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Category: School Life
Varsity Track Led by Hunter Robinson’s Record Breaking Runs
Hunter Robinson continues her success with setting multiple records, as well as the rest of the team following her lead and competing well. “We usually win the meets that we are competing in, ” said senior thrower Matt Manz. “The runners overall have had a good season we have a couple good male relay teams…
Student Reaction to Galleries Project Artwork By Cafeteria
With it being so late in the school year, apathetic students seeing new changes in their school is a hit or miss. One change that most everyone has seen are the paintings lining the hallway leading into the cafeteria. The plaque on the wall says the paintings are the galleries projects attempt at following the…
Boys Baseball Keeping It Classy
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…
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…
Avonews Sports Writer Finishes 2nd at Statewide Journalism Competition
At Penn State’s Main Campus towards the end of March, a group of about 100 high school students recognized as the top student journalists by Pennsylvania School Press Association represented six different regions across PA for a one-day competition. One of those students, competing as a newspaper sports writer, was Avonworth’s own JJ Igims. His road started…
Megadeth to Perform Live at Stage AE This Upcoming July
Guess who’s coming to Stage AE in Pittsburgh this summer? The band that was formed to play harder, faster, and louder than anyone else. Yes, I’m referring to Megadeth, one of the Big Four thrash metal bands of the 80’s. Megadeth was formed by guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine with first bandmate and bassist, David Ellefson. Despite…
Global Scholars Panel Talks with Freshman Class
On Wednesday, April 5th in Mrs. Maisner’s freshman World Geography class, several members of all of Avonworth’s “Career Academies” served as a panel to discuss their experiences in the newly-named Personal Pathways program. The class- long discussion and Q&A represented all of the Pathways: Business, Finance, and Entrepreneurship, the Innovative Arts and Communications, the Public and…
Suggestions, Comments, and Corrections – March 2017 Edition
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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…