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Stop Jason Bush if you’ve heard him say this before: “A lot of people have baseball teams. No disrespect to anybody else, but I think we have a baseball program.” The Latrobe American Legion coach continued to abide by that axiom Sunday at Latrobe High School as his two-time defending...

Rene Robinson had been an athlete all her life — she played college basketball at Carlow — but this game was as competitive as any she ever played. It happened four years ago, but she remembers it well. “Our hearts pounding and hands sweating in the championship game against the...

Bushy Run baseball coaches said they requested a morning start time for Saturday’s semifinal opener because several players were going to a wedding in the afternoon. With a late rally in its first extra-inning game of the season, Bushy Run left visiting Hempfield East at the altar. Brody Hoffman homered...

Charles Allie, once known as the fastest man in the world over 70, will show his hometown how he earned that nickname as the National Senior Games kick off at venues all over the Pittsburgh area this week. Allie is planning on running the 50, 100, 200 and 400 meters...

For the first time in the 123-year history of the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association Amateur Championship, Hannastown Golf Club in Greensburg will host the event. Hannastown pro Craig Mankins said the course will serve as a great test. Its membership also will be well represented in the field of 78....

While many people head to the beach for a summer vacation, Terry Eguaoje is spending his time as an assistant coach for the Nigerian women’s soccer team. The Penn Township resident and PA West Soccer’s director of coaching is on the staff of Pitt’s women’s head coach Randy Waldrum, who...

Another Friday night with nearly perfect weather conditions greeted runners of all ages for the annual Fleet Feet Liberty Mile in Downtown Pittsburgh. “It was beautiful with a little breeze,” said Troy Schooley, the CEO of P3R, the local running organization charged with coordinating all aspects of the event. “It...

Seeding for the Pennsylvania American Legion Region 7 tournament and the District 31 playoff title will be on the line over the next five days for four teams. The top four finishers in District 31 reached the semifinals that begin Saturday. Regular-season champion Bushy Run will host No. 4 Hempfield...

If the Murrysville American Legion baseball team learned anything the past two days, it is don’t underestimate your opponent. Murrysville, seeded No. 2 in the District 31 playoffs, needed to rally from an early deficit in Game 3 of its best-of-3 series Thursday to defeat Homer City, 15-14, at Haymaker...

With Young Township on his bumper during a tenuous sixth inning, Grayson Willis thought back to previous bases-loaded jams he walked away from without a scratch. The first man out of the Hempfield East bullpen did it again Thursday in a series-deciding playoff game, keeping things status quo on the...

Young Township coach Ryan Staats told his team after Game 1 of the District 31 American Legion playoffs Tuesday that he wanted to return to Seton Hill for Game 3. Staats’ team delivered on his request. Young Township scored three unearned runs in the first two innings in Game 2...

Hempfield East pitcher Connor Burkey missed part of the season with a hand injury. He recovered in time for the District 31 American Legion playoffs, which began Tuesday, and he didn’t miss a beat. Burkey pitched a complete game with nine strikeouts as Hempfield East defeated Young Township, 10-1, in...

When the District 31 American Legion season began, Bushy Run coach Scott Peyman set high goals for his squad. Despite getting off to a late start because of Penn-Trafford’s extended high school baseball season, which lasted for two games in the PIAA Class 5A playoffs, Bushy Run was able to...

Years of tossing batting practice to players on his Latrobe American Legion baseball teams has trained longtime coach Jason Bush to throw strikes. So, naturally, even at the ripe age of 51, Bush continues to play competitively — sort of, he mused — as a pitcher in the Latrobe-Derry Old...

The problem started in seemingly innocent fashion. A couple of pops in the arm while pitching, but there was little to no pain. Though Phil Fox didn’t think much of it, he decided to see a doctor shortly after. This, after all, could affect his baseball future. The examination and...

The Young Township American Legion baseball team expects to make a run to a top-four finish in District 31. Young Township (6-7-1) entered the week in seventh place as the regular season nears a conclusion. District 31 is made up of 10 teams in and around Westmoreland County, with only...

Dayonne Nunley majored in sports studies at Miami (Ohio) while performing as a standout cornerback for four seasons with the RedHawks football team. A decade later, the Gateway graduate is incorporating much of what he learned in his collegiate course of study and also during his training to become a...

Team USA Olympian Tom Scott was a featured instructor as Pennsylvania Shotokan Karate Club hosted the 21st annual USA Elite Training Camp June 9-11, at the Sheraton Hotel in Moon Township. This event routinely features history makers every year in the sport of karate, said Dustin Baldis, the camp director...

Ingomar Franklin Park Little League is set to host the District 4 tournament, the biggest tourney for the league in more than 10 years, according to league president Chris Greco. “It’s so cool,” he said. “Little League took a big hit with covid, and AAU baseball has also depleted the...

The American Legion District 31 baseball season seems like it just started, but the regular season will wrap up next week. Teams, most of them from Westmoreland County, will complete league play Thursday, and the playoffs likely will begin next weekend. The top eight out of 10 teams qualify. The...

Being involved in the new Aspinwall Tee Ball league was appealing for many reasons to community resident Steve Wein. Aspinwall’s Little League program had long folded and opportunities for younger kids to be involved in baseball meant traveling to different municipalities. Wein, who has three kids, liked the idea of...

Craig Patrick won two Stanley Cup titles in his 17 seasons as the general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was victorious again in the greater Pittsburgh area Wednesday night and was part of an event that helped the Robert Morris hockey programs. Team Patrick defeated Team Fuhr, 8-1, in...

It was pretty much a foregone conclusion who would win the final Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. Invitational on Wednesday. PGA rookie Eric Cole, 35, essentially wrapped this title Monday morning when he shot a 7-under-par 28 on the back nine of his first round and built a commanding lead at...

Eric Cole might play the Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. Invitational during a winter snowstorm, if that was when tournament organizers scheduled it. So no way Cole would allow some inclement weather in Connecticut or rain in Fox Chapel to keep him from the tournament or from crafting a commanding lead...