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“I DIDN’T
THINK ABOUT
SURVIVING.
I KNEW THAT
AN ARTILLERY
SHELL ALREADY
WOULD HAVE
LANDED BY
THE TIME YOU
HEARD IT
AND HIT THE
GROUND.”
— CHARLES FRANK,
92, ROCHESTER
“I WAS SO CLOSE TO DEATH, AND I DON’T KNOW TO THIS DAY HOW I CAME OUT OF IT.”
— GEORGE
PIETROPOLA,
95, CRANBERRY
North Allegheny, Pine-Richland
SEE ROWING , PAGE N-4
By Sandy Trozzo
The rowing teams fromNorth Allegheny and Pine-Rich-land have to rebuild their pro-grams from scratch after a firedestroyed all their equipment.
The Dec. 27 fire destroyed theGroveton Boat Club in Robin-son.
�It was just shocking. Therewas nothing left. It was almost
like someone picked up the en-tire facility and just moved it,�said Sam DiMarzio, head coachfor Pine-Richland. �You expectto see a half-charred buildingand equipment all over theplace. But there was nothing. Itwas like it just disappeared.�
Pine-Richland lost 13 boats.One was being repaired in NewJersey and was not involved inthe fire. North Allegheny lost 18
boats, which hold two, four oreight passengers. Also lost were60 oars and a number of tro-phies.
�That was a lot of history thatwe lost, unfortunately,� saidDan Jefferies, head coach forNorth Allegheny.
Although the boats were in-sured, both teams have stepped
After fire, rowing teamsbegin to rebuild
New rabbi to be installed at Temple Ohav Shalom
SEE RABBI , PAGE N-2
McCandlessBy Jill Cueni-Cohen
When Rabbi BrynaMilkow is installed Fridayas the spiritual leader ofTemple Ohav Shalom inMcCandless, the ceremonywill provide congregantswith a rare glimpse and in-sight into the covenantalpartnership they hold withtheir rabbi.
The Shabbat, or Sabbath,service will include a dialoguebetween the congregation andthe rabbi.
�It�s not just the rabbi ac-cepting the responsibility ofleading the congregation.It�s the congregation ac-tively either stating or af-
firming that this rabbi thathas been chosen will lead thecongregation,� said MoiraSinger of Pine, co-chair ofthe rabbi transition commit-tee.
�We�re really excitedabout it,� said Ellen Sap-inkopf of Pine, who co-chairsthe installation committee.�It�s a very important �hopefully rare � event in
the life of a congregation.�Rabbi Milkow, 50, of
Franklin Park, replacesRabbi Art Donsky, who re-tired in June 2013.
She has been leading thecongregation of nearly 180families since July. Origi-nally from Boston, she hadbeen leading a small congre-gation in New Hampshirewhen its funding ran out and
forced her to look for an-other job.
Mrs. Singer said thenearly year-long search fora new rabbi was just the be-ginning of a serious pro-cess.
�When we set out to findour new rabbi, we made sureto give everyone in the con-gregation an opportunity torespond,� she said, noting
that every member olderthan age 13 received a survey.
Mrs. Singer said everycandidate met a large cross-section of the congregation.
�It took the whole congre-gation to select her, and nowit�s our opportunity and re-sponsibility to affirm the re-lationship,� she said. �We
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SEE BULGE , PAGE N-4
Nick Diloreto remem-bered that it was so cold inBelgium during the Battle ofthe Bulge that the groundhad frozen solid.
�We couldn�t dig fox-holes,� Mr. Diloreto, 90, said.He and his buddies in the131st Anti-Aircraft ArtilleryBattalion managed to staywarm at night, however,thanks to feather-filled sleep-ing bags, which the soldierstagged with a lightheartednickname.
�We�d just crawl into ourfart sacks with all ourclothes on,� said Mr.Diloreto of Scott, a retired re-tail store manager.
First Division radio oper-ator George Pietropola, 95,has similar memories of thebitter cold in the ArdennesForest in December 1944 andJanuary 1945. �My handsand my feet were frostbit-ten,� he recalled in a recent
interview.A longtime resident of
Penn Hills and Monroeville,he now lives with his son,George Jr., and daughter-in-law, Patti, in Cranberry.
Charles Frank, 92, ofRochester was serving in the94th Infantry in Francewhen the Battle of the Bulgebegan Dec. 16 with a sur-prise German attack. His di-vision initially had the taskof keeping about 60,000 en-emy troops bottled up in theports of Saint Nazaire andLorient after the Alliedsweep across France.
Relieved of that duty, themen of the 94th were orderedto advance into Luxem-bourg and face the advanc-ing Germans. �I ate Christ-mas dinner on the way to thefront line,� Mr. Frank re-called. �We were loaded intoa freezing cold boxcar � 40guys � and that is how wemoved to the front.�
THEBATTLEOF THEBULGEVETERANS RECALLWITHSTANDING HITLER�SFINAL ASSAULT
Soldier withstoodbitter cold in Belgium
By Len BarcouskyPittsburgh Post-Gazette
SEE BELGIUM , PAGE N-4
Bitterly cold weathermade fighting during theBattle of the Bulge eventougher, George Pietropola,95, recalled.
What does he remember70 years later about the lastlarge-scale German attackon the Western Front? He re-called a long, slow retreatthrough Belgium under ar-tillery fire. He estimated itwas at least a month beforehis unit was able to fightback to its original positionand resume the Allied ad-vance toward Germany.
Mr. Pietropola of Cran-berry was a radio operator
during World War II withthe First Infantry Division.
While conditions duringthe Battle of the Bulge werebad, Mr. Pietropola said hisexperiences during the Al-lied invasion of France hadbeen worse. When Mr. Pi-etropola waded ashore inNormandy on June 6, 1944,he found himself movingpast many dead or woundedcomrades. He was part of thethird wave of U.S. soldiers toland on Omaha Beach.
But likely the closest hecame to sudden death was inFebruary 1945 on the banksthe Roer River, whichserved as a natural obstacle
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Hampton alumnae namedMiss Pennsylvania USA
By Kathleen Ganster
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Ms. Cardillo had re-searched schools that of-fered fashion studies andfound that the institute wasconsidered one of the top fivein the country, but whatsealed the deal was her cam-pus visit.
�I walked on campus ona January day, the sun
was shining and it was 80degrees. Who wouldn�twant to go there?� shesaid.
