{"id":508973,"date":"2026-03-07T09:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T09:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/508973\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T09:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T09:30:09","slug":"wnba-star-alyssa-thomas-returns-to-the-susquehanna-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/508973\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA star Alyssa Thomas returns to the Susquehanna Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCOMES AWAY WITH THE WIN. THE FINAL 55 TO 49. BACK TO SOME GIRLS HOOPS. HARRISBURG NATIVE, SIX TIME WNBA ALL-STAR ALYSSA THOMAS HAS MADE HER WAY BACK TO THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. FRESH OFF A TRIP TO THE WNBA FINALS WITH THE PHOENIX MERCURY, THOMAS TOOK IN TONIGHT\u2019S MILTON HERSHEY GAME. HER MOM, TINA, THE HEAD COACH OF THE SPARTANS GIRLS SQUAD TOMORROW. I\u2019M EXCITED TO GET HOME. YOU KNOW, I DON\u2019T GET TO GET HOME TOO OFTEN, BUT TO GET OUT HERE, SEE A GREAT GAME. MILTON HERSHEY HAD A GREAT RUN THIS YEAR, SO JUST EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS AND BE ABLE TO WATCH THEM PLAY TODAY. TOMORROW I\u2019M GOING TO WATCH MY MOM\u2019S TEAM PLAY. YOU KNOW THEY\u2019RE HAVING A GREAT SEASON AS WELL. HISTORIC RUN FOR THEM. BEEN TO A FEW GAMES EARLY ON WHEN SHE STARTED COACHING HERE. YOU KNOW THEY\u2019VE THEY\u2019VE GROWN A LOT OVER THE YEARS FOR ME. JUST EXCITED TO SEE WHERE SHE\u2019S TAKEN THIS PROGRAM. YOU KNOW PROBABLY THE DEEPEST RUN THAT THEY\u2019VE EVER HAD IN SCHOOL HISTORY. SO I\u2019M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO TOMORROW. I KNOW THEY HAVE A TOUGH TASK, BUT ALWAYS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT. ALYSSA’\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

WNBA star Alyssa Thomas returns to the Susquehanna Valley to support her mom’s team<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlyssa Thomas, a Harrisburg native, six-time WNBA All-Star and U.S. Olympian has returned to the Susquehanna Valley to support her mother, Tina, who is the head coach of the Milton Hershey girls’ basketball team.”Tomorrow, I’m going to watch my mom’s team play. You know, they’re having a great season as well. Historic run for them. Been to a few games, early on when she started coaching here. You know, they’ve grown a lot over the years. For me, just excited to see where she’s taking this program. You know, probably the deepest run that they’ve ever had in school history. So, excited to see what they can do tomorrow,” Thomas said.Tina Thomas and the Milton Hershey girls’ basketball team are set to tip off against South Fayette at 1 p.m. tomorrow.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Alyssa Thomas, a Harrisburg native, six-time WNBA All-Star and U.S. Olympian has returned to the Susquehanna Valley to support her mother, Tina, who is the head coach of the Milton Hershey girls’ basketball team.<\/p>\n

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“Tomorrow, I’m going to watch my mom’s team play. You know, they’re having a great season as well. Historic run for them. Been to a few games, early on when she started coaching here. You know, they’ve grown a lot over the years. For me, just excited to see where she’s taking this program. You know, probably the deepest run that they’ve ever had in school history. So, excited to see what they can do tomorrow,” Thomas said.<\/p>\n

Tina Thomas and the Milton Hershey girls’ basketball team are set to tip off against South Fayette at 1 p.m. tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COMES AWAY WITH THE WIN. THE FINAL 55 TO 49. BACK TO SOME GIRLS HOOPS. HARRISBURG NATIVE, SIX…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[15447,36308,231091,231097,16898,231100,231096,231092,2599,231094,15389,231095,99,44282,231099,121970,12271,231093,434,231098],"class_list":{"0":"post-508973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-alyssa-thomas","9":"tag-basketball-team","10":"tag-harrisburg-native","11":"tag-harrisburg-native-return","12":"tag-head-coach","13":"tag-historic-run","14":"tag-milton-hershey","15":"tag-milton-hershey-girls-basketball","16":"tag-mom","17":"tag-mom-is-head-coach-of-milton-hershey-girls-basketball","18":"tag-mother","19":"tag-six-time-wnba-all-star","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-susquehanna-valley","22":"tag-team-play","23":"tag-tina","24":"tag-tomorrow","25":"tag-u-s-olympian","26":"tag-wnba","27":"tag-wnba-star-alyssa-thomas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}