Jerry DiPaola stories, Page 20
Gem by Mohawk ace Reagan Magno leaves Freeport shaking off playoff loss
Freeport’s 2-1 loss to Mohawk on Thursday night in the WPIAL Class 3A softball quarterfinals appeared to unfold as a disappointment that should have been difficult for any high school athlete to handle. After all, the game ended the careers of Freeport seniors Sydney Selker, Megan Grolemund and Abby DeJidas...
Former Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh to be inducted into Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame
Danny Murtaugh won two World Series and 1,115 games in 15 seasons as Pittsburgh Pirates manager, but he never visited Ireland, the country of his ancestors. The next-best thing for Murtaugh’s legacy will occur May 22 at PNC Park when the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame will posthumously induct...
Brewers swallow up Martin Perez, Pirates with 5 home runs in 10-2 victory
Martin Perez twice this season surrendered runs in chunks of seven over two games, first in mid-April and also earlier this month. Giving up seven runs in two games isn’t ideal (especially when it’s done twice), but at least it was better than what happened to Perez on Wednesday in...
Pirates send Quinn Priester to Triple-A, recall relief pitcher Carmen Mlodzinski
A day after losing his fourth decision among five starts, Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Quinn Priester was optioned back to Triple-A Indianapolis on Wednesday, meaning the end to the short-lived six-man rotation. In Priester’s place on the 26-man roster, right-handed relief pitcher Carmen Mlodzinski was reinstated from the injured list....
Pirates offense fails to build momentum in loss to Brewers
When Quinn Priester was asked Tuesday night about the lack of run support from his Pittsburgh Pirates teammates, he was decisive with his answer. “I’m focusing on what I’m doing to help the team,” he said on the SportsNet Pittsburgh postgame show. “Certainly, when we score some runs, I’ll get...
Pirates notebook: Derek Shelton says slumping Rowdy Tellez will continue to get opportunities
Veteran first baseman Rowdy Tellez, who is hitting .178 with a .486 OPS, was not in the starting lineup Tuesday night in Milwaukee, but Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton said he wants to continue to give him an opportunity to end his season-long slump. “We need a full lineup to...
Duquesne plans tour for fans to get close look at its Atlantic 10 men’s basketball trophy
Duquesne’s Atlantic 10 men’s basketball championship trophy is going on tour. The athletic department announced Tuesday where the trophy will be on display at various sites throughout the region. The 2023-2024 Dukes and coach Keith Dambrot claimed the trophy in March by winning four games in four days at the...
Kathy McConnell-Miller named head women’s basketball coach at Carnegie Mellon
A new challenge awaits long-time women’s basketball coach and Seton LaSalle graduate Kathy McConnell-Miller after she was named Tuesday head coach at Carnegie Mellon. Her ties to women’s basketball in western Pennsylvania and around the nation go all the way back to high school when she helped Seton LaSalle win...
Pirates hope Bryan Reynolds’ 5-hit game puts him back on track
Derek Shelton doesn’t pretend to have the details of Bryan Reynolds’ T-Ball and Little League at-bats, but he’s pretty sure they were impressive. “This guy’s a good hitter,” Shelton said Monday night on the SportsNet Pittsburgh postgame show after the first five-hit game of Reynolds’ MLB career led the Pittsburgh...
Mitch Keller’s strong start provides cushion for struggling bullpen in Pirates’ 8-6 victory
Reliability has not been the hallmark of the Pittsburgh Pirates this season, but Mitch Keller looks like the exception. Keller started and pitched through the sixth inning Monday night at American Family Field in Milwaukee, extending to 40 games his MLB-leading streak of lasting at least five innings. That was...
Thomas Jefferson lineman Shep Turk, Florida wide receiver Tony Kinsler commit to Pitt
Thomas Jefferson lineman Shep Turk had three specific items in mind when he was began to consider where he would continue his football career in 2025. He said Pitt met all three criteria, and that’s why he became the first Pennsylvania or WPIAL prospect to give coach Pat Narduzzi a...
Pitt adds Nebraska transfer defensive end Chief Borders to 2024 roster
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi knew he had a personnel issue when he looked at his depth chart at defensive end and saw only three players above freshman or redshirt freshman status. So, he hooked into the transfer portal and secured a verbal commitment Sunday from former Nebraska defensive end Chief...
Pitt adds Eastern Michigan special teams player Josh McCarty from transfer portal
Coach Pat Narduzzi continued his quest to add athletes to his roster when special teams ace Josh McCarty announced on his X account that he is transferring from Eastern Michigan to Pitt. the last dance #committed #H2P pic.twitter.com/IHK3freSED— Josh McCarty ✞ (@JoshMcCarty25) May 11, 2024 McCarty (5-foot-11, 203 pounds) is...
