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Strong AAU summer lifts Hampton’s Meghan Murray to Division I level
Hampton senior point guard Meghan Murray transformed herself this summer from a Division II target into a D-I commit. The 1,000-point scorer used eye-opening performances at AAU events in Cincinnati and Louisville to attract the attention of the Kent State women’s basketball coaching staff. Murray received an offer from the...
Counterpoint: The impeachment to end them all
Our nation faced only two presidential impeachments during its first 222 years. Suddenly, in 2021, President Donald Trump was impeached for the second time, and now we’re facing a third impeachment in four short years. This flurry of impeachment activity requires us to ask: Is President Joe Biden facing impeachment...
Point: Biden impeachment inquiry is a shameless attempt at political retribution
The impeachment inquiry House Republicans have launched against President Joe Biden is a transparent, shameless and embarrassingly weak attempt at political retribution. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has launched the probe not because it has merit but because the most extreme members of his party demanded it to damage Biden’s reelection...
Letter to the editor: Flag flies for vets, not Biden
Regarding the letter “Flags fly in support of Biden” (Sept. 24, TribLIVE): No, I do not fly the American flag to support Joe Biden. I fly it to support and remember all the people who fought and died to preserve the greatest country on the planet. I read the letter...
Sounding off: Flag, Fetterman, secondhand smoke among week’s topics
Flag flies for vets, not Biden Regarding the letter “Flags fly in support of Biden” (Sept. 24, TribLIVE): No, I do not fly the American flag to support Joe Biden. I fly it to support and remember all the people who fought and died to preserve the greatest country on...
Letter to the editor: Deer hunting in Pittsburgh
I hate to be a Gloomy Gus. It’s too easy to lay into all the horrible, depressing, negative things that are happening worldwide. Russia. Ukraine. Our uniquely American relationship with uniquely multifarious China. Fortunately, for most people, there isn’t enough information presented on the evening news to act upon. World...
Editorial: Is Westmoreland Co. DA’s fusion center right for law enforcement collaboration?
Collaboration is a great way to maximize public resources. It puts everyone together on the same footing. It shares information. It reduces workload. It prevents redundancy. On Thursday, Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli announced an effort to promote better collaboration between detectives from her office and state and federal...
Northland Library in McCandless lists events for October
Northland Public Library is open the following hours: Sunday — 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday — 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday — 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Library will be closed on Friday, Nov. 3 for a staff development...
The Stroller, Sept. 30, 2023: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Annual Walk for Hunger event seeks participants The Allegheny Valley Association...
Letter to the editor: Shapiro should restore funding to Real Alternatives
The move by Gov. Josh Shapiro to defund Real Alternatives and pregnancy centers will be to the detriment of the health and safety of women and unborn babies throughout Pennsylvania. Pregnancy centers offer non-judgmental support and direct women to resources for housing, addiction, health care, insurance and supplies. Clients are...
WPIAL Class A football roundup: Colin Brady runs for 301 yards, 4 TDs as West Greene outlasts Monessen
Colin Brady ran for 301 yards and four touchdowns to lead West Greene to a 41-32 victory over Monessen in the Class A Tri-County South Conference on Friday night. Seth Burns and Parker Burns also caught touchdown passes for the Pioneers (5-1, 3-0). Tim Kershaw scored twice, and Lorenzo Gardner,...
WPIAL Class 2A football roundup: Jay Wrona throws for 289 yards, 4 TDs in Mohawk victory
Jay Wrona threw four touchdown passes, including two to Bobby Fadden, as No. 5 Mohawk earned a 38-14 win over Ellwood City (3-3, 1-2) in the Class 2A Midwestern Athletic Conference on Friday night. Wrona completed 21 of 38 passes for 289 yards, including two TD passes to Bobby Fadden...
WPIAL Class 3A football roundup: Eric Doerue, South Park take down No. 5 Seton LaSalle
Eric Doerue ran for 185 yards and two touchdowns and Parker Cunningham had two interceptions to set up touchdowns as South Park scored a 35-28 victory over No. 5 Seton LaSalle (4-2, 2-1) in the Class 3A Western Hills Conference on Friday night. Zach Ludwig threw for 106 yards and...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Sept. 30, 2023
High schools Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Central Catholic 49, Canon-McMillan 6 Class 5A Allegheny Six Peters Township 49, Baldwin 6 Moon 24, South Fayette 3 Big East Franklin Regional 45, Plum 26 Gateway 63, Hempfield 21 Penn-Trafford 56, Norwin 28 Northeast North Hills 50, Fox Chapel 0 Class...
