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The student news site of Baldwin High School

The Purbalite
The student news site of Baldwin High School

The Purbalite
Carson Chapel

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor

Senior Sports Editor Carson Chapel is in his third year on the Purbalite staff. When he is not playing sports he is lifting, watching anime, and tending to any fire in sight.

The Baldwin High School Fighting Highlanders baseball team plays in WPIAL Class 6A.

[Photo] Baseball loses to Central Catholic in final inning

Jacob Staley, Sports Editor
April 19, 2024
Despite the rough performance, there were still some bright spots. 

[Photo] Hempfield shuts out baseball team

Kevin Hutchinson, Staff Writer
April 10, 2024

Rexrode overcame injury to win WPIALs again

Carson Chapel and Nico Macurak
May 23, 2023
The Baldwin Outdoor Track and Field team competes in the spring season.

Track athletes compete in WPIALs

Carson Chapel, Adam Degenhardt, Nico Macurak, and Jacob Staley
May 18, 2023
Purbalite seniors evaluate their four years of high school at Baldwin.

Senior Farewell: I hated senior year

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
May 18, 2023
The Baldwin girls softball team loses after a hard fought game against NA.

Softball team rallies to defeat Lebo

Raven Spano, Carson Chapel, and Zach Wiatrowski
May 10, 2023
Baldwin's esports team participates in Overwatch 2, a team based player vs. player game.

Overwatch 2 team falls in second round of playoffs

Carson Chapel and Khadicha Kosimjonova
May 8, 2023

Purb Take podcast discusses Day 1 of the NFL draft

Carson Chapel, Adam Degenhardt, and Nico Macurak
April 28, 2023
The Baldwin Outdoor Track and Field team competes in the spring season.

Track team to mark Earth Day with community cleanup

Ava Bell and Carson Chapel
April 17, 2023

Video story: Girls lax falls to Norwin

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
April 13, 2023

Purb Talk talks Selection Sunday and March Madness predictions

Carson Chapel, Adam Degenhardt, Nico Macurak, and Jacob Staley
March 13, 2023
Fifth period was Society and Careers, where students watched their classmates' projects.

5th Period: Society and Careers: seven students

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
March 11, 2023
Second and third periods were AP Physics 2, with a lab period.

2nd and 3rd Periods: Lab Day for AP Physics 2: nine seniors in class

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
March 11, 2023
First period was AP Calculus AB, with most of the students present in class being juniors.

First Period: AP Calculus AB: Five students total in class, including two seniors

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
March 11, 2023
Chapel attends his fourth period English class, Sci-Fi and Fantasy.

4th Period: Sci-Fi and Fantasy: nine seniors total

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
March 11, 2023
Senior Carson Chapel takes a selfie in his homeroom, sans many classmates.

Homeroom: Five seniors total

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
March 11, 2023
Chapel went up to the library for sixth period study hall for some peace and quiet.

6th period: study hall in North Atrium and then library: many students

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
March 11, 2023
Chapel's sparsely populated seventh period was Earth and Space Science.

7th period: Earth and Space: seven seniors

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
March 11, 2023
Chapel's last period of the day was Newspaper, which had students from different grades.

8th period: Newspaper: 17 students from different grades, two being seniors

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
March 11, 2023
The BHS senior parking lot featured fewer cars this morning.

Not every senior stayed home for Skip Day

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
March 11, 2023
The Baldwin Fighting Highlander basketball teams play in the 6A division.

Boys basketball loses to Central, despite record-breaking night for Wesling

Carson Chapel and Jacob Staley
February 27, 2023
The St. Elizabeth’s CYO basketball team, consisting of many Baldwin athletes, won their championship game on Sunday.

[Photo] St. Elizabeth’s CYO team wins hoops title

Leila Usanovic, News Editor
February 27, 2023
Former cross country coach Bonita "Bunny" Schmidt embraces teacher and former Baldwin runner Natalie Grattan. Schmidt passed away on Sunday.

Cross country community mourns loss of Coach Bunny Schmidt

Carson Chapel, Adam Degenhardt, and Jacob Staley
February 21, 2023
The Fighting Highlanders basketball teams compete at the 6A level

Baldwin falls to Upper Saint Clair

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
February 13, 2023

Purb Take podcast offers Super Bowl predictions

Carson Chapel, Adam Degenhardt, Nico Macurak, and Jacob Staley
February 9, 2023
The Baldwin Fighting Highlander basketball teams play in the 6A division.

Boys basketball loses to Hempfield

Jacob Staley and Carson Chapel
February 8, 2023
The 65th Grammy Awards, recognizing the best in music, aired Sunday night on CBS.

Grammys provide a memorable night

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
February 6, 2023
The Baldwin Bean in action as Baldwin High School hosted PJAS Science Fair.

[Photo] 2 Baldwin students shine at science competition

Arturo Gromo, Khadicha Kosimjonova, and Max Pegher
February 6, 2023
The Baldwin Highlanders varsity football team competes in the 5A division.

