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Members of the Balafon West African Dance Ensemble perform during Give Me Liberty: East Liberty Celebrates MLK Day on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty. The event, which included a performance and activities for all ages, had been rescheduled due to weather. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)
Members of the Balafon West African Dance Ensemble perform during Give Me Liberty: East Liberty Celebrates MLK Day on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty. The event, which included a performance and activities for all ages, had been rescheduled due to weather. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Hunter Fritz is a senior at South Side Area High School in Hookstown, Beaver County. The pandemic has had an enormous inpact on high school students, who have had to deal with the stresses of remote learning, abbreviated sports and extra-curricular activities and vaccination disputes. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Hannah Shin, 17, a senior at North Allegheny High School, poses for a portrait Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, at the school in Wexford. (Post-Gazette)Burrell fans react to a match during the WPIAL Class 2A team wrestling final against Quaker Valley, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, at Chartiers Houston High School in Houston. As reported by the Post-Gazette’s Steve Rotstein, “one of the greatest dynasties in WPIAL history has been dethroned. In one of the most dramatic championship matches in recent memory, No. 3 Quaker Valley pulled off a stunning upset vs. top-ranked Burrell (11-5) — the 15-time defending WPIAL Class 2A champions — to win its first WPIAL team wrestling championship. The Quakers (17-3) defeated the Buccaneers, 30-28, in an unforgettable clash that came down to the final bout of the afternoon. With the championship hanging in the balance, Quaker Valley senior Justin Richey closed the show in emphatic fashion with a first-period pin vs. Burrell’s Stevie Hasson at 152 pounds. The Quakers trailed, 28-24, going into the final match, and the Bucs held the tiebreaker based on number of matches won — meaning Richey had to win by fall or technical fall to clinch the title. Turns out, Richey needed only 37 seconds to score the pin.” (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Burrell wrestlers comfort each other after Burrell lost the WPIAL Class 2A team wrestling final against Quaker Valley, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, at Chartiers Houston High School in Houston. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Quaker Valley fans watch the end of the final match in the WPIAL Class 2A team wrestling final against Burrell, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, at Chartiers Houston High School in Houston. As reported by the Post-Gazette’s Steve Rotstein, one of the greatest dynasties in WPIAL history has been dethroned. In one of the most dramatic championship matches in recent memory, No. 3 Quaker Valley pulled off a stunning upset vs. top-ranked Burrell (11-5) — the 15-time defending WPIAL Class 2A champions to win its first WPIAL team wrestling championship. The Quakers (17-3) defeated the Buccaneers, 30-28, in an unforgettable clash that came down to the final bout of the afternoon. With the championship hanging in the balance, Quaker Valley senior Justin Richey closed the show in emphatic fashion with a first-period pin. The Quakers trailed, 28-24, going into the final match, and the Bucs held the tiebreaker based on number of matches won — meaning Richey had to win by fall or technical fall to clinch the title. Turns out, Richey needed only 37 seconds to score the pin. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Quaker Valley fans watch the end of the final match in the WPIAL Class 2A team wrestling final against Burrell, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, at Chartiers Houston High School in Houston. As reported by the Post-Gazette’s Steve Rotstein, one of the greatest dynasties in WPIAL history has been dethroned. In one of the most dramatic championship matches in recent memory, No. 3 Quaker Valley pulled off a stunning upset vs. top-ranked Burrell (11-5) — the 15-time defending WPIAL Class 2A champions to win its first WPIAL team wrestling championship. The Quakers (17-3) defeated the Buccaneers, 30-28, in an unforgettable clash that came down to the final bout of the afternoon. With the championship hanging in the balance, Quaker Valley senior Justin Richey closed the show in emphatic fashion with a first-period pin. The Quakers trailed, 28-24, going into the final match, and the Bucs held the tiebreaker based on number of matches won — meaning Richey had to win by fall or technical fall to clinch the title. Turns out, Richey needed only 37 seconds to score the pin. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A Burrell’s wrestler sits on the mat after losing the final match to Quaker Valley’s Justin Richey in the WPIAL Class 2A team wrestling final, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, at Chartiers Houston High School in Houston. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Quaker Valley wrestlers celebrate their victory over Burrell in the WPIAL Class 2A team wrestling final, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, at Chartiers Houston High School in Houston. As reported by the Post-Gazette’s Steve Rotstein, one of the greatest dynasties in WPIAL history has been dethroned. In one of the most dramatic championship matches in recent memory, No. 3 Quaker Valley pulled off a stunning upset vs. top-ranked Burrell (11-5) — the 15-time defending WPIAL Class 2A champions win its first WPIAL team wrestling championship. The Quakers (17-3) defeated the Buccaneers, 30-28, in an unforgettable clash that came down to the final bout of the afternoon. With the championship hanging in the balance, Quaker Valley senior Justin Richey closed the show in emphatic fashion with a first-period pin. The Quakers trailed, 28-24, going into the final match, and the Bucs held the tiebreaker based on number of matches won — meaning Richey had to win by fall or technical fall to clinch the title. Turns out, Richey needed only 37 seconds to score the pin. