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North Huntingdon hunter gains fame for taking down 12-point buck
Neil Stewart started hunting 17 years ago. He’s no stranger to the sport. So on Sept. 16, 2021, he knew he had an opportunity of a lifetime. A 12-point buck roamed North Huntingdon. Stewart knew he couldn’t let the opportunity pass, so he hunted for the monster buck. Everyone in...
Hempfield grad Madi Stoner to coach in college softball league
Madi Stoner will be spending her summer in Florida, and not necessarily lying in the beach. The Hempfield and Hillsdale College grad will be joining her Hillsdale coach, Kyle Gross, in Bradenton coaching in a softball league for high-level college softball players. She will be assisting Gross at the Lakewood...
Golf notebook: Paul Ajak III looking to defend Tri-State Section Amateur title
Pittsburgh native Paul Ajak III will be trying to defend his Tri-State Section PGA Amateur Championship title Thursday at Indiana Country Club. He is among the field of 68. Ajak III shot a 3-under par 67 to capture the 2021 title at Hannastown Golf Club. Scott Bitar of Pittsburgh was...
Businessman, local golf ‘ambassador’ Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. dies at 96
Frank B. Fuhrer Jr., who owned one of the largest beer distributorships in the country and owned professional sports franchises in Pittsburgh, died Saturday at UPMC St. Margaret in Aspinwall. He was 96. A family member said Fuhrer died of congestive heart failure. He lived in Fox Chapel with his...
Transfer from Akron to Slippery Rock a win-win situation for Shaler grad Jake Miller
Jake Miller watched the transfer portal activity and felt things at Akron weren’t going his way. Thanks to the covid-19 pandemic, life’s natural progression wasn’t taking its course. Players were being granted extra eligibility and Miller felt his opportunities were slipping away. Like many student-athletes in search of a better...
Wild Things looking forward to building on last season’s championship berth
In July of last season, the New York Boulders extended their lead, going up 4-2 against the Washington Wild Things. In the bottom of the ninth, the team worked the bases loaded. Wild Things infielder Nick Ward approach the plate with confidence against closer Tanner Kiest. “He was throwing at...
BRP Modified Tour set for season opener at Lernerville Speedway
Two-time defending champion Chad Brachman of Sanborn, N.Y., will help open the 25th anniversary of the Bicknell Racing Products Tour on Friday at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver. The BRP Big Blocks will be joined at the track by the weekly Fab4 Revved Up divisions of the sprints and pro stocks,...
Local golf notebook: PGA Latinoamerica pro tops Butler County U.S. Open local qualifier
PGA Tour Latinoamerica pro and former Oklahoma Sooner Beau Titsworth claimed medalist honors at the Butler County U.S. Open local qualifier May 11. Titsworth shot a 4-under par 67. He was one of five players to earn a spot in the sectional tournaments. Amateur Darin Kolwalski of Bethel Park and...
Freeport grad Bob White was part of 2 football national title teams at Penn State
When Bob White was a sophomore in high school, he moved from Haines City, Fla., to Freeport. A big factor that helped ease the change of scenery was his love for sports. White ended up fitting in well in the middle of the football team’s defense. He was an all-state...
Norwin grad wins Atlantic 10 gold in heptathlon
Emily Brozeski won the heptathlon in record fashion May 8 at the Atlantic 10 track and field championships in Richmond, Va. The Duquesne sophomore and Norwin graduate captured gold with a school-record 5,122 points, posting first-place finishes in the 100- and 200-meter dashes and long jump. She took second in...
Top-seeded Virginia Tech rallies for win at ACC softball tournament at Pitt
Top-seed Virginia Tech scored single runs in the third and fourth innings and rallied to defeat Syracuse, 2-1, in an ACC quarterfinal Thursday at Pitt. Bre Peck won the game with a home run. The Hokies face Clemson, which defeated Notre Dame, 7-3, in the 1 p.m. semifinal. Duke, which...
Greensburg’s Mark Goetz readies for pro golf career
One chapter ended and a new one will begin for Greensburg native Mark Goetz in his golf career. The 2021 United States Golf Association Amateur medalist ended his collegiate career by tying for 25th with teammate Logan Perkins at the Big 12 championship on April 27. Goetz shot an 8-over-par...
