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WPIAL Class A roundup: Ryan leads California to blowout victory
Cochise Ryan ran six times for 201 yards and four touchdowns to lead California to a 67-34 victory over Bentworth (2-6, 2-4) in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game Friday night. California improved to 5-3 overall and 4-1 in the conference. The Trojans trail West Greene (6-0) and Chartiers-Houston...
WPIAL Class 2A roundup: McGuffey tops Charleroi to stay unbeaten
McKinley Whipkey ran for 109 yards and one touchdown as No. 3 McGuffey doubled-up Charleroi, 28-14, in a Class 2A Century Conference football game Friday night. McGuffey improved to 8-0 overall and 6-0 in conference play. Alex Conrad threw for 178 yards and a touchdown and rushed for a TD...
Northern Tier Library hosting Authors Night
Northern Tier Regional Library has a variety of upcoming activities and events. The library is at 4015 Dickey Road, Gibsonia. For details or to register for an event, call 724-449-2665. • The Friends of the Northern Tier Library will present their annual Authors Night at 7 p.m. Oct. 17. The...
Blessed Trinity Academy wins big at English Festival
Students in fourth to sixth grades at Blessed Trinity Academy had the opportunity to compete at the Western Pennsylvania English Festival. Only five teams were honored in the Super Teams Category for excellence. BTA had two teams honored with this distinction. Students on the winning teams were invited to a...
St. Paul United Methodist Church hosting Friendship Dinner
On Oct. 17, from 6 to 8 p.m., St. Paul United Methodist Church will be hosting a Friendship Dinner sponsored by Neighboring Organizations Responding Together for Hope (N.O.R.T.H.) There will be discussions about mutual hopes, fears, social justice concerns and presentations while enjoying a dinner consisting of halal chicken, rice...
Fire caused extensive damage to Greensburg’s public works building
Several of Greensburg’s street department vehicles and equipment were damaged in a fire early Saturday morning that caused extensive damage to the inside of the city’s public works building, the fire chief said. ”It destroyed most of the building inside — probably half of the building,” Chief Tom Bell said...
Wiz Khalifa kicks off Pitt season at Blue and Gold Madness
It was Pitt’s annual Blue and Gold Madness event on Friday night — but it ended with the song “Black and Yellow.” Pittsburgh rapper and Grammy nominated recording artist Wiz Khalifa headlined a live performance for students following inter-team scrimmages between Pitt’s women’s and men’s basketball teams at the Peterson...
Elizabeth Forward locks in with shutout of Mt. Pleasant
Mike Collodi has preached a fast, physical style of play since he began his coaching tenure at Elizabeth Forward in 2015. And it’s clear his message continues to resonate with his players. The Warriors put Collodi’s two-word mantra into effect Friday night, ending their two-game losing streak with a 24-0...
Steel Valley upsets Apollo-Ridge to keep playoff hopes alive
Steel Valley isn’t ready to relinquish its WPIAL crown just yet. The Ironmen kept their flickering playoff hopes alive Friday night with a 20-14 upset over Apollo-Ridge at William Campbell Stadium. Junior quarterback Ronnell Lawrence scored on a 1-yard keeper with 6 minutes, 19 seconds left to break a 14-14...
WPIAL football Week 7 results
TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s Week 7 high school football action. GAMES OF THE WEEK • JEANNETTE 40, GREENSBURG CENTRAL CATHOLIC 14 Jeannette’s senior running back scored five touchdowns and rushed for 217 yards • BURRELL 36, FREEPORT 35 (OT) With the game on the line, senior...
Class 2A No. 5 Avonworth remains unbeaten with victory over East Allegheny
The Class 2A Allegheny Conference game between No. 5 Avonworth and East Allegheny was expected to be competitive. For most of two quarters, the game was exactly that. But the Antelopes regrouped after an East Allegheny miscue in the second quarter to remain unbeaten with a 35-7 win. In the...
Belle Vernon routs West Mifflin as Hartman sets school TD record
Belle Vernon clinched a home playoff game and quarterback Jared Hartman set a single-season record for touchdown passes as the Leopards rolled past West Mifflin, 40-7, in a Big 8 conference showdown on Friday on “the Beach” at James Weir Stadium. Hartman connected on a pair of touchdown passes, a...
