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During the PIHL regular season, two goaltenders in Triple-A faced more than 500 shots. One of them, sophomore Mario Eafrati of Canon-McMillan, faced 570 shots, the most in the classification by 56. He allowed 63 goals for a save percentage of .889. He recorded a shutout and made 30 or...

During the regular season, the Thomas Jefferson Jaguars lost just three games — two of which came to South Fayette — by a combined five goals. Going into the postseason, the Jaguars knew they had to be on alert. After all, Thomas Jefferson made a run to the semifinals a...

Our Trib HSSN Team of the Week proved they are the top team in the top classification with a first championship in nine years as we salute the Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils. Mt. Lebanon finished the regular season with a 19-3 record and Section 2-6A champions. After beating Fox Chapel...

Tess Myers School: North Catholic Class: Junior Last year, Tess Myers drove the court and hit a buzzer-beating shot to lift North Catholic past Beaver, 50-49, for WPIAL title No. 18 for the Trojans. A year later, last-minute dramatics were not necessary for North Catholic at The Pete. The Trojans...

On pace to collect a record number of sales for the second consecutive year, Pennsylvania Lottery officials are pondering if the games can keep topping themselves. “We have been growing for decades, some years more than others,” said Lottery Executive Director Drew Svitko. “When the recession hit our sales and...

Every Monday during the 2018-19 PIHL hockey season, the TribLive High School Sports Network releases Power Rankings. These rankings have zero classification boundaries. Here are the rankings for the week of March 3. Overall record includes wins, losses, ties and overtime losses. PIHL TRIB 10 1. Pine-Richland Rams (18-0-0-1) (Last...

The Path to the Pete is over as the hardwood focus turns to the Road to Hershey this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN continues postseason hoops coverage with first round action of the 2019 PIAA boys and girls basketball playoffs. The Network also has three-day...

When Point Park women’s basketball coach Tony Grenek starts talking about point guard Michelle Burns, there aren’t enough complimentary adjectives. “Tough.” “So darn competitive.” “Steady.” “Fearless.” “Unbelievable student- athlete.” Those describe Burns’ performance during Point Park’s 88-82 overtime win Jan. 17 against Brescia (Ky.). The Hempfield graduate was having one of...

It’s time to stand up to the stupidity. Have you seen what’s happening to women’s sports? Transgender women are threatening the existence of them, and if you have a problem with that, you will be told you are the problem. Martina Navratilova, who came out as gay in 1981 when...

Last month, the little birdies in Twitter’s legal department notified me that one of my tweets from 2015 is “in violation of Pakistan law.” It seems like ancient history, but Islamic supremacists never forget — or forgive. My innocuous tweet featured a compilation image of the 12 Muhammad cartoons published...

One of the things that gets forgotten in Harrisburg is how powerful it can be to work across the aisle to move Pennsylvania forward. While bipartisan agreement is rare right now, one of the few programs my colleagues on both sides of the aisle support are environmental funds that drive...

America’s trucker shortage is about to hit consumers right where it hurts: in the kitty litter. McDonald’s long-time distributor Martin-Brower Co. is raising delivery fees, imperiling low menu prices, and Procter & Gamble Co., Church & Dwight Co. and Hasbro Inc. are sounding the alarm that higher freight fees could...

• Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania is holding an outing at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve. Join a naturalist for a free walk on the Reserve’s trails. Register online at aswp.org/events/8220 • Laurel Hill State Park is offering Maple Harvest Tours beginning at 10 a.m., and also...

WASHINGTON — President Trump uttered a dizzying number of false statements in his epically long weekend speech, to an audience that didn’t seem to mind at all. He got the unemployment rate wrong. He misstated his winning margin in the election. He reprised some of his most frequently told fictions...

People eager to learn the art of creating Ukrainian Pysanky/Easter Eggs took to a workshop in Ross Community Center put on by St. Peter and St. Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Church member and instructor, Michael Kapeluck, 55, who’s parents hail from Western Ukraine, has been painting Pysanky Eggs since the...

Infrastructure. It’s not just for roads and bridges anymore. For years, when people talked about access and connection, it was about roads. We wanted our small towns to be able to reach our bigger towns, and our suburbs to be able to glide gracefully into our cities. We wanted to...

High schools Basketball Boys PIAA playoffs First round Class 6A Saturday’s schedule Abington (27-1) vs. Cumberland Valley (17-9) at Council Rock South, 4 p.m.; Lincoln (10-16) vs. Pennridge (22-4) at Southern, 5 p.m.; Boys Latin (22-5) vs. Norristown (21-6) at Lincoln, 5 p.m.; Hazleton (21-6) vs. Methacton (20-7) at Wilkes...

An open letter to Greensburg’s city leaders: The planning director is a strategic position that is as critical to Greensburg’s future health as any in the city. It is my hope that City Council will conduct a thoughtful nationwide search for a great person to serve in that position (“Greensburg...

I find it deplorable that some doctors refuse to see unvaccinated kids (“Doctors’ dilemma: To see or not to see unvaccinated kids,”). This discrimination is feeding into vilification and outright hate increasingly directed at vaccine-free children and their parents, many of whom do not vaccinate after diligent research convinced them...

Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe goes on “60 Minutes” and admits that the FBI and DOJ conspired to try and remove a duly elected, sitting American president. McCabe tries to limit these actions to the two agencies, but logic suggests they got their orders from higher-ups. This could be...

The Banjo All-Stars will perform a medley of musical excerpts with two 4-string banjos for the St. James 55 Plus Club’s March 21 luncheon. Prayer service begins at noon followed by lunch and entertainment at 12:30 p.m. Reservations for lunch are due in the church office no later than 9...

The WPIAL basketball playoffs are now history, so the attention turns to the Road to Hershey, which tips off next weekend. The WPIAL will send a handful of teams from each class into the PIAA postseason field, ranging from five to seven teams. Here is the list of the teams...

Steve Balsomico, a Shaler Area High School Japanese language teacher, is a 2020 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year semifinalist. The Pennsylvania Chapter of the National State Teachers of the Year, with the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s guidance, chose Balsomico to advance to the next round, competing to become one of...

Happy 92nd birthday to Theresa (Baba) Zatezalo of Collier Township, who celebrates on March 9. She is mom to Connie, John and Bonnie. Happy 11th birthday to Bradin Whitaker, who celebrates on March 7. He is the son of Alberta and Richard Whitaker of Bridgeville. Camillo Antonio “Tony” Talmonti of...