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Burrell’s Cole Clark wrestles against Quaker Valley’s Patrick Cutchember during the WPIAL Class 2A team wrestling final, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, at Chartiers Houston High School in Houston. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Quaker Valley’s Justin Richey wrestles Burrell’s Stephen Hasson in the final match of the WPIAL Class 2A team wrestling final, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, at Chartiers Houston High School in Houston giving Quaker Valley the team victorcy. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Volleyball teams compete during the 2022 Mizuno JVA Steel City Freeze on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in the David L. Lawrence Convention Center Downtown. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Love locks on the Roberto Clemente Bridge will be removed when the bridge closes for rehabilitation, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)A cyclist walks his bike across the Roberto Clemente Bridge which will close soon for rehabilitation, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)The Roberto Clemente Bridge will close soon for rehabilitation, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh wakes up to heavy overcast skies and steady snow Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Weather-related road restrictions are displayed on a billboard along Route 28 on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Harmar. PennDOT reduced speed limits to 45 mph on several Pittsburgh-area highways as Winter Storm Landon moved through with varying degrees of precipitation Friday. (Post-Gazette)Erin Suderman, of Stanton Heights, shovels a neighbor’s driveway while her daughter Mara, 4, tired of shoveling, enjoys sliding down the hill Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Pittsburgh. Suderman, a volunteer with the city’s Snow Angels Program which pairs older residents and residents with disabilities with nearby volunteers to assist them with snow removal, enjoys helping out saying, I love shoveling snow and we dont have a driveway, so this works out. Anyone interested in becoming a Snow Angel or would like to receive services can connect with the program by calling 311 or going to pittsburghpa.gov/snowangels. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)A car slips and slides up Grandview Avenue Hill in the early morning hours Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)A pedestrian makes their way across the slushy E. Warrington Avenue Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Mara Suderman, 4, of Stanton Heights, tired of helping her mother, Erin Suderman, shovels neighbors walk, enjoys sliding down the hill Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Pittsburgh. Erin Suderman, a volunteer with the city’s Snow Angels Program which pairs older residents and residents with disabilities with nearby volunteers to assist them with snow removal, enjoys helping out saying, I love shoveling snow and we dont have a driveway, so this works out. Anyone interested in becoming a Snow Angel or would like to receive services can connect with the program by calling 311 or going to pittsburghpa.gov/snowangels. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)A snow plow makes its way through snow and slush along Freeport Road on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Harmar. Brent Wasko, a spokesperson for the county’s Public Works Department, said Thursday morning that it already deployed 32 of its salt trucks, and will continue clearing roads until precipitation has stopped. (Post-Gazette)Cars travel through snow and slush along Freeport Road on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Harmar. A wintery mix of sleet, snow, and rain coated the region, creating power outages in some areas and causing restrictions on some roads. (Post-Gazette)Tire tracks create stripes on the Hulton Bridge as snow falls on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Oakmont. A wintery mix of precipitation was causing road restrictions, power outages, and many schools canceled in-person instruction. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Robins eat berries from a tree as snow falls on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Oakmont. A wintery mix of precipitation was causing road restrictions, power outages, and many schools canceled in-person instruction. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Traffic moved slowly along State Road 65 at the Camp Horne Road intersection around 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)A pedestrian hustles across Wood Street at the Sixth Street intersection, Downtown, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. Weather forecasts are calling for ice and snow overnight. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)With the rain falling and the temperature dropping, Lamar Mitchell, of Swissvale, is seen shadow boxing Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Point Park in Downtown Pittsburgh. Mr. Mitchell said he was getting some exercise in before heading to work. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)A man walks through Allegheny Commons Park after grocery shopping Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, on the North Side. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)LaTasha D. Mayes, executive director of New Voices for Reproductive Justice and Roy Blankenship, Jr. B-Pep community organizer join others outside Calvary Episcopal Church to honor Alma Speed Fox before the scheduled memorial service Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, escorting Amerika Harris Robinson, a third-grader, is welcomed to Miller PreK-5 by Tonya Graham, a paraprofessional at the school, for the kick-off of the second semester at PPS schools “Fresh Start for the Head and Heart” initiative Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh Public Schools Interim Superintendent Wayne Walters talks with Marium Pennix, 10, a fourth-grader at Miller PreK-5 in the Hill District for the kick-off of the second semester at PPS schools “Fresh Start for the Head and Heart” initiative Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)
