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High-powered Washington sets sights on another WPIAL championship
Washington’s quest for an eighth WPIAL football championship figures to get off to a better start than the defense of its seventh title. The Prexies won the 2017 WPIAL Class 2A title in convincing fashion, but last season got off to a rocky start. Washington missed 12 practices and a...
Pieces in place for McGuffey to take next step
For McGuffey, last season might have been bittersweet. The Highlanders finished 8-3 overall and 5-3 in Class 2A Interstate Conference play, but lost 36-27 in a first-round playoff game to district runner-up South Side Beaver. McGuffey earned its third playoff berth in five seasons but could not secure a home-playoff...
Beth-Center football team will lean on young core
When it comes to the WPIAL playoffs, Beth-Center football is a familiar face. After routing Frazier, 36-0, in last year’s regular-season finale, the Bulldogs made their 16th straight WPIAL Class 2A playoff appearance. The Bulldogs carried a 7-4 record into the first round, where they lost 49-0 to Steel Valley...
Pirates minor league report: Francisco Cervelli goes 1 for 2 with RBI
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 61-65) lost 12-4 to Toledo (Tigers). LHP Brandon Waddell (2-6, 9.24 with Indianapolis) was responsible for the defeat after giving up four earned runs, seven total, in two innings with two strikeouts, three walks and six hits allowed. CF Jason Martin (.266) went 2 for 4 from the...
High school scores for Aug. 19, 2019
High schools Golf Boys Monday’s results WPIAL Class AAA Section 3 Shaler 237, North Hills 239 Medalist: Logan Marshalek (NH), 40 Section 5 Moon 205, Blackhawk 208 Medalists: Hunter Woodward (B), 37; Nathan Schachner (M), 38 Section 8 Mars 204, Highlands 254 Medalist: Blake Bartolo (M), 38 Shady Side Academy...
White House dismisses payroll tax cuts as slowdown prevention
WASHINGTON — The White House dismissed the idea that the administration is looking to cut payroll taxes as a way to bolster consumer spending, as economic indicators increasingly point to a potential downturn. More tax cuts for individuals are being discussed, but payroll taxes aren’t under consideration at present, a...
John Dorfman: Another tool for your investment toolkit
“Scalpel please, nurse. Clamp … sponge.” A surgeon needs a variety of instruments. Investors should use a variety of tools, too. One tool is underutilized by individual investors is the price/cash-flow ratio. How cash flow works Cash flow attempts to measure the actual money coursing through the arteries and veins...
Freedom must replace large senior class to reach playoffs for 4th straight season
After Freedom made the WPIAL playoffs for a school-record third consecutive season, sustaining the streak will be in the hands of new coach Greg Toney. Toney was named coach in December after athletic director John Rosa served as interim coach the last four games of the season following Russ Barley’s...
Derek Moye eager to guide Western Beaver football team
Derek Moye is short on football coaching experience. His only job as a coach, in fact, was last season when he oversaw the receivers at PIAA Class 3A champion Aliquippa. But he is a veteran when it comes to playing the game. He parlayed a standout career at Rochester into...
Neshannock looks to bounce back from ‘disappointing’ season
High school football coaches talk about it all the time: Every game is meaningful. Neshannock found that out in 2018 after finishing fifth in the Class 2A Midwestern Athletic Conference, one game out of a playoff spot behind Riverside. The difference was the Lancers’ Week 1 loss to the Panthers...
Doyle McManus: Trump’s silence on Hong Kong is making America weaker
WASHINGTON — As China and its unruly possession Hong Kong teeter on the edge of catastrophe, President Trump has issued a series of messages with a common theme: If his friend Xi Jinping decides to crack down on the city’s pro-democracy movement, the United States will understand. It’s the wrong...
Burgettstown seeks back-to-back Three Rivers Conference titles
Burgettstown is ready for another memorable year, similar to the one it put together last season. The Blue Devils went 10-0 during the regular season but lost 7-6 to Freedom in the second round of the WPIAL Class Class 2A playoffs. Fifth-year coach Mark Druga believes the key to last...
