Somewhere between the Lady Lopes Soccer State Championship Run, Children’s Grief Awareness Day, and the start of practices for winter sports, the Powderpuff football game found a way to return Monday evening, November 22nd, after COVID disrupted the tradition in 2020. In the return game, the Sophomore and Senior team won 30-24 – they are…
Month: November 2021
Children’s Grief Awareness Day 2021
Loss can happen at any age. Children’s Grief Awareness Day brings awareness to children’s bereavement. On Thursday, November 18th, students gathered at the Lenzer Football Field from 6-8 to acknowledge Children’s Grief Awareness Day by lighting luminaires and walking in honor of their late loved ones. Children’s Grief Awareness Day is a day created by…
Girls Soccer Season 2021: A Historic Run Towards Hershey
After a heartbreaking 2-1 loss in the state championship to Allentown Central Catholic, the Lady Lopes Soccer team came back to Pittsburgh 2nd place in the state and silver medalists, capping off one of the best seasons in recent memory. While they were unfortunately not able to bring home the title, their season was…
Girls’ Volleyball Team Ends 2021 Season With Playoff Wins, Key Experiences
After wrapping up a 16 win regular season and a deep run in WPIAL playoffs, it’s safe to say that Avonworth’s girls volleyball team not only had an excellent season, but some may call it historic. First Team: Maggie Colenbrander Avonworth 3 5-9 Sr. OH Sophie Culley Avonworth 11 6-0 Jr. MH Abbi…
Bowling Team Rebuilds Again But With Large Turnout of New Bowlers
“We have more bowlers than we do shirts,” said coach Dan Simkins as the bowling season begins to roll out with a noticeable amount of new players. Over the past year, the bowling team lost one of its star players, Max Fischer, who graduated in 2020. This leaves a question about what the future of…
Song Review – “Ghost Town” by Benson Boone Is An Interesting Pop Cut
“Ghost Town” is the newest debut single from American Idol finalist Benson Boone, and more importantly, the song is one of the best sent to us by Universal’s promo team. Honestly, when I read Benson Boone’s description/bio I rolled my eyes and prepared for another boring pop song. When I inevitably listened to “Ghost Town”…
Overlapping Playoff Games, Busy Schedules Lead To No Fan Bus To Hershey, No Day 0 For Lady Lopes Soccer State Championship
With two playoff games in different locations on Friday, November 19th as a key factor, the high school stopped a recent tradition of sending a fan bus to Hershey and adjusting the school schedule for a day 0 to focus on a school team competing for a state championship. A fan bus was offered to…
Fall Play Returns with Fully Sold-out Shows
Avonworth’s annual fall play is fully back in-person, and with a newer all-online ticket ordering process, all five showings sold out days ahead of opening night. Titled “You Can’t Take it With You”, the romantic comedy, originally premiered in 1936, opened on Wednesday, November 17 at 7:30 p.m. and runs through the 20th. While tickets…
Girls Soccer Leaves For State Championship in Hershey, Freshmen Players Appreciate Team Chemistry
Editors Note – Journalism 1 and Avonews Online staff member Kayla Geouque wrote this editorial early in the team’s WPIAL run. On the day where the whole school gathered out in the rain to cheer them on towards Hershey and a possible state championship, we’re posting it for some more insight into the team’s chemistry. …
Niomi’s Notes: Lets Get Thankful
Fall leaves scattered everywhere, cold snaps that feel like winter, even some snowflakes the past few days… I can’t help but think about the holidays quickly approaching – especially Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is typically just rushed through, or just viewed as the ‘food’ day before Black Friday. But, as cheesy as it may sound, it is…