Steelers outside linebacker TJ Watt takes a selfie before Pro Bowl practice Thursday at Las Vegas Ballpark in Las Vegas. (Brian Batko/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Brandy and Leon Carroll, owners of “It’s a Pizza Cake Cafe” holds a freshly made pizza in their restaurant Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in McKees Rocks. (Post-Gazette)Lish Danielle, center, receives bedding from Gabbi Karsten Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Braddock. For Good PGH along with IKEA provided free pet food, clothing, pillows and bedding to area residents. (Post-Gazette)Icilda Spencer Hunter, right, speaks during a service in support of justice for her son Peter Bernardo Spencer who was fatally shot in Venango County in mid-December Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, at Bethel A.M.E. Church in Pittsburgh. Carmela King, Peter’s fiancee stands at left. The African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church and the Pennsylvania Council of Churches, joined in support of the family to, “insist upon the immediate and full compliance of every official involved in the investigation of Peter Bernardo Spencer’s murder” in a press release by Bishop Errenous E. McCloud, Jr., Bishop of the Third Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church and Rev. Dr. Larry Pickens, Executive Director Pennsylvania Council of Churches. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Rev. Dorothy Stubbs, Pastor of New Evangelistic Ministries and Founder of Lost But Not Forgotten Outreach prays with over 25 religious leaders during a service in support of justice for Peter Bernardo Spencer who was fatally shot in Venango County in mid-December Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, at Bethel A.M.E. Church in Pittsburgh. The African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church and the Pennsylvania Council of Churches, joined in support of the family to, “insist upon the immediate and full compliance of every official involved in the investigation of Peter Bernardo Spencer’s murder” in a press release by Bishop Errenous E. McCloud, Jr., Bishop of the Third Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church and Rev. Dr. Larry Pickens, Executive Director Pennsylvania Council of Churches. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Penguins right winger Kasperi Kapanen collides with Capitals goaltender Vitek Vanecek in the first period, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, at PPG Paints Arena. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Kian Fee, center, talks with fellow students in Duquesne University’s nursing program on the night of their graduation at Duquesne on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. From left are Ginevra Bridges; Fee; Bailey Gorman and Kailey Gustine. Fee decided to attend nursing school after years of caring for his father, who suffered a traumatic brain injury after a 300-foot fall on Mt. Hood, and watching his mother, who works as a flight nurse. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Kristen Michaels, right, director of For Good PGH, assists people with pet food, clothing and bedding Wednesday Feb. 2, 2022, in Braddock. For Good PGH along with IKEA provided free pet food, clothing, pillows and bedding to area residents. (Post-Gazette)Jaxson Eastman, 7, front, and his brother David Eastman, 12, siblings of Joshua Eastman, ride in a police motorcycle during a small parade for Joshua of Tuesday, Ferb. 1, 2022, in Lawrenceville. More than 75 police department, including the Secret Service, participated in a parade for Joshua Eastman who is battling cancer at UPMC Children’s Hospital. Each police department presented Joshua with their department’s patch and a note of encouragement. Joshua has been in the hospital since Dec. 7, 2021. (Post-Gazette)A Port Authority bus is lifted via crane out of the wreckage of the collapsed Fern Hallow Bridge, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Frick Park. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Sisters Indie, 4, Frankie, 7, and Arden Tressler, 2, of Edgewood, sit in a stroller as they enjoy music from David Powell, of the band Outside Eliza, at a pop-up concert and bonfire to celebrate warmer weather and the eve of Groundhog Day outside of 3 Rivers Outdoor Co. in Regent Square, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Ryan Carson from Regent Square walks Thor, a two-year-old Blue Healer Australian Cattle Dog through Frick Park Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)People walk on Forbes Avenue to and from the public observation area at the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse site, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Frick Park. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A crane hoists the Port Authority bus from the collapsed Fern Hollow Bridge, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, near Frick Park. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Spectators look at the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse site from the public observation area, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Frick Park in Pittsburgh. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette via AP)A spectator takes photographs of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse site at the public observation area, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Frick Park. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
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