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High school scores, summaries, schedules for Sept. 13, 2019
Cross Country Boys Thursday’s results Division II Section 4 Burrell 25, Greensburg Central Catholic 34 Greensburg Central Catholic 21, Southmoreland 37 Riverview 15, Burrell 50 Riverview 15, Greensburg Central Catholic 50 Riverview 15, Shady Side Academy 50 Riverview 15, Southmoreland 50 Shady Side Academy 23, Greensburg Central Catholic 37 Top...
High school roundup for Sept. 12, 2019: Clutch Evan Fetter goal helps Butler soccer knock off NA
Evan Fetter scored the winning goal with 2 minutes left in regulation to lead Butler (5-0, 4-0) past No. 4 North Allegheny (4-2, 2-2) in Section 1-AAAA boys soccer Thursday night. Tyler Gillis and Luke Shook also scored for Butler. Pine-Richland 4, Shaler 0 — Colin Zvejnieks, Will Sangpachatanaruk, David...
Chick’s Picks offers words of wisdom heading into Week 3
As a local celebrity, Chick’s Picks often corresponds with others on her same level of fame. So, it came as no surprise this week when Chick’s Picks received a call from Steelers coach Mike Tomlin. Tomlin often seeks prognosticating advice from Chick’s Picks when it comes to scouting upcoming opponents....
Trib HSSN high school football don’t-miss matchups for Week 3
Class 6A conference Seneca Valley (1-1, 1-2) at Mt. Lebanon (2-0, 2-1) 7:30 p.m. Friday, Mt. Lebanon Stadium On the air: KDKA-AM 1020 and at TribHSSN.TribLive.com Coaches: Ron Butschle, Seneca Valley; Bob Palko, Mt. Lebanon Players to watch: Gabe Lawson, Seneca Valley (Sr., 6-2, 190, QB); Mason Ventrone, Mt. Lebanon...
Popeyes asks customers to bring their own bun for chicken sandwichesVideo
Popeyes has brought a new meaning to BYOB: Bring your own bun. The chicken restaurant has come up with a temporary fix to the fact its popular sandwich has been sold out at many locations by telling customers to supply their own bread. “Due to the extraordinary demand, the sandwich...
Through the Years: Kiski Area edged Nunes-led Butler on late TD in 1994
Each Friday throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look back at the games, players and events that are part of local scholastic history. Jason Clouser’s scoring pass to Tony Chin with 18 seconds left in the game lifted Kiski Area to a 27-19...
Coaching comes naturally to Bethanie Moreschi of Point Park women’s soccer
Every once in a while, Point Park women’s soccer coach Bethanie Moreschi will catch herself channeling her father. Ron Moreschi has been coaching soccer for decades and led the Chartiers Valley girls team when the program was born in the early 1990s. Bethanie was at his practices often, kicking balls...
Penn State-Pitt gameday parking sold out; lots to open early
Penn State’s parking lots around Beaver Stadium will open at 6:30 a.m. Saturday — 30 minutes earlier than usual — but fans who don’t already have parking permits will be out of luck for the Pitt game. According to the athletics department, the game-day parking permits for Saturday’s matchup against...
Laurels & lances: Counseling, foreclosure and mobility
Laurel: To helping kids cope. There are things that you might expect at a Friday night football game. Zealous fans. Uncomfortable bleachers. Both sides mad at the referees. What you don’t expect is a man being gunned down outside the field. That happened last week at McKee Stadium. Jeannette City...
2 people in custody, 1 flees police in connection to woman’s body found in McKeesport park
Police took two people into custody Thursday night at a Walmart in Washington County in connection to the death of a woman whose body was found Thursday morning in the woods at a McKeesport park, officials said. Police also are searching for a third person who fled the Walmart parking...
Pennsylvania attorney general sues billionaire Sackler family, owners of Oxycontin maker
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is suing the family that owns Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of Oxycontin — a powerful prescription opioid pain medication that proved to be a multibillion-dollar cash cow. Details of the lawsuit are sealed, but it alleges members of the Sackler family are “personally liable” for...
Sean Clifford, Penn State’s big-play QB, looking to hit another gear
Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford has launched a quick start to his career, compiling the nation’s fourth-highest passer rating through the season’s infancy. That said, Clifford finds no time for back-patting as the Lions prepare to host Pitt on Saturday. Further, the redshirt sophomore said he’s not interested in it....
