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The Stroller, Feb. 15, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Boys basketball No. 7
There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the past 10 years. They expanded from two days to three and from eight finals to a dozen championship games. The WPIAL also switched venues, moving from Duquesne’s Palumbo Center to Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. Bigger and better...
South Allegheny boys hold off upset-minded Avonworth
South Allegheny’s Bryce Epps isn’t one to let his critics phase him. So when he went to the free-throw line with the game tied at 46-46 with 19.1 seconds on the clock and the Avonworth student section chanting, “He can’t shoot,” Epps wasn’t going to be denied. The standout freshman...
Burgettstown, McGuffey start strong as WPIAL wrestling tournaments begin
Burgettstown and McGuffey got off to a quick start on the road to Hershey on Friday night. Both schools crowned five champs apiece as the WPIAL Class AA section tournaments were wrestled at Canon-McMillan. Shane Ilgenfritz (106), Hunter Guiddy (126), Shane Kemper (152), Turner Lehman (182) and Riley Kemper (285)...
Carlynton overcomes foul trouble, beats Charleroi in overtime
Carlynton coach Mike Kozy wrote the word “team” on the board prior to Friday’s WPIAL Class AAA first-round game against Charleroi. He knew it was going to take a team effort if his Cougars wanted to advance. With two of his top players in foul trouble, the rest of the...
High school roundup for Feb. 14, 2020: Neshannock tops Washington in OT thriller
Preston Turk made a pair of free throws with 25 seconds left in overtime to lead Neshannock past Washington, 55-54, in a wild WPIAL Class 3A boys basketball first-round matchup Friday night. Ian Bredniak scored 15 points and Marlon Norris added 13 for eighth-seeded Washington (15-7), which jumped out to...
Baldwin-Whitehall holds hearing to discuss Paynter closing, new school
Baldwin-Whitehall leaders are moving forward with plans to tear down W.R. Paynter Elementary School to make way for a new $48 million, 48-classroom elementary facility. The new school will address the district’s growing needs for added space, while temporarily requiring the relocation of students, leaders say. Board members Feb. 12...
Police seek 3 suspects in pair of armed robberies that left 2 IUP students injured
Authorities are seeking three masked men in connection with a pair of armed robberies Friday evening in Indiana that left two Indiana University of Pennsylvania students who lived in off-campus housing injured. One was shot in the neck. Indiana Police said they were responding to the reports of a armed...
Relentless North Catholic boys finish off Shady Side Academy
Shady Side Academy’s 17th consecutive WPIAL playoff trip was a short one in more ways than one. The Indians traveled just 1½ miles to Fox Chapel High School and fell behind quickly, ultimately dropping an 86-36 decision to No. 2-seeded North Catholic, 86-36. The Trojans’ defense was unrelenting, holding the...
Beaver Falls powers past Southmoreland in boys opening-round matchup
Momentum is an interesting aspect of sports. It’s hard to acquire, and it can be lost in a split second. Or in the case of Southmoreland on Friday night, it can be lost in a painful eight minutes of basketball. The Scotties had won nine of their final 10 games...
ICE plans to deploy more resources in sanctuary cities
LOS ANGELES — Federal immigration officials confirmed Friday that border agents and officers, including those in tactical units, will be deployed in Los Angeles and other so-called sanctuary cities to assist in the arrests of immigrants in the country illegally. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman confirmed details of...
Editorial: Brain drain requires smart solutions
They call it brain drain. It’s the harsh truth that Pennsylvania kids can’t afford to stay in Pennsylvania when they get higher education, and it dances around the edges of a lot of the problems with the state’s colleges and universities. While the Keystone State boasts plenty of opportunities —...
Allderdice boys set sights on seventh straight City League basketball title
Taking over for a six-time champion usually isn’t an easy task. But Allderdice’s Devin Crummie relished the chance to take over the Dragons’ successful program after former coach Buddy Valinksy moved on to Norwin. “It’s been a great first year here at Allderdice,” Crummie said. “It’s a great place, and...
