Mt. Lebanon native Parker Milner, 35, signs tryout with CapitalsVideo
The Washington Capitals signed goaltender Parker Milner, a native of Mt. Lebanon, to a professional tryout contract and dressed him as their backup for a road contest against the Anaheim Ducks on Friday. With goaltender Charlie Lindgren sidelined by an undisclosed injury, the Capitals were unable to recall a reserve...
Colorado Rockies promote GCC grad Warren Schaeffer to full-time manager
DENVER — The Colorado Rockies announced Monday that they promoted Warren Schaeffer to full-time manager. Schaeffer, a Vandergrift native and Greensburg Central Catholic graduate, assumed the role on an interim basis after the Rockies fired Bud Black, the winningest manager in franchise history, in May following a 7-33 start. The...
Bridge City FC revives Pittsburgh’s indoor soccer legacy
The scent of rubber turf mixed with sweat is evident upon entering the arena, as is the sound of cleats striking the ball. The echo of fans cheering along with the blow of the referee’s whistle fill the air as the ball whooshes into the net. It’s the anticipation of...
Better on the mat than on the mic, Spencer Lee gears up for Real American Freestyle bout
Spencer Lee hit a barrier that no amount of takedown drills would help him with. While promoting the Real American Freestyle wrestling event Nov. 29 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, the Franklin Regional graduate needed many takes to get the proper amount of “smack talk” committed to video. Lee, who...
National sports management company takes over All American+ Field House in Monroeville
A Florida company will take over management of the All American+ Field House in Monroeville, the region’s largest indoor volleyball facility. The Sports Facilities Companies has been selected to manage day-to-day operations at the field house. “Our focus will be on consistency and service — listening to the community, supporting...
Norwin alum Jake Bazala drafted by Savannah Bananas
Pitcher Jake Bazala’s phone was going bananas Friday night. “I have been getting hammered with messages,” Bazala said. The Norwin grad took the next step in his baseball career when he was drafted by the Savannah Bananas, the high-energy barnstorming team that sold out two games last summer in Pittsburgh....
Caliguri’s Academy of Martial Arts hosting 52nd annual Pennsylvania Karate Championships
The Academy of Martial Arts will host the 52nd annual Pennsylvania Karate Championships on Saturday at the Quality Inn in New Kensington. The top 10 rated competitors and all first-place competitors in their events will receive a PKRA state championship patch. Frank Caliguri, a 10th-degree black belt who runs the...
McKeesport native Swin Cash receives Africana Icon award
Swin Cash read a love letter — to her mother. She recited the words after receiving an Africana Icon Award at the third annual Africanism Gala on Saturday at Heinz Hall in Downtown Pittsburgh. The evening, which highlighted Black beauty, was held in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. It...
Sanctuary Boxing Club hosting Fall Brawl at Kiski Area High School
Sports have a unique way of fostering a sense of community among people. Rich Cantolina, owner of Sanctuary Boxing Club in New Kensington, understands that well. “I watched what boxing can do for kids,” Cantolina said. “Kids that felt like they didn’t have friends, they made friends in the gym....
Parnell sisters battle nation’s best at War of the Roses wrestling tournament
Twenty-six years ago, AlyssaBeth Parnell began wrestling with the U.S. Girls Wrestling Association. Now, she watches her daughters compete nationally. Continuing the family legacy, the Parnell sisters — Ireland, Dublin and Maeve — competed at the War of the Roses Girls National Tournament on Oct. 4-5 in Columbus, Ind. The...
Pittsburgh in running to host 2031 Men’s Rugby World Cup
As Pittsburgh prepares to host one of the biggest events in the city’s history in April, it has been included among 27 U.S. cities as a possible host for the 2031 Men’s Rugby World Cup. City officials are hard at work getting the city read for the 2026 NFL Draft,...
Fox Chapel cyclist, 62, training for 170-mile event to benefit cancer research
George Stewart prefers to be out cycling on the roads of Fox Chapel, Indiana Township, West Deer and Butler County. Stewart, a 62-year-old Fox Chapel resident, doesn’t want to have to worry about being tripped by the hazards that go along with mountain biking. “When you are cycling in West...
