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Pittsburgh Passion win opener at Detroit
The Pittsburgh Passion women’s football team played a game for the first in two years Saturday and showed little rust in securing a 27-8 victory at Detroit. Marceline Chavez caught a 46-yard TD pass and ran for a 54-yard score, Arielle Smith scored on a 3-yard run, and Ellie Mularski...
Penn Hills grad makes successful jump to college volleyball
Alain Tamo-Noche knew going from playing volleyball at Penn Hills to playing at the NCAA Division II level was going to be a major change. Once Tamo-Noche made it to Wilberforce, Ohio, to play in the inaugural season for the Central State men’s volleyball program, he had another curveball thrown...
Albert Dikwa scores twice as Riverhounds edge Tulsa
Albert Dikwa had his first multi-goal game as a member of the Riverhounds on Saturday, helping lift Pittsburgh to a 4-3 victory over FC Tulsa at ONEOK Field in Oklahoma. Alex Dixon and Dane Kelly also scored for the Hounds, who improved to 4-0-1 in the Eastern Conference, the best...
Golden Gloves Western Pa. finals set for Saturday in Monroeville
The Western Pennsylvania Golden Gloves winter and spring 2022 schedule comes down to Saturday evening and a card full of championship bouts at Pro Sports in Monroeville. Boxers representing Butler Cubs, Team 412 WPAL, Wolfpack Boxing, Jack’s Gym, 3rd Avenue WPAL, Pittsburgh Boxing, Scorchin Boxing, Erie Boxing Academy, South Park...
Back from covid-related hiatus, Pittsburgh Passion to open 2022 season this weekend
Like much of the rest of the world, the Women’s Football Alliance was not immune from disruption in 2020 and 2021. This weekend, the WFA is back — and so are the Pittsburgh Passion. The Passion are scheduled to open their season at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Detroit Venom....
Wet forecast forces Lernerville Speedway to again cancel opening night
Lernerville Speedway officials have canceled opening night races scheduled for Friday, as rain and cold temperatures are in the forecast. This is the second consecutive week track officials have decided to delay the start of the season. Lernerville Speedway will now kick off the 2022 season April 22 to not...
Steel City Ice Renegades, Selects hockey teams capture national championships
The Steel City Ice Renegades boys Tier II 16U 3A and Steel City Selects girls Tier II 19U A hockey teams were not to be denied Monday as they finished title runs at their respective USA Hockey national championship tournaments. Both teams played six games. The Ice Renegades finished 5-1,...
Toby Sims nets pair of goals in 1st experience at midfield, leads Riverhounds to win
Toby Sims saw his name penciled in as a midfielder on the lineup board after Monday’s practice and did a double take. “I was like … I’ve never played that position before,” he said. Sims is a defender by trade, but Riverhounds coach Bob Lilley gave him an opportunity to...
Monroeville SNAP program a success for quartet of swimmers
When Jamee Kovacs helped get the Special Needs Aquatic Program off the ground in September, she hoped to give her son, Caleb, and others throughout the Monroeville area more opportunities to find comfort in the water. Now, seven months later, Kovacs, a board member with the Monroeville Marlins Swim Club,...
Riverhounds get goals from bench in win vs. Loudoun
It’s not often someone comes off the bench to score two goals in a soccer game, but Dane Kelly isn’t your average substitute. Kelly, the USL Championship’s all-time leading scorer, got a rare night off from the starting eleven, but when he entered in the 60th minute he made a...
Hempfield alum Kason Harrell selected as all-star in Irish pro hoops league
Kason Harrell has proven he can play at the next level. He has become one of the most popular players in Ireland’s Super League. On Friday, the former Hempfield and Fort Wayne star capped another productive season with an all-star nod. Harrell, a second-year pro for Killester Basketball Club, was...
Wet, cold forecast pushes opening night at Lernerville back a week
Thanks to a forecast that calls for rain and cold, opening night at Lernerville Speedway will have to wait a week. Track officials announced Thursday that the season’s first night of racing action has been pushed back to Friday, April 8. The opening night schedule includes Peoples Natural Gas Sprint...
