The Snapper
Kyrie Irving plays for the Brooklyn Nets in a game against the Cavaliers in 2022. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Kaya Wagner Staff Writer Late in the first quarter of the Dallas Mavericks’ March 3 game against the Sacramento Kings, the team lost their all-star point guard Kyrie Irving to a season-ending injury. The nine-time […]
Payje Davis Associate Arts & Culture Editor Officer Andrew Duarte of the West York Borough Police Department was laid to rest on Friday, Feb. 28, at Living Word Community Church in Red Lion, Pennsylvania. Officer Duarte was killed in the line of duty at UPMC Memorial Hospital in West Manchester Twp on Saturday, Feb. 22, […]
Alex Ovechkin celebrates a goal in a 2012 game against the Montreal Canadiens. PHOTO COURTESY OF FLICKR Katelyn Auty Head Copy Editor Social Media Editor Associate Sports Editor Alex Ovechkin, captain of the Washington Capitals, is just 11 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s career goal record. Washington announced today that Ovechkin is teaming up […]
Broadcaster Mike Lange takes questions from fans during a Q&A before a Penguins morning skate in 2011. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Kaya Wagner Staff Writer The Pittsburgh Penguins announced on Feb. 19 that Mike Lange, a Hall of Fame broadcaster, passed away at the age of 76. Lange had served as a caller for […]
Mathya Clay Staff Writer As corporate America grapples with shifting economic pressures and political climates, many companies are scaling back or re-evaluating their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Once celebrated as essential pillars of workplace culture, these programs now face resistance, with some businesses opting to cut back or abandon them entirely. For university […]
Kaya Wagner Staff Writer On Feb. 19 an explosion occurred at a SPS Technologies factory located at Jenkintown in Abington Township. A massive fire then erupted in the 560,000-square-foot facility and led to the evacuation of all 60 workers there. Schools the following day opted to close, with authorities issuing a shelter-in-place order within a […]
The New York Yankees logo. PHOTO COURTESY OF JEFF LOUGHLIN / ROBOFLOW UNIVERSE Ben Staker Sports Editor On the morning of Friday, Feb 21, the New York Yankees made a move that stunned many people in the baseball industry. No, it wasn’t a trade, free agency signing, or even bringing in a new coach…it was an […]
Millie Castellani Staff Writer I am prefacing this piece with the disclosure that I am not an avid movie watcher. In my lifetime, I’ve likely sat through the full run time of less than maybe 30 movies. That being said, take what I say lightly – or perhaps with some lenience when I say that […]
Katelyn Auty Head Copy Editor Social Media Editor Associate Sports Editor Autumn Lockwood, the performance coach for the Philadelphia Eagles, made history in Super Bowl LVII when she became the first Black woman to coach in a Super Bowl. On Feb. 9, she made history again as the first Black woman coach to win a […]
Lampeter-Strasburg quarterback Caileb Howse (13) scrambles for a first down. PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRIS KNIGHT / LNP|LANCASTERONLINE Justin Staggers Managing Editor PIAA Class 4A Player of the Year. All-State Quarterback. Led Lampeter-Strasburg to its first state championship appearance. The accolades for Caileb Howse go on and on—and after his historic season, so did the offers. […]