On October 28th, the Harris-Walz campaign released a custom map on Fortnite called Freedom Town, USA, which contains a sprawling city, places to fight, and Harris-Walz advertising on most of the buildings. This was done by the Harris-Walz campaign to influence younger voters aged 18-25 to vote, and while this is a bold move by…
Author: JD Engel
Avonworth becomes Section Champ After Pulling Through a Nail-Biting 14-Inning Win at Wild Things Park – 2024 Boys Baseball
Seeded 7th in a championship matchup against top-ranked Riverside, Boys Baseball lived up to the expectations many of the seniors had as they started the season in late March. Win the section. It took 14 innings, over 4 hours and 3 minutes, but the hardware was theirs on Tuesday, May 28th. The championship is now…
2024 Girls Softball – 6 Seniors Finish Out Careers In WPIAL and PIAA Playoffs
The six seniors from the class of 2024 pictured below take a state championship, multiple state playoff wins, section championships, WPIAL honors, hundreds of hits and pitchers taking over 600 strikeouts with them as they graduate Friday, May 31st. With the early ending of 23-24 due to construction on the HS campus, the last game…
2024 Track and Field – PIAA Gold and Top 3 Finishes End Season
A reprint of the message on the AHS announcements: -CONGRATULATIONS to Hayzes Robinson who won gold in the PIAA track championships! Also, congratulations to the girls 4X400 relay–Hayzes Robinson, Gianna Babusci, Julia Doherty and Grace Ermlich. who placed 3rd in the PIAA track championships! Way to go girls!! Grace Ermlich, Gianna Babusci, Hayzes Robinson &…
Varsity Baseball Continues Playoff Run in 2024
Currently, as of May 8th, Avonworth Varsity Baseball is 12-8 overall, and 8-2 against their conference. Their last two games, both against Steel Valley, were absolute landslides, as Avonworth won 15-0 on April 29th, and 11-0 on April 30th. Avonworth has 4 games left this season, with the first 3 all being home games. Avonworth…
Earth Day 2024 – Campus Under Construction
For the first Earth Day in decades, students were not taking in the freshly blooming flowers in the courtyard, green buds on trees by the front entrance, or other signs of natural Spring growth around campus. One year into the district’s construction project around campus instead provided different scenes shown below from our Avonews reporters….
Iran Attacks Israel, Does That Mean WW3?
On April 14th, Iran launched several air attacks on the nation of Israel. The assault only resulted in minimal damage with Israel’s military saying they intercepted 99% of the drones and missiles launched by Iran. Iran says that this attack is in response to an Israeli strike on its embassy compound earlier in April. Israel…
A Bill that could Ban TikTok Continues Its Path: What It Means for You
On March 13th, 2024, the US House of Representatives voted to pass a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban against TikTok, one of the world’s most popular social media apps. While it hasn’t passed through the Senate yet, many people online are concerned and outraged by the bill being passed in the House….
Gaming: Super Smash Bros: The History of an Underground ESport
In a time where video games are played competitively for money, a time where companies will hold massive tournaments for games like Valorant, Overwatch, Street Fighter, and League of Legends, it seems that a game that could’ve been one of the leading ESports in the community is constantly screwed over by it’s parent company. I…
2022 Game of the Year/Takeaways From This Year
Seeing as how COVID-19 delayed lots of big games in 2020, it’s no surprise that this year was huge in the video game industry. Lots of big releases came out, some better than others. Let’s take a look back at this year’s video games and how much they accomplished in this year of 2022. …