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PIHL high school hockey standings through Dec. 15
Here are the latest PIHL hockey standings through Sunday. Exclusive coverage of the 2020 PIHL Penguins Cup hockey playoffs can be heard and viewed only here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. In Class AAA, the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs. In Class AA, the top two...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Week ending Dec. 14
Jeff Homziak is in his 13th year as girls basketball coach at Hopewell. He has seen the best of times, such as 2012, when the Vikings won the WPIAL Class AAA championship. He also has been there for the worst of times, such as an 0-20 season four years ago....
Mars’ Monday Madness gets WPIAL basketball started this week
Gateway won the 2018 WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball championship. The Gators season ended two weeks later with a 50-38 loss to Mars in the PIAA quarterfinals. The Fightin’ Planets went on to win the state championship with a victory over Archbishop Wood. Last season as section foes, Gateway and...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Player of the Week — Week ending Dec. 14
The last three seasons have been a bit of a grind for the Plum girls basketball team. The Mustangs scratch and claw their way into the WPIAL postseason only to be eliminated in their first playoff game. Now, Plum turns to a player who asks not what the team can...
Prepping for the holidays with lots of high school hoops on HSSN
The countdown to the holidays continues with lots of hoops, some wrestling and hockey and a partridge in a pear tree this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have plenty of WPIAL boys and girls section basketball games including the HSSN Video Stream Game of the Week....
Editorial: Tax increase is harsh lesson
The New Kensington-Arnold School District financial situation is an argument for a change in how government — and taxpayers — should think about taxes. It would be great to fund our schools and other vital public services without requiring everyone to kick money into a collective pot. But failing another...
Letter to the editor: Help support Alzheimer’s research & care
Americans today are faced with an overwhelming and unprecedented health crisis: Alzheimer’s disease and related diseases. A new patient develops Alzheimer’s every 65 seconds, and with the rate of disease expected to triple within the next generation, it is evident that preventative action must be taken to alleviate the possible...
Letter to the editor: Comcast’s highway robbery
Mary Giron Weyant’s letter “Shame on Comcast” (Nov. 29, TribLIVE) was spot on. Comcast removing the Turner Classic Movies channel and not giving customers a $9.99 credit is awful. I don’t want and didn’t ask for the replacement of hunting and fishing. We’re senior citizens and do neither, but enjoyed...
High school roundup: Rochester girls edge Blackhawk in overtime
Alexis Robison scored a game-high 30 points with six 3-pointers as the Rochester girls basketball team downed Blackhawk, 77-74, in overtime Saturday at The Clash at New Castle. Mackenzie Amalia led Blackhawk (4-1) with 27 points, and Sierra Richard added 17 with three 3s. Rochester improved to 4-1. Latrobe 70,...
The Stroller, Dec. 15, 2019: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Santa planning trips through Arnold Members of Arnold Volunteer Fire Company No. 2 will escort Santa Claus around the borough beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Listen for horns, sirens and music. The route on Tuesday will begin at the Sunoco station on Freeport Road into the McKean Plan,...
Unsung heroes: Pittsburgh men, decades-long study impact HIV/AIDS researchVideo
Somber tones from the Reuter Opus organ filled Heinz Memorial Chapel on a dark December night as a small crowd filtered into the towering neo-Gothic church on the University of Pittsburgh campus to mark World AIDS Day. As they have for more than three decades, the Pitt Men’s Study leaders...
Pine-Richland Middle School hosts annual senior citizen luncheon
Pine-Richland Middle School hosted its annual senior citizen luncheon on Dec. 12. Leaders Club members prepared and served the meals, while guests were treated to entertainment by the Pine-Richland Middle School Orchestra....
Northern Tier Library hosting New Year’s Eve Disco Party for kids
Northern Tier Library has events scheduled. If you have questions about the upcoming events at the library, email Jessica Federkeil at federkeilj@einetwork.net or call the library at 724-449-2665. The library is at 4015 Dickey Road, Gibsonia. • Holiday hours: The library will be open Dec. 24 from 10 a.m. to...
