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Connellsville snaps 8-game losing streak
By Jason Black, Daily CourierAlthough the Connellsville boys basketball team has endured a tough season, the Falcons have shown flashes of potential, which could lead to a promising future. ...
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McKeesport stuns No. 2 Gateway
By Keith Barnes, McKeesport Daily NewsMaybe it’s the rivalry or just the style of play, but playing Gateway seems to bring out the best in the McKeesport boys basketball team. ...
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Local roundup: Deer Lakes climbs into top spot in section
By Staff ReportsDon’t look now, but Section 1-AA has a new first-place team. Deer Lakes’ boys basketball team grabbed the top spot with a 48-44 victory over ...
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Malkin wants ‘many more’ years with Pens
By Rob Rossi, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewEvgeni Malkin went home to get it. He spent 119-day NHL lockout playing hockey with his hometown Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League....
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Mars attacks, conquers Knoch in Section 1-AAA showdown
By George GuidoMars coach Rob Carmody is aware that visiting teams often have problems winning at Knoch, dating back to his days as a North Catholic athlete. ...
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Thomas Jefferson boys gain section leverage wtih win over West Mifflin
By Mark Kaboly, McKeesport Daily NewsThomas Jefferson coach Dom DeCicco had seen just about enough of West Mifflin’s Ryan Maha. Maha hit a trio of 3-pointers within a span of ...
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Greensburg Tribune-Review athletes of the week: Hempfield’s Ricky Cavallo,...
By Andrew JohnRicky Cavallo School: Hempfield Year: Sophomore Sport: Wrestling Claim to fame: Cavallo (16-5) won his second Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association title with a 7-3 victory ...
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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review athletes of the week: Fox Chapel’s Matt D’Amico,...
By Brian GrahamMatt D’Amico School: Fox Chapel Year: Junior Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: D’Amico, one of the top scorers in the WPIAL, scored 18 points for ...
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Local roundup: Ford City tops Apollo-Ridge in OT
By Josh Yohe, McKeesport Daily NewsAt the halfway point of Section 1-AA play, the playoff picture is a mess, thanks in no small part to Ford City’s overtime stunner over ...
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Valley spotlight
By Tribune-ReviewT.J. Swigart Class: Junior Sport: Swimming School: Burrell Report card: Swigart is one of the top swimmers for the undefeated Burrell boys team (7-0). He ...
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Guido: Big games dot 2nd half of hoops schedule
By Tribune-ReviewThe halfway mark of the section season in high school basketball was reached for nearly every local team the past two nights. The second half ...
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Daily News spotlight athletes: Thomas Jefferson’s Thor Henze, Woodland Hills’...
By Robert Stinner and Brian GrahamThor Henze School: Thomas Jefferson Year: Senior Sport: Wrestling Claim to fame: Henze recorded three pins en route to winning the 285-pound title at the ...
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Pitt receives verbal commitment from Hawaii defensive tackle
By Jerry DiPaola, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewPitt is targeting big men in its 2013 recruiting class, and that trend continued with a verbal commitment Wednesday from defensive tackle Jeremiah Taleni,...
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Big second quarter boosts Obama Academy past Brashear
By Chris Adamski, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewTrailing Brashear by three early, Obama Academy co-coach Naron Jackson delivered a message to this team. “Coach told us to pressure the ball ... just ...
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Kovacevic: Why cut Penguins’ power supply?
By Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe Penguins are a franchise like no other, blessed with 14 individual NHL scoring titles in the past 24 years by four different players. And ...
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Well-rounded senior leading Hampton wrestling to playoffs
By Chris Adamski, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewComing off his second consecutive 285-pound title at the Allegheny County Championship this past weekend, senior Noah Shulman appears on track to make a run ...
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Pitt looking to rebound in game vs. Villanova
By Kevin Gorman, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewJamie Dixon has stressed the importance of Pitt leaving the Big East on a strong note, and the Panthers want to leave a lasting impression ...
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Outdoor notebook: Can you quarter a deer in the woods?
By Tribune-Reviewaround the game commission • If you shoot a deer in Pennsylvania, do you have to drag the whole thing out of the woods, or ...
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Debate rises over when to get kids involved hunting
By Bob Frye, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe debate about whether Pennsylvania should do an about-face is under way. The state — to great fanfare nationally — was the first in the ...
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Commission, sportsmen pay for fences around deer farm
By Tribune-ReviewSportsmen have paid to keep wild deer from accessing a farm connected to the discovery of chronic wasting disease this past fall. The bill, to ...
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