Fifth-grader Brooklyn Johnston watches the solar eclipse with her mom, fifth-grade teacher Alana Johnston, outside Knoch Intermediate Elementary School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Students at Knoch Intermediate Elementary School watch the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Fifth-grader Milan Rovnan watches the solar eclipse outside Knoch Intermediate Elementary School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Fifth-grader Brooklyn Johnston watches the solar eclipse outside Knoch Intermediate Elementary School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Lexie Hames bats during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Lexie Hames pitches during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Kara Pasquale bats during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Rylee Kratochvil bats during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Kara Pasquale runs to third base during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Bella Gross bats during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Bella Gross rounds third base during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Kara Pasquale bats during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Bella Gross tags out Mt. Lebanon at first base during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Olivia Herrem slides into home base during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Lexie Hames pitches during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Lexie Hames pitches during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Lexie Hames pitches during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Steph Saunders with TrustedSec uses students at Rowan Elementary School to demonstrate what a solar eclipse is during an assembly at the school on Monday, April 8, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Steph Saunders, with TrustedSec, led an assembly at Rowan Elementary School explaining to students what a solar eclipse is and how to stay safe during it on Monday, April 8, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Steph Saunders, with TrustedSec, led an assembly at Rowan Elementary School and demonstrated how to wear eclipse glasses to stay safe during a solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
People watch the eclipse at the John E. Mair Lodge No. 729 in Mars at an eclipse watch party Monday, April 8, 2024. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
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Jeff Ward, of Mars, wears an alien hat as he looks at the eclipse at the John E. Mair Lodge No. 729 in Mars at an eclipse watch party Monday, April 8, 2024. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
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Rory Holmgeren, 6, from Mars, is excited to see the eclipse at the John E. Mair Lodge No. 729 in Mars at an eclipse watch party Monday, April 8, 2024. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Justin Guido
Nathan Hartenstein, 5, from Valencia, made his own solar eclipse mask before attending the eclipse watch party at John E. Mair Lodge No. 729 in Mars on Monday, April 8, 2024. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Mars resident Margie Rinaman, 95, looks at the full eclipse in amazement at the John E. Mair Lodge No. 729 in Mars at an eclipse watch party Monday, April 8, 2024. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Nate Taylor waits for the solar eclipse to be visible at the John E. Mair Lodge No. 729 in Mars at an eclipse watch party Monday, April 8, 2024. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
A line formed outside Totalus in Butler on Monday morning, April 8, 2024, which advertised on Facebook Sunday night that it had a stock of solar eclipse glasses available. Eddie Trizzino/Butler Eagle
Carole Bartlebaugh, of Butler, laughs as she enters the back of the line, which stretches around the corner of North McKean Street onto Jefferson Street, to get eclipse glasses at Totalus on Monday morning, April 8, 2024. Eddie Trizzino/Butler Eagle
Butler’s Shylee Karenbauer (9) celebrates with Alley Bartley (2) after her running catch against Canon-McMillan during a WPIAL class 6A section one softball game at Butler High School on Monday April 8, 2024. Canon-McMillan bested Butler with a final score of 4-3. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Butler’s Alley Bartley (2) makes a running catch in the outfield against Canon-McMillan during a WPIAL class 6A section one softball game at Butler High School on Monday April 8, 2024. Canon-McMillan bested Butler with a final score of 4-3. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Butler celebrates a homerun by Lily Vicari (14) in their game against Canon-McMillan during a WPIAL class 6A section one softball game at Butler High School on Monday April 8, 2024. Canon-McMillan bested Butler with a final score of 4-3. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Butler’s Kelsey Ogin (22) celebrates with teammates after a strikeout against Canon-McMillian during a WPIAL class 6A section one softball game at Butler High School on Monday April 8, 2024. Canon-McMillan bested Butler with a final score of 4-3. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Butler’s Shylee Karenbauer (9) gets ahold of the ball during their game against Canon-McMillan during a WPIAL class 6A section one softball game at Butler High School on Monday April 8, 2024. Canon-McMillan bested Butler with a final score of 4-3. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Butler celebrates a homerun by Lily Vicari (14) in their game against Canon-McMillan during a WPIAL class 6A section one softball game at Butler High School on Monday April 8, 2024. Canon-McMillan bested Butler with a final score of 4-3. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Butler’s Meghan Reay (24) hits the ball against Canon-McMillan during a WPIAL class 6A section one softball game at Butler High School on Monday April 8, 2024. Canon-McMillan bested Butler with a final score of 4-3. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
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Butler’s Kaela Malis (6) tags out Canon-McMillian’s Samantha Merkle (21) during a WPIAL class 6A section one softball game at Butler High School on Monday April 8, 2024. Canon-McMillan bested Butler with a final score of 4-3. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
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Butler’s Kelsey Ogin (22) delivers a pitch to a Canon-McMillan batter during a WPIAL class 6A section one softball game at Butler High School on Monday April 8, 2024. Canon-McMillan bested Butler with a final score of 4-3. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
