Free Fireworks at Youthtowne Complex for Baseball Game Tonight

Champs Sports Network will sponsor the display following the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and Sto-Rox high school baseball game.

Champs Sports Network will sponsor a post-game fireworks show Friday at the Youthtowne sports complex in Clinton, following the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and Sto-Rox baseball game. While there is no way to be sure, the show is said to be the first of its kind for WPIAL high school baseball. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic high school in Moon Township. "We are excited, the kids are excited, it should be a great event and something that goes well beyond the norm for a high school baseball game," Champs President Matt Farago said. The Chargers (11-2), ranked No.1 in Champs "Class-A" power rankings since the start of the season, could be going for a perfect section record against a struggling Sto-Rox squad. The first pitch is set…

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OLSH Airs New Television Ad

The Moon Township parochial school launches its first television advertisement since the 1990s.

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School has released a new television advertisement.  The ad, which will air for the month of March on WTAE, is the Moon Township parochial school's first television spot in more than a decade.  "We haven't advertised on television since the late 1990s, so this isn't the first (television advertisement) but it's the first in a while," said OLSH spokeswoman Jessica Cerchiaro.  The advertisement, featuring shots of OLSH students and faculty members at the school's Woodcrest Avenue facility, is a part of a larger campaign for Pittsburgh's Catholic Schools Network.  The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh entered into an agreement this year with Pittsburgh's ABC affiliate WTAE, enabling area schools in the diocese …

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Whiz Kids: Montour Cheerleaders Place in Competition

A look at the accomplishments of area students.

Montour varsity cheerleaders place in WPIAL competition The Montour High School varsity cheerleaders earned fifth place in the AAA/AAAA division of the WPIAL's first cheerleading competition. The team will compete Feb. 2 in Hershey during the state's first PIAA cheerleading competition.   Moon student earns Eagle Scout rank Michael Kotok, a junior at Moon Area Middle School, earned the rank of Eagle Scout, which is the highest honor in Boy Scouting. For his service project, Kotok made repairs to Bakers Baseball field on Spring Run Road Extension.    Moon middle school students learn about environment, theater Moon Area middle schoolers performed a play about air pollutants and their impact on the environment earlier this month. More than …

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OLSH Year in Review

The Moon Township parochial school takes a look back at milestones from 2012.

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Whiz Kids: Senior Signs Letter of Intent, Poetry Winner & 'Girls on the Run'

A look at the accomplishments of area students.

Allard Elementary students Katherine Gribben, Kira Ley, Julia Benson, Rhianna Firmstone, Maya Baker, Mia Manna, Isabelle McCoy, Melina Krawchick, Ava Kachmar and Madison Fehr, members of the school's "Girls on the Run" program, participated earlier this month in the Jingle Bell Run 5K on Pittsburgh's North Shore. The students trained for three months to take part in the fundraiser.  Montour High School senior Sam Mersing signed his NCAA Division I baseball National Letter of Intent to attend the University of Pittsburgh on a baseball scholarship.  Jake Dickey, a senior at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School, placed in the top five in poetry interpretation portion at the North Catholic High School Forensics Tournament in December. He …

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OLSH President Expresses 'Unspeakable Sadness' Following Sandy Hook Shootings

The Dec. 14 school shooting in Connecticut claimed the lives of 20 school children and six faculty members.

  Principal Tim Plocinik, of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School, released a statement today to school community members regarding the Dec. 14 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.   "We're maintaining our ongoing safety plans and procedures, which is something that we've always kept at the top of our priority list," said school spokeswoman Jessica Cerchairo. Plocinik's statement is below:  As you already know, a tragic event took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on Friday morning. Like many, I’m feeling an unspeakable sadness and my thoughts and prayers go out to all the families involved in the tragedy that occurred in Connecticut. I’m sure that you feel the same way. It is times like…

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OLSH Physics Teacher Celebrates 80th Birthday in the Classroom

After 50 years in the classroom, a Moon Township educator said he has no plans of slowing down.

It was 1962 when John Mihaloew first stepped into the classroom as an educator.  In November—50 years after his career in education began—students and faculty at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart celebrated the long-time educator's 80th birthday.  "Overnight they decorated my room with all kinds of balloons," Mihaloew said of the celebration."It was kind of fun. I got a little chuckle out of that."  After five decades in front of a classroom, Mihaloew said he has no plans of slowing down.  He first joined the faculty at OLSH in 1978, after beginning his career teaching at the University of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh city schools.  He's taught thousands of students during his tenure at OLSH, even teaching two or three generations of some …

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Donate today at OLSH for Sandy relief efforts

An Our Lady of the Sacred Heart sophomore is helping her mother and friends provide assistance for their native state.

An Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School student is doing her part to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Rachel Kim, a sophomore at the Moon Township school, is asking the community to donate items to help with the recovery effort in and around her mother’s hometown in New Jersey. Marshall Township resident Susan Kim, a native of Tinton Falls, NJ, has joined with some friends with roots in that area to provide assistance for those affected by the late-October storm. She and Patty Pellegrini, another New Jersey native, got the inspiration while attending last week’s North Hills concert by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, one of the Garden State’s best-known rock acts. They were reminded of Sandy’s carnage and the people who still…

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Moon, Robinson Organizations Eligible for Day of Giving Donations

The Pittsburgh Foundation's Day of Giving is Wednesday, Oct. 3. Find out how you can help some local organizations.

Several Moon and Robinson-area non-profit organizations are eligable to receive extra donations from the Pittsbugh Foundation on Wednesday.  The foundation will match a pro-rated amount of all money donated to specific organizations from midnight to 11:59 p.m. Wednesday in an event dubbed "the PittsburghGives Day of Giving." Here are local entities that are eligible: The minimum gift per organization is $25. The maximum gift that an individual can give per organization that will be matched is $10,000. Nonprofits will receive a check with total donations and Pittsburgh Foundation match within 30 days of Day of Giving. For more information or to make a donation, visit www.pittsburghgives.org.

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OLSH Hires New Teachers for Upcoming School Year

The Moon Township parochial school will kick off this school year with new teachers at its ranks.

More than a dozen newly hired or promoted teachers will take to the classroom at the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School for the upcoming school year, including new assistant principal Mary Catherine Praskovich.  The new school year gets underway Aug. 27. New hires and staffing changes at the school include: 

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