Scott Township toddler featured on Times Square Jumbotron
Erin Kozy is getting a special birthday gift this year. On Saturday, when Kozy turns 34, her 14-month-old daughter, Holland, will be featured on a jumbo screen in the heart of Times Square as a part of the National Down Syndrome Society’s (NDSS) annual video presentation. The video is meant...
Review: ‘The Goldfinch’ is elegant but perplexingly flawedVideo
Everything is beautiful in John Crowley’s adaptation of “The Goldfinch,” even the grilled cheese sandwich that a kind stranger makes for a boy who has just lost his mother. It’s easy to get swept up by the refined stateliness surrounding this messy odyssey of grief and trauma. But like its...
Review: ‘Hustlers’ both stripper movie and instant crime classicVideo
“Hustlers” opens with a long Steadicam shot following new girl Destiny (Constance Wu) as she strolls into her own destiny, winding her way from the warm womb of a strip club dressing room, onto the club floor. With this visual nod, director Lorene Scafaria asserts just what her film is,...
The 7 very groovy highlights from ‘A Very Brady Renovation’
Coming at you straight from the turn of the ’70s, the first episode of “A Very Brady Renovation” ran this week on HGTV. For fans of “The Brady Bunch,” which ran for five seasons from 1969 to 1974, it was a walk down memory lane guided in part by the...
Military helps transform W&J senior Mike Williams from equipment manager to feared D-lineman
At 6-foot-1 and a muscle-bound 245 pounds, W&J’s Mike Williams looks the part of a ruthless pass-rusher. In the Presidents’ season-opening win over No. 18 Wittenberg, Williams had two sacks among his 10 tackles. The second sack — midway through the fourth quarter — caused Tigers quarterback Blake King to...
Letter to the editor: Americans need polypills
To lower costs, low-dose combo pills, or polypills, need to be available and then prescribed (“Cheap combo pill cuts heart, stroke risks, study finds,” Aug. 22, TribLIVE). The five-year study of the combination of four low-dose drugs (two for blood pressure, one for cholesterol and aspirin) that lowered heart issues...
Letter to the editor: Vaccination bill would protect parents’ rights
In response to the op-ed “Vaccination info should be epidemic,” here are some facts proving that my Vaccine Informed Consent Protection Act, House Bill 286, is the best legislative cure for the real health care epidemic plaguing hundreds of Pennsylvania families. Across the commonwealth, medical care is now routinely denied...
Sewickley Borough, parking authority collaborate on paving project
The Sewickley Parking Authority has advertised a bid for the paving of Green Street and two parking lots on Green and Division Street. A contract will likely be awarded next week. Sewickley Borough owns both lots, said Parking Authority Vice Chairman Del Miller, while the authority leases the parking spaces....
Remember When: 2001
In the news this week 18 years ago: • The front page of The Herald featured students at Sewickley Academy participating in President George W. Bush’s call for a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance. The students sang “God Bless America” and Headmaster Hamilton Clark offered a prayer, concluding with...
New law could help fund Hampton High School renovation
State reimbursement for a high school renovation at Hampton continues to be a possibility now that a new state law has passed, according to Cassandra Renninger, a registered architect and principal at VEBH Architects. Renninger provided an informational update on the application process at the Hampton Township School Board meeting...
Shaler Hampton Emergency personnel share EMS rules of the road
When a driver sees lights and hears sirens, they should pull over to the right side of the road to a full stop, reminds Shaler Hampton Emergency Medical Services Director Eric Schmidt. Schmidt, who has been with the nonprofit since January, wanted to provide some safety tips when driving a...
8 Hampton students named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has announced semifinalists in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program. The following Hampton High School seniors were named semifinalists: Chloe An, Christopher Chengshi, Sonia Fung, Brooke Hathhorn, Sanjay Johnson, Ji Min Oh, Annie Waters and Eric Xu. These academically talented high school seniors have an...
Don’t look now, but Fawn is keeping an eye on illegal dumping
Fawn Township is about to go high-tech in trying to combat illegal dumping in the township. The township will employ cameras at one of several locations throughout the community where dumping has occurred, according to supervisors Chairman David Montanari and Township Secretary Pam Ponsart. Ponsart said the set of three...
