Greg Macafee stories, Page 23

Three-time MLB All-Star Brandon Phillips is returning to the diamond in Western Pennsylvania. No, it won’t be at PNC Park for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The 39-year-old four-time Gold Glove winner will be 35 minutes south at Wild Things Park playing for the Baseball Brilliance Sox. He is set to play...

Washington Wild Things general manager Tony Buccilli always has considered himself a spokesman for the sport of baseball. The Murrysville native has been involved with the sport all his life. He played college ball at Wingate and IUP and has been with the Wild Things since 2012. He also had...

When the Western Pennsylvania Positive Athlete award winners were announced earlier this month, Aquinas Academy’s Sam Everson was honored as the boys alternative sport recipient. Everson was the team captain of Aquinas’ fencing team, and the rising junior was named the Team MVP this past season after recording a bout...

Heading into the Pittsburgh Riverhounds home opener at Highmark Stadium, coach Bob Lilley was hoping to slow down Indy Eleven striker Tyler Pasher. For about 95 minutes Wednesday, that’s exactly what they did. Pasher didn’t register a shot until about the 77th minute, and midfielder Dani Rovira shut him down...

Last November, rising junior Jayden Sharpless was helping North Catholic win its first WPIAL title with a golden goal free kick in double-overtime. North Catholic’s Jayden Sharpless ends the game with a beautiful free kick from about 25 yards out. The Trojans capture their first #WPIAL title in school history....

With two laps to go in the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup at Lernerville Speedway on Tuesday, Donny Schatz was running in the top three. The Fargo, N.D., native had led for most of the race, but lost his lead to Brad Sweet during the 28th lap. At that point,...

Kiski Area catcher Derek Hald is making up for lost time. After the coronavirus pandemic canceled his junior season, one in which he thought would increase his recruiting profile, Hald didn’t think he would get to play a lot of baseball this summer. But, as the summer inches to a...

For the second straight week, the Riverhounds had two players named to the USL Championship Team of the Week. Midfielders Danny Griffin and Kenardo Forbes were recognized for their performance in Pittsburgh’s 6-0 win over Philadelphia Union II on Saturday. Griffin posted one of the best games of his young...

The Riverhounds have a tall task ahead of them as they get set to host Group E leader Indy Eleven for their home opener at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Highmark Stadium. The difficulty of Pittsburgh’s next contest doesn’t just come from the quality of play Indy Eleven brings to the...

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds went to Philadelphia on Saturday and made a statement with a 6-0 victory over their cross-state rival. The black and goal received contributions from players up and down the roster as they earned their second victory of the season. They also took another step forward as a...

Tuesday night should be an exciting one at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver as The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will kick off its Pennsylvania swing of four races in five days with the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup. The World of Outlaws series also will race...

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds made a statement Saturday night against Philadelphia Union II when they defeated their cross-state rival, 6-0, to remain undefeated in 2020. Pittsburgh (2-0), controlled 63% of the possession, scored two first-half goals, added four more in the second half, including two from Steevan Dos Santos six minutes...

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds opened their 2020 season with a bang this weekend. They scored three unanswered goals and defeated Louisville City FC, 3-1, in their inaugural game at Lynn Family Stadium in front of 4,000 fans. Coach Bob Lilley met with the media Wednesday via a Zoom call and talked...

Each spring, select senior football players from around Western Pennsylvania receive the opportunity to test their mettle against seniors from Ohio in the annual Penn-Ohio Classic. This year’s battle between border rivals, which would’ve been the 41st annual game, was canceled in late April due to the coronavirus pandemic. The...

Robbie Mertz and Jordan Dover paced the Riverhounds to their first victory of the 2020 season Sunday when they defeated Louisville City, 3-1, in their inaugural game at Lynn Family Stadium. Now, the two Riverhounds veterans have reaped the rewards as they were named to the USL Championship Team of...

Josh Luchini was looking forward to his junior soccer season at Lehigh this fall and was dead set on building on what he accomplished during his sophomore season. The former North Allegheny Tiger was named the 2019 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year after he scored 11 goals and...

Not too many Western Pennsylvania golfers have had a summer quite like Gregor Meyer’s. The Fox Chapel grad has won four tournaments — two this past week, including a course-record 62 at Edgewood Country Club on Thursday to win the Pennsylvania Open qualifier. Meyer capped his successful week with back-to-back...

Following suit with the Ivy League’s announcement last week, the Patriot League announced Monday that it would be canceling its fall sports season because of concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. ?Patriot League Announces Decisions Surrounding Fall Sport Season? pic.twitter.com/FUXyhPJsTb— Patriot League (@PatriotLeague) July 13, 2020 Despite canceling fall sports...

Leading up to the Riverhounds’ season opener on Sunday, coach Bob Lilley preached to his team to start the season on the right foot by being aggressive against one of the top teams in the USL Championship. His team answered the call at Lynn Family Stadium in Louisville as the...

The Highlands Summer Rams of the Western Pa. Summer Baseball League have suspended activities for two weeks after a player tested positive for covid-19. *WPBL Announcement*Highlands Summer Rams have suspended games & practices for two weeks. One of their players tested positive for COVID after returning from vacation at Ocean...

While the Pittsburgh Steelers are waiting for training camp to start, the Pirates are going through summer camp and the Penguins are getting ready for NHL’s restart, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds are preparing for their first game of the USL Championship season. The defending Eastern Conference champions are champing at the...

The Steel City Slammin’ Sammies wasted no time lighting up the scoreboard on the first night of baseball at Wild Things Park this summer. Led by home runs in the first two innings, the Slammin’ Sammies earned their first win of the summer as they beat the Washington Wild Things,...

There’s nothing like the crack of a bat or the pop of a mitt on a warm summer night in Western Pennsylvania, and a brief rain shower didn’t stop fans from experiencing the first night of baseball at Wild Things Park. After the Frontier League canceled its 2020 season last...

Zane Dudek has spent the past several months preparing for his final football season at Yale, ready to challenge for a third Ivy League title alongside his teammates. The former Armstrong running back who set a then-WPIAL single-season record with 2,955 yards in 2016 won’t get that chance this fall...