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District college football roundup: No. 15 Slippery Rock knocks off No. 3 Cal (Pa.)
Noah Grover threw for 466 yards and four touchdowns as No. 15 Slippery Rock jumped out to an early three-touchdown lead and upset No. 3 California, 38-26, in PSAC play Saturday afternoon. Cinque Sweeting caught seven passes for 177 yards and a touchdown for Slippery Rock (9-1, 6-1) while Jermaine...
NASCAR championship pits best at Hendrick vs. best at GibbsVideo
AVONDALE, Ariz. — The fans held their $4 beers, sharpies and phones as they stacked four rows deep seeking just a glimpse of NASCAR champion Chase Elliott inside his garage stall. The crowd erupted in cheers as the No. 9 Chevrolet was pushed into the bay. It was empty, but...
George Guido: Nearly 18,000 fans watched Ken High win a defacto WPIAL title game
Imagine a WPIAL regular-season game drawing 17,967 fans and that same game turning into a de facto championship game more than a week later. That’s what happened in 1946 when undefeated New Kensington and Vandergrift squared off Nov. 1 at Forbes Field. Interest in the game was so widespread that...
Blackhawks fire coach Jeremy Colliton after rough startVideo
CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks fired coach Jeremy Colliton on Saturday, dismissing the former NHL forward with the team off to a rough start in his fourth season. Colliton, who turns 37 in January, was in the first year of a two-year contract extension. Assistant coaches Tomas Mitell and Sheldon...
Sounding off: Gun violence is killing and traumatizing our kids
I’ve already lost my brother to gun violence. I refuse to lose my son, too, amid a surge of shootings that are killing, injuring and traumatizing our youth at a scale I’ve never seen. A few weeks ago, my 14-year-old son and his friends were pulling up to the Haunted...
Dr. Mona Gahunia: Don’t wait to vaccinate kids
On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that all children 5-11 receive the low-dose covid-19 vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech, clearing the way for shots to begin immediately. Yet a recent Kaiser Family Foundation study indicates that one-third of parents plan to take a wait-and-see approach for their...
Covid cases force cancelation of playoff game, ending Riverhounds’ season
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds’ season came to end Saturday on the eve of their USL Championship playoff game at Birmingham Legion FC. A cluster of positive covid-19 cases within the team forced the Riverhounds to cancel their trip to Alabama for Sunday’s Eastern Conference quarterfinal game. Birmingham Legion FC is awarded...
Veterans Day observances in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Veterans Day events open to the public throughout the Valley include: Apollo • The 18th annual Apollo Area Veterans Day Service will be at noon Thursday in Curran- Shaffer Funeral Home and Crematory Inc., 100 Owens View Ave. The Rev. Thomas Holmes, the Armstrong County American Legion Honor Guard, vocalist...
North Allegheny notebook: Tigers teams compete in postseason
The Pine-Richland Rams proved once again to be the dominant force in WPIAL Class 3A field hockey as they defeated North Allegheny, 3-1, to capture a third straight title Oct. 30, at Washington & Jefferson. The Rams’ game-breaker — senior midfielder Rylie Wollerton — put the Rams ahead 1-0 when...
Craig Garthwaite: If we want cures to diseases like covid, we should stop vilifying drug companies
Drugmaker Merck just shared stunning data on molnupiravir, an oral antiviral it developed to combat covid-19. In molnupiravir’s phase three clinical trial, it cut covid-19 patients’ risk of being hospitalized or dying by 50%. The company is now seeking emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration. The medicine...
Letter to the editor: Biden to blame for high gas prices
The article “Don’t expect to see a price break at the pump anytime soon in Western Pa.” (Oct. 22, TribLIVE) blames high gas prices on high demand, things going on in Europe and other things. Why don’t you people print the truth? Gas prices started to climb after President Biden...
Letter to the editor: Pa. GOP should stop wasting taxpayers’ money
President Trump lost the election. Get over it. No fraud, no stolen election. Pennsylvania Republicans, quit wasting my tax dollars on your idiotic probe of the election. Francois Vukosic Bridgeville...