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Fifth-grader Brooklyn Johnston watches the solar eclipse with her mom, fifth-grade teacher Alana Johnston, outside Knoch Intermediate Elementary School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Students at Knoch Intermediate Elementary School watch the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Fifth-grader Milan Rovnan watches the solar eclipse outside Knoch Intermediate Elementary School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Fifth-grader Brooklyn Johnston watches the solar eclipse outside Knoch Intermediate Elementary School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Lexie Hames bats during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Lexie Hames pitches during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Kara Pasquale bats during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Rylee Kratochvil bats during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Kara Pasquale runs to third base during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Bella Gross bats during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Bella Gross rounds third base during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Kara Pasquale bats during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Bella Gross tags out Mt. Lebanon at first base during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Olivia Herrem slides into home base during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Lexie Hames pitches during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Lexie Hames pitches during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Lexie Hames pitches during a softball game against Mt. Lebanon at Seneca Valley High School on Monday, April 8, 2024. Seneca Valley bested Mt. Lebanon with a final score of 8-0. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Steph Saunders with TrustedSec uses students at Rowan Elementary School to demonstrate what a solar eclipse is during an assembly at the school on Monday, April 8, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Steph Saunders, with TrustedSec, led an assembly at Rowan Elementary School explaining to students what a solar eclipse is and how to stay safe during it on Monday, April 8, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Steph Saunders, with TrustedSec, led an assembly at Rowan Elementary School and demonstrated how to wear eclipse glasses to stay safe during a solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
People watch the eclipse at the John E. Mair Lodge No. 729 in Mars at an eclipse watch party Monday, April 8, 2024. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Justin Guido
Jeff Ward, of Mars, wears an alien hat as he looks at the eclipse at the John E. Mair Lodge No. 729 in Mars at an eclipse watch party Monday, April 8, 2024. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Justin Guido
Rory Holmgeren, 6, from Mars, is excited to see the eclipse at the John E. Mair Lodge No. 729 in Mars at an eclipse watch party Monday, April 8, 2024. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Justin Guido
Nathan Hartenstein, 5, from Valencia, made his own solar eclipse mask before attending the eclipse watch party at John E. Mair Lodge No. 729 in Mars on Monday, April 8, 2024. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Mars resident Margie Rinaman, 95, looks at the full eclipse in amazement at the John E. Mair Lodge No. 729 in Mars at an eclipse watch party Monday, April 8, 2024. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Nate Taylor waits for the solar eclipse to be visible at the John E. Mair Lodge No. 729 in Mars at an eclipse watch party Monday, April 8, 2024. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
A line formed outside Totalus in Butler on Monday morning, April 8, 2024, which advertised on Facebook Sunday night that it had a stock of solar eclipse glasses available. Eddie Trizzino/Butler Eagle
Carole Bartlebaugh, of Butler, laughs as she enters the back of the line, which stretches around the corner of North McKean Street onto Jefferson Street, to get eclipse glasses at Totalus on Monday morning, April 8, 2024. Eddie Trizzino/Butler Eagle
Butler’s Shylee Karenbauer (9) celebrates with Alley Bartley (2) after her running catch against Canon-McMillan during a WPIAL class 6A section one softball game at Butler High School on Monday April 8, 2024. Canon-McMillan bested Butler with a final score of 4-3. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Butler’s Alley Bartley (2) makes a running catch in the outfield against Canon-McMillan during a WPIAL class 6A section one softball game at Butler High School on Monday April 8, 2024. Canon-McMillan bested Butler with a final score of 4-3. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Butler celebrates a homerun by Lily Vicari (14) in their game against Canon-McMillan during a WPIAL class 6A section one softball game at Butler High School on Monday April 8, 2024. Canon-McMillan bested Butler with a final score of 4-3. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Butler’s Kelsey Ogin (22) celebrates with teammates after a strikeout against Canon-McMillian during a WPIAL class 6A section one softball game at Butler High School on Monday April 8, 2024. Canon-McMillan bested Butler with a final score of 4-3. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Butler’s Shylee Karenbauer (9) gets ahold of the ball during their game against Canon-McMillan during a WPIAL class 6A section one softball game at Butler High School on Monday April 8, 2024. Canon-McMillan bested Butler with a final score of 4-3. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Butler celebrates a homerun by Lily Vicari (14) in their game against Canon-McMillan during a WPIAL class 6A section one softball game at Butler High School on Monday April 8, 2024. Canon-McMillan bested Butler with a final score of 4-3. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Butler’s Meghan Reay (24) hits the ball against Canon-McMillan during a WPIAL class 6A section one softball game at Butler High School on Monday April 8, 2024. Canon-McMillan bested Butler with a final score of 4-3. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
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Butler’s Kaela Malis (6) tags out Canon-McMillian’s Samantha Merkle (21) during a WPIAL class 6A section one softball game at Butler High School on Monday April 8, 2024. Canon-McMillan bested Butler with a final score of 4-3. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Justin Guido
Butler’s Kelsey Ogin (22) delivers a pitch to a Canon-McMillan batter during a WPIAL class 6A section one softball game at Butler High School on Monday April 8, 2024. Canon-McMillan bested Butler with a final score of 4-3. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle
Justin Guido
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