edward Brodala.  Brodala was an avid gymnast from a young age.  In addition to drilling with the American Boy Scouts, he studied acrobatics and dance at the Olympic Studio in Pittsburgh.  He was offered a job with Barnum and Bailey Circus and would have accepted, but for his father's refusal to sign the contract.

Barnum and Bailey's loss was the Polish Falcons' gain.  Brodala joined the Polish Falcons Nest 8 when he was 16 years old.  As Physical Education Instructor for the District from 1941 to 1983, Brodala organized a group of acrobats that traveled throughout Pennsylvania and Ohio giving performances.  His performers were well known for their daring human pyramids, like the one pictured here. 

To learn more about gymnastics in the Polish Falcons of America, check out the photographs in our Athletics Collection!  

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