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High school roundup Feb. 8, 2020: South Fayette win cements playoff berth for West Allegheny
Brandon Jakiela scored 18 points and South Fayette knocked Trinity out of playoff contention with a 77-63 boys basketball victory Saturday afternoon. Kade St. Ledger added 14 points, Connor Mislan had 12 and Joey Alcorn 11 for the Lions (13-7, 9-5), who clinched sole possession of third place in Section...
WPIAL clinched: Final girls basketball playoff field
WPIAL girls basketball regular-season section play is complete, and the final playoff field is set. Sixty-nine teams have a spot in the WPIAL postseason that begins next weekend. Trib HSSN once will again have exclusive coverage of the Path to the Pete starting Tuesday, with the Playoff Pairings Show at...
Decade’s best WPIAL finals: Boys basketball No. 10
There were a lot of changes to the WPIAL basketball championships over the last 10 years. They expanded from two days to three days and from eight boys and girls finals to a dozen championship games. The district also switched venues, moving from Palumbo Center at Duquesne to Petersen Events...
Susan Stuart: CORE sets record year for saving, healing lives
The Center for Organ Recovery & Education’s mission is to save and heal lives through organ, tissue and cornea donation. This mission guides CORE’s every step, every initiative and every interaction. And it was the driving force behind a record-breaking year in 2019 for donation in Western Pennsylvania and West...
Lou Weiss: Put me in, Queen, I’m ready to play
Dear Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, My mother has long threatened to disinherit me if I continue to vote Republican. You also have recent experience with noncompliant family members. I think that for a lad in my difficult circumstances, I see a way to satisfy both my mother and you. Now...
Cupid’s Undie Run brings hundreds of scantily-clad runners together in PittsburghVideo
A committed group of over 600 runners braved a brisk afternoon trot across the Roberto Clemente Bridge — temperatures hovering around the low 30s — dressed solely in their skivvies. Saturday was Pittsburgh’s 6th annual Cupid’s Undie Run, beginning with an indoor party at McFadden’s on Pittsburgh’s North Shore, and...
Outdoors notices for Feb. 9, 2020
Outdoors Notices RIFLE LEAGUES • In the Allegheny Valley Rifle League on Jan. 31, Murrysville (6-7) defeated Clymer (6-7), 1,170-1,163, and Butler (8-5) beat Fort Hand (6-7), 1,163-1,159, in the A-team standings. In the B-team division, Murrysville (6.5-6.5) defeated Clymer (11-2), 1,151-1,149, and Fort Hand (2.5-10.5) beat Butler (6-7), 1,109-1,099....
Editorial: Religion, speech free of fear
Sometimes it is the fear of something that causes more problems than the “something” itself. Anticipating a needle can be worse than the quick sting of a shot. And so it can be with prayer in schools. The First Amendment’s protections of religious freedom and the constitutional separation of church...
Sounding off: CTE is real, and it kills
Regarding John Steigerwald’s insensible and disheartening piece on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (“It might be time to show skepticism about CTE research.”): To date, we have come to realize that 1) the world is not flat, 2) asbestos is bad, 3) cigarettes cause cancer and 4) lead will poison you. Humanity...
Letter to the editor: Thank an old vet for your freedom
If you like your freedom, thank an old man or woman — who served in the Marines, Air Force, Army, Navy, Merchant Marines or Coast Guard. If not, leave the country. Edward C. Shoemaker Hempfield The writer is a World War II Navy veteran....
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland’s dire budget situation
I was alarmed by the article about Westmoreland County Commissioner Gina Cerilli’s square off with County Controller Jeffrey Balzer (“Westmoreland controller calls for bigger county tax increase,” Jan. 28, TribLIVE). Our county had to use $5.5 million from its surplus fund to balance this year’s budget, leaving only a projected...
Letter to the editor: Turnpike safety
Regarding Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission CEO Mark Compton’s op-ed “Safety drives every decision at turnpike commission” (Jan. 19, TribLIVE): Speed cameras in work zones are for revenue. If not, then why do we not do things like adopt the zipper merge, and post 85th percentile speed limits? Low speed limits cause...
