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Trib HSSN WPIAL soccer rankings: Week of Oct. 4, 2021
Girls Class 4A Rank Team Record Last rank 1. North Allegheny (9-0-1) 2 2. Latrobe (8-0-1) 5 3. Moon (8-1) 1 4. Peters Township (7-2-2) 4 5. Butler (8-0-2) NR OUT: Seneca Valley (6-3-2) 3 Class 3A 1. Mars (7-0-1) 1 2. Plum (10-1) 2 3. Hampton (8-2-1) 4 4....
Penn State defense puts together flawless performance against Indiana
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State’s defense was in a bind early Saturday night. The unit had dominated Indiana through the first 11 minutes of game action, giving up only 46 yards, 35 of which came on one passing play, but now it was backed up in the red zone through...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 3, 2021
Chalfant Penn Pioneer Enterprises LLC sold property at 136 Greenfield Ave. to Blessed Realty LLC for $48,000. Churchill Richard Kerchner trustee sold property at 2095 Garrick Drive to Joseph James and Ginger Louise Drakulic for $280,000. Maureen Morgan sold property at 141 Thornberry Drive to Anthony Digioia for $335,000. Delmont...
Kinol family wins 2nd gold medal at USA Karate national championships
Pennsylvania Shotokan Karate Club athletes Cristiano, Santino and Mila Kinol competed during the USA National Karate Championships and Team USA Trials from Sept. 1-5, in Chicago. The Kinols, ages 8, 9 and 11, won their second straight gold medal in the family team synchronized Kata. Kata is a series of...
Northern area real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 3, 2021
Bellevue Stephen Moll sold property at 170 Kendall Ave. to Jason and Caitlin Humienny for $350,000. GMG Rentals Inc. sold property at 27 N Fremont Ave. to Matthew Barnes for $294,000. Etna Shauna Dawn Elder sold property at 40 Wilson St. to Vince Meng for $196,000. Franklin Park Richard Maringer...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 3, 2021
Aspinwall Estate of Anne Junko Marchessault sold property at 224 Fourth St. to Jason and Allyson Kreps for $525,000. Etna Shauna Dawn Elder sold property at 40 Wilson St. to Vince Meng for $196,000. Fox Chapel Jeffrey Baum sold property at 1094 Fox Chapel Road to Frederick Murphy for $1,560,000....
Letter to the editor: In Pa., we get less for more
I just returned from my annual trek to the Washington, D.C., area. On my way home, I stopped at the rest area in Frederick, Md., and again at the public rest area in Pennsylvania on Interstate 70 outside of Breezewood (I drink way too much coffee). The rest area in...
Letter to the editor: Renaming Women’s Health Protection Act
The federal Women’s Health Protection Act is badly misnamed. It should be renamed the Abortion Without Limits Bill. This dangerous legislation would eliminate commonsense protections such as parental consent, informed consent and 24-hour waiting periods for abortion. It would also mean an expansion of taxpayer funding of abortion, which national...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 3, 2021
Aleppo Ferndale Development Group LLC sold property at 107 Ferndale Ave. to Aiman Wahdan and Alia Aziz for $395,000. Leet Estate of George James Flevaris sold property at Plum St. to Marcus and Crystal Geiser for $2,000. Sewickley David Gunter sold property at 926 Elmhurst Way to Peter and Susan...
Letter to the editor: Recalling a holy hymn writer
My family recently visited the monument dedicated to the ministry of hymn writer Philip P. Bliss. I had been wanting to travel to the little town of Rome in north-central Pennsylvania to see the monument that was built when thousands of Sunday school children gave their pennies for its construction....
Clues about how society emerges from covid-19 can be gleaned by looking back on 1918 Spanish flu, experts say
Karen Baldridge rolled up her sleeve to get her covid-19 booster vaccine. “I’m trying to baby myself and (am) doing everything that I can to keep healthy,” she said this past week while at Excela Square at Norwin. “I feel there’s about a 90% chance I wouldn’t get (covid), but...
Letter to the editor: The left has bowed to almighty dollar
The current ruling Democratic Party has succeeded in compromising the checks and balances that are necessary to protect and maintain our representative democracy. They have politicized virtually every government agency, including the military, as well as public institutions, including the majority of mainstream media, big tech, the unions, Hollywood celebrities...
