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Jacob McCaskey is spending the summer in sunny Palm Springs, a popular vacation spot in the Sonoran Desert of Southern California. Thousands of tourists might be there to enjoy the hot springs, golf courses and spas or maybe some hiking or horseback riding. McCaskey is there to work. A recently...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chip Ganassi sold his NASCAR team to Justin Marks, owner of Trackhouse Racing, and declared Wednesday he will pull out of the nation’s top stock car series at the end of this season. Ganassi fields two cars in the Cup Series but will transfer his North Carolina...

Essentially playing with a rental set of clubs, Chase Koepka grinded his way into contention in his first Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. Invitational. The younger brother of four-time major champion Brooks Koepka, Chase lost his clubs and clothes in transit when he left Hartford, Conn., after playing in the PGA...

Although the song “Renegade” is not played during the Young Township American Legion Renegades games like the Steelers at Heinz Field, the baseball team has its sights set on a District 31 title. The Renegades (10-3) secured a spot in the upcoming Westmoreland County playoffs with an 11-1 victory over...

It’s one of the most elite golf tournaments in Western Pennsylvania. It features some of the top amateur players in the Pittsburgh area and some up-and-coming pros from across the country. The 37th annual Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. Invitational begins with two rounds Monday at Pittsburgh Field Club. The third...

Because of excessive heat in the Eugene, Ore., area, the U.S. Olympic trials were suspended Sunday until midnight. Temperatures exceeded 100 degrees, and the stadium was evacuated because of the heat. Hempfield graduate Maddie (Holmberg) Nickal has one event left to compete in the heptathlon. She placed fifth in the...

Anthony Tucci’s arm was in midseason form when Clarion University wrapped up its pandemic-shortened baseball season. The Penn Hills native, a junior pitcher for the Golden Eagles, found a spot where he could keep throwing when his coach at CCAC Boyce, Bill Spina, reached out and asked if he would...

Brandon Overton won his second Firecracker 100 on Saturday at Lernerville Speedway, but he had to overcome a close call to do so. While under caution on lap 51, Brent Larson came out of the infield work area and while driving by the field to assume his spot at the...

Latrobe native and graduate Hanna Green received good news late Friday at the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore. Her appeal in the 800-meter semifinals was upheld, and she went from missing the finals Sunday to becoming the ninth runner in the field. Green finished fourth in her heat of...

Albert Dikwa scored a goal and helped set up another to lead the Pittsburgh Riverhounds to a 2-1 victory over New York Red Bull II on Friday night at Highmark Stadium. It was the third straight win for the Riverhounds (5-3-2). The Riverhounds took a 1-0 lead in the 14th...

Lernerville Speedway has plenty of sentimental value for Brandon Overton. He won his first World of Outlaws feature at the Buffalo Township race track in 2016, and it was a launching pad for his career. Overton won the Firecracker 100 in 2017 and recently pocketed $273,000 for winning the 2021...

After an appeal, Latrobe’s Hanna Green advanced to the finals in the 800-meter run at the U.S. Olympic team trials Friday in Eugene, Ore. Green finished fourth in her semifinal heat in a time of 2:01.19. The top three finishers in each heat and the top two remaining times qualified...

Brandon Sheppard found his win in Thursday night’s preliminary feature for the Firecracker 100 encouraging for several reasons. For starters, it was just nice to get a win in general after going a month and a half without one on tour. The other reason was that the track was slick,...

Colton Flinner has had a consistent year at Lernerville Speedway with a pair of second- and third-place finishes and is leading the super late model championship point standings. Those are all good things for Flinner, but he wants nothing more than to break through for his first super late model...

In the last few years, Michael Norris has fared pretty well when the World of Outlaws Late Model Series has come to town for the Firecracker 100 weekend. Norris won a preliminary feature in 2018 and ’19, which were special moments for the two-time Lernerville Speedway track champion. Now he...

Penn Hills Eagles track and field coach Chuck Carter didn’t get a typical buildup to the Three Rivers Association track championships this spring. With pandemic restrictions, the club program wasn’t able to have any meets. The first competition Penn Hills joined was the Three Rivers Association Championships last weekend at...

Kelvin Kohan is in his third full season of racing super late models at Lernerville Speedway in Buffalo Township, and every time he hits the track with his bright red No. 15 car, he’s still learning. That’s the nature of the beast when trying to wrestle an 800-plus horsepower engine...

Getting goals from Danny Griffin and Russell Cicerone, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds scored a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rowdies on Saturday night, recording their first victory over the Florida club since 2017 and their first-ever win in St. Petersburg. The Riverhounds (4-3-2) ran their road winning streak to four...

The Joey Fabus Superhero Run Over DIPG 5K race and 1-mile walk is back and will take place at 9 a.m. Sept. 12 at Bethel Park High School. Registrations are being accepted until Sept. 11. Organizers of the event took a one-year hiatus because of covid-19 pandemic concerns. The costs...

Palmer Jackson had a dream start to his third round at the 68th Sunnehanna Amateur on Friday, making four straight birdies to move into contention heading into Saturday’s final round. Jackson made a total of nine birdies and shot a 6-under 64 to finish the round tied for third place,...

Leah Smith was busy this week with three swims at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb. Her finale came in the 800-meter freestyle Friday morning, and the Oakland Catholic graduate placed 10th overall in a time of 8 minutes, 36.10 seconds. Smith is the second reserve for Saturday’s final...

Chuck Sarver always is busy this time of year. The president of the Freeport International Baseball Invitational has made and answered hundreds of texts and phone calls setting up a myriad of items related to the latest edition of the weeklong festival of youth baseball from July 27-31. It can...

Michael Grady and Alex Miklasevich have been rowing together since their freshman year at Central Catholic in the fall of 2011. They have grown together in the sport through their four years together with the Vikings program, through respective collegiate careers, with opportunities at high-level camps, and at competitions both...