WPIAL Class 4A football roundup: Armstrong edges North Catholic in Greater Allegheny
Jaydon Oliver threw for 172 yards and two touchdowns as Armstrong scored a 21-20 victory over North Catholic (3-3, 2-1) in the Class 4A Greater Allegheny Conference on Friday night. Chase Jablonski and Nick McNeely caught TD passes, and Kyan Kline ran for a 3-yard TD for Armstrong (4-2, 1-1)....
WPIAL Class 5A football roundup: Kyle Dupill runs for 240 yards, 5 TDs, as Franklin Regional rallies past Plum
Franklin Regional overcame an 11-point halftime deficit to earn a 45-26 victory over Plum in the Class 5A Big East Conference on Friday night. Kyle Dupill ran for 240 yards and five touchdowns, and Ayden Hudock had a 65-yard TD run for Franklin Regional (4-2, 1-1). Sean Franzi threw for...
Trib HSSN’s 2023 Week 5 top performers for passing, rushing, receiving
Top performers for Week 5 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 365 - Payton Wehner, Central Catholic (15 of 19) 296 - Tristyn Tavares, Norwin (23 of 35) 292 - Ryan Messina, Elizabeth Forward (14 of 23) 289 - Jay Wrona, Mohawk (21 of 38) 261 — Kadin...
WPIAL Class 6A, City League football roundup: Peter Gonzalez’s 268 receiving yards help Central Catholic roll to victory
Peyton Wehner threw for 365 yards and five touchdowns to lead top-ranked Central Catholic to a 49-6 victory over No. 3 Canon-McMillan (4-2, 1-2) in Class 6A football action Friday night. Peter Gonzalez caught seven passes for 268 yards and three touchdowns for the Vikings (6-0, 3-0). Zachary Welsh ran...
In brief: news from McCandless, Wexford and more
Sweet concert The Greater Harmony Chorus, a local chapter of Sweet Adelines International, is presenting two concerts Oct. 21 at Ingomar Methodist Church, 1501 W. Ingomar Road in McCandless. Show times are 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. The chorus is the regional first place champion and will be competing at...
In brief: news from Indiana Township, Sharpsburg, Fox Chapel and more
Girl Scouts Fox Chapel Girl Scouts will host an event Oct. 7 from 9 a.m. to noon to acquaint parents with the Girl Scout program and how their daughters can join. The event will be held at the Middle Road Soccer Complex Pavilion in Indiana Township. More information is available...
Upper St. Clair bounces back with decisive win over rival Mt. Lebanon
Upper St. Clair came into Friday night’s game looking for a bounce-back effort after suffering its first loss of the season last week. Mason Chambers made sure the Panthers got one. Chambers scored on a 79-yard run in the first quarter and finished with 202 yards and four touchdowns in...
Moon grinds to victory against South Fayette
It’s not too often that Moon’s wing-T offense will be flashy, and it wasn’t in Friday’s 24-3 win over South Fayette to allow the Tigers (3-3, 1-0 5A-1) to win their third straight and open conference play in the Allegheny Six. But what the offense lacked in flash, on a...
Clairton’s Drahcir Jones runs over Greensburg Central Catholic for 271 yards, 4 TDs
In a wild contest that featured six fourth-quarter touchdowns, Greensburg Central Catholic coach John Thompson felt the last one exemplified his team’s 40-28 loss at Clairton perfectly. With about a minute remaining, the Bears (4-2, 3-0) faced fourth-and-1 from GCC’s 30-yard line. The score was 34-28, but the Centurions (3-3,...
Belle Vernon stars come out in rout of South Allegheny
A week after suffering its first loss of the season at the hands of Thomas Jefferson in nonconference play, Belle Vernon bounced back in dominant fashion Friday night. The Leopards scored 50 first-half points and relied on big offensive performances from Quinton Martin and Braden Laux in a 57-6 rout...
Nigut helps Elizabeth Forward rally past Southmoreland
Southmoreland coach Tim Bukowski was steadfast when discussing the outcome of the Scotties’ game with Elizabeth Forward on Friday at Warriors Stadium. “I don’t think the better team won tonight, but the team with the best player did,” Bukowski said. The Warriors scored 21 points in the fourth quarter to...
