District college football: Carnegie Mellon’s NCAA Division III playoff hopes fade with crushing loss to Franklin & Marshall; IUP clinches PSAC West Division title
The gulf between first and fourth place in the Centennial Conference standings is officially three games. As far as Carnegie Mellon is concerned, though, it’s really just 12 points. Despite fighting back to take a one-point lead against Franklin & Marshall late in the fourth quarter Saturday afternoon, the Tartans’ rally and quest to keep…
The high school semifinals!
PUP WPIAL Playoffs Week 2 Rewind (Class 5A/3A): Upper St. Clair, Moon rally for wins; North Catholic’s Joey Felitsky throws for 5 more touchdowns
Upper St. Clair didn’t panic Friday. Not after watching Scoop Smith return the game’s opening kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown. And not after digging itself a 14-0 hole on the road in the WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinals. “They’ve been in the wars,” Upper St. Clair coach Mike Junko said of his team. “They’ve been…
PUP WPIAL Playoffs Week 2 Rewind (Class 2A/1A): Sensational sophomore Brandon Murphy helps No. 2 Clairton stave off upset bid by No. 10 Jeannette
As Jeannette kicker McAlister Steele’s 41-yard field goal sailed through the uprights, Clairton coach Wayne Wade said he could feel his team take notice. The Bears, facing the Jayhawks in the first quarter of a WPIAL Class 1A quarterfinal playoff game Friday night, had not conceded a point since Aug. 22 when Imani Christian scored…
PUP WPIAL Playoffs Week 2 Rewind (Class 6A/4A): Aliquippa shuts out New Castle to clinch trip to title game; McKeesport’s Kemon Spell runs for 315 yards, 3 TDs to knock off defending champ Thomas Jefferson
A few short weeks ago, there were some who began to wonder whether the big bad Aliquippa Quips would even make the playoffs. Just look at them now. One week after its thrilling last-second comeback victory against No. 2 Trinity in the opening round, No. 7 Aliquippa put together an even more emphatic encore performance…
Some changes for major projects this week
The usual suspects — Interstate 79, Route 28, the Parkway West, Boulevard of the Allies and Fort Duquesne Bridge — all will have extra road restrictions this week. Here are the details:
Building for the future: Pittsburgh Water continues plant updates
For more than 110 years, the 75-acre village along the Allegheny River near Aspinwall that provides the water purification system for Pittsburgh Water has served the city well, moving as much as 76 million gallons of water a day to customers across the city and a few suburbs. But now, it’s time for major changes…
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Allegheny Land Trust closing in on land purchases that will move along two county conservation projects
Allegheny Land Trust has been working toward permanently conserving more land in two areas in the county, Dead Man’s Hollow in Elizabeth Township and the Panhandle Greenway in South Fayette and Collier. The purchase of a 10-acre parcel will expand the first conservation area the trust worked on in Elizabeth Township, located directly along the…
PennDOT says it’s ready for winter
For several years coming out of the pandemic, local Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials fretted about the arrival of winter weather because they were seriously understaffed with qualified snowplow drivers and concerned about how they would get snow and ice cleared from local roadways. Not so as this year’s winter season approaches. At a news…
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PUP WPIAL Class 6A/4A semifinal preview: Parkway Conference rivals New Castle, Aliquippa set for must-see matchup between two of WPIAL’s most historic programs
When it comes to historical significance, last year’s WPIAL semifinal showdown between Thomas Jefferson and Aliquippa was almost impossible to top. After all, the Jaguars and Quips came into the game with a combined 30 WPIAL titles between them, not to mention both programs carrying a sustained run of success that few schools in the…
PUP high school football Game of the Week: Upper St. Clair vs. Woodland Hills (Playoffs – Week 2)
Each Wednesday, the PUP high school sports staff will preview the game of the week. Between the hash marks Who: Upper St. Clair (9-2) at Woodland Hills (8-2) Where: Wolvarena, Turtle Creek When: 7 p.m. Friday The coaches: Mike Junko (Upper St. Clair); Brian Tarrant (Woodland Hills) When they last met: Ethan Dahlem set a…
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PRC, Allegheny County collecting glass for recycling at South Park
If you’ve been collecting glass bottles, jars and jugs for recycling, you can head to South Park over the next two weeks and load them into the Pennsylvania Resource Council’s traveling glass bin. The bin will be easily accessible and available at the South Park Ice Rink Parking Lot, according to PRC Collection Events Coordinator…
Downtown exhibition pictures the value of an age-friendly region
Age-Friendly Greater Pittsburgh took a new approach this year in its advocacy for the power of aging in the Pittsburgh region it serves. It visually reminded residents with its Photo Bank and three block parties that it’s a good place to grow up and grow older. Now it’s celebrating the value of intergenerational friendships with…
PRC deputy director’s passion and work ethic lead the nonprofit’s board to select her as its new leader
The Pennsylvania Resources Council board had a decision to make when its executive director told it he was leaving: conduct an external search or promote someone from within the nonprofit organization. Board President Scott Dismukes likened the decision the executive committee made to a poker lay down hand: “When you have all the right cards…
