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PIHL Player of the Week for Oct. 6, 2019
The 2018-19 season was a tough year for Quaker Valley hockey. Four players scored 10 or more points and the team only won five of its 19 games. The Quakers did make the postseason, as the fifth-place team out of Class AA’s Northwest Conference, but the run ended in the...
PIHL Team of the Week for Oct. 6, 2019
During the 2018-19 PIHL regular season, Class AAA was the most defensive-minded classification by a wide margin. The leading team in goals for last year was finalist Peters Township, which scored 81 goals in 18 regular-season games. The Indians scored eight goals once, in their penultimate contest, an 8-3 win...
Mike Preston: Ravens finally have a playmaker on defense in Marlon Humphrey
PITTSBURGH — Great players make big plays in big games, but they also make them on days they haven’t been playing well. Take the case of Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey. He was having a so-so game Sunday before he stripped Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster of the ball after...
Repubblica: Italy’s spy chief met twice with William Barr to aid inquiry
ROME — Italy’s spy chief Gennaro Vecchione met twice in August with U.S. Attorney General William Barr and prosecutor John Durham to help an investigation into the scandal involving President Donald Trump’s possible ties to Russia, one of Italy’s leading newspapers reported. The first meeting took place on Aug. 15...
Girls AAA golf semis and WPIAL soccer highlight Monday WPIAL slate
With all of the individual district championships in the books, the WPIAL team golf postseason is set to tee off starting Monday with the Class AAA girls semifinals. The nine-team field features Blackhawk, Butler, Fox Chapel, Franklin Regional, Mars, North Allegheny, Penn-Trafford, Peters Township and Upper St. Clair. The teams...
WPIAL football playoff picture after Week 6
The stretch run has commenced as the WPIAL football season heads into the final three weeks of the regular season. All the games now feel a little bit more important as teams fight for conference championships, home field advantage, playoff positioning and postseason berths. The TribLive High School Sports Network...
Stretch run begins in football, soccer regular season concludes this week on HSSN
The home stretch of the fall high school sports season is upon us, and the stretch run begins this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN has video and audio coverage from Week 7 of the high school football season with plenty of conference games among the...
High school schedules for Oct. 7, 2019
High schools Golf Boys WPIAL team championships Class AAA Tuesday’s schedule Semifinals (Top 3 teams advance) At Indian Run Golf Club, Avella Baldwin, Belle Vernon, Central Catholic, Mt. Lebanon, Moon, Pine-Richland, Shady Side Academy, Thomas Jefferson, Upper St. Clair, 9 a.m. At Links at Spring Church, Apollo Blackhawk, Fox Chapel,...
UAW says negotiations with General Motors have ‘taken a turn for the worse’Video
DETROIT — The UAW’s lead negotiator said Sunday that talks with General Motors have “taken a turn for the worse.” The surprise negative development followed reports of progress in recent days and adds more uncertainty to when the UAW’s 3-week-old strike against GM might come to an end. In fact,...
WPIAL football player of the week — Week 6
Coming into this season, there were major questions about the QB position at Quarterback High. More than halfway through the regular season, those questions have been answered with plenty of passing yards, touchdowns and victories for South Fayette. The latest Lions quarterback is Naman Alemada, and he continues to make...
Earl H. Tilford: MIA Day is missing in action
Presidential proclamation, along with decrees by state governors, has served to establish Sept. 20 as a national day of recognition for thousands of American service personnel who remain missing in action. Since World War II, over 81,000 Americans who served in that war, along with missing veterans from Cold War...
Former Penn State RB Miles Sanders makes fourth straight start for Eagles
PHILADELPHIA — Fresh off the best game of his young NFL career, Miles Sanders is back in the starting lineup for the Philadelphia Eagles. The rookie running back out of Penn State made his fourth straight start against the New York Jets at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday afternoon. Sanders,...
Editorial: Primaries should be open to all
In a Penn Township, Westmoreland County, precinct, a woman stood confused as she looked at her ballot. “These are all the candidates? The one I was voting for isn’t here.” The poll worker explained to her that all the candidates she was allowed to vote for were on the ballot....