South Side looks to build on trip to WPIAL title game
The South Side Rams had championship DNA coursing through their veins during the 2018 season. The Rams went 8-3 last year and advanced to the WPIAL Class 2A championship game to take on Steel Valley. There, they were routed by the Ironmen, 48-6, who won their second championship in the...
Piccinini out to change culture for Carlynton football
Rich Piccinini is one of the few football coaches in the WPIAL who knows what it is like to be in the playoffs with Carlynton. He was the Cougars’ offensive coordinator in 2001, the last time the team qualified for the postseason. To put that in perspective, as Piccinini embarks...
Consistency could key season for Greensburg Salem girls soccer
When Greensburg Salem girls soccer coach Michael Rhea surveys his team, he sees a hard-working group with the potential for a couple of explosive scorers. He also sees a freshman class willing to learn, but with several players stuck on the basics. One thing Rhea wishes he saw was more...
Talent-infused Greensburg Salem boys soccer team eyes 1st for program
A whitewashing against eventual state champion West Allegheny in the opening round of the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs meant Greensburg Salem finished with a losing record. In many ways, however, last season was a resounding success. Thanks to a 7-5 record in Section 3, the Golden Lions qualified for postseason...
Editorial: Arsonist burns firefighter reputations
It doesn’t take much for a reputation to go up in smoke. It happens all the time. A respected person — a community leader or a valued professional — couldn’t possibly be responsible for a crime. Until it happens. Generally, it’s the kind of thing that hits only that person’s...
Adnan Syed’s attorneys ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear ‘Serial’ case
BALTIMORE — Attorneys for Adnan Syed, the subject of the “Serial” podcast, are trying to take his case to the Supreme Court. The petition, filed Monday after an extended deadline, asks the justices to reverse a ruling by Maryland’s highest court. It had refused to grant a new trial to...
Northern Tier Library hosting STEM events throughout summer
Northern Tier Regional Library has a variety of upcoming activities and events. The library is at 4015 Dickey Road, Gibsonia. • Every Wednesday through July 31, young aspiring chefs are invited to experience, play and learn during varied culinary activities. No previous cooking experience is necessary. An art project inspired...
Northern Tier Library hosting STEM events throughout summer
Northern Tier Regional Library has a variety of upcoming activities and events. The library is at 4015 Dickey Road, Gibsonia. • Chef Carol Nardello and the library will offer a special program for aspiring chefs called Super Food Sleuths. This is a nutrition-based culinary adventure for kids ages 8 to...
Northern Tier Library hosting STEM events throughout summer
Northern Tier Regional Library has a variety of upcoming activities and events. The library is at 4015 Dickey Road, Gibsonia. • Every Wednesday through July 31, young aspiring chefs are invited to experience, play and learn during varied culinary activities. No previous cooking experience is necessary. An art project inspired by...
Element Church in Millvale hosts annual Backpack Block Party
Element Church hosted its annual Backpack Block Party on Aug. 17. In addition to providing children with the opportunity to choose their own, free backpack full of school supplies to start the school year, there were hot dogs, snow cones, cookies, games, prizes and more on the church grounds as...
Shaler Giant Eagle sells $2 million lottery ticket
The Giant Eagle on Butler Plank Road in Shaler sold a $2 million winning ticket in the Pennsylvania’s Lottery Match 6 drawing on Aug. 16. The ticket matched all six numbers drawn. The Giant Eagle location will receive $10,000 for selling the ticket. The holder of the winning ticket is...
Grocery collection, Deacons’ Festival, spaghetti dinner and more
Nativity Lutheran Nativity Lutheran Church will hold a grocery collection to benefit North Hills Community Outreach’s food pantry from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Aug. 23 at the Ferguson Road Kuhn’s Market. The public is invited to give non-perishable food items and paper/cleaning products. Glenshaw Presbyterian Glenshaw Presbyterian Church, 300...
Greybrooke Garden Club to meet, Bradly Maslanka Memorial 5K set
Garden club set to meet Sept. 11 Greybrooke Garden Club, whose members reside in various communities of Pittsburgh’s North Hills, will meet Sept. 11 in the fellowship hall of Parkwood Presbyterian Church, 4289 Mt. Royal Blvd., Allison Park. The business meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. Refreshments follow the meeting and...
