WVU women outlast Texas
Taylor Palmer scored 13 of her 18 points in the second half, and West Virginia held on after squandering most of a 15-point lead to beat Texas, 68-55, on Saturday in the first round of the NCAA...
View ArticleFreeport swimmer wins second PIAA medal
Bria Otwell has been in enough meets and had enough races to know how to leave something in the tank between a morning qualifier and the evening medal round.
View ArticlePSU's Lucas longs for redemption
"That hurt a lot," Maggie Lucas said about her team's second-round game a year ago. "The way it ended sticks with everyone to this day. We don't want it to end like that this year."
View ArticleWeekly tips for the area outdoorsmen
Going to the range typically means taking along a stapler or push pins or something to attach your paper targets to the backstop. No more. Birchwood Casey has come out with "Stick-A-Bull" targets that...
View ArticleStarkey: Steelers way works
The Steelers find star players in April, not March. Despite low draft positions -- they haven't chosen in the top 10 since 2000 -- they accrue winning talent, develop it and pay it.
View ArticleMt. Lebanon falls short of PIAA final
The Mt. Lebanon girls basketball team hasn't ended a season this early since 2007 -- or when its current seniors were in seventh grade.
View ArticleProspect watch: McKeesport's Eddie Stockett
Perhaps McKeesport's reputation as a run-first football program has something to do with the passing interest Tigers quarterback Eddie Stockett has received after ranking among the WPIAL leaders last...
View ArticleOhio State's big man comes up big over Gonzaga
Jared Sullinger scored six points down the stretch to help No. 2 seed Ohio State edge No. 7 Gonzaga, 73-66.
View ArticleSyracuse rolls into the Sweet 16
The Orange on Saturday looked once again like a No. 1 seed. They made shots, defended, passed the ball and, for the final 20 minutes, outrebounded Kansas State.
View ArticleOutdoors notes
Go to a Pirates game this season, and you may hear people talking about fishing. The Fish and Boat Commission is teaming up with the Pirates to host "Fish and Boat Commission Nights" at the PNC Park.
View ArticleUndrafted college players offer different talent pool
Except for the teams competing in the NCAA tournament, the college hockey season is at its conclusion. That means it's time for the undrafted college free agent signing spree to begin.
View ArticleRMU clamps down on Toledo
The Robert Morris men dominated the opening minutes to cruise to a 69-51 victory Saturday at Toledo in the second round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament.
View ArticleTeams set sights on playing on Consol ice
A season after finishing last in its section with the fourth-lowest point total in the PIHL's Class AAA, Penn-Trafford is two wins away from a championship.
View ArticlePens extend streak to 11 with win at New Jersey
The Penguins needed no luck on St. Patrick's Day, relying on scary skill and dominant depth to secure an 11th consecutive win.
View ArticleMars swimmer stays golden at PIAA meet
Maggie Gruber, who will attend the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb. in June and compete in both the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke, has now won four individual state titles in her high school career.
View ArticleFSU coach: Don't call them upsets
Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton wants everyone to call these upsets what they really are: good basketball.
View ArticleUnderdog Quakers advance to PIAA semifinals
Undaunted yet decidedly the underdog, the Quakers had an answer each time Monessen appeared to be pulling away.
View ArticleMarquette dashes Murray State's hopes
It took a while for Jae Crowder and Marquette to get going. When they finally did, Murray State's hopes of making its first trip to the regional semifinals never stood a chance.
View ArticleBeaver Falls star leads team to semis
Less than 24 hours after Penn State's Pat Chambers became the latest to make a pitch for Sheldon Jeter's services, the 6-foot-8 Beaver Falls star shone his brightest in almost single-handedly leading...
View ArticleDeer kill numbers invariably lead to more arguments
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has released its estimate of the number of deer killed by hunters during the 2011-12 seasons.
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