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North Allegheny notebook: Tigers girls soccer team opens with 4 victories
Abby Stager and Sophia Palermo scored to lead North Allegheny to a 2-0 win over Seneca Valley (3-1-1, 0-1) in a matchup of tops girls soccer teams in Section 1-4A on Sept. 14. Stager scored from long range in the first half and Palmero cleaned up the rebound of a...
Loaded lineup makes Shady Side Academy the team to beat in WPIAL Class 2A soccer
Although Shady Side Academy fell short in last year’s WPIAL Class 2A boys soccer title game against Deer Lakes, the Bulldogs are loaded and ready for a return run. Shady Side lost to Deer Lakes, 2-1, with the Lancers winning on penalty kicks, 3-2. Ordinarily, a WPIAL runner-up finish would...
Letter to the editor: Aid to Taliban?
The Biden administration is considering sending foreign aid to the Taliban! I believe this is nothing but a ransom payment disguised as “aid” so the average American won’t realize. This will be the administration’s politically palatable way to extricate any people left in Afghanistan by the botched withdrawal who they...
4 tips to help older runners minimize aches and pains, stay safe, and have fun
So you want to start exercising more after a lifetime of cubicle-dwelling, and have settled on the sport of millions: running. Congrats — it is great exercise, and it can be very rewarding. But please — if you’re over 50-something, or even younger and truly out of shape — do...
Letter to the editor: Calling out sign-destroyers
On Sept. 11, Irwin had a nice celebration on Main Street with bands and many food trucks. My wife and I attended and had a very good time. The next morning, we woke to a real shock. There’s a “We Support Our Local Police” sign on our yard, which we...
Letter to the editor: Effectiveness of cloth masks questioned
Earlier this year, a medical sales representative called into a local radio program regarding surgical masks. It was her specialty. She talked about particulates, screening properties and interceptor efficiencies. A clear example of poor filtering was that you shouldn’t be able to smell aromas through it. Such particulates are much...
The Stroller, Sept. 18, 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. Project SEED accepting donations to feed local children New Kensington-Arnold Project SEED volunteers will have the first packing day of the...
Editorial: Mistakes were made in Wolf’s early pandemic business waivers
Sometimes a state audit unpacks surprises. Other times it just tells you exactly what you expected to hear. This week, Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor released a look into Gov. Tom Wolf’s waiver program that let some businesses reopen amid covid-19 shutdowns in 2020. It is completely unsurprising that DeFoor...
Letter to the editor: Republicans not ‘protecting integrity’
Republican legislators, who’ve dominated our state Legislature for decades, intend to overturn the mail-in voting law they all voted to pass in 2019. They now plan to cast doubt on the outcome of Pennsylvania’s 2020 election results by holding an Arizona-style audit of those votes, claiming irregularities and improprieties allowed...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 17, 2021
High schools Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Central Catholic 50, Norwin 0 Mt. Lebanon 37, Canon-McMillan 7 North Allegheny 61, Baldwin 14 Seneca Valley 49, Hempfield 0 Class 4A Big 8 Belle Vernon 49, West Mifflin 3 Laurel Highlands 32, Ringgold 29 Thomas Jefferson 49, Trinity 7 Greater Allegheny...
Week 3 high school football roundup for Sept. 17, 2021: Peters Township tops Penn-Trafford
Sam Miller threw three touchdown passes, including two to Carter Shanafelt, as Class 5A No. 5 Peters Township earned a 28-14 victory over Class 5A No. 3 Penn-Trafford (2-2) in nonconference play Friday night. Cade Yacamelli and Carter Green ran for 134 and 109 yards, respectively, for Penn-Trafford, with each...
2021 WPIAL statistical leaders for rushing, passing, receiving in Week 3
Top performers for Week 3 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 360 - Thomas Burke, Leechburg (18 of 35) 291 - Michael Smith, East Allegheny (10 of 14) 288 - Brad Birch, Gateway (21 of 30) 260 - Graham Hancox, Seneca Valley (14 of 28) 236 - Nick...
