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Sanks for the suggestion
By Paul Kogut, Valley News DispatchKnoch’s Celina Sanks gladly admits that sometimes mother knows best. Sanks made basketball her first love when she was in elementary school. But when she ...
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Trib HS Insider Q&A: West Shamokin’s Matt Johns
By Bill West, Leader TimesWest Shamokin junior Matt Johns has made a relatively seamless transition back into football, a sport he last played in eighth grade. A 5-foot-8, 160-pound ...
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Starkey: Homecoming for Ramon Foster
By Joe Starkey, Tribune-ReviewNobody knows a child like his mother. So let’s give Jeanell Foster the first word on son Ramon. Jeanell is the one who raised four ...
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Bridgewater, Louisville are on top of Big East
By Bob Cohn, Tribune-ReviewTeddy Bridgewater grew up in Miami and rooted for the Florida Gators. His favorite quarterback played for Florida State. So much for sentiment or geography. ...
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Titans are tonic for Steelers’ road woes
By Alan Robinson, Tribune-ReviewCasey Hampton doesn’t know when it happened. Maybe it was when an aging Peyton Manning took over in Denver or when James Harrison was out. ...
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Roethlisberger on cusp of Steelers’ yard mark
By Mark Kaboly, Tribune-ReviewNo matter the competition, Ben Roethlisberger wants to win. Whether it is a double-elimination shuffleboard tournament, a makeshift game of basketball with balled-up tape...
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Freeport volleyball’s streak looks safe
By Bill West, Leader TimesA relieved group of Freeport girls volleyball players began to sing as their bus pulled away from Mars High School on Thursday night. The Yellowjackets ...
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BVA destroys EF’s playoff hopes
By The Valley IndependentThe Belle Vernon Area boys’ soccer team closed the regular season with a Section 3 AA win over Elizabeth Forward, pushing the Warriors out of ...
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Panthers looking to regroup
By The Associated PressPITTSBURGH — Steven Adams isn’t exactly an expert on Pitt basketball history. All the freshman center knows is the Panthers have been pretty good for ...
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Penn State prepared to become ‘hockey school’
By Josh Yohe, Tribune-ReviewAnd so it begins. Penn State University, a football school if ever there was one, officially joins the ranks of Division I hockey tonight at ...
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Big 12 flying high, but SEC maintains an edge
By Jerry DiPaola, Tribune-ReviewWhile footballs fly like missiles over Big 12 stadiums, keeping statisticians, historians and scoreboard operators busy, one undeniable truth remains in college...
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Pitt RB Shell is catching on with college game
By Jerry DiPaola, Tribune-ReviewFootball players spend as much time with their coaches as they do with their families, and it shows on Pitt freshman running back Rushel Shell. ...
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Trib Cup: Hopewell volleyball again dominating opponents
By Brian GrahamTerry Burkovic knows a thing or two — or six — about winning WPIAL volleyball titles. Burkovic has won six WPIAL crowns dating to 2003, ...
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Kovacevic: Passive playcalling? Against Titans? Why?
By Dejan Kovacevic, Tribune-ReviewNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Don’t blame Thursday. However anyone chooses to analyze the Steelers’ atrocious 26-23 loss to a terrible Tennessee team that dropped their record ...
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Valley News Dispatch roundup: Fox Chapel girls tennis advances
By Staff ReportsFox Chapel rallied to reach the WPIAL Class AAA girls tennis quarterfinals by edging Oakland Catholic, 3-2, in a first-round match Thursday at Fox Chapel. ...
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Leader Times roundup: Kittanning volleyball keeps rolling
By Staff ReportsEven with its playoff position all but certain, the Kittanning girls volleyball team hasn’t cut any opponents slack down the stretch. The Wildcats thumped Apollo-Ridge, ...
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Chronic wasting disease discovered in Pennsylvania
By Bob Frye, Tribune-ReviewThe first case of chronic wasting disease in Pennsylvania has been discovered. The Pennsylvania Game Commission and Pennsylvania departments of Agriculture and Health...
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Kiski Area standout set receiving mark in win
By George GuidoEach Friday throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look back at the players, coaches and events that are ...
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Statewide high school notebook
By Staff ReportsThe clash between state contenders Cathedral Prep and McDowell did not disappoint on Friday. Prep pulled out a 41-27 win after an impressive 98-yard drive ...
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Perry tailbacks baffle Brashear
By Brian J. DuermeyerCurtis Edmonds rushed for 211 yards and scored two touchdowns — including one on defense — and Ahmad Turner ran for another key score as ...
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