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TYRONE -- At its school board meeting Tuesday, Tyrone Area High School approved three new varsity head coaches.
Cate Baran, a 2020 graduate of Tyrone who was a two-time Altoona Mirror first-team all-star for the Lady Eagles softball team, will be the new head coach of the program, taking over for Hilary Soellner, who stepped down after last season.
Baran was hired at a $4,000 stipend as was new head baseball coach Jim Lang.
Lang was a longtime assistant under Kevin Soellner, who also resigned after last season. Lang was on the coaching staff that led the Golden Eagles to the 2021 PIAA Class 3A championship.
In addition to the baseball and softball coaches, Quentin Wright -- who is already the head boys wrestling coach -- was officially hired as head girls wrestling coach and will get $1,346.47 for that duty.
Also, Alesha Weaver, who has been the head coach of the Tyrone girls volleyball team since 2022 and recently wrapped up her season with a 3-1 loss to River Valley in the District 6 Class 3A playoffs on Oct. 29, put in her resignation.
Volleyball stars named
The Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association released its All-Star teams for the Class 1A field in the District 6 area on Wednesday.
Bishop Carroll, the Class 1A champions, had three first-teamers in Emily Olienyk, Olivia Gregg and Addison Myers. Representing Portage are Mya Selapack and Kylie Hess while Raina Alexander made the team for Williamsburg.
On the second team are Bishop Carroll's Lilly Strait, Bishop Guilfoyle's Jayden Polley, Glendale's Rosie McClellan and Juniata Valley's Addison Borst and Ava Sager.
OTHERS
FIRST TEAM: Claire Peters, St. Joseph's; Zoey Ferguson, Bishop McCort; Chloe Stern, Ferndale
SECOND TEAM: Alissa Durst, Bishop McCort; Olivia Tallari, Ferndale; Maggie Voyda, Homer Center