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Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:43:04 -0400

2026 March Madness Brackets: Women's Bracket Works, Men's Bracket Busted Seniors Aiden Lawrence and Luke Janicki chose the right chalk in the 2026 Women’s NCAA Bracket by selecting the dominant UCLA Bruins to win it all, […]

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Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:10:28 -0400

PSPA Finals 2026: Two Returning And Two New Avonews Staff Members Compete at Penn State Main Current co-editor-in-chief Pedro Moreira and Editorial Staff Member Lyra Klinedinst returned a year later to PSU Main Campus for the PA School Press […]

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Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:24:25 -0500

March 2026 Playoff Parade: Marching Band Returns To Celebrate WPIAL Swimmers and Wrestlers The high school members of the marching band returned from their Florida Disney trip to parade through the halls to highlight sports and band: Senior […]

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Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:30:12 -0500

Peace Through Strength? AHS Thoughts On Operation Epic Fury Towards the end of Tuesday, March 3rd, Principal Dwuilt spoke over the loudspeakers about WPIAL playoff success, the upcoming musical, and then a […]

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Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:15:09 -0500

Avonworth Bocce 25-26 Builds On Success The 25-26 Bocce team takes their 6-3 record into the start of February. Seniors Sam Hustwit and Jimmy Quinn are key teammates for this years […]

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Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:35:39 -0500

Lady Lopes 25-26: New Records Going Into Playoffs The Lady Lopes, 10-4 in section and 11-11 overall, head into the first round of WPIAL playoffs with a home game on Saturday, Feb 14th, against […]

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Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:25:34 -0500

Winter Storm Fern Shifts School To Virtual On Three Consecutive Days Early Sunday Afternoon, January 25th, Superintendent Hadley announced via e-mail and phone call about a shift to virtual schooling for Monday and […]

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Sat, 03 Jan 2026 01:11:14 -0500

Extended LEAD Due to Inspection Lockdown Adds Onto Two Hour Delay Schedule Ending the 2nd Semester On Tuesday, January 21st, students had an extended Lunch and LEAD due to a lockdown. Dr. Dwulit announced the lockdown over the loudspeaker during Mod […]

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Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:40:30 -0500

Guest Editorial: Prioritize Human Connection Over More Data Centers in 2025 Guest Writer Brendon Hennigan shares his experience as a former track racer at Pittsburgh International Raceway. He didn’t quit racing or just move on […]

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Mon, 08 Dec 2025 02:31:47 -0500

Virtual Day From Snowy Weather Extends Time At Home After Thanksgiving Break 2025 Students woke up to snowy roads, cold temperatures, and a virtual day on Tuesday, December 2nd. Here is what the day on Chromebooks and Google Meet […]

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Sat, 15 Nov 2025 19:53:58 -0500

J1 Reads: Library Favorites Favorite Books – J1 Mockingjay by Susanne Collins – Kara I read it in 6th Grade. I chose this book because it was my favorite out of the […]

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Sun, 09 Nov 2025 05:33:58 -0500

Luke's Steelers Takeaway – Week 10 – Loss To Chargers One To Ignore A loss sometimes is just a loss With a loss as bad as this, what is there to learn? Nothing! Even Chris Boswell missed a field goal. A late […]

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Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:35:51 -0400

Balloon With A Heart Of Gold Photo Gallery “Summer Camp” said one student about the start of ‘6-7’ in her life. Another…”I think I saw it on Tik-Tok…an edit.” What about you? The 6-7 […]

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Fri, 24 Oct 2025 12:30:42 -0400

Music Review – Taylor Swift, Life of the Showgirl: A Swiftie's Review Swift announced her 12th album, TheLife Of A Showgirl, on her now fiancé Travis Kelce’s podcast “New Heights” with his brother Jason Kelce. Dylan […]

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Sat, 11 Oct 2025 02:31:52 -0400

Drenched, Tired, Hungry, Sore, And Sometimes Happy – 2025 9th Grade Guyasuta Trip Faces Challenges In The Rain Here’s a link to the Spotlight video created by seniors Dylan Loop and Eli Gardner. The 2025 Trip

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Mon, 06 Oct 2025 02:40:03 -0400

HoCo 2025 Queen and King Court Announced King and Queen for Homecoming 2025 will be announced Friday, Oct. 3 at 6:15pm—right before the Lopes’ Varsity Football game at 7pm. Court Mem […]

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Sat, 27 Sep 2025 02:21:10 -0400

September 2025 Photo Gallery ‘ Sights around campus for September 2025, the first September in the 2020’s without either adjustments for COVID or construction.

