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…
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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.
2021- A Year Across Major League Sports
Additional Reporting from Garrett Dzubiek As the new year is right around the corner, 2021 will be remembered for many things, but its historic occurrences in sports might be the one thing that sets these past 12 months apart from the rest. From shattered records to the underdogs prevailing in nearly all major sports leagues,…
Girls Varsity Basketball 2021-22: Long Win Streaks An Early Season Story
With limited numbers entering the season, a question was raised to see if the Lady Lopes could even field a Junior Varsity team. This question has been completely thrown out the window, as the 15-girl squad is on a six-game winning streak, as they improve to 6-1. The girls opened the season against Seton…
Avonworth Esports in 2022: 2nd Year Continues Early Success
With the end of 2021 also came the end of the Avonworth Rocket League team’s inaugural competition. In their first-ever competition, they entered the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Esports Association’s (PIEA) winter rocket league tournament and ended up making it all the way to the in-person semifinals at Harrisburg University. A significant achievement in its own right,…
Pitt and Penn State’s 2021-2022 College Football Seasons
With a conclusion to both Pitt and Penn State’s seasons, both College Football teams have a disappointing end for their fans. In the 2021-2022 season, Pitt had a final record of 11-3, the best in a while. Up and coming QB Kenny Pickett had an amazing season, with 42 touchdowns in the 2021-2022 season, 4th…
The Year in Pittsburgh Pro Sports 2021 – Pirates Plunge, Penguins Persist, Steelers Succeed and Struggle
Pirates reporting from Jacob Hanny, Penguins Reporting by Tyler Woodfill, additional reporting on Steelers by both writers The Pirates have always been the most disappointing team to watch in Pittsburgh and, truthfully, the most difficult team to follow. The Pirates have had such little success over the past decade, where they have lost so many…
2021-22 Winter Sports Catch-Up
Things are looking up for Avonworth winter sports. Despite this, some new conflict has been rising alongside the spike in COVID cases due to the contagious Omicron variant. Girls Basketball is one of a few sports impacted by COVID. They had a regular season matchup cancelled due to too many players out with COVID. As…
Big Ben’s Final Home Game Appreciated By Wild Heinz Field Crowd
On Sunday, January 3rd 68,000 Steelers fans filled Heinz Field to watch a historic game against the Cleveland Browns. In 2004, the Steelers used their 11th overall pick in the NFL Draft on a highly touted quarterback from Miami University of Ohio. After 18 winning seasons, 2 Super Bowls, 6 Pro Bowls, an Offensive Rookie…