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Quaker Valley graduate Adou Thiero headed to Lakers in 2nd round of NBA Draft
Quaker Valley graduate Adou Thiero is headed to the Los Angeles Lakers. Thiero was chosen with the sixth pick of the second round of the NBA Draft on Thursday night, 36th overall. The Lakers were apparently eager to pick him, moving up from 55th with a pair of trades to...
West Mifflin’s L.J. Mooney is eager to make his own path into the NHLVideo
The comparisons are always going to be there. And frankly, L.J. Mooney and cousin Logan Cooley don’t do much to dissuade them. They have been working out together for several years, even after Cooley made the jump to the NHL in 2023. And that habit hasn’t changed in the early...
Westmoreland Elite team to play in national girls volleyball tournament
It has been a season to remember for the Westmoreland Elite 14 Purple girls volleyball team. The squad began playing in October and honed its game throughout the year to make history. The 14 Purple team qualified for the 2025 USAV Girls Junior National Championship, becoming just the second team...
Soccer star, Pine-Richland graduate Meghan Klingenberg announces retirement
Meghan Klingenberg, Western Pennsylvania’s most accomplished soccer player, anounced her retirement Wednesday. She made the announcement in an open letter on her Instagram page. “This isn’t a surprise. But it still feels big to say,” she wrote. “I’m retiring from football.” Klingenberg went on describe her soccer career as “the...
Excitement builds for Pitt’s Lola Abraham as return from torn ACL draws nearer
Lola Abraham is amped up for the start of the Pitt women’s soccer team’s fall season. “We’re going to have a newer, younger team,” the Panthers sophomore forward and Riverview graduate said. “All of the coaches and returning players are super excited. We have a lot of potential with how...
Former Washington Wild Things OF Chris Carter chosen for Frontier League Hall of Fame
Former Washington Wild Thing outfielder Chris Carter will enter the Frontier League Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 2025. Carter played four seasons in the Frontier League from 2003-06, two with the Wild Things from 2005-2006. He batted .318 with over 180 RBIs and earned postseason...
Monroeville Junior Legion team hopes to make playoff push this summer
The Monroeville Junior Legion baseball team dropped the first two games of its Westmoreland County Youth Legion season but quickly got on the winning track in what is expected to be a competitive run to the playoffs. Wins over Bushy Run, 3-2 on May 29; Uniontown, 10-2 on June 2;...
Aspiring body-builder, Plum grad Sarah Kvortek uses advice to reach goals at 2nd competition
Sarah Kvortek fared well in her first bodybuilding competition March 30 at a show hosted by Slippery Rock University. The Plum graduate and SRU student placed third in the figure division and was rewarded for all the work put in since deciding to start training 12 months earlier. But at...
Alabama high schooler wins Sunnehanna Amateur with record score
High school phenom Tyler Watts took the Sunnehanna Amateur by storm Saturday, shooting his second straight 6-under 64 to set a tournament record with a 19-under total and win the 84th edition of the historic tournament in Johnstown. Watts, a 17-year-old rising senior from Huntsville, Ala., became the youngest player...
Spencer Lee earns spot on Team USA for world championships
Franklin Regional graduate Spencer Lee will represent his country at the Senior World Championships in September in Crotia. Lee swept a best-of-three series from Penn State’s Luke Lilledahl at Final X on Saturday in Newark, N.J., earning the 57-kilogram spot for Team USA. The University of Iowa graduate and Olympic...
Pro motocross series heads to Greene County’s Mt. Moris for Father’s Day weekend
For those who enjoy motorcycles, mixed with a bit of mud, then Saturday’s racing scheduled for High Point Raceway in Mt. Morris, Greene County, will serve as a main course of sorts as the top drivers descend on the Pennsylvania, West Virginia border for stop No. 4 in the 2025...
Never slowing down, Spencer Lee ready to challenge for U.S. world team spot
Spencer Lee doesn’t want to slow down. If Lee had total control, his wrestling matches would never be boring. When Lee wrestles Luke Lilledahl at 57 kilograms for the U.S. world team spot Saturday at Final X in Newark, N.J., he wants to prevent the match from lagging. Lee, a...