The day Payne Stewart shot a record 62 at Westmoreland Country Club — and how it was nearly broken
When someone approaches Barry Snyder to ask about the grandest round of golf in the 120-year history of Westmoreland Country Club, he likes to have a little fun with his answer. After all, Snyder, formerly of Squirrel Hill, was among the foursome at the Penn Township course that day about...
Duquesne names former Kent State assistant Julian Sullinger to men’s basketball coaching staff
Duquesne men’s basketball coach Dru Joyce III made the second alteration to his staff since replacing Keith Dambrot two months ago, naming Julian Sullinger as an assistant coach. Sullinger spent the past seven seasons at Kent State, including 2023-24 when he was associate head coach. Kent State compiled a record...
Darrelle Revis, DeJuan Blair join 8 others in Pitt’s 2024 Hall of Fame class
The University of Pittsburgh on Thursday unveiled its 10-member 2024 Athletics Hall of Fame class, a group headlined by the legendary broadcast team of Bill Hillgrove and Dick Groat, plus star athletes Darrelle Revis and Al Romano (football) and DeJuan Blair (basketball). The sixth class of honorees will receive induction...
Former Pitt forward William Jeffress transfers to Louisiana Tech
William Jeffress, who enrolled at Pitt as a 17-year-old and spent four seasons with the men’s basketball program before entering the transfer portal this year, has committed to Louisiana Tech. At the outset of the 2020-2021 season, Jeffress was the youngest ACC player (17 years, five months, 22 days) to...
Former Pine-Richland, Pitt QB Phil Jurkovec invited to Steelers rookie camp as TE
Former Pitt quarterback Phil Jurkovec is returning to the South Side, only this time he’s walking through a different door, dressing in another locker room and playing a new (at least, relatively new) position. Jurkovec accepted an invitation to the Pittsburgh Steelers rookie camp that begins Friday and runs through...
Undrafted, but not unwanted, ex-Pitt players eager for NFL opportunities
Jake Kradel could have spent the final day of the NFL Draft staring at his TV, cell phone by his side, hoping for the vibration that could change his life. Instead, he went golfing. “It was a nice wind-down, a celebration of my college career,” said Kradel, the Butler graduate...
Duquesne adds 6th transfer to 2024-25 men’s basketball roster
Duquesne coach Dru Joyce III’s most recent roster addition will arrive — after completing the necessary paperwork — with three years of eligibility to develop and some impressive experience and accomplishments behind him. Committed 1000% pic.twitter.com/2lU8oTSRAu— Elijah Wilborn (@ElijahWilborn3) May 8, 2024 Elijah Wilborn, who played his freshman season (2023-24)...
Pitt’s Bill Fralic lends local flavor to Croatian American Hall of Fame
The 2024 inductees to the Croatian American Sports Hall of Fame include many names with local connections, including Pitt football great Bill Fralic and his agent, who was an outstanding athlete himself. Plus, a slow-pitch softball star known as King Kong. The CAS-HOF’s selection committee announced the following area inductees:...
Duquesne adds 5th transfer with ex-George Washington guard Maximus Edwards’ verbal commitment
Duquesne’s new look in the first season after former coach Keith Dambrot’s retirement will extend into the players’ locker room. Former Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year Maximus Edwards, who played the past two seasons at George Washington, announced his commitment to Duquesne coach Dru Joyce III on Monday night,...
Duquesne hires ex-Missouri staff member Chase Goldstein as assistant men’s basketball coach
First-year Duquesne men’s basketball coach Dru Joyce III filled an open position on his staff Monday when he announced the hiring of assistant coach Chase Goldstein, formerly of the University of Missouri. Goldstein replaces Terry Weigand, who is no longer with the Duquesne program after spending 22 years under former...
Quaker Valley graduate Adou Thieo transferring from Kentucky to Arkansas
Former Quaker Valley star Adou Thiero, who was the 2022 TribLive HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Year, is transferring from Kentucky to Arkansas where he will follow former Wildcats coach John Calipari into the Razorbacks’ program. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tipton Edits (@tiptonedits) BBN...
Robert Morris coach Andy Toole restocks roster with 3 more transfers
After losing six players to the NCAA transfer portal since the end of the basketball season, Robert Morris coach Andy Toole added four transfers of his own, including three who verbally committed in recent days. ALL GLORY TO GOD ????????HOME=RMU pic.twitter.com/gbEx5rzIXz— Amarion Dickerson (@BT_mar3) May 3, 2024 Toole added to...
