Shaler Journal category, Page 19

Bellevue David Benedict sold property at 554 Forest Ave. to Vincent Ogletree for $135,000. Maria Stanley sold property at 44 Greenough Ave. to Emily O’Mara for $119,000. James Westerlund sold property at 712 North Ave. to David Mrazik and Taylor Eileen Heckert for $248,000. John Vannoy Jr. sold property at...

Miguel Hugas sparked a championship celebration in Shaler Township, but the star senior was sure he’d hear from some happy baseball fans in Venezuela too. Hugas struck out eight in a dominant complete game, and top-seeded Shaler provided him more than enough run support to defeat No. 2 Bethel Park,...

WPIAL Class 5A baseball championship 1-Shaler (18-4) vs. 2-Bethel Park (17-4) 7 p.m. Tuesday at Wild Things Park On the air: Trib HSSN (video) How they got here: Shaler had a first-round bye and beat No. 8 Fox Chapel, 11-1, in the quarterfinals and No. 4 Plum in the semifinals,...

Bellevue Eric Zawoysky sold property at 404 Forest Ave. to DRL Home LLC for $91,000. Olusegun Ogunkua sold property at 63 Longmore Ave. to PBAS 2023 LLC for $105,000. Joseph Bassar sold property at 428 Roosevelt Ave. to Rachel Wenrich for $156,000. Dawn Rezner sold property at 119 S Bryant...

The Shaler boys volleyball team arrived at Peters Township High School as Thursday’s Class 2A championship game was taking shape. The players sat in the bleachers and watched North Catholic capture its first WPIAL title with a sweep of 10-time champion Ambridge. Shaler then went out and achieved a similar...

A combat-hardened ex-Army Ranger from Glenshaw who breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and fought with law enforcement officers was sentenced Wednesday to 66 months in federal prison. Robert Morss, 29, a former Shaler Area School District substitute history teacher, was convicted in August by a federal judge...

Shaler Area High School junior Lindsey Caplan received an honorable mention for the Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh Award for the High School Student Essay Contest on the theme of alternative energy. Thiel College junior Ashlyn Wightman was selected earlier this month as the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Midfielder of...

From a wagon display to basket weaving, history enthusiasts gathered at the Depreciation Lands Museum on May 21 to celebrate the Hampton landmark’s 50th anniversary. State Rep. Arvind Venkat, D-McCandless, presented a certificate to Carol Greiner, museum association president, in honor of the anniversary. He commended the dozens of volunteers...

Strawberry Festival Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Glenshaw will hold a Strawberry Festival on June 10 from 4-8 p.m. Admission is $6 and children under 5 are free. Cost includes strawberry shortcake, ice cream and a drink. There will also be a bake sale, homemade jam sale, basket raffles and children’s...

Shaler senior Bethany Rodman is a three-year starter who has and continues to contribute mightily to the Titans softball program. This year in particular, you could say Rodman is a perfect leader. She has been called the heart and soul of a Titans team that is 18-0 heading into the...

Richard Burgunder III returned to competition this year and was one of the outsiders at the International Festival Red Fox Elbrus Race at Mount Elbrus, Russia. Burgunder, a 43-year-old Shaler native, was one of two Americans competing in the event. Following a seven-year layoff from competition, Burgunder placed 49th in...

Tom Sorce’s five-year plan is coming to fruition. The Shaler softball coach wanted to rebuild the program by starting from the youth program up. The Titans asked several former collegiate players to come and work with the middle school program. Not everyone was able to say yes — six or...

Bellevue Justin Steel sold property at 589 Forest Ave. to David Coleman and Shyneika Delice for $267,500. Cascade Funding Mtg Trust HB4 sold property at 77 Kendall Ave. to Alexey and Irina Tsybin for $54,900. John Prasko sold property at 638 Orchard Ave. to Michael Sulverblatt and Hallie Lauer for...

Not even a somewhat steady rain could prevent the 16th annual Bike Rodeo from taking place as scheduled on May 13 as a formidable group of kids showed up at Kiwanis Park in Shaler. The event is designed to teach bicycle safety and rules of the road to children as...

The weekend has arrived. Here are some ways to spend it. Pink walk The Susan G. Komen More Than Pink Walk is on Sunday at Schenley Park. The opening ceremony is at 9 a.m. The walk begins at 9:30 a.m. on Panther Hollow Road. It will be a 2.5-mile loop...

Shannon Beck’s second grade class at Burchfield Primary School was a beehive of activity as her students prepared to launch Remake Learning Days with an actual launch. The kids were among 6,000 first and second grade students across Pennsylvania who designed and built catapults in a catapult design challenge. Participants...

Strike out 16, club a couple of home runs and sell the underdog role, and watch any team sprint forward in a playoff bracket. That sure was the right mix for unbeaten Shaler on Wednesday in the WPIAL Class 5A softball quarterfinals. “Those are the staples,” coach Tom Sorce said...

Shaler Township Commissioner David Shutter declared victory May 16 in his Republican primary race against challenger Kevin Kerin. With 100% of precincts reporting results, Shutter had collected 209 votes to Kerin’s 180 in the Ward 3 race, unofficial tallies showed. “It was a meaningful victory because I received a lot...

Shaler Township Commissioners unanimously approved the promotion of two police officers and the conditional hiring of two others at the May 9 meeting. Officers Dennis Gapsky and Joseph Robinson were promoted to the rank of sergeant in front of a standing-room-only audience. “We’re very proud of both officers,” township manager...

A Texas man was arrested Monday after a local social media influencer told Shaler police that he confronted her outside a gym after sending her harassing messages for months, according to court papers. Alvin Chummar, 32, of suburban Dallas-Ft. Worth told authorities that he drove from Memphis, Tenn., to find...

Shaler Area School District is holding its class of 2023 graduation ceremony at 7 p.m. June 2 at 7 p.m. at Louis C. Martig Field at Titan Stadium. The senior class includes some 291 students. The ceremony is limited to ticketed guests, but a spokesperson says the ceremony can be...

Milwaukee’s nickname may be Brew City, but the title just as well could apply to another town. “I know Pittsburgh had more breweries,” Richard Ober said, and he’s done the research to prove it. With “200 Years of Brewing in Allegheny County,” Ober and co-author Robert Musson compiled a comprehensive...

Bellevue DEG Holding Co. 1 LLC sold property at 68 Longmore Ave. to Yulia Nikitina for $108,150. Jason Vaughn sold property at 560 Maryland Ave. to Nube Invests LLC for $225,000. Etna Dylan Witte sold property at 16 Spring St. to Carlucci Holdings LLC for $107,500. Ann Bridgham sold property...

Every year, Shaler Hampton EMS holds a joint board of directors and staff meeting during which they go over the state of the organization and encourage interaction between the staff and directors. The May 10 meeting was interrupted when representatives of the Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council unexpectedly showed up...

In 1973, a group of Hampton history buffs launched an effort to preserve and re-create the past at the Pine Creek Covenanter Church, built about 1837. On May 21, the community is invited to celebrate the golden anniversary of what became the Depreciation Lands Museum, with special activities planned from...