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The team of Arnie Cutrell, Kevin Fajt and Palmer Jackson birdied the fourth sudden-death playoff to capture the Westmoreland County Golf Association’s 3-man Scramble. The winning team defeated Billy Clark, Brandon Ledoux and John W. Clark. Both teams shot 60 at Hillcrest Country Club in Lower Burrell. Placing third a...

Two PGA Tour LatinoAmerica players and two from Western Pennsylvania claimed the four spots at the U.S. Open First Stage qualifier at The Club of Nevillewood on a damp and dreary Monday. Raoul Menard, a native of Granby, Quebec City, Canada, shot a 5-under-par 67 to grab medalist honors. The...

Former Ford City High School standout and NFL quarterback Gus Frerotte sits down with Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick in the latest edition of the podcast, “Huddle Up with Gus.” In each episode, Frerotte discusses with guests how sports has shaped their lives. Part 1: But, Mom, I...

The last U.S. Open local qualifier is Monday at The Club at Nevillewood near Bridgeville. A field of 78 golfers will begin play at 9 a.m. They will play for four spots and two alternate spots in sectional qualifying. The field includes PIAA Class AAA champion Palmer Jackson of Franklin...

In her most recent trip to the U.S. Women’s Open, Rachel Rohanna had her week come to an abrupt and disappointing end. One shot inside the cut line heading into the penultimate hole of her second round, the Waynesburg High School grad took a six on the par-3 17th at...

Lehigh Country Club’s Bob Beck defeated Sean Knapp of Hannastown Golf Club, 2 up, in the final of the 13th Pennsylvania Senior Amateur Match Play Championship presented by LECOM at Allegheny Country Club in Sewickley. Knapp took a 1up lead on No. 1 with a birdie, but Beck rebounded and...

Bob Tatrn’s broadcasting career didn’t get off to a great start. On his first newscast at the former WKPA radio in New Kensington, a story about Virginia Sen. Harry Byrd came out “cherry heron bird.” Fortunately, the station manager was in the restroom and didn’t hear the faux pas, and...

Sewickley Academy graduate and Carnegie Mellon men’s golfer Jason Li proved the Rookie of the Year award he received from the University Athletic Association last season was no fluke. Li, a sophomore, recently earned all-UAA first team honors and was named the conference’s co-player of the year. Li won both...

Elmer Tremont, a 1948 McKessport graduate who became a coaching legend in Fort Myers, Fla., died Monday. He was 89. Tremont grew up in Buena Vista, Elizabeth Township and played football for coach Duke Weigle at McKeesport. He went on to kick, punt and play defensive back at Miami. Tremont...

Waynesburg native and LPGA player Rachel (Rohanna) Virgili won the U.S. Open Women’s Sectional on Monday at Chartiers Country Club and earned a spot in the field for the U.S. Women’s Open. Virgili finished with a two-round total of 1-over par 141. She shot a 2-under par 68 during the...

Tom Edwards might have finished about 26 minutes behind the winner of the Pittsburgh Marathon, but the Oakmont resident took top honors among local runners. Edwards, 36, finished the 26.2-mile course Sunday in 2 hours, 36 minutes and 14 seconds, according to the marathon website. That’s the fastest time among...

Former Ford City High School standout and NFL quarterback Gus Frerotte sits down with former Steelers running back great Rocky Bleier in the latest edition of the podcast, “Huddle Up with Gus,” on TribLIVE.com. In each episode, Frerotte discusses with guests how sports has shaped their lives. Part 1: Nickname...

Antonio Cardona Rodriguez left with the Pittsburgh Half Marathon championship last year. He competed and trained over the past 12 months with the opportunity to return and defend his title in the back of his mind. On Sunday morning, the 22-year-old from Coamo, Puerto Rico, again found himself on the...

Kenyan Boniface Kongin, competing in his second Pittsburgh Marathon, captured the men’s 26.2-mile race in 2 hours, 10 minutes and 34 seconds. The 29-year-old crossed the finish line more than three minutes better than his nearest challenger. “I didn’t finish last year. It was a bad day,” Kongin said. “So...

Morgan Camerlo won’t defend her title in the Pittsburgh Half Marathon on Sunday. She won’t run a single mile down the streets of Pittsburgh, let alone 13.1. As a matter of fact, she won’t even be in the same state. She will be running, though. The Freeport native and St....

Kenyan Boniface Kongin, competing in his second Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon, captured the men’s full 26.2-mile race in a time of 2 hours, 10 minutes and 34 seconds. The 29-year-old hit the tape at the finish line more than three minutes better than his nearest challenger. 26.2 Miles in...

When Laurie (Scharff) Suprano was a freshman at Springdale in the early 1970s, the school was in the beginning stages of introducing softball as club activity. Most other girls sports also were being introduced on a club basis, a trend at many schools in the area, and Suprano used the...

Through Play Ball Pittsburgh!, a partnership between the Tull Family Foundation, the Pittsburgh Pirates and Pitch In For Baseball & Softball, 16 organizations in a four-county area in the Pittsburgh Region recently received a donation of new baseball and softball equipment. Included in that group were the Allegheny Valley Little...

Houston Astros prospect JJ Matijevic has been suspended 50 games under baseball’s minor league drug program following a second positive test for a drug of abuse. Selected by Houston with the 75th overall pick in the second round of the 2017 amateur draft, the 23-year-old Norwin graduate was hitting .240...

Irwin native and Penn-Trafford graduate Dan Obremski played baseball in high school. He was an outstanding second baseman for Ron Evans’ squad. But Obremski is playing professional golf and doubles in golf are not good for the score. Too many doubles early in Round 1 at Cordoba Golf Club in...

Former Ford City High School standout and NFL quarterback Gus Frerotte debuts his podcast, “Huddle Up with Gus,” on TribLIVE.com. In each episode, Frerotte discusses with guests how sports has shaped their lives. In this debut podcast, Frerotte and his partner, Dave Hager, talk with Roberto Clemente Jr. The three...

Kittanning graduate Steve Flanigan finally got out of the doghouse after two years. While being inducted into the Cal (Pa.) Sports Hall of Fame for his baseball exploits, he forgot to mention his wife, Kelly, during his acceptance speech. He atoned for that Sunday night at the 47th Armstrong County...

It is 65 miles from Lower Burrell to Johnstown. Bob Rukavina, the coach of the Pitt-Johnstown men’s basketball team, makes the round trip several times each week. “My wife (Sharon) was a teacher at Riverview, and she retired a few years back,” said Rukavina, a Verona native and Lower Burrell...

For 15 NFL seasons in eight major media markets, Gus Frerotte endured incessant questions from waves of reporters. Now, it’s his turn to fire back. In his new venture, he not only will ask the tough questions, he plans to inform and educate. Frerotte, who grew up in Ford City...

Houston Astros prospect JJ Matijevic enjoyed his first Double-A home run so much on Monday that he belted another one Tuesday night. The former Norwin and Arizona star sent a 1-1 pitch climbing down the first base line and off the foul pole as the Corpus Christi Hooks beat Northwest...