Shaler North Hills Library hosting bevy of activities
Shaler North Hills Library, at 1822 Mt. Royal Blvd., Glenshaw, has a variety of activities planned. For details about library events or to register, call 412-486-0211 or go to the website at www.shaler library.org. • Participate in Straight Up Story with a Side of Pizza from 12:15 to 1 p.m....
Hampton Community Library full of wintertime events
Hampton Community Library has a full schedule of activities. For details, call the library at 412-684-1098 or visit hamptoncommunitylibrary.org. For adults • Betty’s Book Buzz: On Dec. 19, at 1 p.m., join Betty as she gives her opinions (good and bad) about “A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles. Copies...
Living with Children: What is co-dependency?
“You’ve accused mothers of being in co-dependent relationships with their children,” she (a journalist) said, then asked, “What is co-dependency, exactly, and how does it apply to today’s mothers?” Great question! One that cuts right to the core of America’s parenting problem. A co-dependent relationship consists of a well-intentioned enabler...
High school scores, schedules for Dec. 14, 2019
High schools Basketball Boys Saturday’s results WPIAL Nonsection McDowell 66, Bethel Park 63 North Allegheny 45, Altoona 39 North Catholic 72, Canon-McMillan 51 Ringgold 63, West Allegheny 58 Florida Elks Holiday Basketball Classic At Umatilla, Fla. Lincoln Park 77, Inspire Prep Academy (Fla.) 70 Shiloh (Ga.) 79, Montour 59 Hollidaysburg...
Top 19 of ’19: Trib HSSN breaks down the top stories of the year — No. 18
The 2019 high school sports season is nearly in the books. While we anxiously look ahead to 2020, let’s reflect on the district high school sports scene over the last 12 months. Here is a look back at the top 19 stories from around the WPIAL in 2019. HSSN Top...
Nancy Koester: The currency of Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman has yet to appear on the $20 bill or any federal note. But the hero of the Underground Railroad has newly minted cultural currency of her own. The star of the biopic “Harriet,” Cynthia Erivo, was just nominated for a Golden Globe. And there’s a new biography: “She...
Letter to the editor: Trump administration’s reverse Robin Hood
Now we have Robin Hood in reverse: Rob from the poor and give to the rich! It is stunning to me that the Trump administration is on course to deny food stamp benefits to over 700,000 of our poorest citizens. The administration that has given back nearly a trillion dollars...
Outdoors notices for Dec. 15, 2019
Outdoors SHOOTS ON TAP • California Hill Gun Club holds sporting clays and five-stand shoots Sundays from 9 a.m.-noon. All are open to the public. Call 724-938-3480. • Sporting clays is closed for the winter at West Penn Sportsmen’s Club, but five stand is open Thursdays from 5-8 p.m. and...
Sounding off: When will political correctness end?
The Associated Press article “Pa. school district can keep ‘Redskins’ name, but logos might go” reported that the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission has ordered the Neshaminy School District in Bucks County, whose sports teams’ nickname is the Redskins, to get rid of all logos and imagery that “negatively stereotype Native...
Editorial: Deer torture demands response
It can be hard for some to reconcile the idea of hunting and a love of animals. There are groups who will never accept it. The activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, for example, calls it unnecessary and cruel. “Hunting might have been necessary for human survival...
Letter to the editor: Impeachment hypnosis
The congressional impeachment hearings are the equivalent of the hypnotist’s shiny watch on a chain — going back and forth, while the not so calming voice of Adam Schiff hums in the background. Always making sure the attention of the wide-eyed, gullible citizenry is drawn away from the disastrous failings...
Letter to the editor: Comey should review his notes
The Washington Post and New York Times both marveled at the fact that James Comey was an obsessive and prolific note-taker who always took contemporaneous notes to preserve meeting discussions. However, when the Inspector General’s report confirmed that Comey briefed President Barack Obama on the Trump-Russia investigation in August 2016...
