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The Purbalite
The student news site of Baldwin High School

The Purbalite
The student news site of Baldwin High School

The Purbalite
Victoria Di Cesare

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor

Senior Victoria Di Cesare is a sports editor who has a passion for scoring bangers and breaking ankles on the soccer field. Her favorite TV shows at the moment are Grey’s Anatomy and Vampire Diaries. In her free time, she enjoys running and lifting weights so that she can stay swole for soccer.

Life’s a Beach, by UK indie band Easy Life, gives listeners a personal album that reflects the artists’ thoughts throughout the 2020 pandemic. 

Easy Life’s record shows that life isn’t always easy

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor
June 1, 2021
Generation Z in America will have more diversity, ethnically and racially than any other generation before them. This new generation of adults is predicted to be the most well-educated and successful generation that this planet has ever seen.

Opinion: Rising to meet obstacles, Gen Z shows its strength

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor
June 1, 2021

Podcast: Athletes reflect on a pandemic school year

Victoria Di Cesare and Grace Hampton
June 1, 2021
Purbalite seniors evaluate their four years of high school at Baldwin.

Senior Farewell: Soccer misconceptions and life lessons

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor
May 27, 2021
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is the governing body of college sports. Image via Wikimedia Commons Courtesy of NCAA

Opinion: Time has come for equal treatment for female athletes

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor
March 22, 2021
Americans should expand their usual music listening and explore Yung, an indie punk band.

Danish indie punk band makes some noise

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor
January 26, 2021
The girls swim team defeated Canon-Mac on Wednesday night, and junior Abigail Herrle qualified for WPIALs.

Swim teams fall to Shaler

Victoria Di Cesare, Staff Writer
January 20, 2021
The Baldwin varsity ice hockey team plays in the 3A division.

Nowicki leads ice hockey team to overtime win

Ethan Spozarski and Victoria Di Cesare
January 19, 2021
The pandemic has complicated college recruiting for some student athletes.

Opinion: Pandemic has heavily impacted senior athletes

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor
January 14, 2021
"Earth to Dora" is the newest album from the artist, Eels.

New Album from Eels tackles divorce

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor
November 2, 2020
The Baldwin girls volleyball coach talks to the team during a break in the game.

[Photo] Volleyball team wins big on senior rec night

Alli Schroeder and Izzy Swanson
October 16, 2020
With the carnival, bonfire, and dance canceled due to COVID-19, the senior class hopes to have a homecoming parade this year.

Senior class plans new homecoming parade

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor
October 13, 2020
U.S. soccer star Alex Morgan has signed to play with the English women's team Tottenham. She is one of several U.S. players making such a move.

Opinion: Women’s soccer stars head to England, endangering sport’s growth in America

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor
October 12, 2020
The Highlander football team, its 14-day quarantine over, played Norwin on Friday and lost, 28-12.

Football team, out of quarantine, prepares for Friday’s Norwin game

Victoria Di Cesare and Lena Barakat
September 29, 2020
Desks now sit in the atriums and will be used for study hall periods.

[Photo] Students finally return, but to a changed building

Lindsay Bonetti, Maddison Houser, and Colton Brain
September 14, 2020

Purb Take discusses top international athletes

Jaiman White, Colton Brain, Victoria Di Cesare, and Mason Hurley
May 29, 2020
This year's school closures have led to significant changes for Advanced Placement testing.

Changes in AP tests get mixed reviews

Lindsay Bonetti, Grace Hampton, Victoria Di Cesare, and Pratiksha Timsina
May 1, 2020
Olivia Kniola will attend Alderson Broaddus University as a member of their acrobatics and tumbling team.

Olivia Kniola

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor
February 26, 2020
The gymnastics team captured first place in the silver division at states this past weekend.

Gymnastics team captures state championship

Izzy Swanson and Victoria Di Cesare
February 24, 2020
The Boys Basketball team has beat Franklin Regional to improve their record to 3-1.

Boys, girls basketball players earn Big 56 conference honors

Victoria Di Cesare, Tyler Zeman, and Mason Hurley
February 18, 2020
Tanner Cindrich (left) was selected to play at the PIHL All-Star game. The others were Paul Zmuda, Keith Reed, and Dylan Belack.

Cindrich specializes in saves

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor
February 13, 2020
"Overall, this movie is not worth the watch and this Grimms’ fairy tale twist reflects poorly on the industry as a whole. "

New twist on popular fairy tale fails expectations

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor
February 13, 2020
The ice hockey team fell to Central Catholic, 6-3.

Big comeback preserves ice hockey team’s unbeaten streak

Victoria Di Cesare, Adam Goldsboro, and Jaiman White
January 14, 2020
The girls swim team defeated Canon-Mac on Wednesday night, and junior Abigail Herrle qualified for WPIALs.

Swim teams come up short against Elizabeth Forward

Victoria Di Cesare and Lena Barakat
January 8, 2020
The competitive cheer team won the WPIAL Championships for the first time ever on Saturday.

Competition cheer team makes history with first ever WPIAL win

Lindsay Bonetti, Victoria Di Cesare, Jaiman White, and Tyler Zeman
January 6, 2020
Junior Abby Marzina scored the game point that led the girls team to victory.

Girls basketball wins with a buzzerbeater shot

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor
December 20, 2019
The holiday season is a time to spend time with family, despite your differences.

The 14 school days of Christmas: Drop the grudges this holiday

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor
December 20, 2019
The holiday season is a time to spend time with family, despite your differences.

The 14 school days of Christmas: Drop the grudges this holiday

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor
December 20, 2019
There are really no negatives to the film, as it is very compelling and worth the watch. 