Ms. Cardillo�s parents,Vince and Sally, were verysupportive of sending theironly child across the coun-try for college.
�They wanted me to behappy. I didn�t know any-one, didn�t have any familyout there, but I wanted to gothere,� she said.
After she graduated withan associate degree, Ms. Car-dillo worked as a bridal con-sultant at a salon in Los An-
geles.While watching the Miss
USA pageant one night afterwork with her roommate,she was struck by the contes-tants.
�I turned to my roommateand said, �I would love tomeet these women.� Theyjust all seemed so accom-plished and poised,� shesaid.
Since she didn�t haveany sisters and her collegedidn�t have sororities, shelooked at the pageant assort of a sisterhood or so-rority.
�The funny thing is I wasright. Some of the women Ihave met in the pageantsare some of my bestfriends. I�m very close toMiss USA and Miss Ne-vada,� she said.
Ms. Cardillo started re-searching pageants, watch-ing pageants online, meetingpeople and talking withother contestants.
In her first pageant in2011 in California, she fin-ished in the top 20 out of 300women.
�That was very good formy first pageant and reallymotivated me,� she said.
Ms. Cardillo continuedtraining while working as abridal consultant and thendecided it was time to comeback home.
Early this year, shemoved back to Hampton.
�I have a huge Italianfamily and missed every-one. I thought after fiveyears, it was time to come
back,� she said.She also decided to com-
pete in the Miss Pennsylva-nia USA competition.
The pageant includes aninterview, a swimsuit com-petition and an eveninggown segment.
As the winner, she re-ceived a four-year scholar-ship; representation fromMMG, a modeling and talentagency in New York City;and other prizes.
In her role as Miss Penn-sylvania USA, Ms. Cardillowill make public appear-ances and also promote acause that is close to herheart, adoption.
�I was adopted when I wasa baby. I was born to a teenmom who made the selflesschoice to give me up. I hit thejackpot when it came to myparents and my family. Ihave wonderful parents andthe most incredible ex-tended family ever,� shesaid.
Ms. Cardillo hopes toraise awareness about chil-dren who are waiting to beadopted while also provid-ing hope and motivation tothose children.
�There are 102,000 chil-dren in the U.S. waiting tobe adopted,� she said.
�I want them to knowthat they don�t have togive up their dreams, thatthey are important andspecial.�
Kathleen Ganster, free-lance writer: [email protected].
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made this selection together,and we will welcome therabbi together.�
Mrs. Singer also said thatthe service and all eventsaround it have been a collab-orative effort.
�This is supposed to feelengaging, and all the choicesthat have been made havebeen made for participa-tion,� she said.
Since she arrived, RabbiMilkow has been busy withthe Jewish High Holy Daysof Rosh Hashanah and YomKippur and the congrega-tion�s hirings of Dan Eisnerof Shaler as full-time reli-gious school director andAndrea Schwalberg of WestView as cantorial soloist,music and youth director.
�There have been so manytransitions,� Rabbi Milkowsaid. �Now that the holidaysare over, it�s a good time todo this.�
Rabbi Milkow invited hersponsor rabbi, Jon Adlandfrom Canton, Ohio, to par-ticipate in the ceremony.Rabbi Adland was RabbiMikow�s mentor when shebegan her rabbinical careerin 2006 at a large synagoguein Indianapolis.
�It�s typical to invite asponsor rabbi for the instal-lation, and it�s always some-one close to you,� RabbiMilkow said.
Jill Cueni-Cohen, freelancewriter: [email protected].
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By Sandy Trozzo
Ross commissioners Mon-day approved new rates forsewer service and raisedsome fees.
Residents will pay $4.50per 1,000 gallons of waterused, an increase of 75 cents,for sewer service.
The increase is necessaryto comply with a countywideconsent decree on the sewerinfrastructure.
Commissioner JeremyShaffer voted against the or-dinance.
�I understand how wegroup all the townshipsewers into one area, butthe result in my ward isthat we are subsidizingother areas of township,�he said.
Commissioners also ap-proved this year�s fee sched-ule, which involves in-creases for these:
" Sewer connection per-mit, $2,150 to $2,665 each.
" Copy of police or fire re-port, 25 cents per page.
" Copy of state crash re-ports, $15 for each incident.The township did notcharge for these reports pre-viously.
" Copies of audio/video ordigital photos, $40.
There was no charge pre-viously for photos, and theaudio/video fee was the costof the tape.
Also, commissioners willseek applicants for a va-cancy on the zoning hearingboard.
Commissioners� nextmeeting will be changed toJan. 20 because the usualmeeting date is the MartinLuther King Jr. holiday.
Sandy Trozzo, freelancewriter: [email protected].
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Fox Chapel AreaFairview and Hartwood ele-
mentary schools in IndianaTownship will offer prekinder-garten story times for chil-dren who will be 5 years oldby Sept. 1 and who will enterschool in 2015-16.
Story times will introducechildren to their elementaryschool and provide parentswith information about schoolreadiness and kindergartenregistration. Children andtheir parents are invited to at-tend all three sessions attheir school because eachsession will offer new infor-mation.
The Fairview program willbe from 2 to 3 p.m. Wednes-day and Feb. 11 and April 15in the library and cafeteria,738 Dorseyville Road.
The Hartwood program willbe from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.Jan. 23, March 19 and April16 in the cafeteria, 3730Saxonburg Blvd.
Preregistration: Fairview,412-963-9315; Hartwood,412-767-5396.
Kerr and O�Hara elemen-tary schools will host storytimes later in the school year.
Portersville ChristianChildren and their parents
can tour Portersville ChristianSchool and learn about theeducational program duringan information night/openhouse at 7 p.m. Monday atthe school, 343 E. Porters-ville Road.
The school is acceptingstudent applications and reg-istrations prior to the releaseof next year�s tuition sched-ule at the end of March.
The Butler County schoolis a fully accredited Christianschool that provides a Chris-tian education to students inprekindergarten throughgrade 12. Students can par-ticipate in activities such asvolleyball, soccer, basketball,cheering, archery, band,choir, guitar and marimba en-sembles and drama.
To receive an applicationpacket or make a reserva-tion: 724-368-8787, ext.201. Walk-ins welcome.
Additional open houses
will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 9and March 19.
Shady Side AcademyParents can tour the cam-
pus, meet the school headand faculty, and peek in onclasses Wednesday and nextThursday during open housesin the senior and middleschool campuses in FoxChapel.
