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A-K Valley PIAA baseball playoff preview capsule: Game for Monday, June 2, 2025
PIAA baseball playoffs Class 2A First round 7-3 Riverview (15-7) vs. 10-1 Mercyhurst Prep (22-1) 4:30 p.m. Monday at Mercyhurst Winner plays: Winner of 5-1 Tussey Mountain (13-10) and 7-2 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (15-8) Thursday in quarterfinals (site/time TBD) Players to watch: Zack Kruszewski, Mercyhurst Prep; Johnny...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of June 1, 2025
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Chalfant Anise Petite sold property at 134 Parkway Ave. to Frank Smart Family Realty LLC for $25,000. Churchill Jack Williams sold property at 2283 Elmhill Road to Samuel Isac and Carla McNulty Teasdale for $476,850. Forest Hills Estate of Carlena Yvonne Harris sold property at 1987 Centurion Drive...
Oakmont, Plum look back on history as U.S. Open returns to Oakmont Country Club
Oakmont and Plum have always been able to adapt. After almost 100 years since the first U.S. Open was hosted at Oakmont Country Club in 1927, TribLive looks at the many identities the neighboring boroughs have undertaken to become what they are today. Although Oakmont gave its name to the...
‘We’ll really miss it’: Riverview Relay for Life ends after 25 years, raising $2M for cancer research
The Relay for Life of Riverview has come to an end after a 25-year run in Oakmont, but the battle against cancer continues. Oakmont breast cancer survivor Nancy “Moochie” Donatucci, a longtime organizer for the relay benefitting the American Cancer Society, says she’ll keep up the fight by selling hanging...
Pitching, defense help Riverview play June baseball
The Riverview baseball team’s pitching and defense surrendered just six runs over four games in the WPIAL Class 2A baseball tournament. That is a surefire recipe for postseason success. While the Raiders didn’t reach their goal of playing for a WPIAL championship, they were able to parlay three victories in...
Plum, Riverview track and field athletes cap season on PIAA medals podium
Plum junior Owen Proskin took a big-meet understanding into the PIAA Class 3A track and field championships May 23-24 at Shippensburg. Having competed at states last year as a sophomore and also at several prestigious USA Track and Field meets, Proskin was ready to go after it in the 110-...
Oakmont’s Joe Wos to bring ‘Once Upon a Toon’ show to Latrobe’s Mister Rogers celebration
Kids and adults attending Mister Rogers Family Days will have the chance to “toon” in to the artistry of Oakmont cartoonist Joe Wos at this year’s edition of the Latrobe festival. Known for his short-format “Cartoon Academy” TV series of drawing demonstrations produced at Pittsburgh PBS affiliate WQED, Wos will...
Oakmont zoning board hearing is a nonstarter after series of miscommunications
An Oakmont Zoning Hearing Board public hearing was rescheduled after officials discovered no one had notified the central figure in the situation that the hearing was taking place. The hearing, as advertised in a published legal ad, was scheduled for Thursday at 6 p.m. The zoning hearing board was to...
Strong pitching, clutch hits keep season alive for Riverview with 3rd-place win over Laurel
WASHINGTON — With its season on the line, the Riverview baseball team stood tall against Laurel in a WPIAL Class 2A third-place game Wednesday afternoon at Washington & Jefferson’s Ross Memorial Park. Raiders sophomore pitcher Lukas Duncan again was effective in a complete-game effort, and Riverview got just enough offense...
Oakmont officials detail parking restrictions near country club for U.S. Open week
Some Oakmont residents have received a letter from the USGA detailing parking changes during next week’s U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club. Borough officials released a map specifying 23 roads between Eight Street and the Pennsylvania Turnpike overpass that will be unavailable for on-street parking aside from residents...
Podcast: Navigating the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club
In two weeks, about 200,000 people will flock to Oakmont Country Club for the U.S. Open golf championship to watch some of the world’s best golfers. Those fans should plan ahead. With shuttles bussing crowds to and from off-site parking lots on top of the regular event traffic, delays are...
Open for business: Restaurants, bars, shops ready for U.S. Open spectators, golfers
Located in Plum, Somma Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar and Zen Restaurant and Sushi Bar are just a chip shot away from Oakmont Country Club. The establishments are two of many gearing up to welcome an onslaught of golf fans during the upcoming U.S. Open from June 9 to 15...
