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After up-and-down season, young talent ready to lead North Hills football into future
The overall record for the North Hills football team in 2022 comes nowhere close to telling its full story. A young team coming off a seven-win campaign a year earlier, the Indians finished 3-8 overall this season. But the group still made the postseason thanks to a strong performance in...
Sheldon H. Jacobson: Supreme Court ruling on face masks is irrelevant
The Supreme Court ruling that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) can require masks on airplanes, trains and buses will be welcomed by some and scorned by others. Will the Biden administration act on this ruling and reinstate transportation mask mandates, given the current surge in covid-19, influenza and RSV infections...
Letter to the editor: Abortion truths
I cannot imagine the difficulty a woman goes through when she finds out she has an unwanted pregnancy. Yet there are truths about the situation that cannot be denied. The moment of conception is the beginning of a unique individual having received 23 chromosomes each from her and her partner....
Sounding off: Post-election, politics still on readers’ minds
Both Trump, Biden should retire If former President Donald Trump truly believes in making America great again, he will become the patriot he has asked others to be and will announce that he will not be a candidate for president in 2024. One of the last things this country needs...
Review: The tender hunger of young love in ‘Bones and All’Video
Part horror film, part coming-of-age tale, part romance, the adaptation of Camille DeAngelis’ young adult novel “Bones and All” is a small marvel, unsettling and heartbreaking in equal measure. Italian director Luca Guadagnino’s first project filmed in the United States, the film avoids many of the traps that befall international...
Letter to the editor: Banks are gouging us
Recently I received notification from a credit card company that the interest on a card balance will now be 28.99%. I find that amount shocking. How can we allow banks to charge that exorbitant level of interest on loans? In the past, if you paid more than 12% to 14%...
Allegheny Township approves natural gas fracking deal beneath the Tredway Trail
Allegheny Township supervisors are pumping up the township coffers with approval of an oil and gas lease with Olympus Energy. The “nonsurface lease” approved unanimously by the township’s three supervisors is for 27.7 acres of the Tredway Trail. Township Manager Greg Primm said the land involved is from the end...
Editorial: No time for election victory laps
In Washington, D.C., it took about a week to discover which party would have the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, with attention pulled to races in Colorado and California before the balance finally tipped. The Republicans would take back the House from Democratic hands by a narrow margin....
Alle-Kiski Plus is coming to print on Sundays
Dear readers, Your Sunday Trib is about to get better. Starting this Sunday, we are adding a dose of fresh, local content to your Sunday Tribune-Review. The A-K Valley Plus is a new print section filled with stories and information about our communities. It will include features about your neighbors,...
The Stroller, Nov. 19, 2022: 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. Leechburg Rotary to collect pajamas, children’s books The Rotary Club of...
Letter to the editor: PSO trip is more evidence we need a gift ban
I was extremely disappointed to read about Sen. Rob Mercuri, R-Pine, and Rep. Jake Corman, R-Centre, taking a European vacation trip subsidized by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. I voted for Mercuri when he ran for public office two years ago. He was a fresh face with good ideas and seemed...
Beaver Falls finishes off Sto-Rox, gets back to WPIAL championship game
With a big first half on defense, an offensive ability to take advantage of short fields and a second half that saw the Tigers run away from third-seeded Sto-Rox, second-seeded Beaver Falls earned a trip to Acrisure Stadium to play for the Class 2A championship on Black Friday. It’s the...
Red-hot Bishop Canevin rolls past South Side into WPIAL Class A finals
Despite frigid temperatures for Friday night football, Bishop Canevin’s offense was red hot. The top-seeded Crusaders scored on all six of their first-half offensive possessions, overwhelming fifth-seeded South Side, 49-21, in the WPIAL Class A semifinals. “Until you see them in person, you don’t realize just how fast they are,”...
