Murrysville Star category, Page 32

Gianna Johnson School: Franklin Regional Sport: Golf Class: Sophomore Claim to fame: The sophomore surprised everyone, including herself, by winning the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association girls tournament Thursday at Champion Lakes Golf Course in Ligonier. Johnson shot 4-over-par 40, tying her with returning champion Izzy Aigner of Greensburg Central Catholic....

With only three returning starters, the Franklin Regional girls volleyball team will have to build experience match by match. Coach Rachel Carter’s team finished 10-11 last season and went 1-1 in the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs. The Panthers took fourth in Section 4, were tabbed a No. 19 seed in...

With its special teams unit flying to the football and setting field position and its running game in high gear, Franklin Regional handed upstart Connellsville a humbling 38-0 defeat in a nonconference matchup Friday night at Panther Stadium in Murrysville. Franklin Regional (2-1) stuffed the Falcons’ running attack and got...

Considering the disdain children seem to have for putting away their clothes, Carol Interieri isn’t sure what they love so much about colonial-era laundry demonstrations. “They just can’t enough for some reason,” she said with a laugh. Intrieri and other members of the Murrysville Historical Preservation Society will put local...

Corn maze opens The Gearhard Farms corn maze is open through Oct. 29 in Murrysville. The maze is cut into a different pattern each year, and participants are invited to try and map out the picture as they make their way through. The maze is open Fridays from 5-9 p.m.,...

Generally speaking, math class is math class. Students learn math. In English class, students read and write. But teachers at Franklin Regional School District’s intermediate school will blend elements from across the educational spectrum as they work with a group of students to stock and run a student store. “Leadership...

Chalfant Gregory Ventrice sold property at 318-320 North Ave. to Susan Repon for $50,000. Edgewood Patrick Russell sold property at 253 Maple Ave. to Justin Seaman and Kristen Kamp for $317,500. Monroeville Edmund Haberle trustee sold property at 2635 Third St. to Slatehouse Group LLC for $145,000. Jeet Shah sold...

During his time commanding the Naval Air Force Atlantic, Export native Rear Adm. John Meier helped to ensure the highest state of readiness in the U.S. Navy. Meier graduated from the U.S. Navy Academy in 1986, and was winged as a naval aviator in 1988. According to his official biography,...

Franklin Regional will never forget Joe Purdue. The Panthers are wearing helmet decals with the initials “J.P.” this season to remember their late and beloved teammate. A somber moment of silence was held in the Week Zero opener at Panthers Stadium for Purdue, who died in March from pediatric brain...

How deep is the Franklin Regional boys golf team’s lineup? Good enough for coach Jeff Traphagen to take his second team to a tri-match Aug. 30, and earn wins over Gateway, 200-227, and Woodland Hills, 200-310. With the Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association tournament set for the following day, and coming...

Two goal-line stands and two third-quarter touchdown runs by Kyle Dupill helped Franklin Regional defeat Latrobe, 28-21, in a heart-thumping nonconference battle Friday at Memorial Stadium. It might have been a nonconference game, but these two Westmoreland County foes battled like it was for a conference title. The Panthers (1-1)...

Susie Bell of Penn Township dreads this time of year. It’s not the hot weather that bothers her, but the fact that by early summer, she’s fallen into the “doughnut hole,” a colloquial term for the annual Medicare coverage gap — when the health care plan contributes far less toward...

Plum is finding different ways to score goals this soccer season. It doesn’t have to be pretty. It can even be boring, as long as the ball goes in the net. The fourth-ranked Mustangs did enough to claim a 1-0 shutout in a chippy Section 3-3A matchup against neighboring Franklin...

Franklin Regional ranked among top 30 in Pa. Franklin Regional Senior High School was nationally ranked among the top 40% of American high schools by U.S. News & World Report. The magazine annually ranks more than 17,000 high schools. FR was ranked 27th best in Pennsylvania, eighth in the Pittsburgh...

The owner of a five-bedroom home in Murrysville is accused of giving Westmoreland County authorities a bad $25,000 check in an effort to halt a tax sale of the property, according to court papers. Prasad Margabandhu, 47, of Mt. Lebanon, was charged this week with misdemeanor bad checks. County detectives...

When two defensive-minded girls soccer teams get together, you don’t expect to see much offense. Maybe none at all. At least not in the run of play. Franklin Regional and Penn-Trafford didn’t take many chances, or shots, as they battled deep into the second half and into overtime Wednesday night,...

High school football coaches contend that the week between the first game of the season and the second is when they see the most improvement from their players. That’s because the coaches get to see on film how the players performed in game action, correct their mistakes and make adjustments....

While Murrysville officials might revisit the ordinance they approved this month regarding injection wells, several of the concerns expressed by residents and council members appear to be addressed through existing laws and regulations. Staff and council have been working on the specifics of an ordinance to add injection wells to...

Students in the Franklin Regional School District were among the first in the region to begin classes when they arrived at school Aug. 23. Start dates for other schools in the county include: Thursday — Hempfield Area elementary and high school, Jeannette City, Monessen City, Norwin, Penn-Trafford. Friday — Hempfield...

Chalfant Estate of John Tomasic sold property at 229 Greenfield Ave. to 229 Greenfield Ave LLC for $27,000. Edgewood Timothy Palko sold property at 124 Lincoln Ave. to 124 Lincoln LLC for $249,630. David Hayes sold property at 1112 Mifflin Ave. to John Lindsay Wallace III and Patricia Louise Turner...

Lukas Petersen remembers the empty feeling in his body as he watched Montour celebrate a 2-1 upset of his Franklin Regional Panthers in the WPIAL Class 3A first round late last October. He doesn’t want to feel that again. He doesn’t want his players to experience it, either. But nothing...

Murrysville Mayor Regis Synan can remain in office through 2025, a judge ruled Friday. Common Pleas Court Judge Jim Silvis dismissed Synan’s lawsuit, filed in April, that sought to force the county election bureau to put the mayor’s race on the November ballot. Synan contended elections officials erred two years...

For Lori Allen, moving her spiritwear business from her home to a Harrison City storefront “just felt right.” Allen of Penn Township started LNJ Spiritwear out of her home 13 years ago to provide local school apparel to the community. Now, she is taking over the former Buckets Boutique space,...

Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. ESAL speaker focuses on portrait painting The East Suburban Artists League will welcome Tom Tholen as the featured speaker for its Sept. 7 meeting. Tholen will discuss his expertise in portrait painting. He spent a career working for companies including Disney, Marvel...

Students in the Franklin Regional School District were among the first in the region to begin classes when they arrived at school on Wednesday. Start dates for other schools in the county include: Thursday — Hempfield Area elementary and high school, Jeannette City, Monessen City, Norwin, Penn-Trafford. Friday — Hempfield...