Norwin Star category, Page 75

Riley Zimmerman played only briefly in the WPIAL Class 4A boys soccer championship three years ago at Highmark Stadium, but the experience resonated with him. Then a Norwin freshman, Zimmerman recalls Knights coach Scott Schuchert telling him to remember the feeling, the atmosphere, the moment — to take it all...

Norwin runs the 2-minute drill almost every day at practice. So with 32 seconds left Friday in a nonconference game against Latrobe, Norwin quarterback Luke Levendosky ran it to perfection. The senior used his arm and legs to drive Norwin to the Latrobe 4, where junior Joe Castle nailed a...

Students of Allegheny Shotokan (Viola Karate) Martial Arts in North Huntingdon gathered outside of the dojo in front of a 20-foot screen, like Penguins fans watching a Stanley Cup playoff game on the big screen outside of PPG Paints Arena, to watch the Tokyo Olympics. This summer’s games carried special...

A concert and tribute to first responders and veterans is planned for a special event in downtown Irwin from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Sept. 11. There will be a moment of silence during the Gig on Main in memory of those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks...

An Irwin man will remain in jail on $150,000 bond after a Westmoreland County judge on Thursday denied a request to lower his bond. Public defender David Mulock said Joshua James Robison, 25, would live in Irwin and have two job possibilities if released. But Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFazio shot down...

PennDOT will close roads in North Huntingdon and Sewickley townships beginning Sept. 7 for slide repairs and a culvert replacement, respectively. Both closures will involve marked detours. The slide repairs will occur along a section of Guffey and Turner Valley roads, located between Guffey and Volk Road, and are expected...

A North Huntingdon man pleaded guilty this week to assaulting three police officers who responded to his home for a welfare check. According to court records, Kevin Michael Shouse stood at the top of a staircase at his Center Highway home, brandished a machete and later injured the officers during...

A Norwin grad who served three tours of duty in Afghanistan over the past 15 years was able to help two Afghan interpreters he worked with at bases in Afghanistan safely escape the chaos of Kabul in the last hours of the massive U.S. airlift of evacuees. Major Jason Smith,...

WPIAL girls soccer preview Class 4A Defending champion: With Sarah Schupansky and others gone, two-time defending champ North Allegheny will be a different team. But the Tigers only lost six players to graduation. Lucia Wells and Anna Bundy will keep the Tigers in the mix. Contenders: Peters Township looks to...

WPIAL boys soccer preview Class 4A Defending champion: Defensively-sound Seneca Valley won 14 straight games to close out the 2020 season en route to WPIAL and PIAA titles. The Raiders must replace standouts Zack LaValle and Mason Baldwin, but bring back junior Beaux Lizewski, another All-WPIAL selection. George Williams was...

Chalfant Mark Sauter sold property at 328 Elizabeth Ave. to Lauren Elizabeth Sivak for $158,500. Churchill Keith Carlson sold property at 1913 Beulah Road to Karelle Elizabeth West for $167,000. Delmont Roger Coleman sold property at 127 Stotler Drive to Jeffrey Long for $110,000. Forest Hills Jeffrey Sikirica sold property...

If Josh Pajak was only allowed to give his Southmoreland girls soccer team one message before the start of the season it might be this: Proceed with caution. Southmoreland appears to be loaded with returning talent, but the second-year coach doesn’t want the Scotties to get ahead of themselves. Offsides...

Franklin Regional senior Anthony DiFalco has seen just about everything there is to see in high school soccer. He has won two WPIAL titles, finished as a runner-up and played in the PIAA semifinals twice. He’s been All-WPIAL, all-state and All-American. But even the best players want more. They always...

As the band played and cheerleaders and students chanted from packed bleachers, the normally steely-eyed John Ruane felt some emotion. The Penn-Trafford coach soaked in the atmosphere that he and his staffers and players had missed last season. Ruane remembered what it felt like to play in empty stadiums where...

Chased out of Puerto Rico by Hurricane Maria in 2017, Sebastian Rosado Guindin has found a home at Norwin. The brawny, 6-foot-2, 270-pound senior lineman is expected to be an important two-way player this season for the Knights, who are trying to return to contention in WPIAL Class 6A. The...

If the first play of the season is an indicator of how Penn-Trafford’s football season is going to go, watch out for the Warriors. Carter Green took his first snap as the Warriors’ starting quarterback and went 99 yards for a touchdown on the team’s first play from scrimmage —...

A North Huntingdon Boy Scout followed in the path of his older brother and sister in earning Scouting’s highest honor. Shane Hornicak, 16, a member of Troop 251 of Larimer, earned the rank of Eagle Scout in June after completing his project: a new cable-tie bridge railing at the entrance...

A North Huntingdon man is accused by township police of raping an intoxicated woman after a gathering in May, according to court papers. Dominic Anthony Zuccarelli, 27, was arraigned Thursday on charges of rape and sexual assault. A woman reported to police June 6 that she watched a sporting event...

A Norwin High School graduate who served three tours of duty in Afghanistan attempting to help rebuild the country and its military is on a new mission: to get two Afghan interpreters out of Kabul before the United States pulls out of the chaotic capital. “It is total chaos,” said...

Irwin’s Calahan Young is off to a fast start at the Paralympic Games. Young scored four goals as the U.S. goalball team took down defending world champion Brazil, 8-6, on Thursday at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Tokyo. “For us to come out here and win our first Paralympics game...

Come, Talk to host speaker on Sept. 8 Josh Horner of Johnstown, a suicide loss survivor, will be the guest speaker at 6 p.m. Sept. 8 at the the nonprofit Come, Talk Inc. at 321 Main St., Irwin. The program, which begins with an open house from 4 to 6...

Welcome to Week Zero of the 2021 high school football season. For years now, Chick’s Picks has been trying to decipher the mystery behind Week Zero. What exactly is Week Zero? Does it even really exist? Chick’s Picks has heard of many other zeros — the Zero candy bar, Triple...

North Huntingdon officials want PennDOT to conduct a traffic study on Guffey Road as a prelude to reducing the 35 mph speed limit. Township commissioners approved a request for the traffic study on a portion of the road that runs from the intersection of Main Street and Barnes Lake Road...

Nonconference Albert Gallatin vs. Yough 7 p.m. Friday, Cougar Mountain, Herminie Albert Gallatin begins its third season as an independent. The Colonials are 10-4, including a 5-1 mark in 2020, after enduring 35 consecutive losing seasons in the WPIAL. Albert Gallatin runs a triple-option offense led by senior fullback Shawn...