Monroeville Red Pandas rally Gateway grads for 3rd season in North American Baseball Association
Donovan Baxter helped organize the Monroeville Red Pandas baseball team two summers ago as an expansion Class AAA team in the Pittsburgh branch of the North American Baseball Association. With a large part of the team made up of Gateway graduates, the Red Pandas returned Monroeville to the league after...
Quaker Valley middle schoolers win lacrosse national titles
Three district boys won a lacrosse national championship over Memorial Day weekend as members of The Circuit youth program. Midfielder Will Bauersmith and close D Luke Dunda, both sixth-grade students representing the class of 2031 in the Quaker Valley School District, were members of the Red Hots team that captured...
Penn-Trafford grad Grabowski turns juco baseball opportunity into spot with Division I LibertyVideo
As he wound down his scholastic baseball career at Penn-Trafford, Dylan Grabowski wondered what his next move would be. He had only lukewarm interest from college recruiters, so he considered putting his cleats in the closet and going to trade school. That’s when a Westmoreland County connection nearly 400 miles...
Bushy Run American Legion baseball enjoys unique mix of young, veteran talent
Scott Peyman has been coaching the Bushy Run American Legion baseball for 11 seasons. But the 2025 season is something new for the coach. Bushy Run has a mixture of old and young players. “I have never had this happen,” Peyman said. “I usually have an older team or I...
Young Township enters 2025 seeking bounce-back season
The Young Township Renegades fell short of the American Legion baseball Region 7 tournament last year. Coach Ryan Staats would be the first to say it was a disappointment. The goal for Young Township is to move on from past results and focus on qualifying for the regional tournament this...
Lower Burrell American Legion baseball excited to improve in 2nd season in District 31
Now in its second season, the Lower Burrell American Legion baseball team is ready to hit the ground running, kicking off the schedule last week. Coach Steve Scheftic recognizes how much the team can grow and learn in its second go-round in the league. “We believe we are a contender...
Stars come out as New Kensington dedicates JFK Park courts to Valley basketball greats Flenory, Pipkins
The first day of June in New Kensington marked a nostalgic celebration at the city’s downtown JFK Park, bringing to it a collection of Who’s Who among friends and family of two city basketball legends. They had come to honor Baron “B.B.” Flenory and Tom Pipkins, two of the most...
North Allegheny grad Cole Young delivers walk-off RBI in MLB debut with Seattle
SEATTLE — Cole Young hit a fielder’s choice in the 11th inning in his major league debut for his first RBI, giving the Seattle Mariners a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night. Promoted from Triple-A Tacoma prior to the game, the North Allegheny graduate hit a dribbler...
Murrysville American Legion baseball looking to continue winning tradition
The Murrysville American Legion baseball team has a new coach this season. While it may be a new face taking over, the expectations remain the same – to contend for a District 31 title. Ryan Catello replaces Bob Bozzuto as the head coach for the Eagles, one of the premier...
West Mifflin’s Logan Cooley helps United States win gold at IIHF World ChampionshipVideo
Utah Mammoth forward Logan Cooley, a native of West Mifflin, recorded the primary assist on the only goal of the United States’ 1-0 overtime win against Switzerland in the championship game of the International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) World Championship tournament at at Avicii Arena in Stockholm on Sunday. Buffalo...
Riveters get 1st goal, 1st win in Rochester
Tanum Nelson scored the first two goals in Pittsburgh Riveters history in a 3-2 win over Flower City 1872 on Saturday in Rochester, N.Y., sending the USL W League club to its first victory. Lucia Wells also scored for the Riveters (1-0-1), who played to a scoreless draw with Cleveland...
West Miffin’s Logan Cooley helps United States reach IIHF finalVideo
Utah Mammoth forward Logan Cooley, a native of West Mifflin, recorded the primary assist on the game-winning goal for the United States in a 6-2 victory agianst Sweden in a semifinal round game of the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship tournament at Avicii Arena in Stockholm on Saturday. With...
Facing tough competition, Shaler graduate climbing women’s boxing ranks
Jose Caraballo insists Colleen Davis was on the verge of springing a big upset on May 9 at the Caribe Royale Orlando. But Davis, a Shaler Area graduate, didn’t get to see if she could hand Elise Soto her first professional loss. A clash of heads in the second round...
