Anne's Arts & Activities Blog

St. Marys High School’s Kayla Hoohuli has been named Class AAA girls basketball Player of the Year by a panel of sports writers from across the state. Hoohuli led the Lady Dutch to four District 9 titles, and a state playoff game in 2010. She scored a career-high 52 points in that game. She is also an all-state first team selection. Hoohouli plans to attend Canisius in the fall. Photo of Kayla provided by Pitt-Bradford when she was named one of the University's Women of Promise.

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford honored three high school students at ‘Women of Promise’ for their achievements in athletics, community service and the creative and performing arts at a luncheon this week. Dr. Leslie Rhinehart, director of counseling services at Pitt-Bradford, gave the keynote address titled “Thank You for Being a Star.” Being honored were Alexa Campbell of Portville (N.Y.) Central School for creative and performing arts; Kayla Hoohuli of St. Marys Area High School for athletics; and Samantha Whiteman of Archbishop Walsh Academy in Olean, N.Y., for community service. Campbell, the daughter of David and Darla Campbell, already has an impressive resume in the arts. Now 17, she began performing at the age of 7 as Gretl in the Broadway national tour of “The Sound of Music.” She toured the United States and Canada for 10 months as Max with “Dragon Tales Live” and spent three months touring the United Kingdom with Disn...