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…
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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…
Avonews Staff Competes In Annual PSPA Journalism Contest
From Tuesday, November 2nd, through Thursday, November 4th, members of the Avonews participated in the Pennsylvania School Press Association’s regional journalism competition. PSPA’s mission is to promote excellence and responsibility in scholastic journalism through developing the journalism skills of all the students involved. This year’s participants from The Avonews were senior Niomi Ellis along with…
Niomi’s Notes: Outside Lunch Trend Should Become An AHS Norm
For juniors and seniors, you might remember back before the pandemic to what lunch was usually like at school. It was everyone gathering in either cafeteria, typically 4-6 people per table. Lunch lines would stretch across the whole lunchroom for around the first 15 minutes of lunch. The hallways and outside seemed forbidden as underclassmen…
Niomi’s Notes: Lady Lopes Are The Center Of Celebration
Over these last five chilly early November days, the talk of the hallways has been the recent success of our girls’ volleyball, soccer, and cross country teams. Typically we talk about football games, or depending what grade you’re in, your tests coming up this week. However, just about every day this week has featured a…