The past two years have had their share of parades in the high school, celebrating WPIAL births for varsity football and track. Today, on a chilly March afternoon, the school celebrated an undefeated season for both boys and girls teams by having the band and Avonettes parade through the halls around 2 PM. For the second…
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Lopes Basketball WPIAL playoffs
The Lady Lopes play Friday vs. Greensburg Central Catholic at 6:30 at Baldwin High School. The boys’ play Wednesday vs. Neshannock at 8 PM at CW North Catholic. Both teams return to the playoffs for the second straight year. The Lady Lopes completed a season including a 60 to 1 defeat of Northgate on Thursday,…
Boys’ Basketball Senior Night
Friday, February 5, the boys’ basketball team win against rivals Northgate. The boys and the cheerleaders also celebrated their Senior Night as the end of the season draws closer.
Ruth B Music Review: Perfect For Any Montage Soundtrack
Ruth B, a twenty-year old Canadian singer/songwriter, has been making waves on Vine. The Intro, her breakout EP, was released last November, and features her single “Lost Boy”. Each track on the EP is simply Ruth’s pretty vocals over her delicate piano playing, creating space for listener to fully absorb her voice. The only problem…
Boys Basketball Photos vs Quaker Valley
Photos by Alex Domencic from the Lopes close game against now 16-2 Quaker Valley, who won 62 to 55 on their home court Tuesday, Jan 26th. The first photo is from the JV game.
Swim Team Success: Team is the Theme
On Tuesday, January 26th, the Northgate/Avonworth swim team successfully faced off against North Catholic’s swim team. The final score was Northgate with 149 total points and North Catholic with 92 total points. Junior Carrie Haney says, “they had really good girls but we still came out on top”, while her younger sister, Freshman Marion Haney,…
One Last Steelers Blog from Luke? Wildcard Game Preview
The Pittsburgh Steelers have made their way into the playoffs tonight in Ohio, with the wildcard game against the Bengals, who they had a close loss to and a strong win against. The Steelers are in trouble with the Bengals at this point because of one key injury. DeAngelo Williams is a veteran running…
A Modern Day Disconnect – Play Review of Lord of the Flies at CMU
On Friday, December 4th, students of both AP English and the Drama class attended Carnegie Mellon University’s production of Lord of the Flies. The show featured some of CMU’s drama students, the producer Caden Manson, and their production of Nigel Williams adaptation of the novel. The show consisted of very intricate use of video cameras…
2011 Grad Shares Success Story About Writing for David Letterman and Ice-T
Caroline Schaper, 2011 Avonworth Graduate and former avonews editor-in-chief, visited Monday, November 30th, during 4th period to share how she not only landed a job as a writing intern for David Letterman on The Late Show but also ended up writing two jokes that were delivered by Tiny Fey and Bill Murray on the show’s final…
Cassadee Pope’s “I am Invincible”: Shows Talent But Too Repetitive
Cassadee Pope, the season 3 winner of The Voice, is making quite a name for herself. Her new single, “I am Invincible”, clearly shows her capabilities as a rising female signer and, at the same time, creates immense suspense for fans who are waiting for more music to come. A clear banjo playing in the background…