Thursday, May 2, 2013
Here's a look at the articles that were most read on Chartiers Valley Patch last month.
You guys must be hungry. The most read story on Chartiers Valley Patch last month was the opening of the new Rumfish Grille. Police news and the Chartiers Valley girls' basketball coach's resignation were also hot topics in April. Here's a list of the top 10: 1. Rumfish Grille Expected to Open Today 2. Arrests Follow Fight in Scott Township 3. Arrests Follow Retail Thefts at Walmart, Lowe's 4. Four Cited After Fight in Bridgeville 5. Yelp's Top 10 Restaurants in Chartiers Valley: Do You Agree? 6. Bridgeville Man Sentenced in Molestation Case Involving Young Girl 7. Lady Colts Basketball Coach Resigns 8. Check Out These Five Open Houses in Scott Township 9. Four Washington County Men Charged with Drug Possession in Bridgeville 10. Check Out…
Friday, April 26, 2013
Tune in to hear the baseball game between the Chartiers Valley Colts and the Keystone Oaks Golden Eagles on MSA Sports Network this afternoon.
Chartiers Valley will be featured this week on the MSA Sports Network. If you're tuning in today, Friday, April 26 at 4:30 p.m., you can listen to the baseball game between the Chartiers Valley Colts and the Keystone Oaks Golden Eagles at Point Park University Field in Green Tree. The game will be broadcast at www.msasports.net by Don Rebel and Mike Azadian. Like the Chartiers Valley Patch Facebook page or sign up for our Daily E-mail Newsletter
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Spencer Stefko has resigned from his position as the Chartiers Valley Lady Colts basketball coach, according to The Almanac.
Spencer Stefko has resigned from his position as the Chartiers Valley Lady Colts basketball coach, according to The Almanac. Stefko submitted his resignation to Chartiers Valley’s athletic director Frank Vulcano Jr. on Friday stating he thought a new person was needed to coach the girls’ basketball team, according to The Almanac. The decision is puzzling because it comes on the heels of a season in which the Lady Colts advanced to the WPIAL championship game for the first time in school history. The girls lost to Bethel Park in the championship game. Stefko’s announcement also comes nearly two years after the Chartiers Valley School Board removed him as head coach, although the school district reversed its decision three weeks later and …
Monday, April 1, 2013
Chartiers Valley recognized 5 students for various athletic and academic accomplishments this year.
Chartiers Valley recognized five students for various athletic and academic accomplishments this year. The students were honored during the school board’s voting meeting last week. They included:
Friday, March 15, 2013
Children will work together to seek innovative solutions to real-world challenges and sharpen critical 21st century learning skills such as teamwork and creative problem solving as they rotate through four modules each day that disguise learning as fun.
In partnership with Invent Now, Chartiers Valley School District is pleased to offer the nationally-acclaimed Camp Invention program to children entering grades one through six this summer. This exciting, weeklong adventure in creativity immerses children in imaginative play that reinforces and supplements school-year learning in the subjects of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Children will work together to seek innovative solutions to real-world challenges and sharpen critical 21st century learning skills such as teamwork and creative problem solving as they rotate through four modules each day that disguise learning as fun. This exciting week begins on June 17, when Kim Saks and Ann Kern will direct the Camp Invention …
Monday, March 11, 2013
Chartiers Valley’s Frank Vulcano Jr. has been selected for the state PIAA District VII Athletic Director of the Year Award. Vulcano will be awarded the Region IV Athletic director of the year award on March 14 at Hershey.
Chartiers Valley’s Frank Vulcano Jr. has been selected for the state PIAA District VII Athletic Director of the Year Award. Vulcano will be awarded the Region IV Athletic director of the year award on March 14 at Hershey. Vulcano’s service consists of various activities, as he has been part of the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Director’s Association and League from July 2007until June 2011, serving as president for two years, and vice president for two years. He was also a Board of Control Member for three years. In addition, Mr. Vulcano is the Chairman of the WPIAL Wrestling Committee and has been the Tournament Director for all Sectional and District Tournaments for the past nine years, and has hosted 275 …
Monday, March 4, 2013
The Chartiers Valley girls’ basketball team’s magical run to their first ever WPIAL finals appearance ended in heartbreak Sunday night. Both the boys and girls teams are set to play Friday night in the PIAA playoffs.
The Chartiers Valley girls’ basketball team’s magical run to their first ever WPIAL finals appearance ended in heartbreak Sunday night. The Lady Colts lost the AAAA championship game to Bethel Park 48-34 at the A.J. Palumbo Center on Duquesne’s campus, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The loss came one night after the boys’ basketball team fell to Montour in their AAA WPIAL championship game. But both teams are done playing yet. The Lady Colts are scheduled to play their first-round PIAA state playoff game against Allderdice at 7 p.m. Friday in Carrick. The boys’ basketball team is set to play Erie Strong Vincent at Baldwin at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Like the Chartiers Valley Patch Facebook page or sign up for our Daily E-mail …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Chartiers Valley sophomore Maria Lohman captured another WPIAL diving title this month.
A Chartiers Valley High School sophomore captured another WPIAL diving title this month. Maria Lohman won the AAA diving championship and became the first diver in history to hold back-to-back WPIAL title. She won on Feb. 23 with a score of 467.60, according to Chartiers Valley’s official Twitter feed. Maria also won the AA championship last year. She now heads to the PIAA state championship in March. Maria was featured on Chartiers Valley Patch last March after winning the WPIAL title in 2012. Like the Chartiers Valley Patch Facebook page or sign up for our Daily E-mail Newsletter
The Chartiers Valley School Board unanimously approved a three-year contract extension for the district’s teachers’ union that will last until 2017.
The Chartiers Valley School Board unanimously approved a three-year contract extension for the district’s teachers’ union during its Tuesday night voting meeting. The board agreed to the extension more than a year before the current contract is set to expire, meaning there will be labor peace in the Chartiers Valley School District until at least 2017. Sally Shollenberger, president of the Chartiers Valley Federation of Teachers, said the union was pleased to negotiate a contract extension before their current deal expired at the end of the 2013-14 school year. “Our process went very, very smoothly,” she told Chartiers Valley Patch in a phone interview on Wednesday. The contract will offers several incentives for both sides: “We’d like to …
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The Chartiers Valley boys’ and girls’ basketball teams both won their semifinal playoff games Tuesday night to advance to the WPIAL Championship games.
The Chartiers Valley boys’ and girls’ basketball teams both won their semifinal playoff games Tuesday night to advance to the WPIAL Championship games. Both basketball teams controlled the scoreboard for most of their games at North Allegheny High School. The Chartiers Valley Colts blew out Beaver 68-43 and will once again play in the WPIAL championship game, according to The Almanac's @SHAlmanacSports Twitter feed. They will play Montour for the AAA WPIAL title. The Lady Colts beat rival Mt. Lebanon 31-27 to advance to their first ever WPIAL finals in school history, according to the district’s official Twitter feed at @CVSDcolts. The girls’ team will play Bethel Park for the AAAA WPIAL championship game. Like the Chartiers Valley Patch …
Brian Amick
11:01 am on Friday, May 3, 2013
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