Admission directors will an-swer questions about the ad-missions process. Reserva-tions for open houses are en-couraged but not required.
The open house for the se-nior school, grades 9-12,starts at 9:30 a.m. Wednes-day at 423 Fox Chapel Road.Information: 412-968-3180.
The open house for themiddle school, grades 6-8,starts at 9 a.m. next Thurs-day at 500 Squaw Run RoadEast. Information: 412-968-3155.
Shaler AreaA free program for parents
on social media and Internetsafety will be offered in part-nership with the Pennsylvaniaattorney general�s office at 7p.m. Monday in the middleschool auditorium, 1810Mount Royal Blvd.
Two programs will be pre-sented: Operation Safe Surfand Social Media 101.
Operation Safe Surf edu-cates kids, parents andschools on the importance ofbeing safe online and avoid-ing online predators who aretargeting children.
The program teaches Inter-net users to protect them-selves while using the Inter-net.
Social Media 101 willshow parents the top socialmedia sites children use andthe dangers associated withthem. Parents will learn howto navigate, recognize and en-able the security features onthe apps.
Attendees also will learnthe importance of knowing achild�s password and how tokeep communication linesopen between parents andchildren.
Information: 412-492-1200.
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Hampton� Nonperish-able food donations will beaccepted to benefit The NorthHills Community OutreachFood Pantry during a legisla-tive open house sponsoredby state Rep. Hal English, R-Hampton, from 2 to 6 p.m.Friday in Castletown SquareNorth Office Building, 4290William Flinn Highway, Suite200.
The lawmaker will have in-formation about legislative is-sues, and constituents candiscuss various topics. Lightrefreshments will be served.
Mr. English�s 30th Districtcovers Fox Chapel, Hampton,Richland and portions ofShaler and O�Hara.
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Around the North� TheOpen Your Heart to a Seniorprogram is offering free homesafety assessments using awritten checklist with recom-mendations for family mem-bers to adjust or remove po-tential hazards.
Volunteers will installsmoke alarms, if needed,and present homeownerswith bags of safety itemssuch as flashlights and freshbatteries, bath mats, nightlights and other items.
After the assessment, se-niors will qualify for either afree grab bar or indoor railingto be installed at no charge.
Information: 412-307-0069, ext. 3313, or [email protected].
New La Rocheboard members
McCandless� AlumnusWilliam F. Gruber and GeorgeSimakas, a certified invest-ment management analyst,are new members of the LaRoche board of trustees.
Mr. Gruber of the Class of�83 is founder and presidentof Broker�s Settlement Ser-vices Inc. Since 2004, he hasbeen founder and principle ofAllDocs, a post-closing mort-gage servicing company inPittsburgh. He graduated in1979 from North Catholic
High School, which has be-come Cardinal Wuerl NorthCatholic.
Mr. Simakas is co-directorof Graystone Consulting�sPittsburgh/Cleveland teamand has more than 25 yearsof institutional consulting ex-perience. He is a member ofthe Investment ManagementConsultants Association. Heis president of the North ParkPlatform Tennis Association,a member of Orchard HillChurch and a volunteer at theLight of Life Mission and thePittsburgh Food Bank.
Green Light-Gotraffic signal funds
Around the North� Aspin-wall, Cranberry and Jacksonare among 38 municipalitiesthat will receive $1.8 millionto underwrite the costs of up-grading traffic signals underthe new Green Light-Go pro-gram.
During the fiscal year thatbegins July 1, up to $25 mil-lion will be allocated to mu-nicipalities to install light-emitting diode technology,perform regional operationssuch as retiming, developspecial event plans and moni-tor traffic signals, as well asupgrade traffic signals to thelatest technologies. The ap-plication period runs throughFeb. 27.
Under the Green Light-Goprogram, municipalities willmanage projects on corridorswith fewer than 10,000 vehi-cles per day, and PennDOTwill manage projects with sig-nals on corridors that havegreater than 10,000 vehiclesper day. Both types of proj-ects will require a 50 percentmatch from each municipal-ity:
" Aspinwall � $8,000, tore-time four traffic signalsalong Freeport Road.
" Cranberry � $40,000,contingency plans for Cen-tracs Software.
" Jackson � $15,000, tore-time three traffic signalsalong Route 68 in Jackson(Evans City Road and LindsayRoad) and in Evans City(Route 68 and Jackson andWashington streets).
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LEGALSLegal Notices Legal NoticesBids and Proposals
dogs, and cats to be de-tained for seven days; andSection 89-27 has beenamended to remove thelist of activities that ared e e m e d t o c o n s t i t u t eknowingly or intentionallyfeeding deer and to revisethe exceptions to this Sec-tion; and
( 3 ) O r d i n a n c e N o .620-2014 to: amend Chap-ter 154, "Peddling and So-liciting," in the Code of theBorough of Franklin Park torestate the regulations forresidential door-to-doorpeddling and soliciting, toestablish transient retailbusiness licenses, and toestablish fines and penal-ties; repeal all prior incon-sistent ordinances; anddeclare the provisions tobe severable.
The subdivision applica-t ion may be examinedweekdays during regularbusiness hours in the of-f ice of the Building andZoning Department. Thecomplete text of the pro-posed ordinances may beexamined on the Boroughwebsite and at the Munici-pal Building, address listedabove, between 8:00 AMand 4:30 PM, and is alsoavailable for inspection atthe Office of the AlleghenyCounty Council Clerk, Al-legheny County Court -house, Pittsburgh, PA.
CATHY L. KRUMMERTBOROUGH SECRETARY
tenance of heating andcooling units for a twelvemonth period that may ormay not be extended bythe Township of Hampton,to be agreed by both par-ties. There are also tworefrigerated walk in unitsand an ice machine includ-ed in this proposal. Bid-ders may bid on all or partof this proposal. Proposalforms may be obtained atthe Township of Hampton,3101 McCully Road, Alli-son Park, PA 15101. Bid-der may also include theircompany's proposal styleforms.
Each proposal must bei n t h e h a n d s o f K e v i nCorace, Facility Director,3101 McCully Road, Alli-son Park, PA 15101 on orbefore 10:00 AM ThursdayJanuary 29, 2015. Propos-als will be publicly openedand read at that time inthe Hampton TownshipMunicipal Meeting Room.A possible award may bemade at the Townsh ipCouncil Meeting sched-uled to be held Wednes-day, February 25, 2015,7:30pm.
