At 11:30 on Wednesday, March 29th 2023, Avonworth community members were notified of active shooter hoax call that activated lock downs in the surrounding area. Students were both relieved that an announcement was made both in the school by Mr. Hall and sometimes emotional in coping with the possible reality that a school shooting could…
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COVID-19 National State Of Emergency Over: Are We Fully Back To Normal?
Ever since 2019, COVID-19 has been spreading. On March 11, 2020, the COVID-19 virus had over 100,000 cases and over 4,000 deaths worldwide and was declared a global pandemic. People were quarantining, wearing face masks, and washing their hands very frequently (why weren’t they doing that before? Who knows). We are lucky to know that…
Penguins Playoff Streak, Longest In All 4 Major Sports, Comes To An End
Let’s go all the way to 2003 before the Pittsburgh Penguins had star names such as Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, and, of course last but not certainly not least, Sidney Crosby. If you were a Penguins fan in 2003-2004 you’d be thrilled just to see your team in the playoffs. But in 2023, expectations…
Spring Rain A Reminder That Winter Never Really Started In 2022-2023
After only .2 inches of snow throughout the entire month of February, the Pittsburgh region finished up Winter and 70 – 80 degree temperatures have returned in early April – to end the month, regular April showers. Students may have felt but not noticed that the lack of icy mornings, measurable snowfall, or a combination…
2023 March Madness: UConn Wins Wild NCAA Tournament
The 2023 March Madness winner is 4-seed UConn, and they dominated their path to being champions. In the final 4 they played 5-seed Miami, who didn’t stand much of a chance. The final score was 72-59, a blowout. In the championship they played 5-seed San Diego St, who beat 9-seed Florida Atlantic University, a…
Grand Hotel Musical Impresses Many During School Assembly
Students were treated to a medley of numbers from the 2023 spring musical, Grand Hotel, during Mod F on Monday, March 27th. Students had an overall appreciation of the skill and work it might take to practice and perform a musical, as our reporters noted students in the crowd talking about a variety…
2023 March Madness: Broken Brackets Everywhere
The first week of March Madness has gone by, and it was a crazy weekend. For pretty much every student who made a bracket, they entered school on Monday needing a second-chance start. Junior Atticus Kardell had a UCLA vs Baylor championship game, and is better then most because #2 UCLA remains in the competition….
Girls’ Swimming 2023 Wrap Up
Despite losing several strong seniors last year, the Avonworth/Northgate Girls’ swim team continues a tradition of excellence. “I think they definitely felt a piece of that [the graduating seniors] missing, but obviously it’s evidenced by their levels of success that they carried the torch pretty well,” says Avonworth’s athletic director Andrea Patton. The girls’ swim…
The Steelers 2023 Free Agency: B+ from Jack
The 2023-2024 free agency as started as a hit, as we saw many signings for Pittsburgh Steelers during the legal tampering period and start of free agency in March. Here’s a list of who left and who came to the black and gold, including a few that returned., who came, and who stayed with the…
2023 March Madness: Journalism Classes Pick Brackets
Members of Journalism 1, pictured above and below, and Journalism 2 picked their NCAA Men’s and Women’s Tournament Brackets leading up to the start on Thursday, March 16th. Here’s the championship game and bottom two brackets, picked hastily by the class: