7 students from the graduating class of 2020 earned a renewable 1,000 yearly scholarship to Hiram College if they enroll after placing as finalists, honorable mentions, and third place winners in an nonfiction essay contest run through the Honors and AP English Language classes taught by Mr. Tuffiash. Front Cover of the Contest Public Reading…
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Band Carries on Superior Rating in 2019 Adjudication
Last year the Avonworth High School Concert Band went to their first-ever adjudication where they were judged on two of their pieces for the year and one sight read song. They came home at the end of the day with a “Superior” rating from all four of the judges. This year they did it again….
Baseball 2018-19 Wrapup: Building off of a championship or bust season
The baseball team came into the season with the ranking of number two. With high expectations coming in, it was championship or bust for the team. They finished the year with a 16-5 record. ,seeded seventh going into the WPIAl playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs they rolled Brownsville 17-2, which was a…
Avonworth Softball Team Makes School History
The girls’ softball team has had a very successful streak for the past few years with making it to both the WPIAL and the PIAA playoffs. Their 2018-19 season will be one that goes down in Avonworth history as a first. The girls ended their season with a conference record of 14-1, which landed them…
2019 Track Season Recap
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…
jk_elm Beat: Day 2
Today I was not expecting to write a beat on Josh because he was supposed to have an early dismal at 12:15, but thankfully his ride fell through so I got to follow him around for another day. Josh ended up coming to journalism 2 because he was unable to go to the softball…
jk_elm Beat: Day 1
“Oh hit” the notorious Avonworth football player, Joshua Kendall Elm, says as he walks the halls. Today #54 is sporting a Princeton fit as he makes his normal routes through the halls. Josh estimates that about 90% of his wardrobe is made up of college clothing, much of which comes from recruiting gifts, so he…
GOT Review – Underwhelming
Season 8 stuck to the 2010’s tradition of finding your favorite therapist to deal with things. Yet, the finale of Game of Thrones, “The Iron Throne”, was underwhelming and boring. I think this might be the worst episode of a show in a long time, maybe since season 5 for long time fans. I thought…
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…