Baldwin hopes new coach can bring change to football team

Carson Chapel and Jacob Staley
February 2, 2023
Seniors signed their letters of intent to continue their academic and athletic careers.

[Photo] Seniors sign their letters of intent

Purbalite Staff
February 7, 2023
Senior James Wesling scores 24 points as Baldwin defeats Trinity.

Baldwin Basketball defeats Trinity

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
January 25, 2023
The Baldwin varsity ice hockey team plays in the 3A division.

Baldwin Hockey falls to Central Catholic

Carson Chapel and Adam Degenhardt
January 24, 2023
The Baldwin boys wrestling team competes in the 3A division.

Wrestling takes second place and two third place wins

Jacob Staley and Carson Chapel
January 23, 2023
The Unified Bocce Team competes in the winter sport season.

Unified Bocce defeats Chartiers Valley

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
January 23, 2023
The Baldwin Fighting Highlander basketball teams play in the 6A division.

Baldwin Boys Basketball defeats Norwin

Carson Chapel and Jacob Staley
January 11, 2023
Sophomore Matthew Schenk shoots the ball over a Canon Mac defender.

Boys basketball defeats Canon-Mac

Leila Usanovic, Allison Huschak, Carson Chapel, and Nico Macurak
January 10, 2023
The Baldwin Fighting Highlander basketball teams play in the 6A division.

Boys basketball falls to Mt. Lebo

Carson Chapel and Jacob Staley
January 4, 2023
The Baldwin Fighting Highlander basketball teams play in the 6A division.

Wesling brothers lead boys basketball over Seneca Valley

Jacob Staley and Carson Chapel
December 21, 2022
The Fighting Highlanders basketball teams compete at the 6A level

Boys basketball falls to Fox Chapel

Carson Chapel and Jacob Staley
December 19, 2022
Over the last 15 years, the Pirates have had 10 picks in the top ten.

Opinion: Top pick in draft should set up Pirates for future

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
December 16, 2022
The Baldwin Fighting Highlander basketball teams play in the 6A division.

Boys basketball loses a heartbreaker to Bethel Park

Jacob Staley and Carson Chapel
December 14, 2022
The Baldwin Fighting Highlander basketball teams play in the 6A division.

Boys basketball defeats TJ

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
December 7, 2022
The Baldwin Fighting Highlander basketball teams play in the 6A division.

Boys basketball splits season-opening tournament games

Carson Chapel and Jacob Staley
December 5, 2022
The Baldwin Fighting Highlander basketball teams play in the 6A division.

Boys, girls basketball teams ready for tipoff tourney

Carson Chapel and Jacob Staley
December 2, 2022

Purb Take podcast debates a big NFL weekend

Carson Chapel, Adam Degenhardt, Nico Macurak, and Jacob Staley
November 30, 2022
Philip Pegher (left) and Andrew Barrett have run together since freshman year, but they ran against each other much earlier than that.

Once rivals, Barrett, Pegher now run together for Baldwin

Carson Chapel and Adam Degenhardt
November 29, 2022
The Baldwin varsity ice hockey team plays in the 3A division.

Ice hockey team defeats Cathedral Prep

Carson Chapel and Adam Degenhardt
November 23, 2022

Purb Take podcast team debates Week 10 NFL action

Carson Chapel, Adam Degenhardt, Nico Macurak, and Jacob Staley
November 14, 2022
The Baldwin Fighting Highlanders football team plays in WPIAL 5A section.

Football players reflect on challenging season

Carson Chapel, Jacob Staley, and Adam Degenhardt
November 4, 2022

Video story: Ice hockey loses to Bethel in OT

Adam Degenhardt and Carson Chapel
October 31, 2022
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Girls volleyball season ends with playoff loss to Seneca Valley

Carson Chapel and Adam Degenhardt
October 26, 2022
Freshman player Ashley Skowronski gets ready to hit the ball.

[Photo] Girls volleyball headed to playoffs

Jacob Staley, Sports Editor
October 21, 2022

Purb Take podcast discusses the terrible start to this Steelers season

Carson Chapel, Adam Degenhardt, Nico Macurak, and Jacob Staley
October 11, 2022
The girls tennis team plays in the fall sports season.

Overlingas and Moder win 1, lose 1 at tennis WIPIALs

Carson Chapel, Sports editor
October 7, 2022
The Baldwin Fighting Highlanders football team plays in WPIAL 5A section.

Following difficult start, football team looks to earn more wins

Carson Chapel, Adam Degenhardt, and Jacob Staley
October 7, 2022
Senior golfer Carson Gregg is a caddie at South Hills Country Club.

Gregg caddies “fore” a future career in golf management

Carson Chapel and Adam Degenhardt
October 3, 2022

Video story: Girls volleyball loses to Canon-Mac

Carson Chapel and Adam Degenhardt
September 21, 2022
Baldwin’s varsity girls soccer team competes in the 4A division.