The Township of Hamp-ton reserves the right toreject all proposals or, anyportion thereof, for anyreason.
If you have any ques-tions or need further in-formation please contactKevin Corace, Director ofFacilities at 412-486-0400or [email protected]
appl icant, Northern Al-legheny Developers, is re-questing a variance to theZoning Ordinance, No. 627,under ARTICLE 14, SEC-TION 14.571(A), for a tem-porary sign that would ex-ceed the allowable squarefootage by approximately208 square feet on proper-ty located at 4842 Route 8.
If persons with a dis-ability wish to attend andneed auxiliary aid, contactthe Twp. at 412-486-0400at least 7 days prior tohearing date.
Michael MaccagnanChairman
Bids and Proposals
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Separate and sealedproposals will be receivedby The Municipal Authorityof the Borough of WestView, Allegheny County,Pennsylvania, at the Au-thority office located at210 Perry Highway, Pitts-b u r g h , P e n n s y l v a n i a15229, until 2:00 p.m., pre-vailing time, on Tuesday,January 20 , 2015 , andopened and read immedi-ately thereafter for the fol-lowing project:
GIBSON STREETWATER LINERELOCATIONCONTRACT
NUMBER 14-9Copies of the Contract
Documents and Plans maybe obtained at the office ofBankson Engineers, Inc.,267 Blue Run Road, Suite200, Cheswick, PA 15024,for the nonrefundable feeof $50.00 per set.
Each proposal shall beaccompanied by a certi-fied check, cashier's checkor bidder's bond in favor ofThe Municipal Authority ofthe Borough of West Viewin the amount of not lessthan ten percent (10%) ofthe amount of the propos-al as evidence the bidderwill accept and carry outthe conditions of the con-tract in case of award.
This project is subject tothe provisions of the Penn-sylvania Prevailing WageAct. Workers must be paidnot less than the prevail-ing minimum wages as es-tablished by the Pennsyl-vania Department of Laborand Industry, as shown inthe applicable schedule.
The Authority reservesthe right to waive any in-formality in and to acceptor reject any and all bids.No bid may be withdrawnfor sixty days (60) after thesame has been filed withThe Municipal Authority ofthe Borough of West View.The Authority also retainsthe right to investigate thequalifications of biddersprior to contract awardand to award contractsonly to contractors who, inthe sole judgment of TheMunicipal Authority of theBorough of West View, arequalified and equipped toproper ly complete thework.
Dennis A. WatsonChairman
ATTEST:Robert J. Malone
Secretary
OFFICIAL ROSSTOWNSHIP NOTICE
The regular meeting ofthe Ross Township ZoningHearing Board will be heldat the Ross Township Mu-nicipal Building, 1000 RossMunic ipa l Dr ive , P i t ts -b u r g h , P A 1 5 2 3 7 , o nWednesday, January 14,2015 at 7:00 p.m. to re-view the following applica-tions:
ZHB-31-14, Shir ley Ad-ams requesting a varianceto Chapter 27, Part 10,Section 1010.2 to allow the"finished side" of a fenceto face the interior of thelot located at 7925 SpruceStreet in an R-1 Zoning Dis-trict of the 9th Ward.
ZHB-34-14, J a m e s S e e k -ford requesting a varianceto Chapter 27, Part 906,Section P, for the pur-
pose of used car sales ofno more than 2-3 cars atany given time in additionto current use; requestinga 59 SQF variance to the30,000 SQF lot s ize re-quirement (lot currently29,941 SQF) on propertylocated at 4802 McKnightRoad in a C-1 Zoning Dis-trict of the 1st Ward.
ZHB-1-15, A D M S i g n srequesting a variance toChapter 27, Part 16,Sec-tion 1607.1.B(1) for an ad-ditional wall sign for Star-bucks Coffee on propertylocated at 7707 McKnightRoad in a C-1 Zoning Dis-trict of the 8th Ward.
Beth A. Schellhaas,Chairman
OFFICIAL NOTICETOWNSHIP OF HAMPTON
THE ZONING HEARINGBOARD WILL CONDUCT AP U B L I C H E A R I N G O NTUESDAY JANUARY 27,2015 AT 7:30 PM, AT THEMUNICIPAL BLDG. TO HEARTHE FOLLOWING CASE:
CASE NO. 14-27 - Theappl icant, Randy Appelrepresenting CVS, is re-questing a variance to theZoning Ordinance, No. 627,under ARTICLE 14, SEC-T ION 14.310(A) , for anelectronic message dis-play (EMD) sign that woulde x c e e d t h e a l l o w a b l esquare footage for an EMDand the al lowable copysize of the letters on prop-erty located at 4849 Route8.
CASE NO. 14-28 - Thea p p l i c a n t , H e a r t l a n dHomes, is requesting avariance to the Zoning Or-dinance, No. 627, underA R T I C L E 8 , T A B L E A ,MAXIMUM HEIGHT, for atownhouse unit that en-croaches on the 35' maxi-mum height by approxi-mately 9.84" on propertylocated at 3108 RaintreeDrive.
CASE NO. 14-29 - Thea p p l i c a n t , H e a r t l a n dHomes, is requesting avariance to the Zoning Or-dinance, No. 627, underA R T I C L E 8 , T A B L E A ,MAXIMUM HEIGHT, for atownhouse unit that en-croaches on the 35' maxi-mum height by approxi-mately 7.8" on propertylocated at 3114 RaintreeDrive.