High school scores, summaries, schedules for Oct. 11, 2019
High schools Football Friday’s results WPIAL Class 6A Canon-McMillan 49, Norwin 14 North Allegheny 62, Hempfield 35 Pine-Richland 41, Mt. Lebanon 0 Class 5A Allegheny 8 Baldwin 31, Bethel Park 28 (2OT) Moon 20, Upper St. Clair 6 Peters Township 43, Chartiers Valley 14 Big East Franklin Regional 35, Connellsville...
Dynamic Beltram leads Monessen past Tri-County South foe Mapletown
There was little Mapletown could do to slow down Monessen’s dynamic quarterback Friday night at Memorial Stadium. Too many penalties didn’t hurt the Greyhounds much, either. Whether it was on the ground or through the air, Isaiah Beltram had his way with the Maples and led the Greyhounds to a...
Franklin Regional clinches playoff berth behind Zac Gordon’s 228 yards, 3 TDs
A couple of trends continued Friday night as Connellsville and Franklin Regional met in a homecoming game at Connellsville Stadium. The Panthers continued their long streak of WPIAL playoff appearances thanks to a 35-7 Section 2-5A win, and the Falcons continued to be haunted by costly mistakes. “We keep shooting...
Editorial: Is Marsy’s Law necessary?
Victims should not be forgotten in the criminal justice process. It is easy to reduce the court system to criminal and prosecutor — crime and punishment. Marsy’s Law is being proposed as an amendment to Pennsylvania’s constitution. It is a crime victims’ rights amendment that legislators and advocates say provides...
WPIAL Week 7 football: How to watch, listen and find scores
Pine-Richland at Mt. Lebanon, Bethel Park at Baldwin and West Mifflin at Belle Vernon headline tonight’s WPIAL Week 7 football action. You can find a complete list of all the games being broadcast here. And when results start to roll in, you can find all the scores here. Check back...
Penguins send down Andrew Agozzino, call up Joseph Blandisi
The Pittsburgh Penguins tinkered with their fourth line Friday afternoon, calling up center Joseph Blandisi and sending Andrew Agozzino down in his place. Agozzino, a 28-year-old signed as a free agent from the Colorado organization in July, made his Penguins debut Thursday night in a 2-1 victory over Anaheim. He...
Gateway’s Lexi Jackson looks forward to career at Kent State
When Gateway girls basketball standout Lexi Jackson was mulling her decision of where to play at the collegiate level next year, she was looking for someone to show interest on a personal level. Apparently Kent State women’s basketball coach Todd Starkey and his staff did just that as the Golden...
Daily Download: Owner reunites with dog, Vans shoes and WPIAL footballVideo
A dog is reunited with its owner 12 years later. A Plum student is in the running for a Vans shoes design contest. And it’s getting down to crunch time in high school football. These headlines lead today’s Daily Download. Each day, TribLIVE reporters and editors will break down the...
Meet the Hampton Candidates forum slated for high school auditorium
On Oct. 22, from 7 to 9 p.m., a Meet the Hampton Candidates forum will be held at the Hampton high school auditorium. This free event, which is open to the public, is co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh and HAPPEN (Hampton Parent and Professional Education...
Plum holds homecoming festivities
Plum Homecoming weekend was held Oct. 4 and 5 and included a football game and dance....
Letter to the editor: GOP leaders put party ahead of country
In the early ’70s, the congressional investigation of President Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate break-in provided us viewers with an excellent example of collaboration between Democratic and Republican lawmakers who placed our nation’s interest ahead of political parties. During the televised hearings, it was plain to see that the senators...
Letter to the editor: Comparing Trump, Christ irreverent
This is my response (nonpartisan) to the letter “Trump as messiah” (Sept. 20, TribLIVE) by D.A. Scandrol, who certainly has a right to his opinion. I found his letter the height, to say the least, of irreverence, as he compared President Trump’s “accomplishments” to our Creator, Lord and Savior, Jesus...
Letter to the editor: Giant Eagle’s gun request hypocritical
Giant Eagle’s weigh-in on gun control (“Giant Eagle urges against open carry on store properties,” Sept. 14, TribLIVE) gives me another reason to buy my eggs at Aldi. If Giant Eagle was seriously concerned about the health and welfare of its customers, it wouldn’t profit by selling tobacco and alcohol...
