If it’s a Friday in the fall, it’s gameday and cupcake day for the Avonworth football team. It’s been a recent tradition for cheerleaders make cupcakes every Friday for the boys. Junior Kemmer Ifft usually is the one in charge of the cupcakes this year and explained how this started.”Nicole Costa’s sisters started the tradition way back in 2007,…
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Avenged Sevenfold’s New Single to Give a Little Taste of Upcoming Album
Avenged Sevenfold returns!! Starting with advertising their upcoming 2016 album, rumored to be called Voltaic Oceans to be released as of right now on December 9th, by showing off their signature logo, the Death Bat, in many popular cities around the world. (Avenged Sevenfold’s signature visual, The Death Bat) This new album is gonna…
PSAT Testing For Half The School
On October 19th, 2016, over 200 Avonworth students in grades 10-11 took a mandatory standardized test during 1st through 4th period–the PSAT. This test provides students with practice that is similar in formatting and question types of the SAT, which students take during Junior and Senior year. Class schedules were altered and over 20 staff…
Don’t Open, Reviews Inside #1: Image Comics
Don’t Open, Reviews Inside Image Comics & Review of Walking dead vol 1 Image comics is a lesser known comic publishing company. Founded in 1992 by seven disgruntled former employees of Marvel comics, it was formed as the anti-Marvel, in the sense that it would not have unfair policies regarding the creative licenses of characters and…
Senior Cross Country Runners Take a Victory Lap
Tuesday night was filled with much excitement as the Avonworth Cross Country team ran their last home race of the season, beating out both opposing teams. The team’s annual senior recognition took place after the race, followed by celebration with team members’ friends and family. The team competed against Avella and Washington in their last…
Homecoming Queen for 2016 Appreciates The Recognition
As the rain was pouring down on the Avonworth Football Field on Friday, October 7th, senior Miriam Kluitenberg was crowned this year’s Homecoming Queen. Miriam says that she was “very surprised” about winning and that she used to think of it as “one of those things that would be really cool if it happened but…
LANY Comes to Pittsburgh
Some people dream about making music with their friends in a garage, eventually breaking into the music scene. Los Angeles-based band LANY has done exactly that – except instead of a garage, they got their start in a bedroom. LANY is a band of three outgoing and creative men with strange fashion senses, some could…
Blink 182 Concert Review: Best They’ve Been in 10 years
The pop punk trio is back and better than ever!! On August 28th, 2016, the famous pop punk band Blink-182, alongside major names in the punk scene such as A Day to Remember and All Time Low, hit the stage at First Niagara Pavilion. As the whole venue suddenly went dark, fans waiting in anticipation…
Strong Start Shows Pens Chances – Editorial from Matt Manz
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,…