MONACA — A merged school district now has a mascot and official colors for its sports teams.

Teams at the Central Valley School District in Beaver County will be known as the Warriors and will wear navy and Carolina blue on their uniforms.

The former Center Area and Monaca school districts are officially merging July 1.

The district settled on its new name in February, and a 48-member student committee picked the mascot name and colors on Tuesday.

Center’s sports teams have been known as the Trojans while Monaca’s teams are called the Indians.

The districts elementary schools will combine this fall, while the middle and high schools will operate separately before combining in the fall of 2010.

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