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With his first year of professional basketball in the books, Jake Biss is making sure his game stays sharp in the offseason. The former Latrobe and Shippensburg standout guard, who played last season with the Dan Helder Suns in the Netherlands, signed to play this summer with the DuBois Dream,...

Knoch graduate Jordan Geist ended his college track and field career in the most dramatic fashion possible Wednesday night. The Arizona senior won the shot put by 2 centimeters on the final throw of his career at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships at Texas. Geist recorded a throw...

His surgically repaired wrist now healed, Alex Kirilloff is back in the big leagues and back with the Twins as a transformed hitter. The son of a hitting instructor has been known for his bat since the Twins made him the 2016 MLB draft’s 15th overall pick out of Plum...

The Washington Wild Things’ Frontier League baseball game against the New Jersey Jackals was postponed Wednesday because of poor air quality at New Jersey’s Hinchliffe Stadium. The stadium is owned by the Paterson’s school system, which has declared a ban on outdoor activities Wednesday because of air quality issues and...

Rick Stimmel admitted he started thinking about last year’s Tri-State Open during the final few holes of this year’s tournament Tuesday at Southpointe Golf Club. And while he let his three-shot lead trickle away in 2022, the 55-year-old did enough to hold on and win this year’s title in a...

Maddy Jesky’s strength as a gymnast is her perseverance. “Gymnastics is what I eat, sleep and breathe,” she said. “There is nothing I won’t try and nothing I’ll give up on.” Well, Jesky certainly was tenacious at the Xcel Silver and Platinum States, taking the all-around title in her division....

A former Jeannette running back will be part of a new football hall of fame. He will represent the high school on a national level. The late John “ShowBoat” Crowell, a backfield standout for the Jayhawks in the 1930s, will be inducted into the National High School Football Hall of...

The season didn’t end the way Marist softball pitcher Kiley Myers wanted it to end. But at least it ended in the NCAA Tournament, and it ended with the Latrobe grad throwing a game emblematic of her 2023 season. Though Myers and the Red Foxes were roughed up in a...

Mario Hutcherson marched into Las Vegas and stepped on the wrestling mat with confidence. He wanted to take home win the U.S. Open U15 Freestyle National Championship on April 28-29. Wrestling is a passion for Hutcherson and, for a decade, he has been muscling his way to victory. U.S. Open...

Lock Haven cross country/track and field coach Aaron Russell could tell Mason Ochs just wasn’t himself. There are sophomore slumps, and then there is what Russell perceived in the Riverview grad. “I just felt like he was lost in every event.” Russell said. “He was just kind of floundering, trying...

When Alison Biondi began Alison Biondi Gymnastics, LLC in Penn Township, she had five gymnasts. Boy, has the program grown under her watch. She has now more than 300 boys and girls competing. This year, 26 athletes from the club competed in the Pennsylvania state championship and many finished in...

The passion for the Pittsburgh Passion women’s football team never left Lauren Ferragonio. That desire to make a difference in the sport is what drives the Plum graduate and Penn Hills resident to put the pads and helmet back on and mix it up again after three years away from...

Zach Kokoska is burning up the Northwest League as he makes inroads to his dream of playing in the majors. The former Latrobe and Kansas State baseball star has been on an offensive tear of late, hitting safely in 14 of his last 18 games for the High-Class A Spokane...

Richard Burgunder III returned to competition this year and was one of the outsiders at the International Festival Red Fox Elbrus Race at Mount Elbrus, Russia. Burgunder, a 43-year-old Shaler native, was one of two Americans competing in the event. Following a seven-year layoff from competition, Burgunder placed 49th in...

Forward Logan Cooley, a native of West Mifflin, will return to the University of Minnesota for his sophomore season of 2022-23. The school announced Cooley’s decision on Friday. As a freshman in 2022-23, Cooley was dominant. Appearing in 39 games, he was third in the nation in scoring with 60...

France will be back. Chuck Sarver, president of the Freeport International Baseball Invitational, said Friday that planning continues to move forward for this year’s event July 25-29 on fields throughout the Alle-Kiski Valley. A team from the same town and league in France that was represented last year will return...

Oakmont head pro Devin Gee and Pine-Richland grad Mike Van Sickle were among the four golfers to advance to the U.S. Open Sectional from The Club at Nevillewood on Monday. Van Sickle and Youngstown State assistant golf coach Brandon Pluchinsky shot 3-under-par 69s, and Gee and Cal (Pa.) grad Ryan...

Sewickley Academy graduate Jason Li became the fourth player from the Pittsburgh area to qualify for the United States Golf Association Sectional qualifiers in late May and early June. Li qualified at a local qualifier May 2 at Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, N.J., by shooting a 69. Li...

In Bella Henzler’s first game at James Madison, she hit a ball into the left-centerfield gap and raced around the bases for an inside-the-park home run. She hasn’t slowed down since. Henzler, a former Hampton all-state catcher, started all 46 regular-season games for the JMU softball team, batting clean-up for...

When Scottie Scheffler steps up to the tee box for the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, some of the world’s most notable greens might look a bit farther away. As Jon Rahm eyes an approach shot, he will have to navigate around certain bunkers a bit differently. Rory...

Sam Albert has experienced his fair share of wins and losses after 28 years coaching football. However, it might come as a surprise to learn that for Albert, who enters his seventh season at Kiski Area this fall, determining a successful year vs. one he deems substandard does not have...

Margo Malone was no stranger to running marathons, but Sunday’s 26.2-mile race on the streets of Downtown Pittsburgh was her first in her hometown. Hearing the cheers from the thousands of spectators who lined the course and the loud response heading down the home straightaway, the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team...

Alex Turowski, a sophomore at Fairmont State, was honored by the Mountain East Conference following his second round at the MEC Spring Classic at Edgewood Country Club. The Penn-Trafford graduate earned MEC honorable mention honors. The All-MEC men’s golf team is selected based on individual performances by players during five...