Pete Sirianni

1 week ago | ncnewsonline.com | Pete Sirianni

With the amount of NBA playoffs I’ve watched lately, it’s hard not to notice a growing trend happening in games. When the offensive player drives the ball to the basket and goes up for a shot, the defender makes illegal contact to the hand and not the ball, so the referee whistles for a foul. kAm%96 5676?56C H:== C624E :? @?6 @7 EH@ H2JD]k^Am kAmtG6? E9@F89 E96 7@F= H2D 4=62C E@ E96 C676C66D[ E96 `g[___ 72?D :?

2 weeks ago | dailyitem.com | Pete Sirianni

It was an MVP kind of day for Tori Atkins. Laurel High’s Atkins broke two Midwestern Athletic Conference championship meet records, won a third individual event and ran the anchor leg of a winning relay team on a sunny Wednesday afternoon at Shenango High School. It was all in a day’s work for one of the fastest sprinters in the WPIAL, now gearing up for the season’s stretch run.

3 weeks ago | ncnewsonline.com | Pete Sirianni

It was an MVP kind of day for Tori Atkins. Laurel High’s Atkins broke two Midwestern Athletic Conference championship meet records, won a third individual event and ran the anchor leg of a winning relay team on a sunny Wednesday afternoon at Shenango High School. It was all in a day’s work for one of the fastest sprinters in the WPIAL, now gearing up for the season’s stretch run. kAm“q68:??:?8 @7 E96 J62C[ x’> ;FDE ECJ:?8 E@ 86E 324< >J H:?5 2?5 E96? =2E6C :?

1 month ago | ncnewsonline.com | Pete Sirianni

What were your early days of the pandemic like? For most of us, it meant staying home from work and getting well-acquainted with the four walls of our living rooms and kitchens. In between, there was probably a Netflix show or two consumed and Zoom calls with friends. kAmw6C6 :D H92E H2D 92AA6?:?8 7:G6 J62CD 28@[ D@>6 @7 H9:49 x C6>6>36C H9:=6 >@DE :D 2 3=FC]k^AmkAmkDEC@?8mpAC:= `bk^DEC@?8m kDEC@?8m—k^DEC@?8m w@H >2?J t2DE6C qF??:6D 42? H6 7:E @?

1 month ago | ncnewsonline.com | Pete Sirianni

Things are looking up in the New Castle Area School District. It wasn’t long ago the district was in a sort of flux — a prolonged changeover in leadership, new school board members, shuffling of administrators and too much commotion in the hallways than learning in the classroom. kAmx? 724E[ x HC@E6 :? E9:D DA246 :? $6AE6>36C a_ab 2 A:646 E:E=65[ “(92E 6I24E=J :D 8@:?8 @? :? E96 }rp$sn”k^AmkAm%92E’D ?@E E@ D2J 2== E9:?8D 92G6 366? D@=G65 :?