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Westmoreland County don’t miss high school football matchups for 2021 Week 2
Nonconference Charleroi (0-1) at Monessen (0-2) 7 p.m. Friday, Memorial Stadium, Monessen An old rivalry is renewed: the battle for the bridge. Will it be called the Charleroi/Monessen Bridge or the Monessen/Charleroi Bridge? Both are looking for their first wins. Charleroi dropped a 42-7 decision to Class A Carmichaels and...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Sept. 5, 2021
Chalfant Nicholas Nulf sold property at 907 Greensburg Pike to Kelsey Kerr for $135,000. Churchill Walter Kerin sold property at 2522 Collins Road to Ryan Dickerhoff and Eliana Kille for $135,135. Delmont Chad Butler sold property at 95 Barrington Ridge to Tara Pierce for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate...
Kicker Castle emerges as Norwin football’s secret weaponVideo
How did Norwin junior kicker Joe Castle get credit for four tackles and not hit anyone? Norwin coach Dave Brozeski credits the kicker with a tackle if his kickoff reaches the end zone for a touchback. Four of Castle’s six kickoffs did so Friday against Latrobe. He had a fifth...
New coach means clean slate for powerful Norwin girls soccer program
New Norwin girls soccer coach Diane Metzger does not plan to have a starting lineup selected until a few days before the season opener. And when those starters are selected, their positions won’t be etched in stone. “No guarantees,” said Metzger, a Norwin grad and former Lady Knights player who...
Norwin boys soccer team has title run in its sights
Riley Zimmerman played only briefly in the WPIAL Class 4A boys soccer championship three years ago at Highmark Stadium, but the experience resonated with him. Then a Norwin freshman, Zimmerman recalls Knights coach Scott Schuchert telling him to remember the feeling, the atmosphere, the moment — to take it all...
Norwin’s Levendosky clutch in final minute of win versus Latrobe
Norwin runs the 2-minute drill almost every day at practice. So with 32 seconds left Friday in a nonconference game against Latrobe, Norwin quarterback Luke Levendosky ran it to perfection. The senior used his arm and legs to drive Norwin to the Latrobe 4, where junior Joe Castle nailed a...
Viola karate family takes pride in sport’s Olympic debut
Students of Allegheny Shotokan (Viola Karate) Martial Arts in North Huntingdon gathered outside of the dojo in front of a 20-foot screen, like Penguins fans watching a Stanley Cup playoff game on the big screen outside of PPG Paints Arena, to watch the Tokyo Olympics. This summer’s games carried special...
Irwin’s Gig on Main concert to honor veterans, first responders
A concert and tribute to first responders and veterans is planned for a special event in downtown Irwin from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Sept. 11. There will be a moment of silence during the Gig on Main in memory of those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks...
Bond reduction denied for Irwin man accused in bar stabbing
An Irwin man will remain in jail on $150,000 bond after a Westmoreland County judge on Thursday denied a request to lower his bond. Public defender David Mulock said Joshua James Robison, 25, would live in Irwin and have two job possibilities if released. But Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFazio shot down...
North Huntingdon Race for Grace director: Her ‘calling in life’Video
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Roads in North Huntingdon, Sewickley to close for work on slides, culvert
PennDOT will close roads in North Huntingdon and Sewickley townships beginning Sept. 7 for slide repairs and a culvert replacement, respectively. Both closures will involve marked detours. The slide repairs will occur along a section of Guffey and Turner Valley roads, located between Guffey and Volk Road, and are expected...
North Huntingdon man sentenced for attack on police
A North Huntingdon man pleaded guilty this week to assaulting three police officers who responded to his home for a welfare check. According to court records, Kevin Michael Shouse stood at the top of a staircase at his Center Highway home, brandished a machete and later injured the officers during...
Norwin grad, Afghan war vet, helps interpreters to safety
A Norwin grad who served three tours of duty in Afghanistan over the past 15 years was able to help two Afghan interpreters he worked with at bases in Afghanistan safely escape the chaos of Kabul in the last hours of the massive U.S. airlift of evacuees. Major Jason Smith,...
