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A pair of unearned runs in the top of the eighth proved to be the difference as Connellsville defeated Plum, 2-0, on Friday in the first round of the Region 6 Senior American Legion playoffs at Chippewa Park. Plum falls to the loser’s bracket and will play at 11:30 a.m....

All along this season, Andrew Rosenberg and his Hempfield East teammates have noticed the difference. Now that they’ve opened defense of their American Legion Baseball Region 7 championship with a 14-4 rout of Punxsutawney on Friday at Latrobe Legion-Keener Field, they appear hungrier than ever. Hempfield East, which lost to...

Triple plays are a rare feat in baseball, but even more rare is one that occurs without the ball being put into play. That’s what happened Thursday night in the Southern League, and the bang-bang-bang swing involved former Norwin star Max McDowell. A catcher for the Biloxi Shuckers — the...

It won’t be an easy road for the team that wins the American Legion Baseball Region 7 tournament. This year’s field is loaded with talent. Returning champion Hempfield East captured the 2018 title by defeating Bedford in the finals. Hempfield East did it the hard way, losing its first game...

It’s the dog days of summer, which oftentimes is when wrestlers separate themselves from the pack. Good coaches also do not rest, and after opening LTD Wrestling Club in Etna more than a year ago, Hampton’s Chris Hart still is working hard at it. “Summer is where you grow and...

This Saturday the largest and deepest field of 3-year old colts and gelding pacers in several years will compete at the 53rd edition of the $475,000 Delvin Miller Adios Pace for the Orchids at The Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Washington. A field of 26 will be split into three...

The Plum Senior and Youth American Legion baseball teams are on a mission for a regional sweep. The Senior squad, the Allegheny South playoff champion, kicks off the Region 6 tournament Friday at Blackhawk’s Chippewa Park, while the Plum Youth team, co-champion of the Westmoreland County league with Uniontown, begins...

Four of 10 teams already have qualified for the 68th annual PONY League World Series slated for Aug. 9-15 at Lew Hays PONY Field in Washington. This year’s international event for players ages 13-14 was previewed Thursday at PONY headquarters, next to Washington Wild Things Park. For fans attending the...

Franklin Regional graduate Palmer Jackson’s journey in the United States Golf Association’s Junior Match Play Championship at Inverness Club on Thursday in Toledo, Ohio came to an end in Round of 16. After the future Notre Dame golfer won his first match of the day, he lost a 19-hole decision...

It’s not every day you see an Oklahoma Sooner and Penn State Nittany Lion square off in Western Pennsylvania. But that’s exactly what happened when T.J. Howe, the Nittany Lion, and Beau Titsworth, the Sooner, took to the course Thursday during the final round of the 116th WPGA Open Championship...

Palmer Jackson used a strong back nine and rallied to defeat Gordon Sargent, 3&1, in the United States Golf Association’s Junior Amateur Championship on Wednesday at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. The 2019 Franklin Regional graduate was ranked 28th in the Match Play event after shooting a 144 in qualifying....

Inclement weather Wednesday afternoon forced District 31 American Legion officials to postpone the player’s showcase. The showcase was moved to July 24 at Legion Keener Park in Latrobe. College coaches and players from every team in the league were scheduled to attend. The players were to be timed in running...

Just like the weather throughout the day, the golfers who were competing at the 116th WPGA Open Championship at Valley Brook Country Club on Wednesday experienced a series of peaks and valleys. Well, most of them. From the start of the day, former Oklahoma Sooner and Pittsburgh transplant Beau Titsworth...

Bushy Run didn’t win the District 31 American Legion regular-season title, but it heads into the Region 7 tournament on a roll. The region tournament opens Friday at Latrobe, and Bushy Run is playing like a team that wants to be playing a few more weeks, maybe even a month....

It looks like it’s going to be a tight race at the 116th annual Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Open Championship. There are 24 golfers who shot even-par or lower in the first round Tuesday at Valley Brook Country Club in McMurray. Oakmont Country Club head professional Devin Gee and PGA...

In honor of the club’s 20th anniversary, Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC announced and honored its inaugural hall of fame class this past weekend. This Friday, we induct five Pittsburgh soccer greats into our inaugural Hall of Fame class. We reflect on this class this week, starting with our founder Paul Heasley....

When the WILL Waves headed to Morenci, Mich. over the weekend, they were in search of a second straight National Wiffle League Association title. They came home with a fifth-place finish after an impressive offensive performance. “We were pumped up (heading into Saturday morning),” player/manager Jacob Davey said. “We wanted...

Paul Spadafora couldn’t stop crying when he heard the news that Pernell Whitaker had died, a loss of not only one of his boxing idols but his former trainer. The Hall of Fame fighter known as Sweet Pea won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games and who was...

League finalists Bushy Run and Hempfield East were well-represented when District 31 American Legion baseball announced its all-district teams Monday. The all-stars were selected through voting done by coaches from the Westmoreland County league. First team Pitchers Matt Henderson, Latrobe Maclean Maund, Bushy Run Cole Novak, Unity Max Pici, Bushy...

Incoming Youngstown State freshman baseball player Josh Hoffman has had a strong summer in preparation for his first college season. He has some hardware to prove it. Hoffman, a Belle Vernon graduate and Tribune-Review all-star, was named the Your Sports Network/Baird Brothers Player of the Year in the Youngstown Class...

Dave Hanson of “Slap Shot” fame wasn’t a shoo-in to play hockey. “I thought I was moving on to play collegiate football,” Hanson told Gus Frerotte and Dave Hager during this week’s “Huddle Up with Gus” podcast. “I had a couple opportunities to go on and play collegiate football.” An...

Mark Goetz began Sunday’s final round of the 52nd annual Westmoreland County Amateur with a seemingly comfortable five-shot lead. But a problem on the third hole at Totteridge Golf Course near Hannastown gave hope for the rest of the field. Goetz, a Greensburg native and rising junior at West Virginia,...

The Plum and Monroeville American Legion baseball teams split their two-game Allegheny South season series. Plum won the most recent matchup 3-1 seven days ago. The teams meet for the third and final time at 8 p.m. Monday at Gateway High School. The winner advances to the Region 6 tournament...

Matt Wicker hasn’t been asked to pitch much for the Hempfield East American Legion team this summer. Coach Scott Smith was saving him after he threw a lot of innings during the high school season. Wicker, a Greensburg Salem grad and the Golden Lions’ ace this past spring, answered the...