Kiski Area grad Joe Woods excited for next phase of coaching career with Cleveland Browns
One Sunday, Joe Woods was coaching for the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl. The following Sunday, he was house-hunting in Cleveland. Such is the life of an NFL assistant coach. But Woods, a 1988 Kiski Area graduate, loves that sort of life. Woods was named Cleveland Browns defensive...
Investigators target sexual abuse cover-ups among Jehovah’s Witnesses
Brian Chase listened carefully from his Tucson, Ariz., home in July as an investigator from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office introduced himself over the phone. After some idle chitchat, the investigator asked: Was Chase familiar with the office’s 2018 grand jury report, which showed that priests had sexually abused thousands...
Thomas Kubica: A letter to Sen. Rand Paul
The following is a letter to Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul: Dear Sen. Paul, I read a recent Washington Examiner editorial which included comments you made regarding the impeachment trial, former ambassador and national security advisor John Bolton, and the political future of other Republican senators. You disparaged Bolton, who I...
Charter school reform topic of debate at Pine-Richland board of supervisors meeting
The Pine-Richland board of supervisors discussed the issue of charter school reform at its February meeting and is expected to take an official stance on the topic next month. “This has been gaining a lot of attention (with the Pennsylvania School Board Association), and for very good reason,” school board...
Big Burrito details new Lower Lawrenceville pizza restaurant concept
The new Big Burrito Group restaurant coming to Lower Lawrenceville will be a sister to the group’s Italian restaurant concept, Alta Via, with a focus on pizza. The details of the restaurant, tentatively named Alta Via Pizza, were announced by Big Burrito’s president and chef, Bill Fuller, at a Lawrenceville...
Letter to the editor: Shame on Pat Toomey
A letter to U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey: It is obvious to me and many of your constituents why the Republican Senate voted against having additional witnesses in President Trump’s impeachment trial. I think you know that having John Bolton testify would confirm beyond any doubt that Trump conspired to rig...
Laurels & lances: Transparency, therapy, reflection
Lance: To keeping secrets. Every day, there are lawsuits that are sealed for a variety of reasons. On Tuesday, sealed paperwork was filed in Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas containing the details of the settlement between UPMC and Paris Cleaners Inc. on one side and, on the other, the...
Letter to the editor: Trump, bribery & heresy
On the same day the letter “Trump haters should be mindful of facts” (Jan. 17, TribLIVE) appeared, there was an article headlined “White House considers changes to law banning overseas bribes” (Jan. 17, TribLIVE). So what if bribery is unethical and illegal (not to mention impeachable)? The president is quoted...
Food Podcast: Charles Woodson discusses his past food insecurity; Moon’s A.Q. Shipley weighs in on hunger initiatives
As part of a trip to Super Bowl LIV in Miami, the Food Podcast spoke with current and former NFL players about food insecurity. In this week’s podcast, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s Brian Gulish spoke with Moon graduate and Arizona Cardinals center A.Q. Shipley about his involvement with the...
Letter to the editor: Hillary & the Electoral College
Those who worship Hillary Clinton just never give up. Letter-writer Paul Messich (“Voters wanted Hillary Clinton as president,” Jan. 17, TribLIVE) knows that we don’t elect our presidents by popular vote. If we did, the states with the largest populations would choose our president every four years while other states...
Browns’ Myles Garrett again alleges Steelers QB Mason Rudolph used racial slur
Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett again alleged on Thursday that Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph used a racial slur to ignite a brawl during a Nov. 14 game. In an interview with ESPN, Garrett said Rudolph “called me the N-word. He called me a ‘stupid N-word.’” Garrett hit Rudolph in...
South Fayette commissioners take next step in process to find new municipal building
Less than two months after South Fayette Township commissioners made the informal decision to look for locations for a new municipal building, they have zeroed in on a spot. Commissioners unanimously agreed to enter into a sales agreement to purchase 10 acres off Hickory Grade Road for $300,000 from Intercare...
