Author: West Hills Gazette
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Sto-Rox guard Allison Dotson attempts to get around the Quakers’ Rose Cline. Moon Area’s Maria Depner scored 24 points in a dominant 71-21 win over New Castle. Chartiers Valley edged Montour 36-34 on McKenna Helfrick’s late basket, while Beaver Falls overcame a halftime deficit to beat OLSH 44-37. Other results included Jeannette’s 44-23 victory over Carlynton and Serra Catholic’s 70-38 win over Bishop Canevin.
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Haley Smarsh from Moon Area finished fourth at the Women of Ironman Wrestling Tournament at Walsh Jesuit High School. After winning her first two matches, she faced a quarterfinal loss but secured three consecutive consolation wins before losing in the third-place match.
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RMU’s Nikolaos Chitikoudis (left) and Albert Vargas celebrate after Saturday’s historic comeback win over Toledo. (Photo courtesy of RMU Athletics) The Robert Morris men’s basketball team, following a historic win over Toledo, faces Youngstown State on Dec. 17, with an 8-4 record. The women’s team competes against Detroit-Mercy, and the women’s hockey team posted two shutouts against Long Island University.
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Loic Kalau scored 14 points to lead Montour to a 52-42 victory over South Allegheny. Despite a strong performance from Drew Cook, the Spartans secured their first win of the season.
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OLSH’s Ashlyn Johnson looks for an open teammate against Ellwood City at the Angela Activities Center. Lola Garner scored 22 points, leading Our Lady of the Sacred Heart to a 62-19 victory over Ellwood City in a WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball game. OLSH’s boys team lost, as did Montour and Carlynton while Sto-Rox and Cornell captured wins.
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The site of the former Pressed Steel Car Co. McKees Rocks Works Plant in Stowe Township could become home to a data center now that commissioners have approved a zoning ordinance amendment that adds data centers to permitted uses in the township’s industrial district. (Photo by Sonja Reis) Stowe Township commissioners approved a zoning ordinance change permitting data centers in the industrial district, following a $6 million state grant for a logistics park. The change aims to encourage growth on a 72-acre brownfield site.
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Aer Lingus will begin nonstop flights to Pittsburgh starting in late May 2026. (Photo courtesy Pittsburgh International Airport) Pittsburgh International Airport will host nonstop flights to Dublin starting May 25, 2026, through Aer Lingus. The flights will enhance cultural and business ties between Pittsburgh and Ireland. Aer Lingus adds this route as part of their transatlantic network, linking Pittsburgh with over 30 European destinations.
