Photo Gallery Thurs. Jan. 30, 2020

2020-01-30 00:00:00

A male driver suffered minor injuries after losing control of his car and hitting a tree on West Sunbury Road in Clay Township on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 29, 2020. State police said the driver momentarily took his eyes off the road while traveling north and struck a tree at 1054 West Sunbury Road. He was taken by ambulance to Butler Memorial Hospital. The West Sunbury Volunteer Fire Department also responded to the accident.Steve Ferris/Butler Eagle

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Seneca Valley’s Dylan Chappell attempts a takedown against a Franklin Regional wrestler in a WPIAL playoff matchup at Seneca Valley on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

Butler’s Levi Donnel pushes for a pin against Thomas Jefferson’s Aidan Stella in a WPIAL playoff matchup at Seneca Valley on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

Seneca Valley’s Hunter Swedish pushes for a pin against Thomas Jefferson’s Aidan Stella during the Raiders’ 42-20 win in the WPIAL team quarterfinals on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

Seneca Valley’s Tyler Chappell pushes Thomas Jefferson’s Gabe Gallioto to a pin in a WPIAL playoff matchup at Seneca Valley on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

Seneca Valley’s Dylan Chappell lifts a Thomas Jefferson wrestler for a takedown in a WPIAL playoff matchup at Seneca Valley on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

The Rev. Jim Kurtz, the parochial vicar at St. Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church in Herman, poses in the church sanctuary with Marianne Cornetti, an international opera star, who got her start singing at age 12 in the choir at St. Mary’s. Cornetti will give a concert of her favorite hymns Feb. 9, 2020, to raise money for church food banks.HAROLD AUGHTON/BUTLER EAGLE

Seneca Valley High School girls basketball coach Dorothea Epps says “you don’t have to have played a sport to have knowledge of it and be able to teach it. It’s all in how you relate to the athletes, if you can motivate them and mold a team.”SEB FOLTZ/BUTLER EAGLE

North Catholic girls basketball coach Molly Rottmann instructs her team during their victory over Upper St. Clair on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. Reflecting on women coaches, Rottmann said: “There aren’t that many women coaching girls sports in high school these days. A lot of them have gotten out. A lot of women work or take care of their kids at night. They no longer have the time to coach.”SEB FOLTZ/BUTLER EAGLE

A woman’s Jeep Grand Cherokee went airborne during a crash Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 29, 2020, ending up on its side in a farmer’s field along Branchton Road in Slippery Rock Township. The driver was taken by ambulance to the Grove City Medical Center with moderate injuries.SEB FOLTZ/BUTLER EAGLE