State wrestling gold, basketball playoff spots up for grabs Saturday
The boys basketball playoff field was supposed to be finalized by Saturday. Instead, Mother Nature’s first strike this winter forced the postponement of several boys basketball games from Friday to Saturday, three of which have playoff implications. In Class 5A, McKeesport visits Gateway at 1:30 p.m. The Gators have clinched...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Feb. 7, 2020
Basketball Boys Friday’s results Class 6A Section 1 North Allegheny 61, North Hills 40 Section 3 Hempfield 66, Latrobe 52 Class 5A Section 1 Laurel Highlands 76, Albert Gallatin 61 Penn Hills 71, Woodland Hills 59 McKeesport at Gateway, ppd. Section 2 Chartiers Valley 63, West Allegheny 47 Montour 71,...
WPIAL clinched: Boys basketball clinchings through Feb. 7, 2020
The WPIAL boys basketball regular season section play is all but over. The playoff field is nearly complete as 76 boys basketball teams have earned a spot in the WPIAL postseason. Trib HSSN will once again have exclusive coverage of the Path to the Pete starting on Tuesday, Feb. 11...
High school roundup for Feb. 7, 2020: North Allegheny overcomes North Hills in winner-take-all battle for playoff spot
Two of the WPIAL’s fiercest rivals met Friday in a winner-take-all showdown on the final night of section play. North Allegheny claimed both bragging rights over North Hills and a spot in WPIAL playoffs. Khalil Dinkins and Zach Andreykovich scored 16 points apiece and the Tigers defeated the Indians, 61-40,...
The Stroller, Feb. 8, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Cat rescue seeking food donations Frankie’s Friends Cat Rescue, New Kensington, is in need of donations of Purina Cat Chow Complete in the blue bag. Items can be dropped off from 9 to 10 a.m. or 5 to 7 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays or shipped to the rescue at 730...
Photos: Officer Phil assembly at Evergreen Elementary
Evergreen Elementary students learned to be safe both at home and at school during an Officer Phil assembly on Feb. 5. Mac the Mouse and Al E Cat joined Gwen Bowman, Officer Phil program representative, to talk about how to Be Safe and Be Aware. The Officer Phil Program has...
Letter to the editor: Allegheny East NAACP response to Gateway achievement gap
Allegheny East NAACP response to Gateway achievement gap The NAACP, being the oldest civil rights organization, has long held a firm standing for civil rights in education. While we at the Allegheny East NAACP applaud any efforts for achievement and equity at the Gateway School District through whatever partnerships that...
Thomas Jefferson High School athletics rallies around local girl
Aubrey Mahony made a big splash at the TJ pool, as the Jaguar swimming and diving team had a record-breaking night against Trinity. At 9, Aubrey was the star of the meet. She served as an honorary team captain, head timer, picked the 50-50 raffle winner and even was named...
Aquinas Academy crowns 2020 GeoBee champion
In what Aquinas Academy geography teacher Mike Flynn called one of the greatest GeoBee finals in the 18-year history of the event, Michael Greppi, a fifth grade student at Aquinas Academy, emerged victorious and has qualified to move on to the state geography bee competition. In a competition that took...
Brayden Reynolds’ big fourth quarter helps Chartiers Valley bury West Allegheny
Mother Nature dumped enough snow on the region early Friday to force the cancellation of classes at several schools, including West Allegheny. But that is nothing like the avalanche of points Chartiers Valley junior Brayden Reynolds dropped on West A in the fourth quarter. Reynolds scored 19 of his game-high...
Jeannette stops Serra Catholic, takes section title
Jeannette won the battle on the glass and made its free throws down the stretch Friday night, holding on for a 56-53 victory over Serra Catholic to become the outright champion of Section 2-2A. A potential game tying 3-pointer by the Eagles’ Jayden Mertz with 10 seconds remaining just missed....
Upper St. Clair boys end Fox Chapel’s bid for undefeated regular season
Upper St. Clair missed its first 12 shots from 3-point range Friday night at Fox Chapel. But once the Panthers starting hitting, there was no stopping them as Upper St. Clair spoiled the Foxes’ bid for an undefeated regular season 61-46 before a capacity crowd and a playoff atmosphere. Fox...
Trump used Philly girl’s story to attack ‘failing’ schools. But she’s at one of the city’s most desired charters
PHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump turned a Philadelphia fourth grader into a poster child for the school-choice movement Tuesday when he told the nation thousands of students were “trapped in failing government schools” and announced that she was finally getting a scholarship to attend the school of her choice. But...