Franklin Regional grad Palmer Jackson looking for strong finish on HotelPlanner.com Tour
It has been a good golf season for Murrysville native Palmer Jackson on the European HotelPlanner.com Tour, the European version of the PGA’s Korn Ferry Tour. While he fell short of earning full exemption to the DP Tour by two shots last November, he did return home with a job....
Gateway youth football players prepare for playoffs
Gateway continued its success in the Big East Youth Football League last year as all four of its teams — flag (ages 5-6), Termites (7-8), Mites (9-10) and Midgets (11-12) — qualified for the playoffs. The flag team and Midgets both made it all the way to their division championship...
Plum youth football adjusting after moving to United Youth Football League
The Plum Midget Football Association was on the move again in the spring as it transitioned from the Big East Youth Football League to the United Youth Football League which features teams throughout the north hills of Pittsburgh. League president Matt Palermo said the decision was not taken lightly but...
Highlands grad Julian Flenory applies lessons, wins MMA fight
Julian Flenory circled off the cage away from Jeremy Riley, trying to blink out the pain. Only moments into a heavyweight professional MMA fight Saturday at Sunny Days Arena, Riley had stung Flenory with a combination that made the Highlands graduate want to collect his thoughts. Instead of wading forward,...
After learning the hard way, heavyweight from Highlands ready to main event MMA card
Julian Flenory thought his game plan would end with his hand getting raised during his professional MMA debut last February. But the Highlands graduate got caught up in the moment at Mountaineer Casino Resort. Nelson Best caught Flenory with a left hook, earning a stoppage 74 seconds into their heavyweight...
Burrell grad Ruggeri makes successful transition from gymnastics to powerlifting
Sophia Ruggeri showed strength and power while winning awards as an accomplished gymnast, reaching the highest levels of club performances while also starring as a member of her high school team at Burrell. Now, she is making her mark in a different arena. Ruggeri has immersed herself in the world...
Chinese Taipei rallies past Washington to win PONY League World Series title
Washington County finished just a few innings short of a crowd-pleasing win at the PONY League World Series championship game Wednesday night at EQT Park. Washington took a three-run lead into the bottom of the fifth inning but fell 6-4 to Chinese Taipei, which won its 11th World Series crown....
Caliguri’s Academy martial artists earn top finishes at world championships
Competitors from Caliguri’s Academy of Martial Arts in Lower Burrell marched into the USAMA world karate championships looking to add some hardware. Grandmaster Frank Caliguri, Master Nancy Caliguri and their daughter and instructor Kelli Caliguri helped coordinate the tournament, which was held in Chicago. They guided four students to first-place...
Reagan Bills leads Johnstown team to Little League Softball World Series title
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Behind Reagan Bills’ two-way heroics, Johnstown defeated Floyds Knobs, Ind., 1-0 on Sunday to win the state’s first Little League Softball World Series since 1978. Pennsylvania, representing the Mid-Atlantic Region, was led by Bills, who hurled a 105-pitch complete-game one-hitter with seven strikeouts, while also collecting two...
Greensburg Salem graduate Jayden Blake uses MMA to lose weight, build confidence
Jayden Blake’s self-confidence was way down. The Greensburg Salem graduate’s weight was on the rise and he needed a change. Blake, 19, turned to mixed martial arts three years ago to try and fix some of his problems. Blake, who is 5-foot-7 and topped out at 265 pounds when he...
‘Violent Bob Ross’ wins main event of 1st fight card at new North Versailles venue
Nine minutes went by much faster than Luis “Violent Bob Ross” Pena thought it would. During the inaugural 247 Fighting Championships card Saturday night at Sunny Days Arena in North Versailles, Pena, who fights out of Little Haiti, Fla., didn’t think he would win on the scorecards against a hometown...
Monroeville Red Pandas celebrate division title
The Monroeville Red Pandas won just six games in their 2024 Pittsburgh NABA season. It wasn’t the overall performance manager Donovan Baxter and his team had hoped for. But the group, made up predominantly of Gateway graduates in their early to mid 20s, regrouped and refocused on this summer’s new...
Ronald DeNunzio thanks ‘lucky stars,’ escapes serious injury from golf ball to head at Westmoreland Amateur
Two days after taking an errant golf ball to his head, Ronald DeNunzio was back at work and feeling fine following a short stay in the hospital. “I’m good. I’m OK,” the part-owner of DeNunzio Italian Restaurants told TribLive by phone Tuesday morning while making a food delivery to Norwin...
