The Avonworth baseball team held a vote early in the season and decided to wear formal attire on away game school days. Many of our school’s sports teams dress up for away games/meets to not only show respect to the opposing school, but to show that Avonworth athletes can be dignified and classy. Sophomore Turner…
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Does The Pens Defense Have a great game left in the tank?
Throughout the first round and the first couple games of the second round the Pens defense looked to have held their own, but the last two games they look to be on the decline and losing momentum. This defense looks to slow to close scoring and passing lanes and the Capitals forwards are looking like…
Swimming Updates
Results of the P.I.A.A. Championship Meet (a.k.a. states) -The girls relay of Ava Groll, Karen Siddoway, Anna Wagner, and Maura Scrabis got 17th place in the girls 200 Yard Medley Relay -Karen Siddoway got 6th place in the girls 200 Yard Freestyle and 2nd place in the girls 200 Yard Freestyle -Anna Wagner got 25th…
TIPS Tournament Returns
TIPS, the two on two game every basketball player plays in gym class during their off time, returned to Avonworth on Wednesday, March 22nd at 6 PM. Proceeds went to the football team for future expenses for 7 on 7 drills, the Milbert family, and the Boggess family. TIPS is played with four people, two…
What to Expect from the Spring Sports Programs
The start of Spring also brings a return to the diamond for boys baseball and girls softball. Additionally, Avonworth Track and Field returns with high expectations. First off, the baseball team is looking to build on a playoff appearance last season with a core of starters coming back for the 2017 season. One of the…
Dodgeball Tournament Fundraiser for the Milberts
Seniors Zac McDowell and Noah Donovan didn’t stick to the norm when trying to find a way to help a local family stricken with a tragic event. On March 9th, 2017, both students of Avonworth High School directed a Dodgeball Tournament, a fundraiser for the Milbert family, who recently lost their daughter and their home…
Outfield Changes for Pirates A Good Move
With Spring Training coming up in the next couple weeks the Pittsburgh Pirates have made a major change before they pack their bags and go to Florida. It’s that franchise player Andrew McCutchen is going to shift from center field to right field, which McCutchen seems to have taken the shift well considering he posted…
Trying to Watch Greatness in the Super Bowl
For Steelers fans, watching this Super Bowl might be especially hard as Tom Brady looks for a unprecedented 5th Super Bowl win. I feel as if there might be a lot of stress eating at different parties just hoping that Brady finds a way to lose this game. But seeing him completely dominate almost every…
Keep Antonio Brown, regardless of the off-the-field antics
Antonio Brown has been the talk of the Pittsburgh Steelers since he recorded a locker room meeting with teammates and coach Mike Tomlin being heard in the background which gained much tension from the fans and the Head Coach himself. And now there are reports that he was pouting after the Steelers scored their first…
Can the Steelers advance to the Super Bowl?
If the Steelers want to advance to the Super Bowl on Sunday against the Patriots they have to play an almost perfect game, and that starts with Ben Roethlisberger. I believe he needs to be almost mistake free which means no interceptions and making accurate throws in clutch situations against this stout Patriots defense. Next…