Highlands Little League cancels season due to lack of players
Highlands Little League officials announced Wednesday that the 2022 spring season has been canceled because of a lack of players registered at any of the age levels. A statement on the league’s Facebook page also informed those families who had players register that their fees would be refunded Saturday from...
Shaler’s Brooks Blasko looking to carve his own piece of wrestling history
Brooks Blasko has the benefit of having two people who left a legacy in wrestling to help guide his career. Blasko, who is 13 and a seventh grader at Shaler Area Middle School, was inspired to start wrestling at age 6 by his grandfather “Jumpin” Johnny DeFazio, who wrestled professionally...
Riverhounds settle for draw in Detroit
A successful penalty kick by Maxi Rodriguez in the 73rd minute prevented the Pittsburgh Riverhounds from picking up their third consecutive victory, but they remained unbeaten on the season in a 1-1 draw at Detroit City FC on Saturday afternoon. Detroit City (1-1-1) was awarded a penalty after a foul...
Franklin Regional quartet medals at Keystone State championships
Four Franklin Regional youth wrestlers stood on the podium March 20 at the Keystone State Wrestling championships in Erie. The tournament featured some of the top wrestlers in Pennsylvania in the 6U, 8U, 10U and 12U divisions. Beau Fennick took first place in the 12U, 90-pound division. “Beau won the...
Riverhounds win home debut with Forbes’ goal in 51st minute
Dane Kelly is the all-time leading scorer in USL Championship history, and Kenardo Forbes is the all-time assist leader, but the two switched roles Saturday night. It was Kelly who dropped a pass to Forbes from well outside the 18-yard box, and he launched a rocket shot under the crossbar...
Norwin graduates JJ Matijevic, Max McDowell in MLB spring training camps
A pair of former Norwin sluggers will get to continue chasing their dreams of playing in the majors. JJ Matijevic and Max McDowell have been invited to spring training — Matijevic with the Houston Astros and McDowell with the New York Yankees. Both nonroster invitees saw promotions from Double-A to...
Guy Junker’s broadcasting career coming to close after 44 years
Now that he has announced plans to retire after a 44-year career as a sports broadcaster on radio and TV, Guy Junker sat down Monday and contemplated all of his jobs. At age 13, he was a newspaper delivery boy and a pin setter before bowling alleys were modernized. He...
Newest Riverhound makes history in season-opening win at Memphis
Dane Kelly’s debut with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds couldn’t have gone much better. Kelly, the USL Championship’s all-time leading scorer who signed with the Riverhounds in January, became the first player in league history to score 100 career goals in a 3-0 season-opening victory over Memphis 901 FC on Saturday night....
Long-standing senior softball league in North Hills getting set for new season
The Major League Baseball season has been delayed because of a contentious labor dispute holding up a new collective bargaining agreement. However, it’s all systems go for the Northern Allegheny County Senior Softball League. NACSSL, for players ages 52 and older, is accepting registration for the 2022 season. New player...
Riverhounds to rely on added scoring depth at start of 2022 season
Bob Lilley and his staff went into the offseason with the goal of improving the depth of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. They brought in Dane Kelly, the all-time leading scorer in USL Championship history, to pair with last year’s team leader in goals Russell Cicerone, as well as Alex Dixon and...
Nathan Smith to captain 2025 Walker Cup team
Decorated district amateur golfer Nathan Smith was named captain of the United States Walker Cup team for 2025, the USGA announced Wednesday. Smith, 43, who is from Brookville and lives in Pittsburgh, will guide the American team against Great Britain and Ireland when the match, played in odd-numbered years, is...
Penn-Trafford, Franklin Regional grads start podcast to help athletes when cheering stops
Keep chasing the life you want to live. That is one of the core messages Tim Cortazzo and Colin Jonov want to push in a new podcast they created called “Identity Impact.” The pair of former Division I football players from Westmoreland County high schools want to assist former athletes...
Giants add former Pittsburgh Passion player to coaching staff
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants have added a second woman to their coaching staff, and started clearing cap space for free agency by releasing veteran tight end Kyle Rudolph. Rudolph confirmed his release in a tweet. New coach Brian Daboll on Wednesday announced Angela Baker, a Carlynton...