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Fri, 26 Sep 2025 02:43:17 -0400

Senior Projects Shift To May Showcase Day On Tuesday, September 23rd, Seniors heard from Dr. Dwulit about a shift away from prior practice towards one day in May for every senior to present their Senior project.

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Thu, 25 Sep 2025 03:18:28 -0400

HoCo 2025 – Friends, Sparkles, Skips and Backflips Homecoming felt a little early in 2025 to most of the students, especially the senior class. Hosted again at the Convention Center downtown , the date […]

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Sat, 20 Sep 2025 17:57:05 -0400

Football Keeps Domination Over 3A Opponents Any chance for revenge disappeared early in a rematch of last year’s WPIAL section championship. The Antelopes defeated Central Valley, 34-6, and c […]

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Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:57:10 -0400

More Than A Piece of Paper: How Your Ticket Powers Avonworth Athletics: the AHS game-day Why do people buy tickets early? Who’s in a rush to secure a spot? When can you get one? And most of all, why does it matter so much? It may not s […]

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Thu, 18 Sep 2025 04:25:08 -0400

Luke's Steelers Takeaways: Week 2 Loss In Home Opener To Seahawks Poor Defensive EffortsAgain, harping on the same thing as last week. The defense has got to step up and play better. The highest paid defense in the […]

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Thu, 18 Sep 2025 03:52:57 -0400

New Officers For Class of 2026-2027 Step Into Questions and Conflicts In contrast to a previously uneventful election last year, where the incumbent candidates ran unopposed, this year’s election introduced two new pa […]

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Thu, 18 Sep 2025 03:22:00 -0400

Tired Murmors, Silent Standing: Students Reflect on Daily Pledge of Allegience Pennsylvania is one of the 47 states that mandate schools to provide for the daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance or singing of the National […]

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Thu, 18 Sep 2025 03:20:48 -0400

Class of 2029 Experiences Officer Elections For The First Time As the 2025 school year ramps up, Freshmen open themselves up to an exciting new opportunity within the first few weeks of their high school lives. […]

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Thu, 18 Sep 2025 03:09:32 -0400

Homecoming 2025 Comes Early – And With Mixed Emotions Homecoming season has officially arrived at Avonworth High School—but not without a twist. In a break from tradition, this year’s dance is sch […]

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Fri, 12 Sep 2025 18:06:06 -0400

1000 Flags to Remember In September: 2025 National Day of Remembrance AHS students were welcomed outside the front entrance during their LEAD section on Thursday, September 11th to place one of two smaller sized American […]

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Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:37:27 -0400

Luke's Steelers Takeaways – Week 1 Vs NYJets Prime Aaron Rodgers? Aaron Rodgers on Sunday looked like his vintage self vs the New York Jets, throwing for 244 yards, 4 touchdowns, and 0 […]

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Tue, 09 Sep 2025 02:15:59 -0400

Gas Leak Leads to September Early Dismissal A low level gas leak from a newly installed stove at the FCS room led to OT Fire Company, People’s Gas, and the administration choosing to send […]

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Thu, 04 Sep 2025 12:11:49 -0400

First Days of 2025-2026 Introduces No Cell, Bell to Bell Policy and Surprise Construction Challenges The first days of the 2025–2026 school year offered one significant change in the classrooms across the building: the new “No Cell, Bel […]

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Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:34:40 -0400

Last Days of School 2024-2025 Wednesday, June 11 ended the school year for Juniors, Sophomores, and Freshman in 2025. Here are a few photos capturing some of the moments that made […]

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Tue, 10 Jun 2025 21:06:51 -0400

Guest Editorial: What's The Best Work/Life Balance by Liam Duvall The world is evolving in 2025, and the way we work is evolving with it. For example, the introduction of remote work since the pandemic has, for many, […]

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Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:20:14 -0400

End Of Year In-School Buzz Cuts Return…In the New Drop Zone? Like the last day of school in 2023, a few members of the Junior class brought their barber skills into the building…except this time, the location […]