Eagle found shot in Derry Township euthanized
A bald eagle found shot Friday on the West Penn Trail had to be euthanized, state Game Warden Bill Brehun said Monday. The investigation is very active with a number of individuals who have been interviewed, Brehun said late Monday. The eagle was still alive when it was found Friday...
Now that this year’s to-do list is done, Brackenridge looks toward 2020 projects
Now that Brackenridge’s public works projects for this year are completed, borough officials are looking at next year’s wish list. The borough hopes to get $25,000 from the federal Community Development Block Grant Fund to install handicapped sidewalk ramps at various intersections. Brackenridge also is seeking $60,000 for demolishing abandoned...
Letter to the editor: We don’t need Saudi oil
Are any of us shedding tears over the recent destruction of the oil depots in Saudi Arabia, apparently by Iran, Iraq or Yemen? I heard on a recent newscast that Saudi Arabia produces only 10% of the world’s oil. Meanwhile, the U.S. has reserved of oil coming out of its...
Letter to the editor: Franklin-Regional must meet needs of all students
Franklin Regional’s auditor confirmed its bond financing limit is $122 million, minus the current $22.5 million bond obligation. Franklin Regional’s architect estimated maintenance costs on existing facilities for the next five to 10 years to be between $74 million and $98 million (as of April 11, 2017). With only $100...
Letter to the editor: US must focus on research
This month marks an important date for the scientific community across the globe. The Nobel Prizes will be announced in Stockholm Oct. 7-14. The United States has amassed many of these prizes, with more than 300 laureates scattered across the country in some of the most prestigious institutes. Without research,...
Carnegie couple celebrates first year of marriage
Jamie (Curtin) and Bobby Brown of Carnegie celebrated their first anniversary Sept. 29. Jamie is the daughter of Vince and Terri Curtin of Carnegie and Bobby is the son of Kim and Dave Brown of Rennerdale. Gerry McGrogan of Carnegie celebrates another year Oct. 12. Gerry is the husband of...
High school roundup: McKeesport football shuts out Indiana
Asaad and Devari Robinson scored two rushing touchdowns each to lead McKeesport to a 50-0 nonconference victory over Indiana on Saturday. Asaad Robinson, who led McKeesport (5-2) with 64 yards rushing on three carries, started the scoring with a 5-yard touchdown run and added a 42-yard run in the third...
Living with Children: There is no good reason for a teen to have a smartphone
Question: We held off giving our oldest daughter a smartphone until she was 15, the age at which we allowed her older brother to have one. We read your column weekly in our hometown newspaper and know you disapprove but we had no issues with our son and thought, wrongly,...
Freeport Council says borough can’t force drilling company to pave road
Freeport Council members told a property owner last week it’s not in their purview to enforce a zoning board decision requiring a drilling company to pave a road. Property owner Mike Graff brought council a complaint about dirt and dust created by vehicles using Mill Street to get to a...
Hampton residents’ input sought on future of township
Gathering residential ideas on the future of Hampton was at the forefront of a town hall meeting on Sept. 25, another step in the process of creating an implementable comprehensive plan for the township. Steering committee members, township administration and representatives of Pashek MTR, a landscape design firm in Pittsburgh,...
Richland gets $187k grant for stream bank improvements
Richland Township received a $187,000 grant through the Watershed Restoration and Protection Program that will allow it to make needed stream bank improvements without passing the costs on to taxpayers, township manager Dean Bastianini said. “These grants are highly competitive, and without the support of state Sen. Lindsey Williams, state...
Millvale Library fundraiser ‘Drink, Talk, Learn’ put a premium on fun
As part of a unique Millvale Community Library (MCL) fundraiser, attendees delivered 3-minute PowerPoint presentations on tea-party hosting and karaoke song-selection tips, tea’s benefits compared to coffee, “Gilmore Girls” and the Harry Potter universe’s Hufflepuff House. Oh, and someone wore a Tyrannosaurus Rex costume and presented the species’ grievances against...
