Freeport falls to SSA
Freeport's boys basketball team hoped to close its Section 1-AA schedule on a win streak, but section champion Shady Side Academy withstood the host Yellowjackets' upset effort on Friday night.
View ArticleGeibel routs Elderton in final game of season
For the Geibel boys basketball team, Friday's win over Elderton in the regular-season finale did nothing to change the Section 4-A standings (the Gators enter the playoffs as the fourth-place team from...
View ArticleEF wraps up playoff spot
The first time Elizabeth Forward played Belle Vernon Area this season, the Warriors had to work hard for a 58-50 win.
View ArticleKittanning boys secure playoff spot
For the first time in 27 years, the Kittanning boys basketball team will be headed to the WPIAL postseason.
View ArticleRiverview snaps streak
After the Riverview boys basketball team's leading scorer suffered a season-ending injury in mid-January, the Raiders found themselves sucked into a maelstrom.
View ArticleJeannette takes nail-biter
With seven seconds left and Greensburg Central Catholic down one, P.J. McLaughlin, the Centurians' star, caught the lob and swung toward the basket.
View ArticleStrong effort eases pain of Greensburg Salem's loss
It wasn't the result that Greensburg Salem coach Randy Parsley was hoping for on Friday at the PIAA Class AAA wrestling team tournament, but he applauded his team's effort.
View ArticlePenguins set to play more at home
The NHL's schedule makers were kind to the Penguins in February, with six of the next nine games set at Consol Energy Center. Now, the team wants to make that a true advantage.
View ArticleValley's Weremeychik shines in finale
Thomas Weremeychik made sure Valley ended its season on a high note.The senior guard hit five 3-pointers, including one the length of the court, to lead the Vikings to a 46-40 win over Section 1-AAA...
View ArticleWVU nears Big East exit
West Virginia remains close to leaving the Big East this year, but the door may not be as open for Pitt and Syracuse.
View ArticleGorman: There's no denying Micah Mason
Micah Mason has seen every imaginable defense. It seems every game is a lesson in geometry and overcoming odds.
View ArticleBurrell wrestlers eliminated
When the Burrell wrestling team was winning its sixth consecutive WPIAL Class AA title last week, the Bucs had a lot of things go well for them.
View ArticleCanon-Mac reaches state final
Canon-McMillan didn't win the PIAA Class AAA state wrestling title Friday, but it took a giant step toward it.
View ArticleFirst-time starters lift Ford City
Before the season began, Ford City boys basketball coach Greg Hutcherson had a hunch that his first-time starters and other varsity newcomers possessed talent but needed about a month or more realize...
View ArticleUpbeat center leads unbeaten Edinboro
Edinboro junior Samantha Blazetic overcame thyroid cancer when she was 14 years old and refuses to be anything but relentlessly positive, fully aware of how precious life can be.
View ArticlePitt's hopes remain, for now
Pitt finds itself in a near must-win situation when it travels to play fellow NCAA hopeful Seton Hall at noon Sunday.
View ArticleButler makes playoffs with double-overtime win
It took two overtime periods for Butler's postseason fate to be determined. Matt Baranchak made a layup with three seconds left in the second overtime to lift host Butler past Seneca Valley and into...
View ArticleWard reiterates desire to return to Steelers
Hines Ward, in response to an NFL Network report that the Steelers won't bring him back for a 15th season, said he wants to finish his career in Pittsburgh.
View ArticleCanon-Mac wins PIAA team wrestling title
It took the Canon-McMillan wrestling team awhile to get started today in the PIAA Class AAA Championships, but once it did, it rolled to the school's first state team title.
View ArticleMalkin tallies five points in Penguins' victory
Penguins center Evgeni Malkin scored his 30th goal of the season and added four assists as the Penguins outlasted Winnipeg in a 8-5 shootout at Consol Energy on Saturday.
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