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Latest Episodes
Avonworth Student Podcast - Avonworth/Northgate Swim and Dive Team 2026
This episode is hosted by AHS Senior, Aiden Lawrence. Aiden interviews two senior swim team members, Sam Cavanaugh and Jakob Vranick, and the head coach, Ashley Vranick (yes, they are mom and son). This was a good learning experienc...
Next Up North Community Conference with Emsworth Mayor Chaz Bolte
Judy talks with Chaz Bolte about his first 100 days as Mayor of Emsworth. He also discusses the new effort to work with Bellevue Forward to extend its organizational success to the rest of the North Boros. A community conference, Ne...
North Pittsburgh Symphonic Band with Melissa Corso
In this episode, Judy talks with Melissa Corso, President of the North Pittsburgh Symphonic Band (NPSB). NPSB is an award winning musical organization with a special tie to the North Boros and the Avonworth School District. N...
Community Theatre Players-American History in 60
Judy talks with the cast of CTP’s Spring Production-the madcap “American History in 60”. We talk about this unique play, along with the busy lives of actors in community theatre. American History in 60 - performed by the Comm...
Fan Mail
Hi Judy, my name is Jim Joyce and I am the swim parent who writes the articles for the Northgate-Avonworth Swim & Dive team. I am from Emsworth. I know you did a truly great podcast on the team in 2019 but there’s been a lot of big things going on with swimming here recently, especially this season. Our boys team won the Boys WPIAL Championship three weeks ago. This was our first boys WPIAL championship since 2018. Senior Sam Cavanaugh, an Academic All-American, won four golds at WPIALS and, just last weekend, won two golds at the PIAA AA State championship. Sam will be swimming in the Fall with Bucknell University. Also, sophomore Grey McKelvey, took home three medals. Another interesting angle to this is first year assistant coach, Sean Halpate, who is the head coach of the Northgate Aquatics Club Stingrays, which also swims at Northgate HS. Under Sean's coaching, the Stingrays have won 11 straight titles of the WCPSL (West Central Pa Swim League). Sean lives in Bellevue. We'll compete for another tomorrow at IUP. Btw, our head high school swim coach for the past two seasons has been Ashley Vranick, a very experienced coach who lives in Emsworth. Ashley was assistant coach for the 2023-24 season. Here are a couple of recent articles that ran on both schools' websites....
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