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Seneca’s Men’s Cross Country Team Takes Fourth at States

Ben Snell, Staff Writer

November 14, 2016

This past weekend, the Seneca Valley men's cross country team beat out sixty other schools to finish fourth in Pennsylvania. The Men's team ran in the AAA race against nineteen of the sixty schools. The remainder of teams either ran in the A or AA races. There were 239 AAA racers, although some...

SV Girls Volleyball wins WPIAL Championship

Alex Restauri, Staff Writer

November 14, 2016

Fall sports in Seneca have been very successful in Seneca Valley this year. The soccer team advanced to states for the second consecutive time and Varsity Football made it past the first round of playoffs in three years. No team, however, was more successful than the Varsity Girls' Volleyball team. SV...

Seneca Valley girls’ tennis season coming to a close

Sydney Gibson, Staff Writer

October 31, 2016

As the tennis season comes to a close next week, the girls' team will hopefully be finishing with a win. As of last month, varsity had four wins and two losses and junior varsity had eight wins, six draws and three losses. This season they focused on improving their skills as well as bettering...

Rising MLB star Jose Fernandez dead at 24

Patrick Inman, Staff Writer

October 31, 2016

Tragic news for baseball fans everywhere as Miami Marlins ace, 24 year-old Jose Fernandez, was killed in a boating accident off the coast of Miami beach. Fernandez was coming off of a shutout performance on Saturday night, and decided to go on his boat, as he has done many times before, along...

October 25, 2016: the greatest day in Cleveland sporting history?

Matt Di Michele, Staff Writer

October 31, 2016

In a year where underdog sports teams all over the world have reigned supreme over their more stereotypically successful counterparts, the city of Cleveland as a whole has perhaps topped any specific professional team in unprecedented success. While the Browns are unfortunately still trapped in failure...

It’ll be raining in Chicago or Cleveland soon enough

Joe Demeis, Staff Writer

October 28, 2016

One of the longest MLB title droughts will be broken this year. It is between the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians. The Cubs have not won a World Series since 1908. The last time that the Cubs appeared in the World Series was in 1945 against the Cleveland Indians. This was the Indian’s most...

Defending the Stanley Cup: 2016-17 Pittsburgh Penguins

Luke Henne, Staff Writer

October 22, 2016

Emotions will be in the air throughout the 2016-2017 season when the Pittsburgh Penguins attempt to defend their 2015-2016 Stanley Cup. For the first time in their new venue, the Pittsburgh Penguins will get to raise a Stanley Cup banner. However, in an unusual turn of events, it became clear that C...

Louisville Quarterback Quickly Becoming a Star in the College Football World

Ben Snell, Staff Writer

October 22, 2016

Louisville's sophomore quarterback Lamar Jackson has been stunning the college football scene so far this season. He's the type of player who's hard to hate and gives 110 percent in every play. In week four, even the Marshall fans (his opponent for that week) were lining up for autographs. A 1971...

Kaepernick Leads Demonstration Calling Attention to Social Issues

Joe Demeis, Staff Writer

October 18, 2016

There are many social issues that our country faces today. One of them involves the mistreatment of Africa Americans and minorities. According to mappingpoliceviolence.org, in 2015, at least 102 unarmed African Americans were killed by police in the U.S. This is five times the rate at which unarmed...

NHL Hockey in Las Vegas?

Alex Restauri, Staff Writer

October 18, 2016

Hockey in the desert, what can possibly go wrong? NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced that Las Vegas will have a Pro team for the 2017-2018 season. The NHL has been looking for another expansion for a couple of years now. Cities that were interested in having an NHL team included Las Vagas, Nevada;...