The week in photos: Jan. 5-12

The week in pictures in Pittsburgh as seen through the eyes of our photojournalists.

 

A group of friends plays hockey in single-digit temperatures at dusk on Friday, Jan 5, 2018 on Keith and Sally Turnbull’s pond on Fairview Road in Fox Chapel. The Turnbulls, who built their house in the 1970s, have allowed neighborhood kids to use their pond for decades. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Bruins’ Noel Acciari scores past Pittsburgh Penguins’ Tristan Jarry in the second period Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018, at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)
Highlands cheerleaders Megan Napolitano, 18, Alyssa McDaniel, 16, and Bella Baker, 16, pass the time on social media in between routines during the WPIAL competitive spirit championships on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, at Hempfield Area High School. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Keith Braxton, #13, and Ronnie Gombe, #22, of Robert Morris struggle to gain control of a loose ball as Robert Morris trails St. Francis 52-37 after the first half Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018, at PPG Paints Arena in Uptown. (Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette)
North Allegheny cheerleader Katherine Aber, 17, spots her teammate during the WPIAL competitive spirit championships on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, at Hempfield Area High School. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Cans of food run through a sterilizing machine on Monday, Jan. 8, 2018 at Riverbend Foods. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Post-Gazette)
Connellsville’s Dylan Bubarth falls into his own bench during the game against Mt. Lebanon on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, at Mt. Lebanon High School. Mt. Lebanon won 64-56. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
St. Vincent, the stage name for musician Annie Clark, plays at Stage AE on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, on the North Shore. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
Baldwin High School junior Mikayla Davic, center left, breaks out in song with her fellow cast members before her fourth musical, The Misfits, on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, at Baldwin High School. Davic has been producing, writing and starring in musicals for the past couple of years, with a goal to eventually raise at least $50 thousand for Make-a-Wish. She has raised $30 thousand so far. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)
Steelers’ Juju Smith-Schuster gets the Pitt student section pumped up before the team takes on Duke at Petersen Events Center Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)
Aliquippa’s William Gipson is hit in the face with a Lincoln Park shoe while fighting for a rebound on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, at Aliquippa High School. Lincoln Park won 55-32. (Steph Chambers/Post-Gazette)