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WestCo Roller Derby team hosts final home game of the season
WestCo Roller Derby will host its fourth and final home game on Saturday in Salem. The team will take on the Black Rose Riveters from Hanover in a 7 p.m. match at Palmer Imaging Arena, 100 Center Ice Drive in Salem. Established in 2012, the team includes women from Westmoreland,...
Kowalski leads West Penn Amateur; Knapp a shot back
For Sean Knapp, age is just a number. The 61-year-old Oakmont native enjoys competing with the younger players from Western Pennsylvania. Why else would the wily veteran drive 35 miles almost every day to compete against the youthful membership and practice at Hannastown Golf Club? “I love playing against these...
Hempfield alum Bridget Williams headed to world championships in pole vault
A few years out of college but perhaps as sharp as she has ever been, Bridget (Guy) Williams continues to compete at a high level of track and field. The former Hempfield and Virginia standout is headed to a world-championship event after another strong finish in the pole vault. Williams...
‘Damar Hamlin Day’ in Pittsburgh celebrated with CPR awareness event at PNC Park
Damar Hamlin has been recognized and honored a number of ways for the way he responded after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest during a Jan. 2 game in Cincinnati. On Sunday, he received an honor that hit close to home. Mayor Ed Gainey declared Sunday “Damar Hamlin Day” in the...
Latrobe Legion advances to district final to face Bushy Run
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...
Steel City Kickers kickball league provides community, mentorship for women
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 rallies past Hempfield East, Latrobe tops Murrysville in American Legion semifinal openers
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...
Septuagenarian sprinter from Pittsburgh who beat cancer ready to shine at National Senior Games
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...
Hannastown Golf Club ready to host West Penn Amateur for 1st time
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....
Penn Township’s Terry Eguaoje excited for opportunity to coach at FIFA World Cup
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...
Liberty Mile sets participation record; Edinboro runner is top pro woman
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...
District 31 American Legion semifinals set to begin
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...
Murrysville Legion escapes a scare in District 31 playoffs
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...
Hempfield East gets out of late-game jam to win American Legion playoff series
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...
Haden Brink helps Young Township even American Legion playoff series with Hempfield East
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...
Burkey leads Hempfield East to playoff victory
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...
Bushy Run captures regular-season title, gets top seed for District 31 playoffs
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...
Latrobe looks forward to hosting Pennsylvania American Legion Baseball tournament
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...
Hempfield grad Phil Fox looking to take pitching prowess elsewhere after successful recovery from Tommy John surgery
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...
Young Township American Legion team chasing playoff berth in District 31
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...
Slowed by illness in ’22, Kiski Area grad Faith Andree ready for fresh start with Wagner women’s soccerVideo
Faith Andree knew what it was like to come back from an injury. A few years ago, she suffered a torn ACL and MCL that derailed her soccer season and required nearly six months of rehab. But as grueling and frustrating as it was, at least there was always light...
Gateway grad Dayonne Nunley uses football experience to train aspiring athletes
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...
Olympic athlete, coach offer instruction at USA Elite karate training camp
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 to host District 4 tournament
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...
Legion baseball notebook: District 31 playoffs start next week
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...
