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North Allegheny blanks Bethel Park to reach PIAA baseball playoffs
Ryan Partridge allowed one hit over five innings to lead No. 4-seeded North Allegheny to a 3-0 victory over No. 3 Bethel Park in the WPIAL Class 6A consolation baseball game Tuesday night at Washington & Jefferson’s Ross Memorial Park. Dayton commit Anthony Hattrup knocked in two runs, and Duke...
PIAA boys volleyball roundup for May 28, 2019: North Allegheny advances to quarterfinals
The WPIAL champion North Allegheny boys volleyball team opened the PIAA tournament with a convincing victory over District 3’s Hempfield, 3-1, in a Class AAA first-round match Tuesday at Hempfield Area High School. The Tigers won 25-15, 16-25, 25-18 and 25-23. Ben Mendes, Drew Hunker and Alex Zubrow all had...
Pirates minor league report for May 29, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 28-20) lost 9-4 to Charlotte (White Sox). RHP Eduardo Vera (3-4, 6.41) allowed seven earned runs on nine hits in 4 1/3 innings. Vera had two strikeouts and a walk. SS Pablo Reyes (.219) hit a two-run homer in the third inning. 1B Will Craig (.270) had a...
Big inning carries South Park past Ellwood City in WPIAL consolation game
A five-run outburst in the bottom of the sixth inning lifted No. 4-seeded South Park to a 5-1 victory over No. 10 Ellwood City in the WPIAL Class 3A consolation softball game Tuesday at Peters Township. Julie Shinavski tossed a two-hitter with eight strikeouts for the Eagles (15-5). Taylor Glowa...
Ritchie hits, pitches Leechburg past Jefferson-Morgan in WPIAL Class A consolation game
The old adage about a pitcher helping herself rang true Tuesday for Leechburg’s Emma Ritchie. The sophomore drove in the tying and winning runs on groundouts to third base as the Blue Devils edged Jefferson-Morgan, 3-2, to win the WPIAL Class A softball consolation game. Leechburg (17-2) advances to the...
Editorial: Disaster aid should be non-partisan
A lot of attention goes to partisanship and bipartisanship. What do these groups agree on? What can bring both sides together? What drives them apart? There is less attention paid to the things that don’t have a side. Regardless of party affiliation, Pittsburghers can be depended upon to agree that...
Shaler rolls past Laurel Highlands to win 5th WPIAL baseball championship
Prince sang about partying like it was 1999. The Shaler baseball team is going to take his advice. The Titans beat Laurel Highlands, 8-1, on Tuesday afternoon in the WPIAL Class 5A championship game at Wild Things Park. It’s Shaler’s fifth title and first in 20 years. “I didn’t really...
World Health Organization classifies gaming addiction as a mental disorderVideo
Having trouble putting down the latest version of Candy Crush? There may be disturbing consequences surrounding it. Recently, the World Health Organization has classified video game addiction as an official mental health disorder. The Switzerland-based body has added “Gaming disorder” to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health...
Olympic swimmers help Killer Whales get ‘Fitter and Faster’
Beginners met world-class champions at a local swim camp hosted by the Killer Whales. Four Olympic swimmers — Roland Schoeman, Chloe Sutton, Isabella Arcila and Ozzie Quevedo — dove in to help local youngsters at the camp that taught the value of a good attitude, nutrition and goal-setting. The Killer...
This date in history: Ian Fleming, Phil Hartman and California baseball
The Dionne quintuplets, Ian Fleming, Phil Hartman and California baseball all made news on this date in history....
‘Unacceptable state of affairs’ as at least 42 shot in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend
CHICAGO — At least 42 people were shot, five fatally, in Chicago over the Memorial Day weekend even as severe storms kept people indoors and 1,200 extra officers patrolled the streets. The toll was slightly higher than last year’s Memorial Day weekend, when 39 people were shot, seven of them...
Warriors vs. Raptors: A first look at the NBA Finals
We’re four wins away from one team to know the thing we’ve tried to figure out since the very first game of this NBA season. The whole point of the 82-game marathon and the month-plus of playoffs is to figure out the best team in the league this season. It’s...
Letter to the editor: Mueller report vindicates journalists
The Mueller report has done many things, but one of the most important, it has vindicated the journalists in this country. In numerous incidents, Robert Mueller’s comments have confirmed what the press has written and cast doubt on the president’s allegations of fake news. Only Laura Ingraham, who must have...
