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When Bob Colbert started a pair of sports social clubs in Virginia, a few common traits held the concept together and allowed membership to grow: an interest in telling stories, inquisitiveness to learn more about the people telling them and the simple enjoyment of talking sports in a laid-back setting...

Bushy Run American Legion baseball became the final team to reach the District 31 semifinals with a solid 6-1 victory against Murrysville on Thursday to complete a two-game sweep of a best-of-three opening round series. Winning pitcher Peyton Bigler helped his own cause by driving in three runs and limiting...

Brent Marks chased down Kyle Larson and passed him for the win twice during PA Speedweek last week in Central Pennsylvania. On Wednesday, it was Larson who was the hunter, and he was able to get by Marks on his way to a $25,000 payday at the Don Martin Memorial...

Landon Carns probably hasn’t had a better two days playing baseball. Tuesday, Carns used his glove to carry Unity past Yough in Game 1 of the District 31 American Legion playoffs. Wednesday, he used his bat. Carns clubbed a three-run homer in the top of the seventh inning, part of...

AJ Flick has been on a tear this season at Lernerville Speedway, and that hasn’t happened by chance. A year after going winless, Flick and his team went to work over the winter to make improvements, and they seemed to have figured out the right combination. Flick, an Apollo native...

June did not start the way Zach Kokoska had hoped. After seeing his batting average rise to .231 in early May, the Fresno Grizzlies outfielder and designated hitter went 4 for 26 in his first eight games of June and saw his average dip to .192. But the minor leaguer...

A team doesn’t always need a winning hit to pull out a victory. Sometimes a defensive gem is all it needs. Unity’s American Legion baseball team got a clutch catch in the top of seventh inning Tuesday during Game 1 of its best-of-three District 31 series against Yough to pull...

Ten members of the Pittsburgh Passion women’s football team have been picked to play in the 2022 Xenith All-American Game on Sunday at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio. First-team All-Americans are strong safety Devon Peace, defensive back Rebecca Ehrgood, defensive ends Kim Zubovic and Kaitlyn Niedermeyer,...

Young Township entered this week’s games third out of nine teams in District 31 in the Westmoreland American Legion Baseball League. Team manager and coach Ryan Staats helped put the team together, along with Jason Sowers from Apollo-Ridge, Mike Coleman, who pulled most of the players from Armstrong County, and...

Lernerville Speedway general manager Mike Lysakowski recently informed the Tomson family that he is resigning his position at the track after accepting a position with a government agency. Lysakowski and the track will part ways on good terms, according to a news release. Candidates should have a strong background in...

Pittsburgh-area fighters will be back in the ring Saturday for a full night of boxing at “Battle at the Fairgrounds II” in Washington County. “We’re excited to return to the Washington County Fairgrounds for the third time,” said Monroeville promoter Derek Gionta. “We have a nice trio of professional fights...

David Bradshaw struggled early in the final round of the Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. Invitational on Wednesday. He was 5-over-par through nine holes and had lost the lead. But the Harpers Ferry, W.Va., native his kept cool, and if he kept his game together he still could have had a...

Players with West Virginia ties will be paired in the final round on the 38th annual Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. Invitational on Wednesday at Pittsburgh Field Club. It’s uncertain if either will sing the late John Denver’s hit song “Country Roads” if either wins the tournament. Three-time champion David Bradshaw,...

A golf cart sits between the ninth green and 10th tee at the Pittsburgh Field Club. It represents a shrine to the late Frank B. Fuhrer Jr., who died May 21. It was one of the spots where Fuhrer would sit and watch his tournament and greet the players. His...

Sahara Robinson made history over Memorial Day weekend, becoming the first girl to win the Peewee Bike Race in the American Woods Racing Championship Series at Seven Springs in the Red Bull Mountain Scramble. A rising fifth-grader in the Ligonier Valley School District, Robinson, 11, races dirt bikes in the...

For the past 37 seasons, the annual Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. Invitational has grown into one of the top tournaments in Western Pennsylvania. Many of golf’s up-and-coming players — professional and amateur — have battled for the coveted title at Pittsburgh Field Club in Fox Chapel. But the 38th year...

Tim McCreadie passed the most cars during the two preliminary nights of the Firecracker weekend, so getting the outside pole for Saturday’s finale was a welcomed site. And it was one he took full advantage of. McCreadie got the jump on pole sitter Brandon Sheppard on the start and flexed...

Mike Marlar certainly has staked his claim as the favorite for Saturday’s Firecracker 100. The Winfield, Tenn., native scored his second consecutive Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series preliminary feature, on the second night of the 16th annual Firecracker 100 weekend Friday at Lernerville Speedway in Buffalo Township. Marlar held...

The New York Mets now own the contract of pitcher Michael Krauza, and, if all goes according to his plan, he will be climbing the minor-league ranks. This could be the big break the hard-throwing right-hander has been looking for. Krauza, a Franklin Regional graduate, will leave the Cleburne (Texas)...

The president of Mighty Penguins Sled Hockey Inc. is stepping down after serving in the position for six years. Joe McCormick will assume the role of treasurer, replacing Erica Burg, who has been treasurer for five years. Mark McCoy, who has served in several roles since the organization’s inception in...

Mike Marlar has been close to winning the Saturday finale of the Firecracker 100 with a pair of runner-up finishes. On Thursday night, the Winfield, Tenn. native set himself up well to try to get his first 100-lapper Saturday by scoring his first preliminary win at Lernerville Speedway. Marlar passed...

Neal Shipley didn’t allow a slow start derail his game Wednesday during the final round of the 119th annual West Penn Open. The future Ohio State Buckeye used two eagles and some clutch putts down the stretch to capture the tournament at The Club of Nevillewood. Shipley, a Central Catholic...

Levi Yetter is still on his learner’s permit for over-the-road driving, but he’s shown he has a license for speed on a racetrack. A 16-year-old incoming junior at Knoch, Yetter is in his second season of racing super late models at Lernerville Speedway in Buffalo Township and has scored four...

A dozen athletic greats comprise the Class of 2022 for the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, and half of the class was nominated by state-affiliated chapters located in the Western Region. PA Sports Hall of Fame State Executive Director Dale Hamer, a Murrysville resident, former NFL official and a 2012...

Things have tightened up at the 119th Annual West Penn Open Championship after the second round Tuesday at The Club at Nevillewood. Rob McClellan, director of golf at Slippery Rock Golf Club, shot a 4-under-par 68 to go to a two-round total of 6-under 138 and take a two-shot lead...