//Additional reporting done by Bailey Tempest// After the 21-12 win against Charleroi, Avonworth proudly makes it to the next round where they are confident in beating Riverside. A question circling the school is, “are we going to make it to the next round?” With the fan bus full and overflowing onto other buses, there…
Category: Sports
“Know your role and shut your hole” – Students and Faculty Disagree About Playing Time for Steelers Wide Reciever
As the Steelers approach the start to the second half of the season, we asked a variety of teachers and students if Pittsburgh Steelers WR Martavis Bryant should be a starter once again. The responses we received were very different depending on the age of the person we were pooling. We pooled Junior Owen North…
UFC 217 Review: Georges St-Pierre Completes His Comeback
Since the Mayweather vs McGregor fight, I’ve taken a serious interest in UFC and other combat sports. It is the most action-packed and entertaining sport today and is quickly growing. UFC 217 on November 4th was my first pay per view event for UFC, and it certainly impressed me and made me even more of…
Varsity Football Playoff Game
// Additional reporting done by Bailey Tempest// After October 21st’s win against South Allegheny, the Avonworth Football team made it into the playoffs! They played at 7:30 against Charleroi at their home field on November 3, 2017. Caitlyn Galloway, a junior and varsity cheerleader, said “I think if the boys don’t have enough confidence in…
Girls Volleyball Team States Bound
Additional reporting by Riley North and Meghan Osekowski. After an amazing regular season the Avonworth Varsity Volleyball team is making their way to playoff territory. After winning the first two playoff games, the team has secured a spot in the State Championship Competition. This is an amazing feat that has not been accomplished many times…
How Athletes Feel About “What team did you root for the most?” question in Fall Survey
||| Additional reporting done by Bailey Tempest ||| Mr. Tuffiash, the eleventh grade English teacher, gave 90 juniors, both boys and girls, an online survey for the end of the first nine weeks. One of the questions and its results stood out from all the rest which was, “What team did you root for the…
Girls Soccer Team Completes Impressive Season
|||Additional reporting done by Katelyn Eng, Maya Berardi, and Carolyn Abramowich||| With Avonworth’s girls soccer team finishing second in their section and winning their first playoff game, they are further confirming the general consensus that this has been an amazingly successful season. On paper, the girls season is impressive. They have a record of 13-5-0,…
Student Fantasy Football Teams and Strategies
We asked multiple students about what players have been stars, breakout players, and busts this season. Also, we asked different students what their different strategies are managing their teams week to week. The first student we asked about their team is Junior Wiley Bozada. Wiley has a record of 4-3 this season and the best…
US Men’s Soccer Team Misses World Cup Qualification
The US Men’s Soccer team was eliminated from World cup contention and will not participate in the competition for the first time since 1986. The World Cup is the biggest soccer event in the world held in a different country every four years. The best 32 teams from around the world compete for one of…