Kolankowski's Plum squad is off to a strong, 3-0-1 start after two weeks, including a big 2-0 win last Thursday against section rival Franklin Regional.

Among the topics discussed on the Kids on the Pitch podcast included:

• Plum's positive start to the 2022 against tough competition
• Measuring up a very deep group of strong teams contending in Class 3A this season
• A look back at how WPIAL Soccer has evolved over the years, since Kolankowski was a player in the late 1980s and early 1990s, seeing multiple generations of players circling through, many at the same high schools
• Experience staying home, and playing at Point Park, when the soccer program was still in its early years when both John and Raf played and later coached in the early-to-mid 1990s
• Approach to coaching young players and keeping their priorities in check
• And much more