The week in pictures in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas as seen through the eyes of our photojournalists. Check back regularly as we update from across our region throughout the week.
Bishop Canevin guard Amber Cross drives past Aquinas Academy defender Emilia Kartsonas during the WPIAL Class 1A Girls Basketball Championship, Saturday, March. 5, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland.Bishop Canevin won 59-40. Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Bishop Canevin guard Ashley Lippold dives for a loose ball in front of Aquinas Academy defender Elizabeth Hardy during the WPIAL Class 1A Girls Basketball Championship, Saturday, March. 5, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland.Bishop Canevin won 59-40. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Bishop Canevin guard Natalie Kirsch (left) celebrates with teammates following the 59-40 victory over Aquinas Academy during the WPIAL Class 1A Girls Basketball Championship, Saturday, March. 5, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Bishop Canevin Erin Jameson takes the trophy to the fans while they celebrate their 59-40 victory over Aquinas Academy during the WPIAL Class 1A Girls Basketball Championship, Saturday, March. 5, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Our Lady of the Sacred Heart senior Dawson Summers scores past Fort Cherry defender Maddox Truschel during the WPIAL Class 2A Boys Basketball Championship, Saturday, March. 5, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. OLSH won 60-36. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)The Fort Cherry student section cheers against Our Lady of the Sacred Heart during the WPIAL Class 2A Boys Basketball Championship, Saturday, March. 5, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. OLSH won 60-36. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Our Lady of the Sacred Heart guard Jake DiMichele scores past Fort Cherry defender Dylan Rogers during the WPIAL Class 2A Boys Basketball Championship, Saturday, March. 5, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. OLSH won 60-36. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Our Lady of the Sacred Heart guard Jake DiMichele scores past Fort Cherry defender Shane Cornali during the WPIAL Class 2A Boys Basketball Championship, Saturday, March. 5, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. OLSH won 60-36. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)TheOur Lady of the Sacred Heart student section cheers against Fort Cherry during the WPIAL Class 2A Boys Basketball Championship, Saturday, March. 5, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. OLSH won 60-36. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Our Lady of the Sacred Heart guard Jake DiMichele and Lukas Daeschner celebrate their 60-36 victory over Fort Cherry during the WPIAL Class 2A Boys Basketball Championship, Saturday, March. 5, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Blackhawk’s Jillian Mannarino holds up their trophy to fans to celebrate their 55-35 victory against Knoch on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)South Fayette celebrates their 57-48 victory against Chartiers Valley on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)North Hills’ Royce Parham tries to get the ball past Fox Chapel on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Petersen Events Center in Oakland. Fox Chapel won 43-36. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)From left, Mt. Lebanon’s Ashleigh Connor, Payton Collins, and Gina Smith celebrate as a timeout is called during their game against Upper St. Clair on Friday, March 4, 2022, at Petersen Events Center in Oakland. Mt. Lebanon won 55-44. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Mt. Lebanon’s Ashleigh Connor goes for a basket against Upper St. Clair on Friday, March 4, 2022, at Petersen Events Center in Oakland. Mt. Lebanon won 55-44. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Mt. Lebanon coach Dori Oldaker celebrates her team’s 55-44 victory against Upper St. Clair on Friday, March 4, 2022, at Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Mt. Lebanon celebrates their 55-44 victory against Upper St. Clair on Friday, March 4, 2022, at Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Mt. Lebanon cheers on their team against Upper St. Clair on Friday, March 4, 2022, at Petersen Events Center in Oakland. Mt. Lebanon won 55-44. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Mt. Lebanon’s Brooke Collins tries to keep the ball from Upper St. Clair’s Katelyn Robbins, left, and Paige Dellicarri on Friday, March 4, 2022, at Petersen Events Center in Oakland. Mt. Lebanon won 55-44. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Mt. Lebanon’s Payton Collins tries to get the ball through Upper St. Clair on Friday, March 4, 2022, at Petersen Events Center in Oakland. Mt. Lebanon won 55-44. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Shady Side Academy players celebrate their 66-54 victory over Avonworth during the WPIAL Class 3A Boys Basketball Championship, Friday, March. 4, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Shady Side Academy senior Charlie Karet (13) celebrates with fans following their 66-54 victory over Avonworth in the WPIAL Class 3A Boys Basketball Championship, Friday, March. 4, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Shady Side Academy sophomore Peter Kramer (right) celebrates with Mike Gallagher and Eli Teslovich (3) following their 66-54 victory over Avonworth during the WPIAL Class 3A Boys Basketball Championship, Friday, March. 4, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Shady Side Academy players from left to right Deacon Durham, Mike Gallagher, Charlie Karet and Ethan Salvia celebrate their 66-54 victory over Avonworth during the WPIAL Class 3A Boys Basketball Championship, Friday, March. 4, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Shady Side Academy players celebrate their 66-54 victory over Avonworth during the WPIAL Class 3A Boys Basketball Championship, Friday, March. 4, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Neshannock junior Mairan Haggerty celebrates the 55-31 victory over Our Lady of the Sacred Heart during their WPIAL Class 2A Girls Basketball Championship, Friday, March. 4, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Neshannock defender Addilae Watts steals the ball from Our Lady of the Sacred Heart guard Emily Schuck during their WPIAL Class 2A Girls Basketball Championship, Friday, March. 4, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. Neshannock won 55-31. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Neshannock guard Hunter Newman celebrates a score against Our Lady of the Sacred Heart during their WPIAL Class 2A Girls Basketball Championship, Friday, March. 4, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. Neshannock won 55-31. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Neshannock junior Mairan Haggerty celebrates after hitting a three pointer against Our Lady of the Sacred Heart during their WPIAL Class 2A Girls Basketball Championship, Friday, March. 4, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. Neshannock won 55-31. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Neshannock junior Mairan Haggerty battles Our Lady of the Sacred Heart defenders Emily Schuck (32) and Kennedy Walsh for a rebound during their WPIAL Class 2A Girls Basketball Championship, Friday, March. 4, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. Neshannock won 55-31. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)North Catholic’s Victoria Drevna, left, and Anna Waskiewicz rush to their teammates after a trophy celebration of their team’s victory over Freedom in a WPIAL 3A girls basketball championship game at Peterson Events Center in Oakland on Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Bishop Canevin players Amari Evans and Jhamil Fife celebrate their 58-45 victory over Union during the WPIAL Class 1A Boys Basketball Championships, Thursday, March. 3, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Bishop Canevin guard Jhamil Fife hosts the trophy while celebrating with his teammates during the WPIAL Class 1A Boys Basketball Championships, Thursday, March. 3, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. Bishop Canevin beat Union 58-45. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Bishop Canevin head coach Gino Palmosina coaches against Union during the WPIAL Class 1A Boys Basketball Championships, Thursday, March. 3, 2022, at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. Bishop Canevin beat Union 58-45. (Barry Reeger/For the Post-Gazette)Quaker Valley’s Will Dunda (4) celebrates his teams victory over Montour in a WPIAL 4A boys basketball championship game at Peterson Events Center in Oakland on Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Shirley Whitlinger of Gibsonia receives ashes from The Rev. Jeffrey Potter at Parkwood Church in Allison Park on Ash Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Churches throughout the area held services and events to mark the Christian holy day of prayer and fasting. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Rev. Canon Natalie Hall with The Church of the Redeemer in Squirrel Hill says a prayer while anointing Mary Lou Kehm of Squirrel Hill with Ashes during the Christian observance of Ash Wednesday at the corner of Forbes and Murray Avenues in Squirrel Hill Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2022, in Pittsburgh. This is the ninth year the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh has offered the “Ashes to Go” blessing in various outside public venues to those who can’t make it to a traditional church service. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Ashley Jones, a Robert Morris University student from Penn Hills, and other students and administrators receive ashes during a small midday service Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in the Rogal Chapel on the campus of Robert Morris University in Moon. (Post-Gazette)Union High School students, from left, Claire Digiammarino, Holly Murray, center, Makenzie Barger, right, and other students make some repairs to their robot during the first round of BotsIQ, a robotics competition Wednesday, March 3, 2022, at Robert Morris University in Moon. (Post-Gazette)Two robots slugged it out under the watchful eyes of judges during the first round of BotsIQ, a robotics competition Wednesday, March 3, 2022, at Robert Morris University in Moon. This year, hundreds of students from 44 high schools formed 63 BotsIQ teams. Students are from public, private, career, and technical education schools as well as home schools. (Post-Gazette)Calvin Anthony Crew, charged with the murder of the Uber driver Christi Spicuzza, arrives at Magisterial District Judge William Wagner’s court for unrelated firearms violations Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in McCandless. (Post-Gazette)Chartiers Valley’s Perri Page tries to get the ball past Moon’s Sarah Santicola on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Chartiers Valley won 57-35. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Moon’s Emma Theodorsson tries to get the ball past Chartiers Valley’s Perri Page (11) and Hallie Cowan on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Chartiers Valley won 57-35. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Chartiers Valley’s Aislin Malcolm tries to get the ball past Moon’s Gabby Larson on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Chartiers Valley won 57-35. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Chartiers Valley’s Aislin Malcolm tries to get the ball past Moon’s Gabby Larson on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Chartiers Valley won 57-35. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Chartiers Valley’s Abby Vaites, right, cheers on her team against Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Chartiers Valley won 57-35. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Chartiers Valley’s Perri Page high-fives her teammates during their game against Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Chartiers Valley won 57-35. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Chartiers Valley cheers on their teammates during their game against Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Chartiers Valley won 57-35. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Central Catholic’s Dante DePante tries to get the ball away from Fox Chapel’s Eli Yofan on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Fox Chapel won 37-32. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Fox Chapel’s James Dockey tries to block Central Catholic’s Dante DePante on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Fox Chapel won 37-32. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Central Catholic’s Jaden Bailey tries to get the ball past Fox Chapel’s Jeff Moorefield-Brown on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Fox Chapel won 37-32. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Fox Chapel’s student section cheers on their team during their game against Central Catholic on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Fox Chapel won 37-32. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Fox Chapel’s James Dockey (10) and Colin Kwiatkowski celebrate near the end of their game against Central Catholic on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Fox Chapel won 37-32. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Fox Chapel’s Eli Yofan runs off the court as he celebrates his team’s 37-32 victory against Central Catholic on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Fox Chapel won 37-32. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Fox Chapel’s student section celebrates their team’s 37-32 victory against Central Catholic on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Peters Township High School. Fox Chapel won 37-32. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Pirates infielder Ji-Hwan Bae heads to workouts during minor league spring training, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Bradenton. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pirates outfielder Jack Herman pulls in a ball during minor league spring training, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Bradenton. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)More than 260 students, teachers and administrators at Pittsburgh Fulton K-5 celebrated Fat Tuesday by parading through the hallways to the beat of drums Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at the school in Highland Park. This is the 11th year the school has participated in the Mardi Gras celebrations. (Post-Gazette)Father Bill Christy, chaplain at Duquesne University, blesses the ground during a ground breaking ceremony for Duquesne University’s proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine Tuesday, March, 1, 2022, on Duquesne University campus, in Uptown. The university’s boldest initiative to date, the new college will provide training and educating to the next generation of physicians. (Post-Gazette)
A pedestrian Duquesne University walks across the pedestrian bridge over Forbes Avenue Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Uptown. (Post-Gazette)
A hawk perches in a tree with its kill by its talons on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Oakmont. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
Campaign pollster and advisor Kellyanne Conway speaks as Sen. Jake Corman, Republican candidate for governor, looks on during a town hall event, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, at Crowne Plaza Suites Pittsburgh South in Bethel Park. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)A man and his dog walk in Moon Park on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, in Moon. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Campaign pollster and advisor Kellyanne Conway looks on as Sen. Jake Corman, Republican candidate for governor, speaks during a town hall event, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, at Crowne Plaza Suites Pittsburgh South in Bethel Park. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Michael Sullivan, retail store manager at the Oakmont Bakery, holds a Bon Jour Mardi Gras Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, in the bakery in Oakmont. People were lining up to purchase fresh Mardi Gras cakes and Paczkis. (Post-Gazette)Andy Kang, executive director of the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizen Coalition, speaks during a press conference calling for the Colcom Foundation to stop funding anti-immigrant hate groups Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, at the Thomas Merton Center in Garfield. (Post-Gazette)Workers builds scaffolding that leads to the roof of the tower at Allegheny Cemetery Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, in Lawrenceville. The tower is slated for repairs. (Post-Gazette)Parishioners wait to walk down the aisle at the start of service on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church in Carnegie. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Ethan Nixon and his son Theo Nixon, 14, both of Collier, light a candle at the beginning of service on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at St. Peter & St. Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Carnegie. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette)Brandon “Showtime” McClester, of South Hills, practicing his form before competing in the international Axe Throwing Federation Eastern Regional Tournament on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at Ace Axe Throwing in Homestead. (Emily Matthews/Post-Gazette) Sofiya Chubko, 9, of Carnegie, whose parents are from Ukraine and has a large extended family still in the country, stands by a Ukrainian flag during a rally to show support for Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, in Liberty Avenue Park by Gateway station, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Attendees listen as the national anthem of Ukraine is sung during a rally to show support for Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, in Liberty Avenue Park by Gateway station, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Mayor Ed Gainey speaks during a rally to show support for Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, in Liberty Avenue Park by Gateway station, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Attendees listen to speakers during a rally to show support for Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, in Liberty Avenue Park by Gateway station, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Attendees wave flags during a rally to show support for Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, in Liberty Avenue Park by Gateway station, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)The Rev. Liddy Barlow, executive minister at Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania, speaks during an interfaith prayer service to pray for peace in Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Carnegie. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)The Rev. Laura Strauss, of Mt. Lebanon, pastor at Sunset Hills United Presbyterian Church, and her son Fritz, 7, hold candles during a litany of peace recited by clergy from several Ukrainian orthodox churches during an interfaith prayer service to pray for peace in Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Carnegie. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Attendees hold candles during a litany of peace recited by clergy from several Ukrainian orthodox churches during an interfaith prayer service to pray for peace in Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Carnegie. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
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Sofiya Chubko, 9, of Carnegie, whose parents are from Ukraine and has a large extended family still in the country, stands by a Ukrainian flag during a rally to show support for Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, in Liberty Avenue Park by Gateway station, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