Trip to state playoffs on the line when Riverview baseball takes on Laurel in 3rd-place game
Eli DeVita is ready to do whatever he can to help make sure Wednesday’s WPIAL Class 2A third-place consolation is not his final high school game. “We know Laurel is a playoff team and they made it as far as we did,” said DeVita of the No. 12 Spartans who...
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area news, events for the week of May 26, 2025
Plum to hold hearing for liquor license Plum will hold a public hearing on June 2 at the borough building for the transfer of a liquor license. The license would be transferred to Plum Convenience at 7615 Saltsburg Road to sell beer and wine. Interested individuals can appear at the...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of May 25, 2025
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Estate of Justine West sold property at 2630 McCrady Road to Mark Thomas and Cheryl Marie Bedmarz Chang for $235,000. Forest Hills Eric Small sold property at 227 Elmore Road to Steven Avers and Hanann Marawi for $230,000. Monroeville Kristine Chusko sold property at 114 Elmwood St....
Alle-Kiski Valley athletes of the week: Burrell’s Lily Liotta, Riverview’s Rece Stempfer
Lily Liotta School: Burrell Class: Freshman Sport: Track and field Claim to Fame: Liotta placed 10th in the girls PIAA Class 2A long jump Friday at Shippensburg University. Last week at the WPIAL individual championships, she finished seventh in the long jump with a distance of 17 feet, 6 1/4...
Fear the beard: Sean Hudac pitches OLSH past Riverview in Class 2A baseball semis
With his free-flowing hair and bushy beard on display, Sean Hudac’s carefree approach to the WPIAL Class 2A semifinals Friday at Peterswood Park in Peters captured the spirit of No. 2 seed Our Lady of the Sacred Heart’s baseball season. The Chargers, behind the senior right-hander’s first complete game, methodically...
Riverview School Board results: 2 incumbents, 4 newcomers secure November ballot spots
A few new faces will be on the November Democratic ballot for Riverview School Board. Incumbent Bridget Seery, 45, will be joined on the Democratic ballot to compete for four available four-year terms by newcomers Adeshewa Metzger, 44, Chris Conard, 43, and Michael Smales, 41, according to unofficial results. They...
Last Relay for Life of Riverview planned for May 31 in Oakmont
The end of May will be the end of an era in fundraising for cancer research and awareness in Oakmont. The final laps of Relay for Life of Riverview are planned for May 31 at Riverside Park. The event supporting the American Cancer Society was brought to the borough 25...
2 newcomers, 2 incumbents earn spots on November ballot for Verona Council
Four members have been selected from seven Democratic candidates to run for Verona Council in November. According to unofficial election results from the Allegheny County Office of Elections, newcomers Kelli Rodriguez, 44, and Curtis Spurling, 36, will be competing against each other and incumbents Patricia “Trish” Hredzak, 41, and John...
A-K Valley high school baseball playoff preview capsules for May 22, 2025
WPIAL baseball playoffs Class 2A Semifinals 6-Riverview (14-6) vs. 2-Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (14-7) 4 p.m. Thursday at Peterswood Park Winner plays: Winner of 8-Freedom (12-7)/12-Laurel (10-10) in the championship game May 27 or 28 at EQT Park (time TBA) Players to watch: Rece Sempfer, Riverview; Dean Douglass,...
Riverview sophomore keeps composure, leads Raiders past Burgettstown in 2A quarterfinals
Lukas Duncan plunked Burgettstown third baseman Sam Elich to lead off the bottom of the sixth inning of Tuesday’s WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinal at North Allegheny. But the Riverview sophomore, pitching with his team holding a one-run lead, didn’t let that blemish get to him. He retired the next three...
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area news, events for the week of May 19, 2025
Plum’s Monday Farmers Market is moving to a new spot The Monday Farmers Market in Plum will now take place at the Plum Creek Presbyterian Church at 550 Center New Texas Road. Running from June 2 to Aug. 25, the market will run each Monday from 3 to 7 p.m....
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for May 18, 2025Video
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week: Johnny Bertucci Jr. School: Riverview Class: Senior Position: Pitcher, outfielder, infielder #Earned: Bertucci was the leading rusher this past for the Riverview football team, but his biggest rush comes when he is having success on the baseball diamond. The Raiders have qualified for...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of May 18, 2025
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Heather Laabs sold property at 13 Garden Ter to Anndi Bartlett for $182,000. Agate Realty LLC sold property at 313 Homer Drive to Neil and Melanie Campbell for $187,000. Daniel Kerr Dewitt sold property at 2306 Marbury Road to Ricardo Barreras for $374,900. Edgewood US Bank NA...