In brief: news from Shady Side Academy, Memorial Park Church
Jazz ensemble The Hillman Center for Performing Arts at Shady Side Academy will present the Pittsburgh-based jazz ensemble The Falbo Trio on Thursday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, and the show is open to the public with no tickets required. The performance will take place in the...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Nov. 18, 2022
High schools Field hockey PIAA playoffs Championships Saturday’s schedule At Cumberland Valley Class 3A Wilson (21-2-1) vs. Lower Dauphin (21-3-1), 3 p.m. Class 2A Mechanicsburg (19-4-1) vs. Palmyra (20-2-2), 1 p.m. Class A Wyoming Area (22-2) vs.Boiling Springs (25-0), 11 a.m. Football WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Saturday’s schedule North...
2022 WPIAL statistical leaders for rushing, passing, receiving in semifinals
Top performers for Week 12 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 258 - Jason Cross, Bishop Canevin (9 of 9) 154 - Jaren Brickner, Beaver Falls (7 of 7) 141 - Antwon Johnson, Central Valley (9 of 15) 135 - Braden Laux, Belle Vernon (10 of 15) 135...
Steel Valley comes alive in 4th quarter, surges past Neshannock in Class 2A semifinals
Sophomore Donald Barksdale rushed for 187 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score on an 80-yarder in the fourth quarter, leading No. 1 Steel Valley to a 32-17 win over No. 4 Neshannock (11-2) in the WPIAL Class 2A semifinals Friday night at Thomas J. Birko Memorial Stadium at...
Central Valley stops Thomas Jefferson, earns rematch with Aliquippa in Class 4A title game
It’s hard to win a football game with 109 total yards of offense. No. 2 Central Valley taught that lesson to Thomas Jefferson at North Allegheny on Friday night, earning a trip to the Class 4A WPIAL championship game with a 19-0 victory. “From a whole defensive staff, they prepared...
‘Wildcat’ Peyton Faulkner helps Avonworth run past Shady Side Academy in WPIAL semifinals
Avonworth coach Duke Johncour made a major adjustment with his offense Friday. The veteran coach moved tight end Peyton Faulkner to a wildcat quarterback slot. The strategy paid off as Faulkner, who has committed to Kent State, ran for 93 yards in the first half as the Antelopes rolled to...
Westinghouse routs Central Clarion in PIAA playoffs
The Westinghouse football team remained undefeated Friday and earned a trip to the PIAA quarterfinals. The Bulldogs defeated District 9 champion Central Clarion, 44-8, in a PIAA Class 2A first-round game Friday night at Cupples Stadium. Keyshawn Morsillo threw a 15-yard TD pass to Davon Jones and ran for another...
Moon girls claim 2nd straight state title with thrilling comeback victory
MECHANICSBURG – There may have been easier ways for Moon to take another girls soccer state championship, but few more dramatic. The Tigers scored twice in the last 18 minutes to win the PIAA Class 3A girls’ soccer final over previously unbeaten Upper Perkiomen on Friday evening, finishing off their...
Gary Franks: We need an age limit for federally elected officials, Supreme Court justices
We need an age limit for federally elected officials and justices on the Supreme Court, restricting anyone from serving beyond 80. We should rid ourselves from an octogenarian-run government. The powers that be — many of whom are older folks — would not agree to this (that is obvious). Thus,...
Penn State president asks for ‘time and grace’ to meet diversity, inclusion goals
Penn State’s top official on Friday met with a handful of faculty to discuss concerns over the administration’s controversial decision to slash plans for a center designed to promote diversity and equality on campus. President Neeli Bendapudi participated in an online town hall-style meeting with six members of the faculty...
Moravian Academy stops Winchester Thurston’s bid to repeat as PIAA Class A soccer champ
MECHANICSBURG – Winchester Thurston’s drive to a second straight boys soccer state championship came up just barely short Friday afternoon, as the Bears fell to Moravian Academy, 2-1, in double overtime in the PIAA Class A final. Trey Sheeler scored 1:24 into the second extra frame with an assist from...
After weathering storm, Fox Chapel girls ready to climb back up section ladder
Fox Chapel girls basketball coach Marty Matvey works for a company that provides horizontal people movers at airports and other facilities. But the Foxes are looking for a vertical move this season — not horizontal — as in rising up in the Section 3-Class 5A standings. Fox Chapel finished 0-12...