2021 WPIAL girls soccer preview: Rankings, contenders, players to watch
WPIAL girls soccer preview Class 4A Defending champion: With Sarah Schupansky and others gone, two-time defending champ North Allegheny will be a different team. But the Tigers only lost six players to graduation. Lucia Wells and Anna Bundy will keep the Tigers in the mix. Contenders: Peters Township looks to...
2021 WPIAL boys soccer preview: Rankings, contenders, players to watch
WPIAL boys soccer preview Class 4A Defending champion: Defensively-sound Seneca Valley won 14 straight games to close out the 2020 season en route to WPIAL and PIAA titles. The Raiders must replace standouts Zack LaValle and Mason Baldwin, but bring back junior Beaux Lizewski, another All-WPIAL selection. George Williams was...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 29, 2021
Chalfant Mark Sauter sold property at 328 Elizabeth Ave. to Lauren Elizabeth Sivak for $158,500. Churchill Keith Carlson sold property at 1913 Beulah Road to Karelle Elizabeth West for $167,000. Delmont Roger Coleman sold property at 127 Stotler Drive to Jeffrey Long for $110,000. Forest Hills Jeffrey Sikirica sold property...
Westmoreland County girls soccer preview: Southmoreland has ‘something to prove’
If Josh Pajak was only allowed to give his Southmoreland girls soccer team one message before the start of the season it might be this: Proceed with caution. Southmoreland appears to be loaded with returning talent, but the second-year coach doesn’t want the Scotties to get ahead of themselves. Offsides...
Westmoreland County boys soccer preview: Franklin Regional eyes another title
Franklin Regional senior Anthony DiFalco has seen just about everything there is to see in high school soccer. He has won two WPIAL titles, finished as a runner-up and played in the PIAA semifinals twice. He’s been All-WPIAL, all-state and All-American. But even the best players want more. They always...
Westmoreland HS football notebook: Teams enjoy return to normalcy
As the band played and cheerleaders and students chanted from packed bleachers, the normally steely-eyed John Ruane felt some emotion. The Penn-Trafford coach soaked in the atmosphere that he and his staffers and players had missed last season. Ruane remembered what it felt like to play in empty stadiums where...
After leaving Puerto Rican home, Norwin lineman Guindin adjusts to new life
Chased out of Puerto Rico by Hurricane Maria in 2017, Sebastian Rosado Guindin has found a home at Norwin. The brawny, 6-foot-2, 270-pound senior lineman is expected to be an important two-way player this season for the Knights, who are trying to return to contention in WPIAL Class 6A. The...
Led by QB’s 99-yard run on 1st snap, Penn-Trafford speeds past Norwin
If the first play of the season is an indicator of how Penn-Trafford’s football season is going to go, watch out for the Warriors. Carter Green took his first snap as the Warriors’ starting quarterback and went 99 yards for a touchdown on the team’s first play from scrimmage —...
Eagle Scout project improves entry at North Huntingdon park
A North Huntingdon Boy Scout followed in the path of his older brother and sister in earning Scouting’s highest honor. Shane Hornicak, 16, a member of Troop 251 of Larimer, earned the rank of Eagle Scout in June after completing his project: a new cable-tie bridge railing at the entrance...
North Huntingdon man accused in rape of unconscious woman
A North Huntingdon man is accused by township police of raping an intoxicated woman after a gathering in May, according to court papers. Dominic Anthony Zuccarelli, 27, was arraigned Thursday on charges of rape and sexual assault. A woman reported to police June 6 that she watched a sporting event...
Norwin grad races against clock to get Afghan interpreters out of Kabul
A Norwin High School graduate who served three tours of duty in Afghanistan attempting to help rebuild the country and its military is on a new mission: to get two Afghan interpreters out of Kabul before the United States pulls out of the chaotic capital. “It is total chaos,” said...
Local player Calahan Young leads U.S. goalball team to opening win at Paralympics
Irwin’s Calahan Young is off to a fast start at the Paralympic Games. Young scored four goals as the U.S. goalball team took down defending world champion Brazil, 8-6, on Thursday at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Tokyo. “For us to come out here and win our first Paralympics game...