Girls soccer picks up section win over Hempfield

Carson Chapel and Nico Macurak
September 20, 2022
The Baldwin boys golf team plays in the 3A division.

[Photo] Golf team members fall short of WPIAL sectionals

Brendan Harris and Seth Franco
September 19, 2022
Cyberpunk Edgerunners, an anime just released on Netflix, may just have saved the failed video game Cyberpunk 2077. `Cyberpunk’ anime saves a failed video game

`Cyberpunk’ anime saves a failed video game

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
September 20, 2022

Purb Take podcast previews the Steeler season

Carson Chapel, Adam Degenhardt, and Jacob Staley
September 9, 2022
The Baldwin Girls Varsity Volleyball team plays in the 4A division.

Girls volleyball falls to Fox Chapel

Carson Chapel and Adam Degenhardt
September 8, 2022
The Baldwin Varsity Football Team plays in the 5A Division.

Football team has high hopes for T.J. game, rest of season

Carson Chapel, Jacob Staley, and Adam Degenhardt
September 2, 2022
The varsity football team won its first game of the season on Friday by taking the “The Battle of 51” against Brashear, 47-17. 

Highlanders take home first annual “Battle of 51”

Carson Chapel and Jacob Staley
August 29, 2022
Senior Commencement ends with fireworks from behind the football stadium.

[Photo] Class of 2022 Commencement video story, slideshow

Purbalite Staff
June 3, 2022

Purb Take podcast makes picks for NBA Finals

Carson Chapel, Andrew Barrett, Jacob Staley, and Adam Degenhardt
June 2, 2022

Podcast debates NBA playoffs

Andrew Barrett, Carson Chapel, Paul Kercher, and Jacob Staley
May 27, 2022
Opinion: Pirates' start is nice, but time will tell

Opinion: Pirates’ start is nice, but time will tell

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
May 4, 2022
The journey from island to island covers important real-life topics such as discrimination, racism, overcoming fear, and that enemies can turn into allies.

What to Binge Watch: Pirates seek adventure in `One Piece’ anime

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
May 4, 2022
Harrold's podcast discusses every Best Picture winner since the start of the Academy Awards.

Harrold’s podcast revisits Oscar winners

Carson Chapel and Ethan Spozarski
April 28, 2022
Dunaway spares no local team in his radio show, Sports Voice with Dave Dunaway.

Dunaway’s radio show doesn’t spare local teams

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
April 28, 2022
Baldwin staff members share their opinions on movies and sports on a radio show and two podcasts.

Baldwin staff members share opinions through podcasts, radio

Ethan Spozarski and Carson Chapel
April 28, 2022

Mini-THON sets record, raising $29,157 to fight childhood cancer

Carson Chapel and Eli Traud
April 25, 2022
The new game, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, has 45 levels and for every movie there are 5 missions.

The new Star Wars legos game updates an old favorite

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
April 25, 2022
Lacrosse plays another game.

Boys lacrosse falls to Penn-Trafford

Carson Chapel and Grace Spozarski
April 14, 2022
Shohei Ohtani continues to become the face of baseball as he is the cover player for The Show 22, the latest in the long-lasting video game series that dates back to 2006. 

`The Show 22’ serves up another winner

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
April 13, 2022
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[Photo] Boys baseball defeats TJ

Ethan Spozarski, Sports Editor
April 1, 2022
The Baldwin varsity ice hockey team plays in the 3A division.

Ice hockey loses to Peters in quarterfinal playoff game

Ethan Spozarski and Carson Chapel
March 9, 2022
Vanderbilt is using new devices for pitch calling.

Baseball looks to tech for improvements

Carson Chapel, Sports Editor
March 3, 2022
The St. elizabeth's boys CYO team won their championship game on Sunday.

[Photo] Baldwin student lead 2 CYO teams to championships

Ethan Spozarski and Grace Spozarski
March 1, 2022
Boys varsity Basketball lost to NA in the first round of WPIALs.

Boys basketball season ends with playoff loss to North Allegheny

Carson Chapel and Paul Kercher
February 23, 2022
James and Nate Wesling both play on the Varsity basketball team.

Wesling brothers look to make memories, achieve playoff success

Ethan Spozarski and Carson Chapel
February 16, 2022
Baldwin alum Sean Kealey has been a substitute teacher at the high school for the past few months, but over the summer he was on the pitching mound in Wisconsin, getting his first shot as a reliever in the minors during his first season in High A baseball for the Peoria Chiefs.

Your substitute teacher is a minor league baseball pitcher

Carson Chapel and Paul Kercher
February 11, 2022

Purb Take podcast offers Super Bowl predictions

Carson Chapel, Paul Kercher, Ethan Spozarski, and Jacob Staley
February 7, 2022

Podcast: Purb Take team offers NFL conference championship picks

Ethan Spozarski, Carson Chapel, Paul Kercher, and Jacob Staley
January 28, 2022
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