South Hills Record category, Page 11
High school boys basketball team of the week for Jan. 27, 2025Video
Trib HSSN boys basketball team of the week – Baldwin Highlanders Coach: Jeff Ackermann (fifth season at Baldwin, 25th overall season as head coach) Record: 7-1 in Section 3-5A, 16-1 overall #Earned: The move down in class from 6A to 5A has been near perfect for the 2024 district runner-up...
In brief: Comedy fundraiser, board vacancies and more in South Hills
Rotary Club of Pleasant Hills donates to local organizations The Rotary Club of Pleasant Hills distributed financial donations to several vital local organizations. Beneficiaries of this year’s contributions include South Hills Interfaith Movement, Meals on Wheels, The Blessing Board and several local food pantries. The donations are part of the...
Behind 4 Allegheny County champions, Thomas Jefferson wrestling focused on WPIAL team postseason
Thomas Jefferson wrestlers Bode Marlow, Maddox Shaw and Shepard Turk made team history last season as all three won WPIAL championships. Can the three seniors do it again? “We have a balanced team this year with a lot of guys coming up from ninth grade and returning 10th graders,” TJ...
Buzzer-beater boosts Thomas Jefferson boys
His 11th rebound in the game was his most important. Thomas Jefferson junior Nick Trklja grabbed an errant shot inside the paint and scored the game-winning basket at the buzzer to lift his team to a thrilling 73-71 Section 3-5A win Jan. 17 at Peters Township. Near-pandemonium followed as Trklja’s...
South Hills Record notebook: Thomas Jefferson football fills trophy case with postseason honors
A tip of the cap (or is it helmet?) goes out to Thomas Jefferson football coach Bill Cherpak for being named Trib HSSN football coach of the year in Class 4A. Cherpak and his staff guided the Jaguars to a WPIAL 4A title, PIAA semifinal-round appearance, 10-0 regular-season record, the...
Baldwin boys celebrate signature win, milestone for Nate Wesling
It could be considered the basketball game of the year at Baldwin. Trib HSSN Class 5A No. 4 Baldwin met Class 3A No. 1 South Allegheny in a nonsection clash Jan. 16 on the Highlanders’ home court. Two WPIAL hoops heavyweights. Baldwin, previously ranked No. 1 in 5A, prevailed with...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 26, 2025
Baldwin Borough Gary Lindenfelser sold property at 5300 Becky Drive to Jacob Bumbas for $169,900. Brownsville Plaza LLC sold property at 5239-5255 Brownsville Road to Brownsville Knoedler LLC for $3,577,500. St. Wendelin Parish sold property at 2802 Custer Ave. to Kevin and Fay Boland for $1 (state deed transfer stamps...
1 dead, 4 injured in Upper St. Clair house fireVideo
A house fire Thursday morning in Upper St. Clair killed one person and injured four others, including two police officers. The officers were treated at a local hospital for smoke inhalation and released, according to the Upper St. Clair Police Department. No information was released on the person who died...
Thomas Jefferson’s Bode Marlow seeking 4th Allegheny County wrestling title
Thomas Jefferson senior Bode Marlow is on a mission. He wants to be his school’s next wrestler to win a PIAA title. Teammate Maddox Shaw won a state title last winter, and Marlow, who placed third, wants to be on the top of the podium in early March. Marlow (27-2,...
Balena Bagels open in Castle Shannon
Inside her bagel shop on Willow Avenue in Castle Shannon, Audrey Brown strives to replicate what she’s learned in every batch. Each bagel is made with all-natural unbleached, unbromated flour and ferments for 48 hours. Everything is made fresh daily. “It’s a process,” said Brown, of Mt. Lebanon, owner of...
Atria’s in Mt. Lebanon to reopen as 1930 by Atria’s
Atria’s recognizable building on Beverly Road, which originally housed a neighborhood grocery store, then bar and restaurant, is being rebranded. Atria’s in Mt. Lebanon will become 1930 by Atria’s, a nod to the year when Italian immigrant Joe Atria established a modest grocery store. It was once a barbershop and...
