Murrysville Star category, Page 79
Franklin Regional girls soccer has strong base to build on
With nine returning starters, Franklin Regional’s girls soccer team looks like it will have staying power this season. “We only graduated three seniors, so we have a very experienced team returning,” second-year coach Scott Arnold said. “With so many returning players, we are building up on where we finished last...
Top scorer Anthony DiFalco, Franklin Regional boys soccer teammates set lofty goals
Franklin Regional senior Anthony DiFalco has seen just about everything there is to see in high school soccer. He has won two WPIAL titles, finished as a runner-up and played in the PIAA semifinals twice. He’s been All-WPIAL, all-state and All-American. But even the best players want more. They always...
Kiski Area takes advantage of Franklin Regional’s mistakes to come away with win
Kiski Area capitalized on several gaffes by Franklin Regional for a 24-14 win Friday night in a Class 5A nonconference matchup in Vandergrift. Kiski (2-0, 0-0) returned two interceptions for touchdowns and recovered a fumble deep in Franklin Regional (1-1, 0-0) territory,which led to a field goal. The second pick-6...
Medic One invests more than $300,000 in new cardiac equipment
Murrysville Medic One staff operates eight ambulances, four wheelchair vans, four squads, two all-terrain vehicles, seven trailers, an emergency support unit and two boats to support its dive team. In addition, it’s not unusual to see Medic One members and their emergency support unit operating well outside their typical service...
Mixed-use retail, apartments proposed for Route 22 corridor in Murrysville
Murrysville officials are considering the second proposal for upscale housing in the Route 22 corridor in recent months. Chris Hamm of KDH Consulting Engineers this week showed council plans for Kistler Place. It’s a 5,800-square-foot building proposed on 3.6 acres near the intersection of Kistler Road and Route 22. The...
Murrysville area: Free movie, recycling event and more
Free barbecue, movie for first responders, veterans The Delmont Recreation Committee will host a free barbecue and movie night for all first responders, veterans and their families at 5 p.m., Sept. 11 at the Kepple Pavilion in Newhouse Park. Refreshments from Yellow Bridge Brewing and White Valley Distillery will be...
Home care turns into a home rescue for hospice aide in MurrysvilleVideo
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2021 WPIAL girls soccer preview: Rankings, contenders, players to watch
WPIAL girls soccer preview Class 4A Defending champion: With Sarah Schupansky and others gone, two-time defending champ North Allegheny will be a different team. But the Tigers only lost six players to graduation. Lucia Wells and Anna Bundy will keep the Tigers in the mix. Contenders: Peters Township looks to...
2021 WPIAL boys soccer preview: Rankings, contenders, players to watch
WPIAL boys soccer preview Class 4A Defending champion: Defensively-sound Seneca Valley won 14 straight games to close out the 2020 season en route to WPIAL and PIAA titles. The Raiders must replace standouts Zack LaValle and Mason Baldwin, but bring back junior Beaux Lizewski, another All-WPIAL selection. George Williams was...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 29, 2021
Chalfant Mark Sauter sold property at 328 Elizabeth Ave. to Lauren Elizabeth Sivak for $158,500. Churchill Keith Carlson sold property at 1913 Beulah Road to Karelle Elizabeth West for $167,000. Delmont Roger Coleman sold property at 127 Stotler Drive to Jeffrey Long for $110,000. Forest Hills Jeffrey Sikirica sold property...
Westmoreland County girls soccer preview: Southmoreland has ‘something to prove’
If Josh Pajak was only allowed to give his Southmoreland girls soccer team one message before the start of the season it might be this: Proceed with caution. Southmoreland appears to be loaded with returning talent, but the second-year coach doesn’t want the Scotties to get ahead of themselves. Offsides...
Westmoreland County boys soccer preview: Franklin Regional eyes another title
Franklin Regional senior Anthony DiFalco has seen just about everything there is to see in high school soccer. He has won two WPIAL titles, finished as a runner-up and played in the PIAA semifinals twice. He’s been All-WPIAL, all-state and All-American. But even the best players want more. They always...
Westmoreland HS football notebook: Teams enjoy return to normalcy
As the band played and cheerleaders and students chanted from packed bleachers, the normally steely-eyed John Ruane felt some emotion. The Penn-Trafford coach soaked in the atmosphere that he and his staffers and players had missed last season. Ruane remembered what it felt like to play in empty stadiums where...