CASE NO. 14-30 - Theappl icant, Northern Al-legheny Developers, is re-
Legal Notices
OFFICIALBOROUGH OF
FRANKLIN PARKNOTICE
TAKE NOTICE that theBorough Counci l of theBorough of Franklin Park,Allegheny County, Penn-s y l v a n i a , a t a r e g u l a rmeeting to be held Janu-ary 21, 2015, at 8:00 p.m.prevailing local time, at theFranklin Park MunicipalBuilding, 2344 West Ingo-mar Road, intends to con-sider the following:
(1) Subdivision Applica-tion SS-15-01-01 filed byInfinium Investments, LLCfor the Inf inium Invest-ments Plan of Lots, a mi-nor subdivision dividingone existing lot into twolots at 2390 Brandt SchoolRoad in the R-2 zoning dis-trict;
( 2 ) O r d i n a n c e N o .614-2014 to: repeal andrestate Chapter 89, "Ani-mals," in the Code of theBorough of Franklin Park;repeal all prior inconsis-tent ordinances; declarethe provisions to be sever-able; and set an effectivedate. This proposed ordi-nance was previously ad-vertised for enactment buthas been amended in thefollowing manner: Section89-2 has been amended toinclude regulations on dis-posal of animal waste;Sect ion 89-4 has beenamended to require seizedlicensed dogs, unlicenseddogs, and cats to be de-tained for seven days; and
OFFICIAL ROSSTOWNSHIP NOTICE
A special meeting of theRoss Township Fire Ap-peals Board will be held atthe Ross Township Munici-pal Building, 1000 RossMunic ipa l Dr ive , P i t ts -burgh, PA 15237, on Fri-day, January 16, 2015 at3:00 P.M. to review thefollowing application:
FAB-1-15, Fritz Baehrrequesting an appeal un-der Chapter 5, Code En-forcement, Part 1, Section105.1 for a variance for theel imination of an auto-matic sprinkler system fora l l n e w o r r e n o v a t e dcommercia l structuresgreater than 5,000 feet perfoot on property located at7805 McKnight Road in aC-1 Zoning District of the8th Ward.
William F. Linkenheimer, Jr.,Chairman
TOWNSHIP OF HAMPTONNOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed proposals will bereceived by the Townshipof Hampton on Thursday,January 29, 2015 for:
2015 Comprehensive /Guaranteed Comprehen-sive Heating and Refrigera-t ion Agreement for theservice repairs and main-tenance of heating andcooling units for a twelve
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High schoolbasketballBRAD EVERETT
In his years as a major leaguebaseball pitcher, Matt Clem-ent was known for his sink-ing fastball and devastating
slider.This winter, Clement’s cur-
rent team has relied on a curve-ball to baffle opponents.
Clement, in his sixth seasonas the coach of his alma mater,Butler Area, has seen his teammake a sharp upward curve inthe win column. The Golden Tor-nado was 8-2 entering this week,which has already surpassed itswin totals from each of the pasttwo seasons when it won a com-bined 13 games.
The Golden Tornado — 2-2 inClass AAAA Section 3 — is hop-ing to reach the playoffs for thefirst time since making consecu-tive WPIAL semifinal appear-ances in 2011 and ’12.
“They’ve taken a big step for-ward,” Clement said. “It’s a groupof kids who have good chemistry.They’re so unselfish. People haveleft our games talking abouthow well we share the ball. Asa coach, that’s good to hear. Thekids really believe in sharing theball and not caring which guyscores the most points.”
Butler has picked up somequality wins. The Golden Tor-nado owns section triumphsagainst North Hills and ShalerArea, put up 104 points againstClass A No. 1 Vincentian, andearned non-section wins againstFox Chapel, South Park andSouth Fayette. Their only losseswere to section rivals NorthAllegheny and Pine-Richland,which were a combined 18-2 com-ing into this week.
“It’s a good start. It gives themsome confidence,” said Clem-ent, who spent nine seasons as amajor league pitcher.
One of the catalysts has beenTyler Frederick, a 6-foot-5sophomore forward who is quitea story himself. Frederick didn’tpick up a basketball for the firsttime until seventh grade. Byeighth grade, he was dunking.This season, he leads the team inscoring with 18 points per game.Frederick’s size and athleticismallow him to guard anyone frompoint guards to centers.
Clement said the GoldenTornado has made significantstrides defensively. Playing a bigpart in that is 6-5 senior forwardJustice Lewandowski, who,like Frederick, matches up favor-ably with just about any oppos-ing offensive player. Clementsaid Lewandowski is defendingas well as anybody he has seenall season.
Butler has six seniors andgood depth. The other start-ers are senior guards KeenanKrause and Andrew Paterno,and senior forward Mark Gross.Senior reserves Jake Andersonand Eric Hindman also contrib-ute quality minutes as well.
After going three weekswithout playing a home game,Butler hosts Central Catholic insection play tonight, the first ofeight section games in a nine-game stretch that will determinewhether Butler will be playoffbound.
“Our section is ridiculous,”Clement said. “It’s going to be agrind every night. The goal is tomake the postseason and hope-fully to go deep in the postsea-son. We’ll take it day by day.”
Royals still ‘team to beat’
Vincentian has lost fivegames this season after suffer-ing a total of 12 combined in theprevious four seasons.
But don’t let the Royals’record — 6-5 entering the week— fool you. They’re still argu-ably the best team in WPIALClass A. The Royals are rankedNo. 1 in the WPIAL and No. 4 inthe state.
If the WPIAL had a “strengthof schedule” statistic, Vincentian(3-0 in Section 2) would be nearthe top. The Royals have playeda meat-grinder of a non-sectionslate. They’ve lost four gamesagainst WPIAL teams — ClassAAAA Butler Area and Mt.Lebanon, and Class AAA SouthFayette and Beaver Falls —squads that boasted a combined30-8 record entering the week.The Royals still have non-sectiongames remaining against ClassAAAA Upper St. Clair (8-2) andClass AA Seton-LaSalle (8-1).
Vincentian is again thrivingwith its frantic style of play. TheRoyals turn games into trackmeets and lead the WPIAL inscoring with 87.4 points pergame. They averaged 90.5 pointsa game last season.
Butler findsthis curveto its liking
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Cole Grable, 11, of Baden, bats against the Pro Batter PX2 Baseball Video Simulator at the TrainingKamp baseball and softball facility at the Carnegie Library of Homestead.
Baseball
By Marky BillsonTri-State Sports & News Service
A modern baseball trainingdevice has come to Western Penn-sylvania in the form of the ProBatter PX2 Baseball Video Simula-tor at the Training Kamp baseballand softball facility at the Carn-egie Library of Homestead.
Installed last month at thefacility, run by former Steel Val-ley and Point Park player BrianBarca and located in the library’slower level in the former duck-pin bowling alley, the PX2 is apitching machine where a battersees a video image of a pitcherthrowing to them before the ballis released through a hole in thevideo screen.
In recent years many majorleague teams, including the Pitts-burgh Pirates, have used the PX2,which retails for $44,500. But themachine in the Carnegie Libraryof Homestead — which strangelyenough is actually located in Mun-hall — is the only one of its kindfor public use in the area, and play-ers have been driving as much asan hour and a half to take part inregular training sessions.
