The start of the Pittsburgh Penguins season has been fantastic and this team isn’t showing any drop off from winning the Stanley Cup, even with an unknown return from captain Sidney Crosby. So the question is how far can this team go this year? Considering they didn’t lose or gain anybody over the off season,…
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Pirates Disappointing But Not Worth Jumping Ship
As the Pirates 2016 season is winding down, finishing over .500 isn’t likely, which for me at least is a disappointment. Even though they made the playoffs and had strong regular season records the past 3 years, they went into this season with another legitimate shot to make the playoffs. With the pitching rotation and batting…
Twelve Athletes Take Home a Total of 49 Medals
The joint Avonworth-Northgate track team competed in the PIAA State Championship Meet over Memorial Day weekend. Every runner that competed left the meet with at least one Top Eight medal, a huge accomplishment for the athletes as individuals and a testament to the strength of the track program. The Girls’ team placed second overall at…
Winter Sports Wrapup – A Season of WPIAL Winners
The winter sport season for 2015-2016 was wildly successful across the board. Multiple athletes competed at the WPIAL and State levels. Both the girls’ and boys’ basketball teams made it to the playoffs, and both were eliminated in the first round. The wrestling team, one of the co-op sports with Northgate, struggled due to a…
Swim Team Parade Celebrates Successful Season by Sophia Brandt
The past two years have had their share of parades in the high school, celebrating WPIAL births for varsity football and track. Today, on a chilly March afternoon, the school celebrated an undefeated season for both boys and girls teams by having the band and Avonettes parade through the halls around 2 PM. For the second…
Lopes Basketball WPIAL playoffs
The Lady Lopes play Friday vs. Greensburg Central Catholic at 6:30 at Baldwin High School. The boys’ play Wednesday vs. Neshannock at 8 PM at CW North Catholic. Both teams return to the playoffs for the second straight year. The Lady Lopes completed a season including a 60 to 1 defeat of Northgate on Thursday,…
Boys’ Basketball Senior Night
Friday, February 5, the boys’ basketball team win against rivals Northgate. The boys and the cheerleaders also celebrated their Senior Night as the end of the season draws closer.
Boys Basketball Photos vs Quaker Valley
Photos by Alex Domencic from the Lopes close game against now 16-2 Quaker Valley, who won 62 to 55 on their home court Tuesday, Jan 26th. The first photo is from the JV game.
Swim Team Success: Team is the Theme
On Tuesday, January 26th, the Northgate/Avonworth swim team successfully faced off against North Catholic’s swim team. The final score was Northgate with 149 total points and North Catholic with 92 total points. Junior Carrie Haney says, “they had really good girls but we still came out on top”, while her younger sister, Freshman Marion Haney,…
One Last Steelers Blog from Luke? Wildcard Game Preview
The Pittsburgh Steelers have made their way into the playoffs tonight in Ohio, with the wildcard game against the Bengals, who they had a close loss to and a strong win against. The Steelers are in trouble with the Bengals at this point because of one key injury. DeAngelo Williams is a veteran running…