Halfway towards the All-Star break, the NBA has been quoted about the COVID-19 vaccinations, saying that “97 %” of players have been given the shot. And the NFL has been up for debate after multiple superstars have been caught hiding and lying about their vaccination status. For high school athletes like myself, and the option…
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Break Up The Core By Moving One Piece – Pittsburgh Penguins 2021 And Beyond Editorial
For 15 years the Pittsburgh Penguins have been blessed with three superstars in the NHL. Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Kristopher Letang, known as the core of the team, have brought the Penguins organization three Stanley cups in their time here . After the Penguins 2017 championship, there have been ongoing rumors of the core…
PowderPuff Football Returns To Lenzner Field After A Year of COVID Shutdowns
Somewhere between the Lady Lopes Soccer State Championship Run, Children’s Grief Awareness Day, and the start of practices for winter sports, the Powderpuff football game found a way to return Monday evening, November 22nd, after COVID disrupted the tradition in 2020. In the return game, the Sophomore and Senior team won 30-24 – they are…
Girls Soccer Season 2021: A Historic Run Towards Hershey
After a heartbreaking 2-1 loss in the state championship to Allentown Central Catholic, the Lady Lopes Soccer team came back to Pittsburgh 2nd place in the state and silver medalists, capping off one of the best seasons in recent memory. While they were unfortunately not able to bring home the title, their season was…
Girls’ Volleyball Team Ends 2021 Season With Playoff Wins, Key Experiences
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…
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…
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…
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: 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…
Lopes Up, Lopes Down: Rivalry Against North Catholic Defines Avonworth Sports through November 2021
The rivalry between Avonworth and North Catholic High Schools is both well known and revered. The rivalry between the two schools is well known within Avonworth and talked about online as well. This rivalry has defined Avonworth’s fall sports season all throughout November. This year’s showdown began on October 11th, 2021, with the Avonworth Cross…