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High school roundup for May 5: Avonworth upends previously unbeaten Serra Catholic
May 6, 2018
Avonworth's Tim Stewart scored from third on a wild pitch to give Avonworth (12-4) a 4-3 win over Serra Catholic (18-1) in nonsection action. Jax

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Humble Petruska earns pass into A-K Valley Sports Hall of Fame
May 5, 2018
It was late last fall during an evening episode of andquot;NCISandquot; when Mars girls basketball coach Dana Petruska received word she would be part of

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High school scores, summaries and schedules: May 5, 2018
Baseball Saturday's results WPIAL Class 6A Section 3 Canon-McMillan 3, Peters Township 1 Class 4A Section 2 Blackhawk 7, Beaver 6 Section 3 Belle Vernon

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Outdoors notebook: Bigger bug problems, electronic deer calls, CWD and more
If you think ticks, mosquitoes and fleas are becoming bigger problems than ever, you're right. According to a new andquot;Vital Signsandquot; report by Centers for

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Outdoors notices for May 6, 2018
NOTICES Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES • The Twi Night Trap League battled windy conditions during its shoot Thursday. Six of 198 shooters managed perfect 25s. Connellsville

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Ryan Braun’s double gets Brewers past Pirates
MILWAUKEE — Eric Sogard and Domingo Santana got Ryan Braun a chance, and he delivered. Braun hit a tiebreaking, two-run double with two outs in

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Pirates minor league report: May 5, 2018
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 14-12) won 4-2 at home against Gwinnett (Braves). 3B Jose Osuna (.355) went 2 for 3, including a game-tying double in the bottom

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Kevin Gorman’s Take 5 on Game 5: Five thoughts on Capitals 6, Penguins 3
WASHINGTON — With their Stanley Cup playoffs second-round series tied at 2-2 going into Game 5 on Saturday night, it served as an opportunity for

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Seton Hill's Ameriah Walters (right) competes in a meet during the 2016 indoor track and field season.
Seton Hill athletes win PSAC titles, break records
Seton Hill juniors Dontay Jacobs and Ameriah Walters defended titles Saturday at the PSAC Track andamp; Field Championships at Slippery Rock. Jacobs won the 400-meter

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A braided pony tail rests among a collection of earned badges by a Girl Scout during planning for upcoming cookie sales at First Presbyterian Church in Greensburg, Pa. on Tuesday Jan. 03, 2017.
Western Pa. Girl Scouts stay the course as Boy Scouts go co-ed
Local Girl Scout leaders say they're not fazed by recent co-ed recruiting efforts by Boy Scouts of America. andquot;It's not affecting our mission at all.

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Richland supervisors approve township’s building code official
The Richland Board of Supervisors approved the appointment of Professional Code Services, Inc., to serve as the township's building code official and administer the state

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David McKelvey, Xander Tolley, Lili Mazzotta and Lilli Dilberian sort through the school supplies collected in preparation for sending them to students in a school in Los Angeles.
Poff students helping children in Los Angeles
Second graders at Poff Elementary School wanted to pay it forward to first graders at a Los Angeles school after participating in an Valentine exchange

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Harrison City veteran had reputation as ‘super patriot’
Dustin Ionadi was andquot;a super patriotandquot; who enlisted in the Air Force and then in the Army Reserves in Johnstown, serving in Iraq and Afghanistan

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Italian-American women’s club scholarship recognizes its 82nd year of recipients
In the midst of the Depression in 1936, Julia Brunelli met with a small group of other Italian-American women in her home in Greensburg's Hilltop

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Latrobe man wins school business officials group’s highest honor
Noteworthy: Koluder won the Gary E. Reeser Memorial award, the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials' highest honor, for his work maintaining the Derry Area

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Elite QBs highlight West roster for PSFCA East-West Game
If the PSFCA East-West Game becomes a shootout, coach Eric Kasperowicz has two quarterbacks accustomed to big numbers. South Fayette's Drew Saxton and Selinsgrove's Logan

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Westmoreland H.S. notebook: Quirky week shakes up WPIAL softball standings
A quirky couple of weeks on the local softball scene shook up the rankings and standings — sort of. But it remains to be seen

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Recruiting comes in pairs at Norwin, Jeannette, Latrobe
Jayvon Thrift said opponents rarely try to attack certain areas of Norwin's football defense when he and teammate Gianni Rizzo are occupying space there. andquot;He's

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Downpour creates ‘brutal’ 1,600 meters at Baldwin Invite
Mt. Lebanon's Patrick Anderson was leading the boys 1,600-meter race when the storm clouds let loose over the Baldwin Invitational. The rain was shockingly cold,

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North Allegheny’s Ayden Owens breaks Dion Bentley’s decades-old record at Baldwin Invitational
Days like this are why Ayden Owens is a Southern Cal recruit. The North Allegheny senior dazzled Friday at the Baldwin Invitation by sweeping the

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