Week in photos Aug. 23 to Aug. 30

Jenna D’Amore, left, 15, of Cranberry Twp. signs to head varsity volleyball coach Christie Homell, during a volleyball camp at Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019 in Edgewood. Jade Parker, 18, of Williamsport, second from left, and Rosie Santucci, 17 of Pittsburgh, third from left, also pictured. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
South Fayette’s Ryan McGuire tackles Upper St. Clair’s Ben Lund as he catches a pass during the season opener game between Upper St. Clair and South Fayette at South Fayette High School, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, in South Fayette. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Pine-Richland prays in the locker room before playing against Penn Hills during a Week 0 football game on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, at Pine-Richland High School. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Pine-Richland’s Luke Meckler celebrates his touchdown with teammates against Penn Hills during a Week 0 football game on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, at Pine-Richland High School. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Pine-Richland head coach Eric Kasperowicz reacts with his players after beating Penn Hills on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, at Pine-Richland High School. Pine-Richland beat Penn Hills, 21-0. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Penn Hills’ Eddie McKissick is wrapped up by Pine-Richland’s Luke Miller during a Week 0 football game on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, at Pine-Richland High School. Pine-Richland beat Penn Hills, 21-0. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Pine-Richland’s Luke Meckler reacts after his touchdown against Penn Hills during a Week 0 football game on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, at Pine-Richland High School. Pine-Richland beat Penn Hills, 21-0. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Children watch as music continues at the day-long concert hosted by Community Liver Alliance in partnership with YaJagoff! Podcast in at the Roxian Theater in McKees Rocks on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. (Christian Snyder/Post-Gazette)
Fans come prepared to watch the Pirates take on the Reds Saturday, August 24, 2019, at PNC Park. They were reacting to the last time the teams met three weeks earlier in Ohio. There had been a bench clearing brawl after some questionable pitches at batters heads by both teams’ pitchers. Cincinnati.com called it the “equivalent of WrestleMania on the infield.” (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette via AP)
As she is pulled along on a flatbed trailer pulled by a SUV, Molly Rae Spino of Monroeville, Pa. plays a Steinway Model B 7-foot concert piano on the Liberty Bridge during Pittsburgh Piano Day on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
OLSH’s Jaymar Pearson reaches for a touchdown against Westinghouse during the Western Pa. vs. Everyone Showcase on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, at the Wolvarena in Turtle Creek. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Eloise Simon, 13, front, performs with the Blessed and Chosen dance troupe during an anti-violence interfaith service at Jerusalem Baptist Church in Duquesne on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Christian Snyder/Post-Gazette)
Penn State Master Gardener of Allegheny County Ann Ferguson of Cranberry tosses away weeds while cleaning up an area that features native Pennsylvania wild flowers at North Park’s demonstration garden in front of the veterans’ memorial on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, in McCandless. Ferguson was drawn to be a master gardener like her father, who was a master gardener in Houston, Texas. Ferguson’s favorite herb is basil. “When a recipe says to put a teaspoon in, I put a tablespoon,” Ferguson said with a laugh. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Kalliope Bendel of Brentwood dances with her father Demetrios Liadis of Youngstown during “Taste of Greece” on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in McCandless. The festival continues through Sept. 1 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.(Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Evangelia Balouris, 11, smiles to her friends while performing with the Holy Trinity Joy Dance Troupe during “Taste of Greece” on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in McCandless. The festival continues through Sept. 1 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.(Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Ted Stewart of Shaler flips saganaki, a Greek fried cheese made with brandy, olive oil and oregano and served with pita, during “Taste of Greece” on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in McCandless. The festival continues through Sept. 1 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.(Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
James Scott, 9, left, and Justin Smith, 7, both of the Hill District, look at each other with magnifying glasses from the ASSET STEM Education booth during a Back to School Celebration event hosted by the Pittsburgh Black Elected Officials, Thursday, August 29, 2019, at Jeron X. Grayson Community Center in the Hill District. The back to school event, which was open to families city-wide, featured free school supplies and vendors offering parent and student resources. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Johnny Holton makes touchdown catch from quarterback Mason Rudolph in the first half Thursday, August 29, 2019, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)
A patient is loaded onto an ambulance near a bus stop in front of Fifth Avenue School Lofts on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, in Uptown. A man fled from the scene of the shooting where another man was shot in the leg. It wasn’t clear what this man’s role was at press time. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)

 

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier signs the cast of Lauren Wiegman’s, from Nanty Glo borough, during the Milk Shake Factory’s opening Friday, Aug. 30, 2019 at the McCandless Crossing shopping center in Pittsburgh. The Milk Shake Factory unveiled a new ‘Shalieve Shake’ which is a strawberry shake made with crushed cookies and cream, hot fudge and whipped cream that is topped with a chocolate ‘Shalieve’ lion and will donate $1 for every Shalieve Shake sold during September to Shazier’s Shalieve Fight Foundation. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)