Smith shines as Franklin Regional beats rival Plum
Things couldn’t have started any better for Franklin Regional and new coach Lance Getsy on Friday against Plum at Franklin Regional Stadium in Murrysville. A Caden Smith interception, his first of three picks, on the first play from scrimmage led to a Connor Donnelly 2-yard touchdown run. With less than...
Franklin Regional, teachers’ union ratify new 6-year contract
The Franklin Regional School District and its teachers’ union ratified a new contract covering the next six years. “I think it’s a fair deal,” said Mike Landsberg, president of the Franklin Regional Education Association. “I think both sides can look at it and say, given the circumstances where we are...
2021 HSSN football position-by-position breakdown: Scouting the new coaches
TribLive HSSN will break down the top players at one position per day until Week Zero. Here’s a look at the biggest coaching moves for the 2021 season. 1. Steve Campos Pine-Richland Campos’ hire certainly drew the most attention this summer. That’s largely because of the controversy that arose when...
Murrysville happenings: Recycling, ESAL among upcoming programs
Glass recycling, food pantry event set Murrysville and trash hauler Republic Services will once again partner for a glass recycling “pop-up” event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 18. It will be at the Veterans Field parking lot, 4200 Sardis Road in Murrysville. All colors of glass bottles,...
Derry Township man charged with ramming police cruiser, dragging officers during pursuit through Murrysville, Monroeville
A Derry Township man is being held in the Westmoreland County Prison without bond after being charged with dragging police officers and ramming a patrol car during a chase through Murrysville and Monroeville. Cory R. Nolan, 33, was taken into custody after 9:30 p.m. Wednesday by police from both municipalities...
Chick’s Picks ready for Week Zero, whatever that is
Welcome to Week Zero of the 2021 high school football season. For years now, Chick’s Picks has been trying to decipher the mystery behind Week Zero. What exactly is Week Zero? Does it even really exist? Chick’s Picks has heard of many other zeros — the Zero candy bar, Triple...
Court action threatened over Franklin Regional school mask policy, as debates rage in Pa.
An attorney representing a group of parents in the Franklin Regional School District sent the superintendent and board of directors a letter this week threatening litigation if masking is not made mandatory. It is one of many lawsuits being considered by parents on both sides of what has become a...
Westmoreland County don’t miss high school football matchups for Week Zero 2021
Nonconference Albert Gallatin vs. Yough 7 p.m. Friday, Cougar Mountain, Herminie Albert Gallatin begins its third season as an independent. The Colonials are 10-4, including a 5-1 mark in 2020, after enduring 35 consecutive losing seasons in the WPIAL. Albert Gallatin runs a triple-option offense led by senior fullback Shawn...
Authors of book about women in business persevering during the pandemic celebrate its launch
Contributors to a book about female business leaders’ strength and determination through the pandemic celebrated its release earlier this month. “Twenty Won: an anthology of 21 female entrepreneurs sharing stories of business resilience during the 2020 global crisis,” launched April 21. It reached bestseller status in several Amazon.com categories and...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 22, 2021
Churchill Millennial Custom Homes LLC sold property at 2325 Marbury Road to Daniel and Patricia Frick for $431,000. Mark Nafziger sold property at 1705 Williamsburg Place to James Allen Manning and Gordon Johnson for $195,500. Delmont James Bertoline sold property at 30 Christy Road to Brandon Stuart and Rebecca Corryn...
Hundreds from Murrysville church perform ‘uncommon’ community service in JeannetteVideo
Millie Warren’s backyard in West Jeannette is recognizable again, thanks to the hard work of volunteers from a Murrysville church. Within a couple hours Saturday morning, a crew from Cornerstone Ministries Church cleared several truckloads of brush and an old fence, leaving behind neatly trimmed trees and grassy space. They...
Franklin Regional, Hempfield and Norwin schools team up for K-5 online academy
Three area school districts are banding together to create an online academy for students in kindergarten through fifth grade during the upcoming school year. Franklin Regional, Hempfield Area and Norwin formed the consortium Westmoreland Online Academy. A total of six teachers — two from each district — will be assigned...