Pittsburgh Passion dealt 1st loss of season
The Pittsburgh Passion women’s football team dropped a 46-8 decision in Boston on Saturday to fall to 2-1 this season. The Passion were led by Maria Fautali, Alyssa George, Marcelina Chavez and Arielle Smith, who combined for 134 rushing yards. Smith scored the team’s lone touchdown. The Passion will be...
Plum resident Allison Polesnak runs Pittsburgh Marathon in wedding outfit
Allison Polesnak knows all about running marathons and half-marathons, especially the one closest to home in Pittsburgh. The Monroeville native, 2007 Gateway High School graduate and Plum resident ran the Pittsburgh Marathon for the fifth time on May 1, her 33rd birthday, while also putting the finishing touches on wedding...
Rain again cancels Friday evening racing at Lernerville Speedway
Rain has yet again forced Lernerville Speedway officials to cancel Friday night racing. The announcement came Friday morning after steady precipitation began to fall late Thursday and continued to drench the area. The forecast calls for additional showers well into the day Saturday. Racing is scheduled to resume next Friday,...
Pittsburgh City United rolls past Youngstown in season opener
Pittsburgh City United started off the UPSL season by defeating the Youngstown Knighthawks, 10-1, on Saturday at J.C. Stone Field. Forward Jonvier Ramson tallied five goals and two assists for City United. Left back Marquis Flowers had two goals and two assists, and midfielder Ibrahim Kayoute had a goal and...
Men’s and women’s U.S. Open qualifiers begin
Local qualifying for the U.S. Women’s Open begins Tuesday in Western Pennsylvania at Shannopin Country Club. That’s where 50 women will compete for three spots for this year’s tournament June 2-5 at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C. Heading the list is LPGA pro Rachel Rohanna,...
Greyhound racing nearing its end in U.S., with only 2 West Virginia tracks left by year’s end
DUBUQUE, Iowa — Vera Rasnake laughed as she led a trio of barking, jostling dogs into the Iowa Greyhound Park, but her smile faded when she acknowledged that after 41 years of being around the sleek animals, her sport was teetering on extinction. After the end of a truncated season...
Pittsburgh Passion claim blowout victory over Tri-State Warriors
The Pittsburgh Passion women’s football team pitched a shutout Saturday night to earn a 35-0 victory over Tri-State Warriors at West Allegheny’s Joe P. DeMichela Stadium. The game was was played in front of fans for the first time in two years because of the pandemic. The Passion (2-0) got...
Pittsburgh native Nicole Hilton wins women’s full marathon in event’s in-person returnVideo
Nicole Hilton’s first full marathon finished in victory and with an American flag around her shoulders. The 2011 South Fayette graduate soaked in all the cheers from the thousands of spectators while rain showers soaked her for much of the race Sunday as the Pittsburgh Marathon returned with much celebration...
Pine-Richland grad hits reset button, returns to slugging ways at Bucknell
Grant Voytovich didn’t mince words about how his freshman season with Bucknell baseball went. “Last year was pretty bad to be quite honest,” he said. Voytovich, a Pine-Richland grad, started the first 11 games last year and hit .158 before being relegated to the bench for the remainder of the...
Runners, spectators return to city streets for 2022 Pittsburgh MarathonVideo
Marathon mania was unleashed in Pittsburgh this weekend. The full 26.2-mile race and 13.1-mile half-marathon kicked off about 7 a.m. Sunday under cloudy skies that turned to rainy, soggy conditions about an hour into the race. But that didn’t dampen the spirit of runners. Many said they were thrilled the...
Top scorer issued red card as Riverhounds lose in Louisville
In a battle of the top two teams in the USL Championship’s Eastern Conference coming into the weekend, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds dropped a 2-0 decision at Louisville City FC on Saturday night. To make matters worse, the Riverhounds lost leading scorer Dane Kelly to a red card in the 80th...
2022 Pittsburgh Marathon by the numbers
The 2022 Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon will be held Sunday morning in Downtown Pittsburgh. Here are some interesting facts and figures about the race: Fastest times Men’s full marathon record: John Kagwe, 2:10.24, 1995 Women’s full marathon record: Margaret Groos, 2:29.50, 1988 Men’s half-marathon: Leonard Korir, 1:01.53, 2019 Women’s...
Olympians, elite runners headline field for 2022 Pittsburgh MarathonVideo
Margo Malone made a name for herself as a distance runner at North Hills High School before continuing to raise her game at Division I Syracuse where she won an ACC title and earned All-American recognition in the 10,000 meters. She moved to Boston to join a professional running team...