‘Knives Out’ compels audience through humor

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor
December 3, 2019
The ice hockey team fell to Central Catholic, 6-3.

Hockey team stays undefeated with a 2-1 win

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor
November 26, 2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil puts a twist on the Disney movie Sleeping Beauty.

New movie Maleficent: Mistress of Evil has good effects

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor
November 26, 2019
The ice hockey team fell to Central Catholic, 6-3.

Ice hockey defeats Mars, maintains unbeaten start

Victoria Di Cesare, Staff Writer
November 19, 2019
Extra senior skip day draws warning

Extra senior skip day draws warning

Lindsay Bonetti and Victoria Di Cesare
November 18, 2019
Despite efforts to fix the new E-Hall pass system, there are still flaws making the program difficult to use.

Wi-Fi issues arise with E-hall pass system

Victoria Di Cesare, Grace Hampton, and Elizabeth Perston
November 13, 2019
US Women's National team uders changes with new coaching staff.

USWNT goes through changes after World Cup victory

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor
November 8, 2019
The boys soccer team's season came to an end on Saturday with a loss to Norwin.

Boys soccer team’s big season draws to a close

Victoria Di Cesare and Elizabeth Perston
October 21, 2019
Baldwin will look for big performances from their key players tonight as the Highlanders seek another win.

Football team hosts Bethel in homecoming showdown

Lindsay Bonetti and Victoria Di Cesare
October 11, 2019
Should students return to school full time? Two staff members weigh in.

Proposal would temporarily put Paynter students in high school

Victoria Di Cesare, Staff Writer
October 4, 2019
Principal Shaun Tomaszewski is forming a student council to get more students involved in clubs.

Council of student leaders aims to boost student engagement

Lena Barakat and Victoria Di Cesare
September 27, 2019
Baldwin's big 23-0 win over West Allegheny helps the team in the race for playoffs.

Football team downs Woodland Hills

Victoria Di Cesare and Lena Barakat
September 23, 2019
For the third straight year, the Baldwin golf team has reached the playoffs.

2 Baldwin golfers qualify for WPIAL semifinals

Victoria Di Cesare, Sports Editor
September 17, 2019
Bethel tied the game in the second half at 1-1, but Baldwin never gave up.

Boys soccer loses to Canon-Mac

Lena Barakat and Victoria Di Cesare
September 11, 2019
The program will eliminate paper hall passes and is expected to be introduced in the coming weeks.

New digital hall pass system to replace paper passes

Victoria Di Cesare and Grace Hampton
September 9, 2019

VIDEO STORY: The Class of 2019 graduates

Victoria Di Cesare and Lindsay Bonetti
June 5, 2019
Seniors Austin Bechtold and Nick Pouch reflect on their time playing for Baldwin volleyball.

Strong boys volleyball season ends with playoff loss

Elizabeth Perston and Victoria Di Cesare
May 15, 2019
Although this movie is written and filmed in an excellent way, the cast comes up lacking in some parts of the movie, which degrades it significantly.

‘The Curse of La Llorona’ impresses but disappoints

Victoria Di Cesare, Staff Writer
May 8, 2019
The Baldwin boys lacrosse team plays in the 3A division.

Girls lacrosse faces tough loss

Lindsay Bonetti and Victoria Di Cesare
April 30, 2019
The United States Women's Soccer team will look to defend their World Cup title this summer

USWNT looks to defend World Cup title this summer

Victoria Di Cesare, Staff Writer
April 16, 2019
The boys baseball team lost to Hempfield on Wednesday night.

Highlander baseball falls to USC

Lindsay Bonetti and Victoria Di Cesare
April 10, 2019
The Girls Softball team takes on Norwin today in first round of play-offs.

Softball team rolls to win over Brashear

Abby Fowler and Victoria Di Cesare
April 5, 2019
The Baldwin competitive cheerleading mat team placed third in the nation at Disney in February, the highest-ever finish for any Baldwin cheer team.

Team earns cheers for big finish

Victoria Di Cesare and Caden Harsh
April 5, 2019
Junior Maleah Pacella plays shortstop for the girls softball team.

Communication will be key to softball’s season

Elizabeth Perston and Victoria Di Cesare
March 18, 2019
Baldwin teacher Beth Fochtman encourages kindness in honor of her son, Logan.

Fochtman filmed for blood bank commercial

Lena Barakat, Victoria Di Cesare, and Grace Esposito
March 6, 2019
Golvash, Shannon lead hockey team to playoff win

Golvash, Shannon lead hockey team to playoff win

Victoria Di Cesare and Alli Schroeder
February 27, 2019
Senior Connor Sidoruk while at practice. Sidoruk has been a key member of the varsity wrestling team for all four years.

3 Baldwin wrestlers earn spot in WPIALs

Victoria Di Cesare, Staff Writer
February 25, 2019
The cheerleaders already have qualified to compete at nationals in Florida later this year.

Competitive cheerleading places third in nation

Victoria Di Cesare, Caden Harsh, and Fiona Selden
February 12, 2019
The Rachel's Challenge chapter at Baldwin, lead by Cherri Foote, promotes kindness.

VIDEO STORY: Rachel’s Challenge chain of names provides link

Victoria Di Cesare and Elizabeth Perston
February 12, 2019
Juniors Derek Kotecki, Bridget Stehle, and Anthony Provident sitting with their art installation.

Art students draw their way to success

Victoria Di Cesare, Staff Writer
February 11, 2019
Photo via Bamboo Telegraph

US Women’s National Soccer Team looks forward to World Cup

Victoria Di Cesare, Staff Writer
February 8, 2019
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