High school notebook: Sports talk show expands audience
By Bill Beckner Jr. - “SportsLine” can now be seen online. The A-K’s long-standing sports talk show, with host Bob Tatrn, will stream live on the internet at 6 p.m. ...
View ArticleFreeport volleyball works on improved team chemistry
By Bill West - One day after the loss that ended their 68-match win streak in section play, members of Freeport’s girls volleyball team gathered at practice and had ...
View ArticleGreater Allegheny building soccer teams
By Keith Barnes - Achilles Vassilicos and Ashley Davis spent time on opposite sides of one of the fiercest rivalries in WPIAL girls soccer. Now they will work together ...
View ArticleNo luck for area teams in AA golf semis
By Jeff Oliver, Valley IndependentIt wasn’t really a banner day for the local teams that participated in the two WPIAL Class AA Boys’ Team Golf Semifinals. However, for players ...
View ArticleBVA comes up short against South Park
By The Valley IndependentBelle Vernon Area’s boys’ soccer team has only tasted defeat three times this season. Two of those three losses came at the hands of Section ...
View ArticleFranklin Regional, Penn-Trafford tennis teams advance to WPIAL tournaments
By Matt Grubba, Gateway NewspapersFranklin Regional freshman Natalia Perry made a splash in this year’s WPIAL singles tournament, but none of the local teams had the same luck in ...
View ArticleTribune-Review athletes of the week: Indiana’s Matt Holuta, Norwin’s Samantha...
By Andrew JohnMatt Holuta School: Indiana Year: Junior Sport: Golf Claim to fame: Holuta finished second with a round of 71 at the WPIAL Class AAA individual ...
View ArticlePenn-Trafford set for must-win game today
By Karen Kadilak, Tribune-ReviewThe Penn-Trafford field hockey team will have a lot on the line when it plays at Pine-Richland Thursday. The Warriors (4-2-1 in WPIAL Section 1-AAA) ...
View ArticleKittanning golfers fall short at WPIAL qualifier
By Keith Barnes, McKeesport Daily NewsKittanning golf coach Bud Stanley had a plan in place if his team qualified for the WPIAL Class AA team finals Thursday at Cedarbrook. Immediately ...
View ArticleValley News Dispatch Spotlight Athletes of the Week: Springdale’s Jared Cole...
By Tribune-ReviewJared Cole School: Springdale Class: Senior Sport: Soccer Claim to fame: Cole has scored 18 goals and chipped in nine assists for the first-place Dynamos ...
View ArticleGuido: Springdale RB Dugan nearing milestone
By George GuidoSpringdale running back Sean Dugan is approaching a couple of notable career rushing marks. The four-year letterman goes into Friday’s game at Avonworth with 3,513 ...
View ArticleAliquippa grad finds home with Titans
By John Grupp, Tribune-ReviewTommie Campbell never wants to forget the long shifts working as an airport janitor, cleaning toilets and mopping floors for $8 an hour. “I think ...
View ArticleSteelers trying to keep defense disguised
By Alan Robinson, Tribune-ReviewChaos theory is a complex form of mathematics in which seemingly random events become predictable when precise equations are applied, but even the slightest variation ...
View ArticlePSU New Kensington junior captures conference championship
By Bill Beckner Jr., Valley News DispatchAdam Stawski won a WPIAL golf championship when he played at Plum. Now he has some hardware at the college level. Stawski, a Penn State ...
View ArticleHigh school roundup: Riverview boys soccer team shocks Vincentian
By Staff ReportsRiverview’s boys soccer team jumped out to a three-goal lead and held on to upset Class A No. 3 Vincentian, 3-2, on Tuesday in McCandless. ...
View ArticleSerra Catholic golf team bows out of WPIAL team tourney
By Keith Barnes, McKeesport Daily NewsKevin Kaminsky stood behind the 18th green at Donegal Highlands Golf Course and eagerly anticipated the scores of his Serra Catholic players as they finished ...
View ArticleDaily News spotlight athletes: Thomas Jefferson’s Keith Miller, Elizabeth...
By Robert StinnerKeith Miller School: Thomas Jefferson Class: Junior Sport: Golf Claim to fame: Miller advanced to the WPIAL semifinals by shooting an 80 during a section ...
View ArticleBuie becomes breakout performer for WVU
By John Harris, Tribune-ReviewBefore last week, West Virginia sophomore Andrew Buie was considered an insurance policy in a compact package, a 5-foot-9, 188-pound running back holding things down ...
View ArticleKovacevic: Steelers backed into a corner
By Dejan Kovacevic, Tribune-ReviewThere might not be a sadder sight, in this or any other realm, than Superman looking vulnerable. You should have seen Troy Polamalu dragging along ...
View ArticleBig Ten Notebook: O’Brien downplays early success
By Scott Brown, Tribune-ReviewAn open date on the schedule gives Penn State coach Bill O’Brien a chance to catch his breath and reflect on the first half of ...
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