7 students from the graduating class of 2020 earned a renewable 1,000 yearly scholarship to Hiram College if they enroll after placing as finalists, honorable mentions, and third place winners in an nonfiction essay contest run through the Honors and AP English Language classes taught by Mr. Tuffiash. Front Cover of the Contest Public Reading…
Month: June 2019

Band Carries on Superior Rating in 2019 Adjudication
Last year the Avonworth High School Concert Band went to their first-ever adjudication where they were judged on two of their pieces for the year and one sight read song. They came home at the end of the day with a “Superior” rating from all four of the judges. This year they did it again….

Senior Edition of 18-19 Avonews Out Now
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Baseball 2018-19 Wrapup: Building off of a championship or bust season
The baseball team came into the season with the ranking of number two. With high expectations coming in, it was championship or bust for the team. They finished the year with a 16-5 record. ,seeded seventh going into the WPIAl playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs they rolled Brownsville 17-2, which was a…

Avonworth Softball Team Makes School History
The girls’ softball team has had a very successful streak for the past few years with making it to both the WPIAL and the PIAA playoffs. Their 2018-19 season will be one that goes down in Avonworth history as a first. The girls ended their season with a conference record of 14-1, which landed them…

2019 Track Season Recap
As the school year is coming to a close, so are the Antelope’s Spring Sports seasons. With the help from much more cooperative weather than past years, our outdoor sports teams represented Avonworth with all of their successes. With more than 80 student-athletes competing during the regular season, this year’s Avonworth/Northgate Track & Field program…

Basketball Beat Day 2: Raptors and TIPS
Today for my basketball beat, while not a lot of basketball was being played in the last open mod, there was a lot of basketball being played in mod f. There is a gym class in the gym at that time. Mr. Coffin has been nice enough to let people in open mod come in…

Behind the Library Counter (ish): 5/31/19
Today instead of being behind the counter of the library, I took up residence in Mrs. Arnold’s room. Mara and Fabian were in there as well as Mrs. Arnold for a while. Before she left Mrs. Arnold set us up with Kenny Rogers music after finding an article about how Kenny Rogers was hospitalized to…