The Avonworth Girl’s Volleyball team lead off their season on Tuesday, September 6th with a 3-0 sweep against New Brighton. Last year the team made it to the WPIAL Championship and came in second place to North Catholic, as well as advancing to the State Playoffs. In the State Playoffs, they lost to Phillipsburg-Osceola who…
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The Penguins Off-season brings new players to the roster and lets go of some players.
With the Colorado Avalanche Winning the Stanley cup for the 2021-2022 season the NHL off-season has brought many new and talented players up to the stage. Since then, the NHL draft has taken place on June 7 and 8 of 2022, and it can be noticed that many players are going to bring an…
Steelers Fans Split On QB Choice After Home Opener Loss To The Patriots
Last Sunday, the Steelers played in their home opener, hoping to start a streak after a win against the Super Bowl runner-ups, the Cincinnati Bengals. The momentum from the last win didn’t seem to carry over, suffering a disappointing loss in a defensive battle to the New England Patriots 17-14. Although tight end Pat Freiermuth…
Steelers Surprise Super Bowl Runner Up Bengals to Start 22-23 Season
With most of this new 22-23 season already underway, there was no special interest in the Steelers vs Bengals game. But that quickly changed after the opening kickoff and a powerful first drive of defense from the Steelers, which was led by reigning Defensive Player of the…
Nittany Lions Fans Enjoy 2-0 Start to 22 Season
To the delight of many Nittany Lion football fans, Penn State University is again making its way back to the top of the NCAA rankings. With a hard-fought win against Purdue University 35-31 and a crushing victory over Ohio 46-10, Penn State sits at 2-0 and up to #22 out of 25 on the NCAA…
Steelers Fans OK With Trubisky, Placing Hope in Pickett as 22-23 NFL Season Starts
Steelers fans watching the playoff loss against the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2022 NFL season reflected over the end of an era. For every student in Avonworth, Ben Roethlisberger has always been the starting quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers. This leaves the fanbase with worries about who can replace the role of the Super…
Staff, Students Show Loyalties to Pitt, WVU As Backyard Brawl Returns
Pitt and WVU gear were spotted around the high school as alumni and fans anticipated the first football match between the schools in over a decade. After Mod B, the Pitt fight song played over the loudspeaker as well. Pitt enters the season as ACC champ and ranked in the top 20th nationally. ESPN’s FPI…
Spring Sports Recap – 2022 Continues Playoff Runs
From Softball through ESports, spring sports followed the high standards of fall and winter ‘Lopes with playoffs for every team. Here’s a small recap for all the teams. SOFTBALL After a first-round bye earned from a 10-0 regular season, Avonworth won their second-round game 5-3 on May 19th. Mrs. Cahill, attendance and athletics secretary (who…
J2 Class Stumbles With Long Shot Bracket for March Madness 2022
President Joe Biden and the Journalism 2 class shared a common love for the Delaware Blue Hens, a 16 seed in the 2022 NCAA Men’s Basketball. After the first weekend of March Madness, the class’s bracket is at 2%, the bottom of the 7 Avonews brackets for this year. Delaware, a heavy underdog, lost. Since…
Avonworth Attacks Winter Sports WPIALS With 5 Teams
Here’s a list of WPIAL events, live-stream options, and links for tickets for swimming, boys basketball, and wrestling. Bocce and bowling will also have championship matches. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jR8UtW3TWQLWm0shScduW9knPsfF_3_Oi1Bzyt4-FmA/edit?usp=sharing Thanks for Athletics Secretary Alice Cahill and the Avonworth Baseball Boosters for organizing this information and passing it along to The Avonews.