By Michael Love
The Plum High School Sports Hall of Fame committee has announced the eight-member Class of 2013 that will be inducted on Nov. 14 at Edgewood Country Club in Churchill. Tickets are available at $40 per individual and $400 for a table of 10. Checks can be made payable to Plum …
Double Duty IV set for Saturday By Jeff Oliver7:33 a.m.
There are still tickets remaining for Double Duty IV Saturday at the Ice Garden in Rostraver Township. But they are going fast. That’s the word …
Baker bowls perfect game at Whitehall’s Princess Lanes By Alex Oltmanns
Achieving perfection is a difficult task to attain in anything, let alone sports. But Cliff Baker recently bowled a perfect score of 300 in the South Hills Country Club Couples Bowling League at Princess Lanes in Whitehall. For Baker, the score was significant. It was his third time rolling a …
Monroeville hosts annual Pro Putters event By Michael Love
Fifteen golfers, including eight local players and some of the top players in the country, gathered at Monroeville’s Par 2 Golf Courses on Saturday and Sunday for a Professional Putters Association Northern Tour tournament. “We had good weather both days, and the tournaments were competitive with close scores,” said Bill …
Kumite Classic event is back in Monroeville By Dave Schrecengost
An automobile accident in 1999 left Bill Viola Jr. with a fractured vertebrae in his neck. The injury ended the career of one of the …
Riverhounds reach out to young players in Connellsville By Rachel Basinger
Members of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds soccer team made their way to Bullskin Township Saturday morning for a soggy meet-and-greet at the Connellsville Soccer Club’s Shallenberger …
Abnormality of arteries led to half-marathon runner’s death By Matthew Santoni
An abnormality in the arteries around a runner’s heart caused him to collapse and die in Sunday’s Pittsburgh half marathon, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s …
Bethel Park’s Woodring finishes fourth in women’s race By Scott Brown
Lauren Woodring had trouble standing after completing the Pittsburgh Marathon. The Bethel Park resident was, in fact, so drained following the 26.2-mile run that race workers took her to the nearby medical tent where she replenished herself with a mixture of Gatorade, orange juice and bananas. The exhaustion didn’t just …
Pittsburgh Marathon notebook: Ethopian stays hot, wins half marathon By Scott Brown and Bob Cohn
A good year for Risper Gesabwa got even better at the Pittsburgh Marathon. Meanwhile, Julius Kogo joined Gesabwa in winning the half marathon a year after also finishing second in the 13.1-mile race. Kogo and Gesabwa were among the earliest finishers Sunday as the former completed the half marathon in …