This date in sports history: Sept. 18Video
1899 — The Cincinnati Open begins. It is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States still played in its original city and now is known as the Cincinnati Masters & Women’s Open. 1938 — The Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers, 2-0. Left end Dick Plasman tackles Arnie...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 17, 2021: Miguel Yajure throws 6 scoreless for Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 55-62) shut out St. Paul (Twins), 2-0. RHP Miguel Yajure (2-3, 3.09) got the start, walking just one and striking out six in six scoreless frames. RHP Joe Jacques (4.31), RHP Shea Spitzbarth (1.41) and RHP Tyler Bashlor (2.16) each pitched a scoreless inning, with Bashlor collecting his...
Southmoreland grinds out win against South Allegheny in Interstate Conference opener
Anthony Govern ran for three touchdowns and threw for two more in Southmoreland’s 33-19 victory over South Allegheny on Friday night at Russ Grimm Field in the Interstate Conference opener for both teams. Govern ran for 107 yards on 18 carries and passed for 160 on seven completions. Isaac Trout...
Kiski Area reaches 4-0 with rout of Connellsville
Last year, Kiski Area had to go to the final minute of play to defeat Connellsville by a single point. Friday night, it was a completely different story as the Cavaliers scored on six consecutive possessions and rolled to a 41-7 nonconference victory at Richard Dilts Stadium. Kiski Area is...
Laurel Highlands rallies to defeat Ringgold on Rams’ homecoming
Sometimes football is an unfair game, and sometimes it will frustrate you and bite you. For Ringgold, that was the story Friday night. The Rams dominated the yardage and time of possession, carrying out their gameplan of keeping the ball out of the Laurel Highlands playmakers’ hands. Landon Oslowski was...
Former Mylan executive from McDonald pleads guilty to insider trading
A former Mylan executive pleaded guilty Friday to insider trading that netted him more than $4 million. Dayakar Mallu, 51, now of Orlando, will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge W. Scott Hardy on Jan. 24. According to the plea agreement, Mallu faces a sentencing guideline range of 57 to...
High school roundup for Sept. 17, 2021: Latrobe’s Bell wins 3rd section title
Latrobe senior Jenna Bell won her third section singles title and second in a row when she defeated teammate Carolina Walters, 6-2, 6-1, in the Section 1-3A championship match Friday at Latrobe. Bell has also won three section doubles titles in her career. Franklin Regional’s Ellen Liu defeated Norwin’s Jenna...
Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus completes chemo, awaits next cancer scan
LOS ANGELES — Blink-182 singer and bassist Mark Hoppus has completed his latest round of chemotherapy but laments that being treated for cancer is his new normal. “Today I’m grateful to not be going in for chemotherapy,” the pop-punk musician tweeted Wednesday to his 2.7 million followers, noting it had...
Pittsburgh sinkhole bus passenger sues PWSA
The sole passenger on what has become known as the Downtown sinkhole bus filed a lawsuit against the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority on Friday, alleging that the entity should have been aware of the potential danger there from previous flooding. Michelle Goodlow, of Washington, is suing the authority for...
Crews responding to working fire in North Huntingdon
Firefighters are responding to a working house fire in North Huntingdon, according to a Westmoreland 911 emergency dispatcher. Crews responded to the 1900 block of George Circle shortly before 5 p.m. for reports of a possible bedroom fire. This will be updated as more information becomes available....
Jean Guerrero: QAnon conspiracy theory: The border variant
It was after dark at the border, and a U.S. Border Patrol agent used his body to shield a migrant father and child in his custody from Anthony Agüero, a Jan. 6 Capitol rioter who was trying to film them to spread QAnon-style propaganda about child sex trafficking at the...
ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit on returning to Penn State for Whiteout: ‘I think it’s going to be electric’
STATE COLLEGE — ESPN commentator Kirk Herbstreit has been a vocal advocate of the Penn State Whiteout as one of the best environments in all of college football. And the longtime analyst has the chance to experience it yet again this weekend when he calls Saturday night’s game between No....
Mark Compton: Turnpike users must pay fair share
Our goal at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is to collect all revenue that we generate. While leakage is an established part of the tolling business, as it is in any retail business model, it is something we take seriously. It has always been a part of tolling, even in a...