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Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:42:17 -0400

Your Thoughts Here – Senior Edition and Anything Else from Avonews 2024-2025 Copies of the Senior Edition were distributed during LEAD on Tuesday, June 10th by the new editorial staff for The Avonews. Caroline Boothby, […]

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Mon, 09 Jun 2025 19:08:29 -0400

Baseball Update 2025 Boys baseball finished with a tough 1 run loss to Quaker Valley, leaving the class of 2026 with a focus on a third straight trip into playoffs next […]

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Tue, 03 Jun 2025 01:43:26 -0400

Class of 2025 Switches Up Bell Sounds For Last Week of School Visitors to AHS sometimes notice the Taco Bell sound that rings to mark the start and end of classes. On Wed, May 28 through Friday, March 30th the […]

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Wed, 14 May 2025 15:26:45 -0400

Senior J.D. Engel Published on National Student Journalism Website If you’re visiting after reading the 2025 Senior Edition, here’s a link to JD Engel’s SUNN Post publication – […]

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Wed, 14 May 2025 15:15:55 -0400

2024-2025 Awards Assembly – Award Winners List Despite two days of cancelled school due to high wind damage from storms, the 2025 Awards Assembly continued as scheduled on Thursday evening, May […]

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Wed, 07 May 2025 17:50:26 -0400

Storm Damage Days – What Did You Do April 30 and May 1? AHS students found themselves at home to end April and start May in 2025. Not virtual days, not a pandemic – completely closed. An intense storm […]

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Thu, 01 May 2025 21:56:34 -0400

Seniors Recognized at Duquesne University for Award Winning Essays on AI Seniors Brandon Smidl, Lucy Studebaker, Lexi Mannion, and Sydney Savatt (pictured below, left to right) enjoyed a special lunch, private tour, and […]

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Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:16:49 -0400

2025 NFL Draft: Steelers Earn B+ For Additions Without Annoyances – Guest Writer Luke Janicki The 2025 draft saw one of the biggest draft slides I think we’ll see in our entire life with Shaddeaur Sanders dropping to #144 to the Cleveland B […]

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Wed, 02 Apr 2025 21:57:32 -0400

Avonews Sends 5 To PSPA State Finals At Penn State Editor in Chief Emma Noss returned to Penn State Main Campus to compete in the PSPA State Journalism Championship on Tuesday, April 1st, two years […]

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Fri, 14 Mar 2025 19:02:40 -0400

Officer Chris Retires After 17 Years as AHS School Resource Officer Photos of the walk through celebration on March 14th as Officer Chris Simcoviak finished his 17th year working as an SRO. Staff especially Officer […]

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Fri, 07 Mar 2025 18:14:02 -0500

WPIAL Gold and Over 10 State Qualifiers for AHS Swim Sam Cavanaugh won the 200 Individual Medley on Thursday, Feb 27th at Trees Pool on Pitt’s Campus. Photograph from Ethan Woy, WPIAL Cavanaugh […]

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Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:18:18 -0500

Lopes Basketball Update – Boys Continue, Girls Wrap Up WPIAL Playoff Run Boys Basketball held off a persistent Knock squad to win their home quarterfinal WPIAL playoff game on Wed, February 21st. Lady Lopes Basketball […]

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Thu, 27 Feb 2025 16:18:59 -0500

Blood Drive Assembly Encourages Donations One blood donor can save three lives, according to the videos from Vitalant, the organization who provides staffing and equipment for school blood […]

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Fri, 14 Feb 2025 19:50:36 -0500

Dating at AHS in 2025: Is It Worth It? Valentine’s Day around campus on Friday, February 14th, 2025, included over 900 Good Lovin cookies going to friends, family, and significant others t […]

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Fri, 14 Feb 2025 19:31:18 -0500

Interview with Conor Lamb, former US Representative Conor Lamb is a lawyer and politician best known for his time as the former United States Representative for Pennsylvania’s 17th congressional […]

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Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:19:19 -0500

Interview with Abby Yeh Abby Yeh is a 10th grade student best known for being a part of the Cross Country team. I interviewed them on their personal interests and we […]

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Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:50:01 -0500

Water Main Break Closes Grandview For At Least A Week After a water main break on Grandview this weekend, students had detours and delays to reach the high school on Monday morning. Ohio Township […]