“In my opinion the biggest rea-son this is important to WesternPennsylvania is it will enhancethe way we train players. It willinduce confidence in hitting,”Barca said.
“Every player we work with istraining on the machine.”
The experience could beenhanced for an older player sothat they appear to be hitting off amajor leaguer (promotional videosmention Randy Johnson), whilea Little Leaguer would likely hitagainst an image of a pitcher hisown age.
“At first it’s a little awkwardand takes a little getting used to.Brian really helps you get used toit to,” said Central Catholic sopho-more infielder Josh Revak, a WestMifflin resident who reportedlyis now making contact with 100mile per hour fastballs from themachine.
True, no pitching machine willlikely ever be able to fully dupli-cate the visual effect of the ballleaving a pitcher’s hand.
But because the visual is of thepitcher’s hand coming to the holein the screen at the release point,Revak admits “it’s a lot easier” topick up the ball from the PX2 thana traditional machine such as aJugs or Iron Mike.
If desired, the PX2 allows abatter to have a simulated at bat.Instead of facing a single type ofpitch repeatedly, a batter hittingagainst this machine might see afastball first followed by a break-ing ball.
“We specialize in pitch iden-tification,” Barca said. “Helpingthem understand the timing ofhitting a baseball and recognizingthe pitches, both speed, spin of theball and velocity.”
“We don’t know what’s com-ing,” said Jesse Cantley, a Mun-hall resident and senior first base-man/ pitcher for Steel Valley HighSchool, the defending WPIALClass AA champions.
“We just got through hittingmajor league 90-mph sliders and
100 mph fastballs. It can help youhit any skill level you’re at.
“Compared to a regularmachine, it’s amazing.”
Cantley has been coming toTraining Kamp for three years,long before Barca acquired thePX2. He credits his instructionthere for helping him stay in shapeand keep his timing through anelbow injury that prevented himfrom playing much of the 2014 sea-son.
But he returned just in timefor the postseason and deliveredthe game-ending, two out hit thatscored Sam Ligeros to give theIronmen a 6-5 victory againstSeton-LaSalle in the WPIAL ClassAA championship game last May.
Now, with simulated plateappearances Cantley could havehis own personal spring trainingat Training Kamp.
“When I get to April, it willbe like I already have 200 at batsunder my belt by the start of theseason,” Cantley said.
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Logan Exler, 13, of Swissvale, looks back for instructions as hetakes swings against the Pro Batter PX2 Baseball Video Simulatorat the Training Kamp facility at the Carnegie Library of Homestead.
By Brian BatkoPittsburgh Post-Gazette
Each of Pittsburgh’s professionalteams in three major sports reachedthe playoffs in their most recentseason, and the Steel City YellowJackets intend on making it four forfour.
The American Basketball Asso-ciation isn’t exactly comparableto the NFL, NHL or Major LeagueBaseball, let alone the NBA, but allthe same, the team full of formerlocal standouts takes pride in repre-senting its city.
And they’re doing it well, too,with a melting pot of basketballbackgrounds and mindsets.
“I have a team of Western Penn-sylvania’s finest. I have an all-starteam is the way I look at it,” saidAverill “Ace” Pippens, the coachof the first-year team that is 8-3 inABA play. “All of these young menhave been high school and collegestarters. Some have played over-seas, some have played semiproball, but they all have been top tiertheir whole athletic or basketballcareers. So being that there wasno professional basketball here inPittsburgh, I had my pick of the cropthat was still here.”
Amid off-the-court strugglesthat might be expected of any start-up franchise, the Yellow Jacketsare ranked 13th in the league andentered their holiday break with avictory against the fourth-rankedSouth Florida Gold. On New Year’sDay, they cruised to a 139-100 routof the Pittsburgh Bullets in a char-ity exhibition at CCAC-Allegheny,where they play their home games.
Some of the players hope to usethis experience as a launching padto higher levels of basketball, whileothers just aren’t ready to give upon playing competitively.
Two of the more eye-catchingnames are guards Nick Novak andAntonio Reddic, former WPIALstars not far removed from colle-giate success. Novak led the WPIALin scoring in the 2008-09 season, hissenior year at Franklin Regional,before becoming the all-time assistsleader at the University of Pitts-burgh-Johnstown. Reddic helpedAliquippa win the WPIAL Class AAchampionship in 2007, then went onto star at Division II Chowan Uni-versity in North Carolina.
“We love playing basketball andthat’s who we are as people and asa team, and we said we’re all fromPittsburgh so let’s go out and let’sbeat these teams like Brooklyn andDetroit and Baltimore that havemaybe a better basketball rep thanPittsburgh,” said Novak, who playedfor a pro team in Germany last sea-son. “So at this point, you want to goout and show them that people fromPittsburgh can play, too. That’s kindof been something that’s keeping usgoing like, ‘Hey, we’re still a first-year team, but let’s go out and proveto these people we belong.’”
The chemistry has come quicklyfor the Yellow Jackets, thanks to thefamiliarityfactor.Theyhaven’tbeentogether long, but many know eachother from local summer leagues oreven from their high school days, sothey know what their teammatescan do.
“Everybody can score, every-body can play. We just have a wholebunch of athletes that can play,” saidReddic, who was also a football starat Aliquippa. “Everybody is almostbasically in the same predicament— like this might be our last timearound, our last chance to get to thenext level, so we all play with a chipon our shoulders.”
While they all come from and livein the same area, they’ve also takentheir own unique paths to playingpro basketball in Pittsburgh.
There’s scoring point guardLamar Castile, the elder statesmanof the group who is perhaps bestdescribed as a local playgroundlegend. There’s Nate Williams andMaurice Mendoza, lifelong friendswho didn’t even play basketballat Brashear High School but havethe size and athleticism to help theteam in the post alongside PennHills grad Brett Young.
Among other former City Leaguestandouts, Gilmore Cummings and
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When Neal Martin arrived at Shalerin 2012, it marked the third consecu-tive season that the Shaler Area girlsbasketball team opened a season with anew coach.
Since that extended period of transi-tion, the Titans have been a model ofconsistency. Martin is now in his thirdseason with the program. A talentedsophomore class that he inherited in2012 is now the nucleus of this team.
Through 11 games Shaler was 10-1overall, 4-1 in Section 3-AAAA. TheTitans were scheduled to play PlumWednesday in a non-section game.