Letter to the editor: Democrats don’t understand concept of melting pot
President Biden and the Democrats have our Founding Fathers spinning in their graves. This new crew does not seem to understand America’s historic melting pot strength. Opening our borders waters down our melting pot. Our common language (English) lets us cross state lines without the need of an interpreter for...
Editorial: High tech hall passes are smart solution
Not all hall passes look alike. In some schools, they are slips of paper that detail exactly where a student is allowed to go, at what time and why. In others, they are physical objects — sometimes comically large or obvious — that not only tell other staff members the...
The Stroller, Nov. 6, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, community events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Highlands High School AFS conducting annual citrus fruit sale Orders are being taken for the annual Highlands High School AFS fruit...
Letter to the editor: Turnpike interchange will destroy picturesque Penn Township area
Regarding the article “Long-awaited Pa. Turnpike interchange in Penn Township set to become a reality” (Oct. 28, TribLIVE): I have lived in Penn Township since 1987. I have seen many changes in the community as well as significant tax increases. This includes new well pads placed near residential areas and...
2021 WPIAL statistical leaders for rushing, passing, receiving in Week 10
Top performers for Week 10 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 260 - Logan Kushner, North Allegheny (8 of 13) 257 - John Green, North Hills (13 of 19) 255 - Josh Jenkins, Sto-Rox (11 of 16) 235 - Sam Miller, Peters Township (10 of 22) 224 -...
WPIAL Class 3A/2A/A roundup: No. 13 New Brighton upsets No. 4 Washington in overtime
Keandre Williams scored on a 10-yard run in overtime and No. 13 New Brighton’s defense stopped No. 4 Washington’s two-point rushing attempt to claim a 21-20 upset victory in the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A football playoffs Friday night in Washington County. Eddie Lewis ran for two touchdowns,...
Sto-Rox beats Shady Side Academy, pushes way into WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinals
After Friday’s game, Sto-Rox’s football players lined up in the end zone, got down and started doing push-ups. It was far from a punishment. Instead, the Vikings went up and down, loudly spelling out their ultimate goal in the 2021 season: S-T-A-T-E-C-H-A-M-P-S. No. 2 Sto-Rox (11-0) took a step in...
WPIAL Class 6A/5A/4A roundup: Laurel Highlands, Armstrong earn 1st postseason victories
Tahji Hooper ran for two touchdowns and caught another as No. 10 Laurel Highlands picked up its first playoff win in school history by defeating No. 7 Beaver, 28-27, in the first round of the WPIAL Class 4A football playoffs Friday night. Wyatt Ringer scored on a pair of 1-yard...
Serra Catholic too much for Neshannock in Class 2A first round
Sixth-seeded Serra Catholic scored on all five of its first-half possessions en route to a convincing 61-21 victory over No. 11 Neshannock in the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs at Norwin on Friday night. With the win, the Eagles (11-1) will play third-seeded Laurel in next week’s...
Leechburg beats California in school’s 1st playoff game at Veterans Stadium
It was a memorable night for Leechburg’s first home playoff game at Veterans Stadium. The Blue Devils stopped California on downs twice deep in their own territory in the third quarter then scored two touchdowns in 91 seconds early in the fourth quarter to defeat the Trojans, 28-7, before a...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 5, 2021
High schools Football WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Quarterfinals Friday’s result North Allegheny 49, Canon-McMillan 26 Semifinals Nov. 12 schedule North Allegheny (7-4) at Mt. Lebanon (10-0), 7 p.m. Seneca Valley (7-3) vs. Central Catholic (8-2) at Baldwin, 7 p.m. Class 5A First round Friday’s results Fox Chapel 13, Upper St....
Police: Man, 41, found dead inside McKeesport home
Homicide detectives are investigating after a man was found dead Friday afternoon inside a McKeesport home, police said. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man as Stephen Rucinski, 41. Police were called to the 2900 block of Grover Avenue around 4:40 p.m. after 911 dispatchers reported “a male...
Mt. Pleasant routs Burrell to deliver coach’s 1st playoff win
Mt. Pleasant scored touchdowns on its first four possessions and rolled to a 41-7 victory over Burrell on Friday in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs at Vikings Stadium. The Vikings (6-4) advance to next Friday’s quarterfinals at No. 3 Avonworth (8-2). “No doubt, a playoff win...
