The Foundation (2014)

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David Finoli

09/21/2014
Overview
It was a program that was down on its luck, in the midst of a 23-game losing streak that would eventually stretch to 24; enter Coach Tony Mitchell. Mitchell used a combination of disciplines both on the field and off to set the foundations for the players, not only turning this team from a doormat to a WPIAL playoff participant in two seasons, but helped his players become more successful in the classroom, giving them hope for a successful future that previously most could not have imagined. In the process, Mitchell also took a school with no track into a team that finished fourth at the 1999 PIAA Track Championships, the highest point total out of all WPIAL Class AA schools. Foundations tells this amazing story of hope, belief and hard work and how it affected this school and this community at the end of the 20th century.
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