Week in photos Feb. 14 to Feb. 20, 2020 By PG Visuals Staff Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Jerome Bettis looks at a coding project with Kaitlyn Bell, 12, a sixth-grader at Washington Park Elementary School, while David Lloid, left, 12, a sixth-grader at Washington Park Elementary School, works on his project during an after school program called Innovation Huddle. It is a program created by the Jerome Bettis Bus Stops Here Foundation and teaches students in grades four through six about coding, animation, engineering, robotics, and other aspects of STEM, on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, at Washington Park Elementary School. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) Aliquippa basketball players’ shoes line the bench during the first round of WPIAL basketball playoffs on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, at West Allegheny High School. Aliquippa beat Steel Valley, 53-46. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette) yearSteel Valley’s Jordan Fisher fouls Aliquippa’s Zuriah Fisher during the first round of WPIAL basketball playoffs on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, at West Allegheny High School. Aliquippa beat Steel Valley, 53-46. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette) Dr. Alan Murdock and Dr. Tammy Murdock, right, both of Squirrel Hill, share a Valentine’s Day kiss before dinner and drinks in one of the heated bubbles at West End-Elliott Overlook Park, an event called Valentine’s With a View. The proceeds benefitted Animal Friends Pittsburgh. Mr. Murdock surprised his wife, a self-professed “Pittsburgh nerd,” with tickets to the event. “We haven’t done Valentine’s Day in about 15 years,” Mrs. Murdock said, referencing their four children under 15 year old, including 14-year-old triplets boys.(Christian Snyder/Post-Gazette) Robert Morris Colonials guard Jalen Hawkins dunks against Fairleigh Dickinson, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, at the UPMC Events Center in Moon Township. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette) Obama Academy’s Sayon Bennett, right, leaps after beating Allderdice to win the City League basketball championships on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. Obama Academy beat Allderdice, 50-39. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette) Westinghouse’s Ashanti Richardson falls on Allderdice’s Sidney Lightning during the City League basketball championships on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. Allderdice beat Westinghouse, 57-36. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette) Westinghouse’s Ladayja Floyd looks to pass over Allderdice’s Sophia North during the City League basketball championships on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. Allderdice beat Westinghouse, 57-36. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette) Penguins goaltender Matt Murray looks for the puck against the Red Wings, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, at the PPG Paints Arena Uptown. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette) Snow on the banks of the Ohio River near the Beaver Bridge in Beaver, Pa. on Monday, Feb. 17, 2020 (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette) People cross a foggy East Carson Street into the Southside Works complex, Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, on the Southside. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette) Pirates pitcher Richard Rodriguez hugs Socrates Brito as they warm up at spring training Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, at Pirate City in Bradenton, Fla. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette) Pirates infielder Ke’Bryan Hayes tosses as he works out at spring training Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, at Pirate City in Bradenton, Fla. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette) From left: Benjamin Miller, 5, Nathanial Peterson, 8, and Derricka Smith, 8, all of Mount Oliver, look at a program during a prayer and action rally at South Side Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, in honor of Chassity Clancy, a 3-year-old from Beltzhoover who died from a shotgun blast on Feb. 9. (Christian Snyder/Post-Gazette) The Rev. Dr. Helen Burton, of First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Clairton, speaks while, from left, Sahara Johnson, of Wilkinsburg, Shirley Jones Douglas, of Homewood, Tené Croom, the head of communications for the Pittsburgh branch of the NAACP, and Gwendolyn Young, the executive secretary for the Pittsburgh branch of the NAACP listen behind her during a rally in response to racist comments made by Common Pleas Judge Mark Tranquilli about a juror on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 at Freedom Corner on Centre Avenue and Crawford Street in the Hill District. Burton said the racist remarks affect everyone, not just African Americans, “because an injustice done to one is and injustice done to all”. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) The sun rises Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, at Pirate City in Bradenton, Fla. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette) Mars head coach Dana Petruska gathers her players during the first round of basketball playoffs on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, at North Hills Middle School. Moon girls basketball beat Mars, 52-36. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette) Bethel Park’s Ryan Meis and North Allegheny’s Grant Timmerson fight for the ball during the first round of basketball playoffs on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, at North Hills Middle School. Bethel Park beat North Allegheny, 53-50. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette) Whitehall Elementary School students pet Clutch, an American Pit Bull Terrier, after an assembly by the Pittsburgh Aviation Animal Rescue Team on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020 in Whitehall. Teachers Karen Feitl and Michelle Viola arranged a donation drive with students from February 314th through the For the Love of Paws campaign. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette) East Allegheny’s Makala Ruffin watches a rebound during the first round of WPIAL basketball playoffs on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, at Peters Township High School. East Allegheny beat Charleroi, 51-24. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette) Charleroi’s Cierra Gazi has her shot blocked by East Allegheny defenders during the first round of WPIAL basketball playoffs on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, at Peters Township High School. East Allegheny beat Charleroi, 51-24. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette) East Allegheny’s Makala Ruffin and Charleroi’s Leena Henderson fight for a rebound during the first round of WPIAL basketball playoffs on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, at Peters Township High School. East Allegheny beat Charleroi, 51-24. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette) Ringgold’s Jordan Mayer and Ringgold’s Luke Wyvratt react after beating Ambridge, 73-62, during the first round of WPIAL basketball playoffs on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, at Peters Township High School. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette) Pirates assistant equipment manager Nik Cook pushes a cart of bags to load a truck headed to Bradenton at PNC Park on Tuesday, Feb.4, 2020, on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette) Pirates right fielder Gregory Polanco enters the field for the first full practice at spring training Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, at Pirate City in Bradenton, Fla. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette) Pirates right fielder Gregory Polanco warms up before his team’s first full practice at spring training Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, at Pirate City in Bradenton, Fla. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette) Pirates coach Glenn Sherlock, left, and manager Derek Shelton, center, talk with former catcher Manny Sanguillen Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, at Pirate City in Bradenton, Fla. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette) Pirates third baseman Colin Moran poses for promotional photos in the “yellow room,” Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, at Pirate City in Bradenton, Fla. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette) Pirates pitcher Michael Feliz pitches during spring training Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, at Pirate City in Bradenton, Fla. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette) Pirates right fielder Gregory Polanco, left, works in the outfield with first base coach Tarrik Brock during spring training Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, at Pirate City in Bradenton, Fla. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette) A tear rolls down the face of John Ellis Jr., who was paralyzed after being shot in the backyard Wilkinsburg shooting of March of 2016, as he leaves the Allegheny County Courthouse after a jury found Cheron Shelton not guilty of all charges in the mass slaying on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, in Downtown. Five people and an unborn child were killed and Mr. Ellis and Lamont Powell were wounded in the shooting. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette) Jessica Shelton, mother of 4 of the victims of the Wilkinsburg shooting in March of 2016, reacts toward the media after a jury found Cheron Shelton not guilty of all charges in the slaying of five people and an unborn child, taken Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, at the Allegheny County Courthouse in Downtown. She was saying that the defendant could now kill the rest of her family since he was acquitted by jury.(Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette) Related High School, Highlighted Galleries, Penguins, Pirates, Pittsburgh, Sports, Wide View