Karen Kadilak stories, Page 7

It has been 16 years since Sewickley Academy graduate Victoria “Torie” Clarke stepped down as Pentagon chief spokesperson, but she still is in the spotlight. Clarke, 60, was seen recently on the C-SPAN cable network hosting the weekly “Chatter on Books” podcast at a Washington, D.C., bookshop. “I’ve been very...

Greensburg Salem senior girls tennis player Kasey Storkel will have a shiny new serve when the Golden Lions open the season Monday, one she hopes will lift her to the top of the WPIAL. “After I went to states, I practiced with my aunt (Seton Hill coach Kim Kissell),” Storkel,...

Upper St. Clair rising junior Joshua Matheny will be among the world’s best under-18 swimmers at the FINA World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Aug. 20-25. Matheny, 16, was one of 45 boys and girls named Thursday to represent Team USA. Matheny placed third in the men’s 200 long-course...

North Allegheny graduate and Virginia rising freshman swimmer Jack Wright has yet to set foot on campus and already has contributed. Wright, 18, qualified for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, one of 30 Cavaliers expected to do so. “I know it was a focus for him for this summer...

Mt. Pleasant graduate Robbie Bailey will complete a cross-country cycling trip Saturday that had a purpose. Bailey, 21, a rising senior at Slippery Rock, participated in the Journey of Hope-Ability Experience event on its TransAmerica Route. Sponsored by the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, the event raises funds and awareness for...

Hampton graduate and John Carroll rising senior men’s swimmer Matt Ramsey had such a successful season, there is not much left for him to accomplish. Ramsey, 21, set meet records in two events individually at the Ohio Athletic Conference championship and made honorable mention All-America in two relays at the...

A Hampton-based interfaith organization is helping more people after moving to a new location at one of its three primary sites. The North Boroughs office of the North Hills Community Outreach has been at the Greenstone United Methodist Church in Avalon since May. The office offers a food pantry, housing,...

Two Sewickley-area rowers earned national recognition recently. Sewickley Academy graduate and Georgetown undergrad Mia Tsudis was named a National Scholar-Athlete by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association. To be eligible for the award, a rower must be in her second through fourth year of eligibility, have rowed in her school’s NCAA...

Unlike students and teachers, Shaler Area School District Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds John Kaib has had no break this summer. Kaib, 53, of Reserve, said the district works hard to complete capital improvement projects that would otherwise be disruptive to the students’ school day. Kaib said workers are replacing...

North Allegheny graduate and McCandless rower Zach Petronic has had to make changes, and it’s paying off. Petronic, 27, took first place in the men’s intermediate 1x final at the USRowing National Championships on July 9-14 in Bethel, Ohio. “I’ve had to learn a lot about balancing the workload and...

Quaker Valley graduate and Liberty senior women’s lacrosse player Kayla Foster made more history. Foster, an attack, broke the Lady Flames’ points record early in the year with her 188th career point and became one of only two players in school history to earn all-conference honors in four straight seasons....

Franklin Regional rising junior Anup Nadesan and South Fayette rising sophomore Jacob Patterson were among players at the World TeamTennis Junior Nationals July 21-24 in San Diego. The tournament consisted of 16 coed teams from across the country. Nadesan and Patterson were among three boys and three girls on the...

Bob Joyce has seen people come and go in his 20 years as a member of the PennDOT Adopt-A-Highway group at the First Presbyterian Church of Bakerstown. “We probably have had more than 100 volunteers over the years,” said Joyce, 64, of Richland, the group coordinator for 15 years. “We...

Shady Side Academy rising senior boys lacrosse player Jack Naughton recently committed to Holy Cross but is not taking it for granted. “I plan on getting stronger and faster in order to keep competing at the Division I level,” said Naughton, 17, who lives in Pine. Shady Side Academy coach...

Scott Miller has taught at the A.W. Beattie Career Center in McCandless for so long, he is working on his second generation of students. Miller, a heating, ventilating and air conditioning instructor, said the fathers of two incoming students are former students of his. Miller, 57, of Prospect, Butler County,...

Quaker Valley departing senior Katherine Blaugrund put in hours to lacrosse, and she has been rewarded. Blaugrund, a midfielder, was named a US Lacrosse Girls High School All-American for Western Pennsylvania. “To be honored with this title is such an incredible way to end my high school career,” said Blaugrund,...

Shady Side Academy departing senior lacrosse player Emmie Lau topped a historic season with an impressive honor. Lau, a midfielder, was named a US Lacrosse Girls’ High School All-American for Western Pennsylvania. The 6-foot-1 Lau, who lives in Fox Chapel, scored 60 goals and had 14 assists. She led the...

Hampton departing senior lacrosse player Melinda Maers earned a top honor, and did not even play this season. Maers, a midfielder, was named a U.S. Lacrosse Girls High School All-American for Western Pennsylvania. Hampton coach Kelsey Viets said the impact of Maers, who sat out because of a knee injury,...

Sewickley Academy graduate and Notre Dame junior track and field athlete Summer Thorpe was overawed at her first NCAA Division I outdoor championship meet June 5-8 at Texas. Thorpe (13.51 seconds) placed 22nd in the women’s 100-meter hurdles and ninth in her heat. Notre Dame tied for 30th in the...

North Allegheny graduate and Harvard sophomore women’s tennis player Anna Li worked hard off the court, and it paid off. Li, 20, of McCandless, was the recipient of the Crimson’s Most Outstanding in Strength and Conditioning Award. Li said her junior coaches always emphasized conditioning, and she loved being challenged...

After a stellar high school career, Fox Chapel tennis player Robby Shymansky is shining at a new level. Shymansky, 18, took first place in men’s open singles in the U.S. Tennis Association Pro Circuit Wildcard Tournament June 14-16 at Mt. Lebanon Tennis Center. He received a wild card into the...

Penn-Trafford departing senior divers Paige Kalik and Logan Sherwin capped their high school careers with prestigious honors. Kalik made National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association Girls One Meter Diving All-America for the third season in a row, and Sherwin made boys All-America for the first time. Kalik, an Akron recruit, repeated...

North Allegheny graduate and Harvard sophomore women’s tennis player Anna Li worked hard off the court, and it paid off. Li, 20, of McCandless, was the recipient of the Crimson’s Most Outstanding in Strength and Conditioning Award. Li said her junior coaches always emphasized conditioning, and she loved being challenged...

Residents of the Hampton Township School District will face higher tax bills, thanks in part to rising labor costs. The real estate tax rate will increase by 0.43 mills, or 2.27 percent, as part of the 2019-20 operating budget the school board approved by a 6-1 vote June 10. Mandated...

Sewickley product and Yale fifth-year rower Lucas Peilert ended his college career on a positive note. Peilert, 22, a Central Catholic graduate, stroked the fourth varsity eight to victory and helped the Bulldogs to the Rowe Cup at the Eastern Sprints Regatta as the highest-scoring heavyweight team. “Our coach, Steve...