Letter to the editor: Peduto & the Pennsylvania Senate gun bill
A few things stand out in Mayors Bill Peduto and Jim Kenney’s op-ed “Bill Peduto, Philly mayor: Why we oppose Pa. Senate gun bill.” One, it states incorrectly that Senate Bill 531 would pre-empt local jurisdictions from enacting firearms laws. Current state law already pre-empts local jurisdictions from enacting firearms...
Letter to the editor: ‘Taking care of’ the babies
Letter-writer Robin Hammonds (“With abortion outlawed, who will take care of the babies?” asks, “… who’s going to take care of all the unwanted babies?” Apparently her answer, like the others who advocate aborting perfectly normal fetuses, is to “take care” of them by killing them. I pose five questions...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s plans for farmers
The article “Western Pa. farmers prefer free market trade to tariff-compensation handout” makes one dramatically aware of one of the domestic economic problems caused by our chaotic Trump tariff “policy.” Our United States agricultual export business has grown successfuly for many years with China as our largest customer for the...
Letter to the editor: Clarifying Hempfield property tax issues
There is so much misinformation about property taxes, it warrants a response. Many seek to scare Hempfield Area School District residents by saying the district is going to appeal their property, but that is absurd. The school board voted to appeal properties with a difference between fair market value (estimated...
10 girls, 10 years, 1 troop; Sewickley-area Girl Scouts graduate
For the last decade, 10 Sewickley area girls have stuck together through rain and snowstorms, backpacking trips and out-of-country adventures, always looking to help others. As members of “The Waterfall Troop,” or Girl Scout Troop 50930, they live by the motto, “Always loyal, loves challenges.” “They decided as little, little...
Prevent illness by preventing tick bites
Ready or not, ticks are out. Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness, but it’s not the only concern, says Dr. Bobbi Pritt, a parasitic diseases expert at Mayo Clinic. “There are other tick-borne diseases like anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Powassan virus and Borrelia miyamotoi infection, and those are just diseases...
Artist has left her mark all over Pittsburgh for decades
The Sarris Candies store in Canonsburg is artist Maria DeSimone Prascak’s Sistine Chapel. Over the years, she’s transformed the shop and adjoining ice cream parlor into a colorful candyland using paint, clay, papier-mache and crystal embellishments. Prascak’s brush has touched 450 feet of murals, two columns, three ceiling domes, five...
High school scores, schedules for May 27, 2019
High Schools Baseball WPIAL Playoffs Class 6A Championship Wednesday’s schedule Penn-Trafford (18-3) vs. Pine-Richland (17-4) at Wild Things Park, 7:30 p.m. Consolation Tuesday’s schedule North Allegheny (16-6) vs. Bethel Park (15-4) at Washington & Jefferson College, 7 p.m. Class 5A Championship Tuesday’s schedule Shaler (14-7) vs. Laurel Highlands (14-6) at...
Paul Waldman: Mike Pence predicts war everywhere in the next few yearsVideo
Vice President Mike Pence spoke to the West Point graduating class on Saturday, and amid the standard congratulations and tributes to the graduates, he said something truly shocking: “It is a virtual certainty that you will fight on a battlefield for America at some point in your life. You will...
Pirates minor league report: May 27, 2019
Pirates INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 28-19) won 8-3 at Columbus (Indians). Jung-Ho Kang went 2 for 4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Corey Dickerson went 1 for 5 with a run scored and three strikeouts. Next: Tuesday vs. Charlotte (White Sox), 7:05 p.m. ALTOONA (Double-A, 23-26) lost 7-3 at Portland...
TribHSSN Softball Player of the Week for games of May 20-25, 2019
The Trib HSSN Softball Player of the Week is Laurel senior Kayla Ruperto, who helped lead the defending WPIAL Class 2A champions back to the title game. Laurel isn’t the only team back in the finals. It will be a rematch of the championship game last spring as the Spartans...
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week for games of May 20-25
The Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week is Beaver senior Mason Rose, who used his arm and his bat to help the Bobcats reach the WPIAL finals for the first time in six years. Beaver will see a familiar foe in the title game Wednesday as it takes on...
