South Hills Record category, Page 49
Brentwood basketball seasons started strong, ran out of steam
Brentwood’s basketball season started with a bang but fizzled out at the end. After a 12-0 start in a season delayed a month by covid-related concerns, the girls team dropped its final two games, including a 47-44 decision at home to Beaver Falls in the first round of the WPIAL...
Building blocks in place for Baldwin basketball
The potential is there for a big 2021-22 season for the Baldwin boys basketball team. Really big. The Highlanders will have several key players back from this year’s team. “We return the majority of our team,” said first-year coach Jeff Ackermann. “We do lose two great seniors, but I think...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of March 21
Baldwin Borough Estate of John McCann sold property at 1532 Evelyn Road to Robert and Norma Hajduk for $150,000. Krishna Prasai sold property at 1473 Prospect Road to Bhim and Mitra Neopaney for $190,000. Baldwin Township Jennifer Smith sold property at 2236 Romine St. to Allison Wockley for $130,000. Brentwood...
Penguins’ Lower Hill redevelopment minority workforce plan approved
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ plan to create more jobs for minorities and women as part of the Lower Hill redevelopment project finally appears to be a reality. The Penguins and their development partner Buccini Pollin on Thursday announced their minority and women business enterprise participation plan was unanimously approved by the...
New solar-powered LEDs to light the way along popular South Park walking trail
In a few weeks, strolling down a popular pedestrian trail in South Park will no longer just be a daytime affair. Work has begun on a project to illuminate a roughly 2-mile portion of the trail running along Corrigan Drive between Library and Brownsville roads with 122 energy-efficient solar-powered lights....
Kane Community Living Centers resume visitation
The Kane Community Living Centers in Allegheny County will resume family visitations for patients, Director Dennis Biondo announced Monday. Visitation has been restricted since early in the pandemic. But, last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released updated guidance for nursing home visitation, prompting many states and individual...
TJ bowler completes quick climb to top with school’s first WPIBL singles title
Nick Johnson has been bowling competitively for only three years. This year has proven to be special. And historic. Johnson, a junior at Thomas Jefferson, is the first bowler in school history to win a WPIBL singles championship. “TJ bowling has had some good bowlers in the past that have...
Thomas Jefferson senior closes curtain on family swimming dynasty
And then there was one. Luke Pletz, the last of the Pletz siblings, ended his prominent high school career in the pool March 6 at Upper St. Clair at the WPIAL Class AA championship meet. And thus a family legacy of quality swimming at the scholastic level ceased. A senior...
Gymnasts from Baldwin, Thomas Jefferson form special bond with coaching moms
There definitely was a family feel to the Premier Gym high school gymnastics program. At the hub of it all was the venerable matriarch, Jodi Cummings, head coach of the Baldwin and Thomas Jefferson gymnastics teams. Cummings, Becky Revo and Kristen Weber had the good fortune to be able to...
In Brief: Easter bunny visit, Used sports equipment sale and more in South Hills
Easter Bunny Visit PGH Party Creations and Steel Lotus Gift Shop are hosting an Easter bunny visit event March 20 from noon-2 p.m. Photos with the Easter bunny will cost $5. There will also be a food truck and egg hunt. Participants must wear a mask. For more information, visit...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of March 14
Baldwin Borough Vincent Thomas Edwards sold property at 5340 Brownsville Road to Luke Kail and Victoria Scott for $190,000. Estate of Andrew Joseph Lang sold property at 642 Elaine Drive to Shelley Munzak for $159,900. Nora Gajewski sold property at 1465 Prospect Road to James and Caitlyn Lehner for $165,000....
Police investigate after swastika drawings found in Mt. Lebanon school
An investigation is underway after two swastika images were found inside a bathroom stall in Jefferson Middle School in the Mt. Lebanon School District. Principal Sarah Shaw sent a letter to families Tuesday alerting them to the second drawing. The first drawing had been found March 2, and an investigation...
Thomas Jefferson High School senior a finalist in Pittsburgh Public Theater monologue competitionVideo
A Thomas Jefferson High School senior was recently recognized for his performance of a monologue from Shakespeare’s “Richard III” play. Nathan Mutale, 17, finished as one of 25 finalists in this year’s Pittsburgh Public Theater Shakespeare Monologue and Scene competition. Around 1,000 students from the region competed in this year’s...
