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Rochester varsity football player suffered seizure during game, family says
ROCHESTER, Pa. (KDKA) -- A Rochester High School football player is in the hospital tonight after collapsing during a game against Shenango on Friday.Carter Mason took a hit in the fourth quarter of the game, walked off the field on his power, and then collapsed on the sidelines.Medical staff quickly came to his aid, and the game was paused.Carter's family told KDKA-TV that he had a seizure."Apparently, he must have bumped in with another player and was hit on the left side of his head, and he had collapsed, they said it looked like seizures, and they got an ambulance for him and took him up to Children's Hospital. They [flew] him to Children's Hospital," Dorothy Mason, Carter's grandmother, said.His grandmother says Carter has had concussions in the past from playing football.They say he remains unconscious in the hospital.The Rochester Area School District released a statement on social media, saying in part: "The school district, including families, students, and staff send their thoughts and prayers to the student, his family, our coaches and team, along with the Rochester school community."
Oak Glen High School students come together to help Hurricane Helene victims
HANCOCK COUNTY, W.Va. (WTRF) – Clean up continues almost two weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated parts of North Carolina. Strong winds and deadly floods have left regions of the Appalachian Mountains almost unrecognizable and the people who live there have lost everything. One local high school at the very top of West Virgnia is doing […]
Select the Times' high school football player of the week for Week 6
Every Sunday, the Beaver County Times will post a poll of local high school football players who had strong performances during the last week. The Times will pull nominees based on input from our staff and contributors. You can also nominate an athlete via email to timesscores@gmail.com. Please include details of their achievements for that week only, including any notable statistics or results. All email submissions will be considered but not necessarily selected as a nominee. ...
Past PPS closures still haunt district parents. Families worry they’ll go through it again.
Pittsburgh Public Schools’ last round of school consolidations hit the West Side hard, with three of the seven total closures taking place in Sheraden, Crafton Heights and Elliott in 2012. Parents like Shayla Penn, of Sheraden, endured those closures just over a decade ago. She now worries her family...
Jewish student attacked near Pitt's campus recounts incident
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The Jewish student who was attacked in late September near Pitt's campus in Oakland while wearing a Star of David necklace shared his story for the first time, saying that he has no plans to hide his religious identity. Brandon Bowman told KDKA-TV he was walking home late at night when a man walking with a group of about seven others made eye contact with him and his necklace. "They identified me as a Jew, and then they said things about Israel [and] my religion," Bowman said. They included defamatory insults, slurs about Jews, and other "vile" inflammatory language, he said....
Here are the Times' top high school sports performances from Sept. 30 through Oct. 5
Every Monday, the Beaver County Times will recognize both individual athletes and teams for their impressive performances that took place in the previous week of high school sports action. Here are the standout efforts from Sept. 30 through Oct. 5: Boys Golf Nico Ward, West Allegheny ...
Carnegie Mellon University receives $6M for AI research
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently awarded Carnegie Mellon University a $6 million Measurement Science and Engineering Research Program grant to establish the CMU/NIST AI Measurement Science & Engineering Cooperative Research Center (AIMSEC). The grant program supports collaborative research that is aligned with NIST’s research objectives with the […] The post Carnegie Mellon University receives $6M for AI research appeared first on Pennsylvania Business Report.
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