Local roundup: Kittanning wrestling team wins Richland Duals
By Staff ReportsKittanning is gearing up for the WPIAL team wrestling postseason. The Wildcats on Saturday won the Richland Duals Tournament in Clearfield, posting a 5-0 record ...
View ArticlePens’ penalty kill rises to occasion
By Josh Yohe, McKeesport Daily NewsMaybe it was an aberration after all. The Penguins’ penalty killing, so solid under coach Dan Bylsma with the exception of those six games against ...
View ArticlePenguins notebook: 1st game goes well for Martin
By Josh Yohe, McKeesport Daily NewsPHILADELPHIA — Paul Martin was steady Saturday. It was a promising start — one the Penguins will gladly take. Martin, admittedly coming off his worst ...
View ArticleProspect watch: Thomas Jefferson’s Chase Winovich
By Kevin Gorman, Pittsburgh Tribune-Reviewchase winovich 6-foot-4, 212 pounds, LB, Thomas Jefferson Chase Winovich watched his older brother, Peter, move from quarterback to tight end to linebacker...
View ArticleConnellsville clamps down on Indiana
By Jason Black, Daily CourierAlthough Friday’s game against Indiana was a nonsection affair, it may end up being the biggest game of the season for the Connellsville boys basketball ...
View ArticleHempfield beats Norwin to move into 1st place tie
By Dave Mackall, Tribune-ReviewHempfield dug in and withstood a late Norwin charge for a 56-50 boys basketball victory on Friday night, moving into a three-way tie with the ...
View ArticleClairton takes down Monessen in battle of 3-A unbeatens
By Mark Kaboly, McKeesport Daily NewsMonessen isn’t one of your run-of-the-mill, fly-by-night basketball programs. Actually, it wouldn’t be that far-fetched to call Monessen one of the best when you...
View ArticleFull-strength RMU beats Quinnipiac
By Paul Schofield, Tribune-ReviewThings were back to normal for Robert Morris against Quinnipiac Saturday at Sewall Center. The Colonials had their full complement of players as Velton Jones ...
View ArticleKovacevic: A little ‘D’ never hurt anyone
By Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewPHILADELPHIA The time-honored tradition of hockey’s three stars is a bit hokey, really. It carries no meaning, most of the crowd’s gone by the time ...
View ArticleDespite Pitt pressure, Foster won’t reconsider
By Kevin Gorman, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewIf Robert Foster was going to change his commitment from Alabama to Pitt, Friday would have been the day. Panthers assistant coaches Bobby Engram and ...
View ArticleKeller contributes to North Dakota’s national title
By Rachel R. Basinger, Daily CourierThe son of a 1986 Connellsville graduate and Falcon football player is making a name for himself in the college football circuit. Place kicker Adam ...
View ArticleDeer Lakes boys team confident but not satisfied
By Bill Beckner Jr., Valley News DispatchHold the applause, and, while you’re at it, keep the pats on the back to a minimum. Deer Lakes’ boys basketball team may be in ...
View ArticleNearly 600,000 watch Pens’ opener on TV
By Rob Rossi, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewNEW YORK — Pittsburghers cannot get enough of their Penguins. The NHL season opener at Philadelphia on Saturday was watched locally by about 582,000 people ...
View ArticlePenguins notebook: Jeffrey, Vitale wage battle for playing time
By Josh Yohe, McKeesport Daily NewsOne day after Dustin Jeffrey started the season as the fourth-line center, he was a healthy scratch in favor of Joe Vitale. This is a ...
View ArticleConnellsville boys basketball team wins 3rd straight
By Staff ReportsThe Connellsville boys basketball team won its third straight game by defeating visiting Ringgold, 58-39, in a nonsection game on Saturday. Trent Bauer led the ...
View ArticlePenguins rough up Rangers, 6-3
By Rob Rossi, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewNEW YORK — Evgeni Malkin does not like to talk about what he does best. As long as he is doing it, he probably does ...
View ArticlePitt's Taylor making most of minutes
By Jerry DiPaola, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewSomewhere in the back of his mind, Pitt senior Dante Taylor knew what was expected of him. After all, when he arrived on Pitt’s campus ...
View ArticleOutdoors notebook: Commission, clubs reach out to youngsters
By Bob Frye, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewLocal sportsmen’s clubs and the Pennsylvania Game Commission teamed up to host more than 4,000 youngsters at youth field days locally last year. Forty-one of ...
View ArticleBlackhawk rises to PIHL's elite ranks
By Chris Adamski, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe high-end talent level, by and large, has remained the same. What’s changed is the results for the Blackhawk hockey team. The Cougars have been ...
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