North Allegheny handles Mt. Lebanon, advances to 6th straight WPIAL finals
Lizzy Groetsch’s pass to the perimeter allowed Jasmine Timmerson to snap a cold spell midway through the first quarter for the North Allegheny girls basketball team. Timmerson knocked down a 3-pointer that pulled the Tigers within one and stopped a string of four team misses from the perimeter. Even when...
St. Clair Hospital cancels appointments after no covid vaccine shipment for 3 weeks
St. Clair Hospital officials say they haven’t received a shipment of first-dose covid-19 vaccines in three weeks, leading to hundreds of canceled appointments and clinics. In addition to the individual appointments, the hospital has also canceled three clinics at senior-living centers: Twin Towers, Dormont Place and Carnegie Retirement Residence, hospital...
Part of Brownsville Road in South Park closed following crash
Part of Brownsville Road in South Park is closed after a vehicle crashed into a utility pole, Tribune-Review news partners WPXI-TV reported. The road is closed in the area of Wilhelm Avenue. Police are waiting for crews to make repairs to the pole and powerlines. The road remained closed as...
Jefferson Hills to explore use of bus garage as substation for JHFR, Gill Hall stays closed
Jefferson Hills officials want to explore the use of a bus garage and other sites as a possible substation for Jefferson Hills Fire Rescue in lieu of reinstating the Gill Hall Volunteer Fire Company. A bus garage along Gill Hall Road in Jefferson Hills may be used as a substation...
Dunn leads Woodland Hills rally past Thomas Jefferson in Class 5A quarters
When Woodland Hills needed a second-half spark, it turned to point guard Jazmine Dunn. Now, Thomas Jefferson is done. Dunn ignited a big second half Monday as the Wolverines rallied to defeat the Jaguars, 58-54, to advance to the WPIAL Class 5A semifinals. Woodland Hills coach Von Pitts said he...
Kennywood announces opening date for 2021 season
Kennywood Park will open for the start of its 123rd season in two months — on May 8. That’s two months earlier than in pandemic-plagued 2020 and closer to a traditional opening day, with Sandcastle opening its pools and waterslides for Memorial Day weekend on May 29. Along with extending...
In brief: Used sports equipment sale, $50,000 raffle, and more in the South Hills
Used Sports Equipment Sale The Jefferson Hills Recreation Initiative is taking donations of used sports equipment on March 13-14 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Gill Hall Park. The initiative is accepting the following: • Gloves, balls, bats, helmets • Nets, sticks, pads, cleats • Exercise equipment • Yard toys, recreation...
Senior comfortable in starring role for Baldwin boys basketball
Joey Starzynski has been on center stage in the Baldwin basketball program for the past two years. He’s been the “star” of the show on most nights, none moreso than Feb. 24 when he scored a career-high 30 points in a 68-53 nonsection win over Albert Gallatin. A 6-foot-3 senior...
Thomas Jefferson quarterback-receiver combo set for one last game together
Thomas Jefferson’s Jake Pugh and Ian Hansen proved to be a near-unstoppable aerial combination last fall. Pugh, a 5-foot-10, 170-pound senior quarterback, connected with senior wideout Hansen (5-8, 170) 42 times for 785 yards and seven touchdowns. And they aren’t finished making an impact on the football field just yet....
Balance of hockey power in South Hills shifts to Thomas Jefferson, Baldwin
One corner of the South Hills has become prime property for high school hockey aficionados. Baldwin and Thomas Jefferson, located about 6 miles apart, have monopolized the action in the PIHL Class AA ranks since the start of the 2019-20 season. The teams were a combined 23-1-0-1 at the end...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of March 7, 2021
Baldwin Borough Joesph Dowd sold property at 5304 Adobe Drive to David Katonik and Jessica Levi for $163,000. James Clibbens Jr. sold property at 664 Charlotte Drive to Paula Tripp for $174,000. Richard Yochum sold property at 171 Cheston St. to Robert Taylor for $100,000. Shawn Robinson sold property at...
Baldwin High School students, teachers get ‘popped’ into cold to support Special Olympics PennsylvaniaVideo
The look of this year’s Polar Plunge at Baldwin High School was different but at least one element of the event remained: it was cold. The longstanding tradition of plunging into freezing water — whether a river or a pool — wasn’t feasible this year because of covid-19. Instead, Special...