The Titans won the Norwin tipofftournament title, knocking off the hostteam and defending WPIAL championPenn-Trafford. They fell, 62-42, at NorthAllegheny in the section opener butbounced back with three section winsagainst Butler Area, Oakland Catholicand Seneca Valley.
Shaler won the Hampton tourna-ment over Christmas break, defeatingAltoona and then knocking off the hostTalbots, 49-43, in the championshipgame.
The senior starters on the team are6-foot-1 forward Andi Lydon and 5-7guard Liz Kline. Lydon leads the teamin scoring, averaging 18.9 points pergame.
“[Lydon’s] contributions are amaz-ing,” Martin said. “She sees a lot of dou-ble teams. She has really stayed aggres-sive. She has improved her ability to fin-ish, she makes free throws, she knowswe are going to go as far as she is goingto take us and she has accepted that.”
Lyndon has accepted a scholarship toplay next season at Central ConnecticutState.
“Shehasremainedveryevenkeeled,”Martin said. “If she has a bad quarteror makes a bad play, it doesn’t happenwhere there are two bad quarters or twobad plays.”
Kline is another Division I recruit. Avolleyball standout, Kline will play vol-leyball at the University of Connecticutnext season. She is another in a longline of Shaler volleyball standouts whoalso played basketball.
“We are glad to have Liz Kline back,”Martin said. “She is our energy, shedoes a little bit of everything. She is agreat defender, a great athlete and justa very, very coachable kid. She is goingto play D-I volleyball. At this point mostkids when they get that in the bag, theystop playing your other sport. But Lizjust loves the game.”
GiaThorpe,a5-8freshmanguard, 5-9sophomore guard Rylee Donovan and5-11 sophomore forward Alliya Duritzaalso start. Thorpe is the younger sisterof former Shaler standout Geno Thorpewho is now playing at Penn State.
Geno Thorpe was a two-time Penn-sylvania Class AAAA first-team selec-tion in 2012 and 2013. Martin sees a lot ofthe same potential in Gia.
“We knew about the athleticism,”
Martin said. “She has grown a littlesince I last saw her in middle school.She is a very intelligent player and sheis a good teammate. Her future is verybright.”
Donovan and Kline share pointguard duties.
Another freshman who sees signifi-cant minutes is 5-8 freshman guardMegan Lydon, Andi’s younger sister.She is the first guard off the bench and5-9 senior forward Maggie Soeder is thefirst forward off the bench.
“Maggie is a program kid,” Martinsaid. “She has always contributed 150percent every single day and she hasnever complained about expanding herrole. She just works hard.”
Olivia Long, a 5-8 sophomore, is aguard/forward combo who also comesoff the bench.
“We have had a lot of young kidscontributing and have a strong seniornucleus,” Martin said. “It is hard toqualify [for the WPIAL playoffs] but itis absolutely huge to have our seniors.Our seniors are our best players andnow this is the time of the year when theyounger kids take that next step.
“What is great about this group ofseniors is they see the talent and abilityin these younger kids, and they want towin. They know these young kids canhelp.”
Coach givesstabilityto Shaler
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Geno Bianco played at nowdefunct high schools Oliverand Langley, then at Edin-boro and Thiel, respectively.Cummings played overseasafter college and consideredan offer with a team in theDominican Republic this sea-son, while Bianco said he’sjuggling basketball with sev-eral other jobs and also plansto teach math this semesterat Mt. Lebanon High School.
“I’ve seen just about everyone of these guys in randomleagues I’ve played in aroundthe city and even outsidethe city, but this is the firsttime I’ve been on the sameteam with any of them,” saidBianco, 29. “Playing withthem is a lot better than play-ing against them.”
Albert Varacallo III isa relative outsider, but theDuBois, Pa., native hasmade himself at home. Heplayed his final three colle-giate seasons at Washington& Jefferson, then moved toPittsburgh and graduatedfrom Duquesne Law Schoolin 2013.
He now lives and practiceslaw on the South Side, andall it took for him to impressthe team’s coaches was somesharp shooting at a preseasontryout.
“I saw the flyer for it andI know I’m still in shape andI can play a little bit, I playedin college, thought I’d give it atry and I did really well,” saidVaracallo, 26.
They might not alwaysknow when they’ll be able toget together to practice, andschedules in the ABA oftenchange, but the players andcoaches remain committed tomaking pro basketball workfor themselves and the city.
Their hope is the new yearwill bring new interest in
the team — from both spon-sors and fans — as they con-tinue to produce results onthe court and play well intothe spring by reaching theleague’s March Madness-likepostseason tournament.
Pippens, who was an assis-tant and head coach at PennState Greater Alleghenyfrom 2002-08, knows his teamwill not be overlooked byopponents despite WesternPennsylvania’s lack of recentbasketball pedigree.
“Unfortunately, no. I wishwe were, but we’re not,” hesaid at a recent practice.“From the first game that weplayed, Pittsburgh is Pitts-burgh.
“It doesn’t matter if it’sbaseball, if it’s the Steelers,if it’s the Penguins, the sameway they are perceived is thesame way we are perceived.They look at it like it’s Pitts-burgh.”
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By Ken WunderleyTri-State Sports & News Service
It’s still referred to as the Tri-County Wrestling Tournament,but it should be renamed the Quad-County Tournament.
The Tri-County Athletic Direc-tors Association debuted its annualtournament in 2009 to featureschools from Washington, Greeneand Fayette counties.
This year’s 22-team fieldincludes two schools from ButlerCounty, Butler Area and SenecaValley.
“There is the Allegheny CountyTournament, Tri-County Tourna-ment and Westmoreland CountyTournament,” Butler coach ScottStoner said. “There’s no ButlerCounty Tournament because we
don’t have much wrestling.“I talked about this with [Seneca
Valley coach] Kevin Wildrick andwe both felt left out. We decided topetition the Tri-County Tourna-ment to let us participate. We wereglad to hear they accepted us.”
The tournament begins Fridayat Ringgold High School. Defend-ing champion Canon-McMillan isfavored to defend its title.
“We used to attend the SouthSide Beaver Duals, but it wasn’tmuch of a challenge for us,” Stonersaid. “We were looking for a tour-nament with stronger competi-tion. The Tri-County Tourna-ment has some of the best teams
in the WPIAL: Canon-McMillan,Waynesburg, Peters Township,McGuffey, Jefferson-Morgan andBurgettstown just to name a few.”
