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Already a world-class athlete, Bridget (Guy) Williams became a world champion with a victory at the Pan Am Games. The Hempfield and Virginia alum soared to a gold medal in the pole vault Friday at Julio Martinez Pradanos National Stadium in Santiago, Chile with a vault of 4.6 meters (15...

Five professional fights and one exhibition were a part of a competitive night of boxing at Fall Fisticuffs VI, presented by Integrity Fighter Management from the Hollywood Casino at the Meadows on Saturday. The Battle of The Northside II was the match of the night. Michael “The Pittsburgh Bull” Manna...

Ross Township’s Nathan Smith, a decorated amateur golfer and six-time USGA champion, is going to get used to having the word captain in front of his name. Smith was selected as captain of the East team for the 2024 East West Matches to be played Nov. 1-3, at Maridoe Golf...

Greensburg’s Mark Goetz is through to the next stage of qualifying for the Korn Ferry Tour, a minor-league type feeder to the PGA Tour. Goetz, 25, finished tied for 10th at a first-stage tournament last week at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Magnolia Grove-Crossings in Semmes, Ala. with...

Boxing, at its core, is a sport built from differences. Usually, two guys who grew up together and trained together never square off in the ring for more than sparring. “We’re doing something that’s typically not being done,” said Michael Manna (6-5, 4 KO), 40. “I think 100% that it’s...

The inaugural class of the Sharpsburg Sports Hall of Fame will be inducted later this month. A banner with the names of the inductees will be raised high into the rafters of the Linden Gym during halftime of the youth basketball game between the Sharpsburg Wolves and Caveman AAU on...

Johnny Johnston grew up playing soccer in the Penn Township programs. That’s where he was taught how to play the game and learned valuable lessons about growing up from the men who coached him. Now the 2001 Penn-Trafford grad and Harrison City native is doing the same in Oxford, a...

Over the years, the Pittsburgher has been dubbed as the “Super Bowl” of super late model dirt racing in Western Pa. The race has held local importance, but on Saturday, the 35th annual competition at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway (PPMS) in Imperial will welcome a new heightened level of significance...

When the Commonwealth Clash A-Main rolled to green Tuesday night at Lernerville Speedway, it looked as if brothers-in-law and co-owners of the High Limit Sprint Car series, Brad Sweet and Kyle Larson, were going to have a duel for the win. But David Gravel and a treacherous cushion in turn...

With a large group of people around him, hoping for a picture or an autograph, Dale Earnhardt Jr. walked along the front of the grandstands at Lernerville Speedway. It was a major moment in the long, storied history of the Buffalo Township racetrack, and it brought out a standing-­room-only crowd....

Fans will again swarm a racetrack to see Dale Earnhardt Jr. Though he won’t be returning to racing, the 26-time NASCAR Cup Series winner will likely draw quite a crowd Tuesday night at Lernerville Speedway. He will attend the $50,000-to-win Commonwealth Clash as part of the High Limit Sprint Car...

Austen Swankler, a native of North Huntingdon who was the fifth-leading scorer in NCAA men’s hockey last season with Bowling Green, has transferred to Michigan Tech. He announced his new school via his account on X, formely known as Twitter, Monday. On Friday, Swankler alleged he was the victim of...

Austin Swankler, a native of North Huntingdon who was the fifth-leading scorer in NCAA men’s hockey last season with Bowling Green, has entered the NCAA’s transfer portal, alleging he was the victim of hazing at the school. “I came out about everything that happened to stop future incidents from occurring,”...

Jennifer Bigham won the City of Pittsburgh Great Race in 2016, 2017, 2019 and last year, and she hopes to add win No. 5 on Sunday. Bigham has become one of the fastest masters runners in the country, winning the 2022 USA Masters Half Marathon Championship and USA Masters One...

Tanner Rosborough already has made a number of professional appearances. He had 28 goals during the MLS NEXT regular season and won an MLS NEXT Cup, scoring the game-winning goal in the final. Be that as it may, Rosborough is only 15 years old. It’s quite obvious, this kid is...

Katie Miller Gee advanced through stroke play and never trailed in her opening match at the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship at Stonewall Golf Club in Elverson. Gee, the girls golf coach at Hempfield, where she is one of the school’s most celebrated champions, cruised past Marissa Mar of Palo Alto,...

The Western Pennsylvania Youth Football League is well into its 2023 season as teams in all four classifications completed Week 3 games Sunday. This fall marks the 10th anniversary of the WPYFL, the largest youth football league in Pennsylvania with 44 member organizations in 43 school districts covering seven counties....

Chase Rowe has spent the majority of his life around baseball. As he rose through the player ranks to various coaching positions both collegiately and professionally, he developed a critique of how the game was being taught to up-and-coming players. “Baseball, probably like most other sports, there’s a huge level...

For a quarter of a century, the Plum Kick-Off Classic youth soccer tournament has hosted competitive matchups involving teams and organizations hoping for a successful start to their seasons. One of the region’s largest youth soccer events is back this weekend. The 26th annual tournament begins Friday and runs through...

After two years away from high-level softball, Maddy Grimm returned to the game she loves and won a championship. The Ligonier Valley alum helped lead the Texas Smoke to the first championship in the Women’s Professional Fastpitch league. The power-hitting shortstop out of Kent State stretched out her career a...

Following their third successful 5K fundraiser, officials from the Mike Reese Memorial Fund will be accepting grant applications through the end of August. The annual Mike Reese Memorial 5K Roast, Run & Family Fun event began in 2021, in memory of Reese, 42, who served as state representative in the...

Last summer, Sanctuary Boxing Club in New Kensington took five female boxers to a national competition in Kansas. Katie Kerecz, 12, returned to the national stage last month, this time for the first USA Boxing women’s championships. Since the last tournament, Kerecz relentlessly went to work in the gym. Rich...

Mya Eshenbaugh enjoyed a unique summer sojourn. The Quaker Valley Middle School student participated in the USSSA All American Softball Games during the week of July 31 through Aug. 5 in Viera Beach, Fla., at the USSSA Space Coast Complex. “It was a great experience for me,” Eshenbaugh said. “I...

The Kiski Valley American Legion baseball team has been inactive for the past two seasons. But if the Montgomery brothers — Denny and David — have anything to say about it, the two-year hiatus will end in time for the 2024 season. The Montgomerys, both Pennsylvania American Legion Hall of...

Central Catholic graduage and Ohio State grad student Neal Shipley has reached the semifinals of the 123rd annual United States Golf Association’s Amateur Championship at Cherry Hills Country Club in New Jersey. Shipley, 22, won his fourth consecutive match play round when he defeated Andi Xu of the People’s Republic...