Hampton Journal category, Page 18

WPIAL Class 3A boys soccer championship 8-South Fayette (13-4-3) vs. 2-Hampton (17-2-1) 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Highmark Stadium Tickets: $10 (general admission) Coaches: Rob Eldridge, South Fayette; Matt McAwley, Hampton Players to watch: Adam Thompson, South Fayette; Luke Fiscus, Hampton WPIAL titles: South Fayette 18 (1933-38, ‘43-52, ‘58, 2015); Hampton 4...

The WPIAL will celebrate the 50th aniversary of its first girls volleyball championships by handing out four more titles Saturday at AHN Arena at Peters Township. Norwin not only won the first gold in 1973, the Knights also won the first 13 Class 3A championships through 1985. Three girls volleyball...

Stepping outside of your comfort zone can prove to be enlightening and beneficial, and that’s the case for Gregory Shumaker, a seventh-grade teacher at Hampton Middle School for 24 years. A few years back, he was handed the role of director for the middle school drama club’s annual performance. For...

The North Hampton and Hampton Township No. 1 volunteer fire departments have agreed to merge. Besides the financial considerations of operating two separate departments, the manpower simply isn’t there anymore, according to municipal manager Christopher Lochner. “The big problem, in addition to the extraordinarily high cost of equipment, is really...

Four-plus centuries of Shakespeare fans can’t be wrong. Count a group of today’s teenagers among them. When Michael Flynn announced the Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh’s 2023 high school play would be “The Tempest,” his students weren’t exactly thrilled about performing in something so antiquated. “They always want to do a...

Music thumped and blared from the Hampton locker room as Luke Fiscus was about to be interviewed after the game. “Want me to go in and turn that down?” the Talbots senior midfielder asked. And break the mood? Fiscus and his teammates had the volume on full blast most of...

Offerings at Hampton Community Library, 3101 McCully Road, include: • “What a Wonder-Fall World” drop-in story time, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays through Nov. 30. Times are subject to going longer or shorter. Featured are stories, songs and crafts designed to celebrate discovery. All ages and...

Hampton Heroes honors veterans Local veterans will be honored during the annual Hampton Heroes program at 10 a.m. Nov. 6 at the school district’s Fridley Field. Residents of Hampton, veterans who work in the township and graduates of Hampton High School are eligible for induction. About 200 men and women...

Franklin Park Rajesh Patwari sold property at 1911 Kimberly Ct to Cartus Financial Corp. for $855,100. Cartus Financial Corp. sold property at 1911 Kimberly Ct to Rajil and Sonali Mehta for $855,100. David Lee sold property at 3730 Lyndell St. to Infinium Investments LLC for $150,000 (state deed transfer stamps...

The Hampton girls tennis team stopped at a restaurant on the way home from its PIAA Class 2A playoff match Oct. 24 in Erie. The most successful season in program history had come to a halt with a 5-0 loss at Cathedral Prep. But the tears had dried, leaving only...

The first time Hampton running back Brock Borgo touched the football in a meaningful varsity carry, he raced 58 yards for a touchdown. He was a sophomore at the time and, after getting only four varsity carries as a freshman, burst onto the scene against Valley in the 2021 opener....

Highlands entered senior night with a lot on the line. Playoff implications, of course, were the main topic of conversation Friday night at Golden Rams Stadium. Highlands needed a win over Hampton, plus help from Kiski Area, if it hoped to reach the postseason. Not only did Kiski Area need...

While many young men tend to view their fathers as heroes, the Rev. Christopher Edmonds had no idea about the degree to which his own dad lived up to the standard. As Hampton Middle School students learned when the Tennessee pastor visited Oct. 23, U.S. Army Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds...

As details emerge about the future of the tennis courts in Hampton Community Park, it’s becoming more evident how difficult it is to find affordable labor post-covid. At the Oct. 25 township council meeting, officials voted to reject all current bids and create a plan of action for moving forward....

A new look is coming to the Eat’n Park restaurant in Hampton. The location at 5143 Route 8 is undergoing a major renovation, with its reopening anticipated in early December. The remodeled restaurant will include a pickup window and feature and updated lobby, added seating with more options for larger...

Museum hosts Beggars Day The Depreciation Lands Museum, 4743 South Pioneer Road, Hampton, will host Beggars Day from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 29. Children are invited to participate in the custom of “begging,” the door-to-door tradition that predates trick-or-treating. Youngsters can dress in their favorite costumes from the past,...

Bellevue Yabeca LLC sold property at 132 S Euclid Ave. to Joshua James Geiger and Rebecca Miller for $277,500. Etna Terrence Cavanaugh sold property at 13 Vilsack St. to Bettina and Wesley George for $240,000. Franklin Park Amy McGuigan sold property at 2567 Aldon Drive to Noah David Schell for...

Aquinas Academy missed the WPIAL Class A boys soccer playoffs this season, but the Crusaders kept opposing goalies busy. Aquinas scored 47 goals, the most in coach Mat Anselmino’s five-year tenure, capped with a 5-0 victory over California on Oct. 16 in the season finale. “There was definitely more emphasis...

Since last season’s fourth-place finish at states, the Hampton boys cross country team has been focused on a return trip to Hershey. But one small hurdle remains — The WPIAL Class 2A championships. The loaded Talbots are overwhelming favorites to claim their third consecutive district title Thursday (Oct. 26) at...

Five seats are up for election on Hampton Township School Board this November, and four candidates won both the Democratic and Republican nominations in the primary. Incumbents Matthew A. Jarrell, Robert J. Shages and Joy Midgley will appear on the ballot for both parties Nov. 7, along with Maureen Farrell...

The Hampton High School Drama Club will present Matt Cox’s “Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic”at 7:30 p.m. Nov 9-11 as a production that is entirely student-run. “We have two student directors who chose the play, ran auditions, cast the production and...

Halloween at Hartwood Acres The Allegheny County Department of Parks will sponsor Punkin’ Chunkin’ from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Hartwood Acres Park Amphitheater. A free trunk-or-treat car cruise is scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 22 in the parking lot of the amphitheater. Cruisers...

Franklin Park Memory Lane Venture LLC sold property at 1606 Memory Lane Ct to Benjamin Marcus Homes LLC for $220,000. Hampton Joshua Good sold property at 5031 Lakeview Drive to Peter Michael Biernesser and Samantha Lynn Wills for $355,065. Marshall Stephen Grunz sold property at 2634 Lansdale Drive to Cartus...

A zoning re-do approved this year was meant to address issues throughout McCandless Township, not open up a single piece of property for unwanted development, Town Council President Michael Tarle said during a council meeting Oct. 9. “We weren’t just looking at one parcel. We looked at every parcel in...

A steady flow of guests visited Hampton’s Depreciation Lands Museum for Hydref, the Fall Festival & Market Faire held Oct. 7. The influx was gratifying for Carol Greiner, president of the museum’s board, as the history-preserving site continues to celebrate its 50th anniversary. “After last year when we got rained...