Other teams entered in the22-team field are Albert Gallatin,Avella,Bentworth,Beth-Center,Cal-ifornia, Chartiers-Houston, Char-leroi, Fort Cherry, Frazier, LaurelHighlands, Mapletown, Ringgold,Washington and West Greene.
Stoner and his squad will makethe hour-and-40-minute drive toRinggold and stay in a hotel on Fri-day night.
Butler placed fourth at theSouthmoreland Holiday Tourna-ment, held Dec. 29-30.
The Golden Tornado had fourwrestlers place among the topfour in their weight class, includ-ing J.D. Bojanac who won the 220-
pound weight class with a pin ofFreedom’s Evan Swesey. The otherplace-winners were Scott Dietrich,fourth at 132; Caleb Baxter, fourthat 138; and Jeremiah Bortmas,third at 160.
A title for North Hills
North Hills claimed the teamtitle at the Steve DeAugustino Holi-day Tournament, held Dec. 29-30 atWest Mifflin High School.
Gage Curry, Keagan Lawsonand Sean Bright won individualtitles for the Indians, while DavidBadamo placed second.
Curry won his third title with apin of Upper St. Clair’s Tom Kyle inthe 120-pound final. Lawson posteda 9-6 victory against California’sJames Campbell at 138. Bright wonat 285 pounds with a 5-1 win against
Carlynton’s Mike Griffin. Badamodropped a 10-1 decision in the 152-pound final against Ambridge’sKevin Holman.
Shaler placed second in the teamstandings and had four individualchampions: Dylan Winters, MikeHeinl, Jordan McGonigle and JakeMikovitz. Logan Heinl placed sec-ond for the Titans.
Winters won at 106 with a 7-6win against Plum’s Tony DiNinno.Mike Heinl claimed the 126-poundcrown with a 9-0 win against John-stown Richland’s Stephen Rouser.McGonigle captured his secondtitle with a 1-0 win against Avon-worth’s Darion Trimmer at 132.Mikovitz won at 160 with an 8-2 winagainst West Mifflin’s Mike Cong-don. Logan Heinl lost, 6-0, to PennHills’ Te’Shan Campbell at 170.
Butler, Seneca compete in Tri-CountyHigh schoolwrestling
By Marky BillsonTri-States Sports & News Service
Perhaps the biggest “ragsto riches” story in the PIHLthis year is Deer Lakes,where the Lancers sport an11-3 record (through Mon-day) and the top scoring linein the PIHL.
But don’t tell coach ToddLuniewski the trio of seniorsMitchell Rupprecht, his sonZachary, and Vinny Casaleare solely responsible forbeing only four points shy ofMars and Quaker Valley forfirst place in Class A, even ifthe three have 87 goals and165 points among them.
“My mantra this year is‘defense first,’” the coachsaid. “I’m preaching defenseeven when they score.”
When else could hepreach it?
Right winger Ruppre-cht led the PIHL with 43goals and 67 points, includ-ing an incredible 10 goalsagainst Greensburg CentralCatholic Nov. 17 in a 15-6victory and seven against8-5 Thomas Jefferson Oct.16, a game in which Casalewasn’t even in the lineup.
“I always know on two-on-ones he’ll put it in 50percent of the time if I givehim a nice pass,” said Zach-ary Luniewski, who wastied with Adam Pilewicz ofQuaker Valley for the PIHLlead in assists with 35 andtrailed only Rupprecht forthe league lead in pointswith 63 going into this
week.“We have good chemis-
try because we’ve playedtogether for so long.”
“When we started toscore we tend to do it inbunches. It will knock ateam off its game,” said ToddLuniewski. “Sometimes I’llput that line out and they’llscore three goals.”
The three players firsttook the ice together whenthey were 6, playing on thePittsburgh Vipers’ miteteam. Furthermore, they’vegone through the DeerLakes school system sincethat time, so they speakof having an instinctualknowledge of what eachother will do on the ice.
But when they werefreshmen Deer Lakes didn’teven have a varsity team.The Lancers took a one-yearhiatus and sported only ajunior varsity team in thehopes of developing the pro-gram.
After two consecutivelosing seasons it seems themove is finally paying off.The team did have highstandards at the beginningof the year as Luniewski isalready a two-time PIHLAll-Star and Rupprechtmade the team last year,but he also admits he ispleasantly surprised at howthings are progressing forthe team.
“We knew if we weregoing to do something realspecial, this was the year todo it,” Rupprecht said.
Special meant an eightgame-winning streak thatlasted for two months untila rally from a 4-0 deficitagainst Mars on Dec. 22 fellshort by a goal, 5-4.
But Deer Lakes alsodefeated the Planets in thesecond game of the season,6-4, behind Rupprecht’s hattrick.
In addition to chemistryand Luniewski’s speed, theLancers’ top line credits office workouts with emphasison squats and stretchingand second-line teammatesRyan Murdock, a freshmancenter, and his linematesAlex Beswick and C.J. Sze-wczyk for their gaudy num-bers.
“A lot of teams over-look our second line,” saidCasale, the fifth-leadingscorer in Class A with 35points. “They like to grind itout and wear the other teamout.”
Of course, coachLuniewski will still talkdefense, so his talented topline might hear from theircoach if they skate a bit toofar up the ice from seniordefensemen JonathanMerlo and Douglas Fran-cioni or freshman BradleyLuniewski and junior AlexSallade in transition. Withgoalie Jonathan Lang fac-ing nearly 23 shots a game,he makes a good point. But
so does an 11-3 record.“It shows that we are able
to stick together as a groupand bring the organizationback to the top,” Casale said.“A lot of people say it’s Zachand Mitch but this team hasa strong core and has a lot ofheart.
Deer Lakes enjoying turnaroundHigh schoolhockey
Shaler Area’sAndi Lydon, right,a Division I recruitheaded to CentralConnecticutState, drivingaround NorthHills’ SierraUngerman duringa game lastseason, leadsthe Titans inscoring.
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Nick Novak, a graduate ofFranklin Regional, playsfor the Steel City YellowJackets of the AmericanBasketball Association.
“It doesn’t matter if it’s baseball, if it’s theSteelers, if it’s the Penguins, the same waythey are perceived is the same way we areperceived. They look at it like it’s Pittsburgh.”
—Ace Pippens, Steel City coach
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