The Stroller, Oct. 3, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Valley News Dispatch is compiling a list of autumn events and Halloween parades, parties and trick-or-treat nights. Information should be emailed to cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Fall for Animals Festival planned Saturday and Sunday The seventh annual Fall for Animals Festival to benefit local animal shelters and rescues will be from 11...
Editorial: Why do Pennsylvanians pay higher price for energy?
The winter of 2021-22 is going to be a cold one, according to sources as traditional as the Farmers’ Almanac and as high-tech as AccuWeather, which predicts average temperatures in the region around 1 to 3 degrees Fahrenheit below normal, with the chill winds starting to blow as early as...
DeWayne Wickham: Biden is only the latest president to shun Haitians in need
On Sept. 24, at the end of a week that began with widely published images of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback herding Haitian refugees like cattle and ended with reports of thousands of these desperate people being summarily returned to Haiti, Wade Henderson had had enough. “On behalf of...
Letter to the editor: Misusing the word ‘freedom’
Personal freedom from the tyranny of a fascist or totalitarian government is what we all desire. However, the word “freedom” is sometimes used incorrectly. What has happened in Texas is a textbook example. The government of Texas wanted freedom from wearing masks and getting vaccinated. So covid cases spiked, sickening...
This date in sports history: Oct. 3Video
1942 — With a victory in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, Whirlaway becomes the first horse to amass more than $500,000 in lifetime earnings. 1951 — Bobby Thomson hits a three-run homer off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers with one out in the bottom of the ninth to give...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for Oct. 2, 2021
High schools Cross country Boys Saturday’s results Grove City Invite Team: 1. Grove City, 43; 2. South Fayette, 97; 3. North Catholic, 110; 4. Hampton, 111; 5. Altoona, 149. Individual: 1. Jake Borgesi, South Fayette, 16:22; 2. Josh Jones, Grove City, 16:32; 3. Sean Aiken, Eden Christian, 16:38; 4. Caleb...
Pirates farm report for Oct. 2, 2021: Indy’s penultimate game rained out
INDIANAPOLIS (61-66) and Nashville (Brewers) were rained out. The game will not be made up. Indianapolis will play its season finale Sunday. Next: Sunday vs. Nashville, 1:35 p.m....
Miami FC stakes claim for 2nd place in division with comeback win over Riverhounds
Miami FC staged a furious comeback in the final 10 minutes of regulation, scoring twice to record a 3-2 victory and deal a blow to the Pittsburgh Riverhounds’ chances of finishing in second place in the USL Championship’s Atlantic Division. Miami (14-7-6) and Pittsburgh (14-8-6) are tied for second place,...
High school roundup for Oct. 2, 2021: Laure leads Rochester in Class A showdown
Sal Laure reached the end zone four times — three times on the ground and once through the air — to lead Rochester to a 34-7 win over OLSH in Class A Big 7 conference action Saturday. Laure reached the end zone three times in the first half as he...
District college football roundup: Saint Vincent tops Case Western in 42-40 slugfest
Brady Walker threw for 219 yards and two touchdowns as St. Vincent overcame a slow start to defeat Case Western, 42-40, in a PAC slugfest Saturday afternoon. The Bearcats (3-1, 2-1) trailed 14-0 late in the first half before Walker hit Antonio Zambrano with a 7-yard scoring pass with 1:09...
George Guido: Fox Chapel’s soccer rout ties national record
Turns out Fox Chapel tied a national boys soccer record with its 30-0 rout over Southmoreland to open the season. After checking with the National Federation of State High Schools Associations (NSFN), the Foxes equalled the mark set by Eisenhower High School of Blue Island, Ill., on Aug. 29, 1990...
Ravens activate Le’Veon Bell, put Wolfe on injured reserveVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens activated running back Le’Veon Bell from the practice squad and put defensive end Derek Wolfe on injured reserve Saturday. The Ravens play at Denver on Sunday. Bell was one of three prominent veterans Baltimore brought in to help the backfield after injuries to...
Trudy Rubin: Heroic Afghan woman escaped Taliban but hasn’t found the promised land
In late August I wrote about two outstanding Afghan women who were struggling to escape Taliban pursuit. One had made it out of the country and the second was still hiding in Kabul. Miraculously, Najlla Habibyar, a U.S. green card holder and U.S. aid worker, has now escaped to Abu...
