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OpenStreetsPGH begins 2024 season
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - On Saturday, thousands of people were traversing several city thoroughfares for the first OpenStreetsPGH event of the season.OpenStreetsPGH takes place each year on select weekends in the spring and summer, and it temporarily closes roads to car traffic and invites Pittsburghers to reimagine the city's streets as a place for people to walk, run, bike, skate, and stroll.Latrobe's Kathy Rudy said the event is a great way to see Pittsburgh."To get a better perspective of the city, when there is not as much traffic," Rudy said. "We like to ride our bikes, and we will go down...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 13, 2024
Mt. Lebanon (16-4) vs. Butler (6-12), TBA; Hempfield (14-6) vs. Seneca Valley (10-8-1), TBA; Pine-Richland (16-4) vs. Central Catholic (10-10), TBA; North Allegheny (14-5) vs. Norwin (11-9), TBA. Class 5A. First round. Wednesday’s schedule. West Allegheny (15-3) bye; Shaler (15-5) vs. South Fayette (8-6) at Boyce Mayview Park, 7...
Karli Short memorial scholarship expanded to include students at Penn State’s main campus
The memorial scholarship for Karli Short, daughter of NFL great and McKeesport native Brandon Short, is being expanded to include students enrolled at Penn State University’s main campus.
Shaler scores walk-off win over Franklin Regional in WPIAL Class 5A 1st round
With one swing and a sharp ping to center, trepidation turned to triumph for Alyssa Schaffold. The Shaler sophomore cracked a bases-loaded single up the middle to score junior Olivia Sachs in the bottom of the seventh as the fifth-seeded Titans walked off No. 12 Franklin Regional, 3-2, in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A softball playoffs Monday at Plum.
Despite coaching change, injury, Plum grad Emily Innes set up for success with Washington gymnastics
As gymnasts, Emily Innes and Jen Llewellyn know plenty about leaping. Innes, a Plum grad, twice qualified for Junior Olympic nationals as a Level 10 performer. Llewellyn was a three-time All-American at Oregon State. But when it came to their athlete-coach relationship, a different leap was required: a leap of...
Kathy McConnell-Miller named head women's basketball coach at Carnegie Mellon
A new challenge awaits long-time women’s basketball coach and Seton LaSalle graduate Kathy McConnell-Miller after she was named Tuesday head coach at Carnegie Mellon. Her ties to women’s basketball in western Pennsylvania and around the nation go all the way back to high school when she helped Seton LaSalle win a state championship as a player in 1984.
Utica native Kiesel to be inducted into Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame
Utica native and Proctor High School graduate Brianna Kiesel, who played four seasons of women's basketball at the University of Pittsburgh from 2011-15, is among the 10-member Class of 2024 set to be enshrined on September 13.
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