{"id":34151,"date":"2024-03-21T23:05:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T03:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/?p=34151"},"modified":"2024-03-21T23:05:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T03:05:41","slug":"lincoln-park-wins-piaa-class-4a-championship-and-imani-christian-wins-class-1a-championship-at-giant-center-in-hershey-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/2024\/03\/21\/lincoln-park-wins-piaa-class-4a-championship-and-imani-christian-wins-class-1a-championship-at-giant-center-in-hershey-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"Lincoln Park wins PIAA Class 4A championship and Imani Christian wins Class 1A championship at Giant Center in Hershey, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings (3) enjoys a victory dance after winning in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game against Archbishop Carroll on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park after winning in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings (3) being introduced in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game against Archbishop Carroll on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Meleek Thomas(5) being introduced in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game against Archbishop Carroll on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Meleek Thomas (5) shoots over Luca Foster (0) of Archbishop Carroll in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings (3) looks to shoot over Munir Greig (14) of Archbishop Carroll in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings (3) in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game against Archbishop Carroll on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings (3) in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game against Archbishop Carroll on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Meleek Thomas (5) in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game against Archbishop Carroll on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings (3) and Meleek Thomas (5) in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game against Archbishop Carroll on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings (3) reacts to a traveling call lin the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game against Archbishop Carroll on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings (3) in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game against Archbishop Carroll on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Meleek Thomas (5) in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Meleek Thomas (5) in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings (3) in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Meleek Thomas (5) in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Meleek Thomas (5) in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Meleek Thomas (5) scored 13 points in the first half and played tough defense at the top of the zone in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Meleek Thomas (5) in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings (3) enjoyed the first half against Archbishop Carroll in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings (3) in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Meleek Thomas (5) in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings (3) and Meleek Thomas (5) in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park head coach Mike Bariski in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings (3) in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Mikey Crawford (4) gets fouled late in the victory over Archbishop Carroll in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Meleek Thomas (5) and Brandin Cummings (3) win their last game together in the PIAA Class 4A championship over Archbishop Carroll on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings (3) leaves the court a winner again in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park enjoys their victory over Archbishop Carroll in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings (3) salutes the crowd after the victory over Archbishop Carroll in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Meleek Thomas (5) and Brandin Cummings (3) enjoy their second PIAA Class 4A championship victory on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park’s Brandin Cummings (3) and his mother enjoy the victory over Archbishop Carroll in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lincoln Park raises the trophy after winning in the PIAA Class 4A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Imani Christian head coach Khayree Wilson, Sr. congratulates Avery Wesley (4), Nate Brazil (5), and RJ Sledge (1) of Imani Christian after winning in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game against Berlin Brothersvalley on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nate Brazil (5) of Imani Christian raises the trophy after the victory over Berlin Brothersvalley in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nate Brazil (5) of Imani Christian scores 2 of his 7 first half points against Berlin Brothersvalley in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday March 21, 2024 at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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RJ Sledge (1) of Imani Christian in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game against Berlin Brothersvalley on Thursday March 21, 2024 at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Avery Wesley (4) of Imani Christian against Berlin Brothersvalley in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday March 21, 2024 at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Joseph Richardson (1) of Berlin Brothersvalley battles Kylan Holmes (2) of Imani Christian for a rebound in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday March 21, 2024 at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Kylan Holmes (2) of Imani Christian scores in the first half against Berlin Brothersvalley in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday March 21, 2024 at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Markus Williams (0) of Imani Christian goes up against Haydon Hutzell (5) of Berlin Brothersvalley for a basket in the first half in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday March 21, 2024 at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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RJ Sledge (1) of Imani Christian scored 14 first half points to help Imani Christian to a big first half lead against Berlin Brothersvalley in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday March 21, 2024 at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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RJ Sledge (1) of Imani Christian scored 14 points in the first half against Berlin Brothersvalley in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nate Brazil (5) of Imani Christian in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game against Berlin Brothersvalley on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nate Brazil (5) of Imani Christian drives by Craig Jarvis (3) of Berlin Brothersvalley in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Tristen Brown (3) of Imani Christian reacts to a call in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game against Berlin Brothersvalley on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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RJ Sledge (1) of Imani Christian shoots a 3-pointer against Berlin Brothersvalley in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Imani Christian head coach Khayree Wilson, Sr. welcomes Avery Wesley (4)back to the bench during a first half time-out against Berlin Brothersvalley in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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RJ Sledge (1) of Imani Christian drives by Craig Jarvis (3) of Berlin Brothersvalley in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nate Brazil (5) of Imani Christian goes up for a basket against Joseph Richardson (1) of Berlin Brothersvalley in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nate Brazil (5) of Imani Christian scores against Berlin Brothersvalley in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nate Brazil (5) of Imani Christian shoots a 3-pointer against Berlin Brothersvalley in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nate Brazil (5) of Imani Christian goes up against Pace Prosser (22) of Berlin Brothersvalley in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nate Brazil (5) of Imani Christian goes up against Pace Prosser (22) of Berlin Brothersvalley in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday March 21, 2024 at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pace Prosser (22) of Berlin Brothersvalley cannot get past the half court defense of Imani Christian in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Avery Wesley (4) of Imani Christian scores in the first half =against Berlin Brothersvalley in the PIAA Class 1A championship boys high school basketball game on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. (JJ LaBella\/For the Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":34177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,7,4,11,132],"tags":[127],"coauthors":[55],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/24_03_21PIAA1ABBjj02074.jpg?fit=2400%2C1600&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34151"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34151"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34213,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34151\/revisions\/34213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34151"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=34151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}