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…
Author: Sarah McAdams
I am currently a Junior at Avonworth High School. I am on the Varsity volleyball team and I also participate in the bowling club, french club, and student council. I am most interested in writing about sports and the opinions of the students and faculty at Avonworth.
The LEAD Beat: Day 2
For today’s LEAD Beat, many people are anticipating the girl’s softball team’s WPIAL Championship game. The team played Keystone Oaks in the championship game yesterday, May 29th, but a thunderstorm cancelled the game. The game got to the 5th inning with Avonworth leading 8-0 before it got delayed to today, May 30th, at 10:30 AM…
The LEAD Beat: Day 1
With the school year coming to a close, many students are utilizing their LEAD time to study for upcoming finals. Consequently, the library, Lopes Lounge, and cafeterias are packed with students. With the recent Senior Project presentations going on last week, the library and the Lopes Lounge were closed many days, causing students to flood…
Music Review: Still In Betweenin’ with Austn
If you follow Mackenzie Ziegler or Annie LeBlanc on Instagram, you may have seen pop singer and songwriter Austin Brown, also known as Austn. He is 16 years old and has acquired a following of over 400,000 people on Instagram. He recently came out with an album entitled Chapter 1: In Betweenin’. It features one…
Annoying Airdrops and Stolen Situations – The Troubles of Phone Life in 2019 Across AHS
Phone tomfoolery is a very common thing among high schoolers today, and the students at Avonworth are no exception. Many students here experience this 2010’s aggravation of feeling like you need your cell phone, but sometimes wishing you didn’t have it, almost every day, if not multiple times a day. From annoying airdrops to the…
Lopes Lounge Features S’Mores Hot Cocoa for Charity Project
Junior Paul Reilly and Freshman Riley Olszewski put together a delicious fundraiser through their service learning class to benefit the Foster the Love charity. The pair was selling S’mores Hot Chocolate for $2 for a limited time only in the Lopes Lounge. They also collected donations of pajamas, packs of socks, blankets, books, toothbrushes, toothpaste,…
Spring Sports Update
Spring sports have gotten off to a good start this year, with baseball, softball, and track all starting their seasons with success. The baseball team is currently 5-1, with their biggest win against Sto Rox. Their game against Sto Rox was an amazing 3-inning win 18 to 1! First baseman Sophomore Sean McAleer said…
Billie Eilish Music Artist Review
Fans are hoping that Billie Eilish’s new album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, will lead to a tour where they can see this emerging artist in concert in Pittsburgh, or at least on the East Coast. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Eilish is headed for a summer tour, but…
Jocelyn Music Artist Review
Jocelyn, a 21-year old singer/songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska, wants “to touch people’s hearts or make them think or feel something they haven’t felt before.” Taking inspiration from Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift to Beyonce and Kodaline, you’ll hear these influences in her new single “Speak Up”. This almost 3 minute track is best…
Avonworth Alumni Brant McAdams on Ashland University Fornite Esports Team
Brant McAdams, Avonworth alumni class of 2018, is currently a Freshman at Ashland University where he is a member of the Fornite Esports team. Ashland University is the first in the nation to offer scholarships for the popular video game Fortnite. They made many headlines in spring of 2018 when they first came out…