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5 Westmoreland teams leave Western Pa. Youth Football League to form their own
Pennsylvania’s largest youth football league got a little smaller this week, as five Westmoreland County teams opted to leave and form a league of their own in the wake of a police investigation. The Western Pennsylvania Youth Football League, in which the Westmoreland teams had been playing, is under scrutiny...
Greensburg Salem wrestler claims 2 junior state titles to lead long list of Westmoreland County champs
Greensburg Salem’s Colton Writt recently captured two junior wrestling state titles. He was among nine wrestlers from Westmoreland County to win titles at the Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling tournament and/or the Keystone State tournament. Writt won the 8U 75-pound title at the PJW tournament and the 74-pound title in the 7-8...
Washington Wild Things’ stadium renamed EQT Park
The Washington Wild Things’ baseball stadium has a new name: EQT Park. On Tuesday, Sports Facility, LLC, which owns the club, announced a three-year naming rights partnership with natural gas firm EQT Corporation. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The former Wild Things Park, home to the ball...
Allegheny Valley swimmers sending large contingent to state meet again
After Allegheny Valley YMCA sent 11 swimmers to the state championships in 2024, the Gators sent another 12 in 2025. “We had a really steady season with consistent improvement,” head coach Nathan Petrak said. The Gators again had a strong showing at the district championships, which were held March 7-9...
North Allegheny senior brings home synchronized skating gold
At the U.S. Figure Skating Eastern Championships in Hershey on Jan. 24, the Steel City Blades Open Juvenile (Blue) synchronized skating team was chosen to go first among the 23 competing teams. As nervous as the team felt just being in the championships, the thought of having to perform their...
College summer league baseball team to call Highlands High School field home
The former Butler BlueSox, a summer league team for college baseball players, is moving to Natrona Heights after many years at Pullman Park. The team has a new home — the ballfield at Highlands High School — and soon a new nickname that’s still to be determined, said Mike McNabb,...
Pine-Richland students bring home gold with Steel City Blades synchronized skating
One shot. The Steel City Blades Open Juvenile (Blue) synchronized skating team had one opportunity to impress the judges with their 2 minute, 40 second routine at the U.S. Figure Skating Eastern Championships at Hershey on Jan. 24. Like a classroom filled with students nervous to see who would be...
Gibsonia’s Brandon Saad bets on himself by joining the Golden KnightsVideo
If you’re going to bet on yourself, Las Vegas is quite the place to do it. That is essentially what Brandon Saad is doing these days. And so far, the Gibsonia native has largely come up aces since he joined the Vegas Golden Knights a few weeks ago. “It’s been...
Plum resident steps into boxing ring at age 46 to fulfill lifelong dream
When Plum resident Dan Borowski stepped into the ring at the 2025 Las Vegas Masters Championships, he was living out a lifelong dream. Borowski never thought he’d be a 46-year-old boxer, but there he was, taking on Maurice F. Comstock Jr. in the Sin City. Borowski, a full-time contractor who...
At 77, New Kensington native Steve Kazor working nonstop to build UFL’s Michigan PanthersVideo
Steve Kazor recently went 21 months without a day off. Twenty-one months? Asked to clarify that time frame, Kazor confirmed. Months. Not days. Not weeks. Well, there was one day he took off. Sort of. It was the day one of his sons got married, but even then Kazor confessed...
Plum’s Sarah Kvortek turns from gymnastics to bodybuilding to fuel competitive fire
Plum graduate Sarah Kvortek made a name for herself in gymnastics at both the club level with Ultimate Gymnastics in Delmont and representing Plum at championship meets, including WPIALs. While the possibility of continuing her gymnastics career in college was there, she opted to attend Slippery Rock and concentrate on...
Veteran Pittsburgh boxer brings ‘Turf Wars’ Saturday night fight card to Coraopolis
Bill “Hutch” Hutchinson, 36, of Pittsburgh, started boxing at 13. He’s been a pro for 12 years with a record of 20-3-4, nine victories by knockout, and has been a part of world-class events in the city and the country. “I’m starting to catch my wind, and I’m starting to...
With a biopic planned, Mt. Lebanon native Kurt Angle opens up about his wrestling triumphs, personal journey
A movie is in the works that will profile Kurt Angle’s life story. The film will chronicle the Mt. Lebanon native’s journey from his youth and his start in amateur wrestling, his accomplishments in the sport in high school and college at Clarion to international success, including his Olympic gold-medal...
Rashid Hassan Tennis Center opens in Monroeville
Rashid Hassan has trained top-level junior tennis players through his tennis academy for more than two decades. Without a place to call his own, he often would be at the mercy of another facility to rent space and time. Despite that, he said, he always was grateful for the opportunities...
Colleen Rosensteel, Olympian from Greensburg Central Catholic, among newest inductees in Pa. sports hall of fame
Seven-time PIAA track and field gold medalist Colleen Rosensteel, who went on to compete in Olympic judo, is going into the Robert “Tick” Cloherty Western Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. The Greensburg Central Catholic and University of Florida alum is one of the most decorated athletes to...
Two-time champ Deer Lakes shows its playoff experience in beating Quaker Valley
Deer Lakes is still unbeaten in the WPIAL playoffs under coach Albie Fletcher, a remarkable three-year streak that added another win Friday night. The Lancers’ postseason poise was evident in this one. Seventh-seeded Deer Lakes upped its defensive intensity and scored 21 consecutive points in a decisive run that spanned...
Lower Burrell’s Nancy Caliguri celebrates 50 years in martial arts
Nancy Caliguri has been training in a dojo for 50 years and racked up a multitude of accomplishments. The Lower Burrell resident is celebrating half a century in martial arts this year. In October 1980, Caliguri became a first-degree black belt and worked her way to becoming a ninth-degree black...
Norwin’s Deacon Shannon takes shot at Pa. Golden Gloves title
Norwin’s Deacon Shannon walks into Boyce Boxing Gym in Plum and trains day in and day out in preparation for the Pennsylvania Golden Gloves finals. Fighting in the Bantamweight Division, he stands 5-foot-11 and fights at 132 pounds. He has a 76-inch reach and wears a size 12 shoe. Despite...
North Huntingdon teens chosen for U.S. Army Fight Team
Local martial arts students Gabby Viola and Xander Eddy, both of North Huntingdon, were selected to compete for the U.S. Army Fight Team. Viola, 14, and Eddy, 15, will be Army-sponsored athletes for the 2025 season and represent their country in international and combative sports competitions. Viola and Eddy signed...
Shady Side Academy grad Maeve Kelley looking to add to impressive swimming résumé at Amherst
When athletes step foot on to a college campus for their freshman season, there aren’t a lot of expectations for them to meet. They don’t feel burdened by pressures that stats or prior performances can sometimes provide. Whether they do well or not in that first year, there’s a hunger...
Trio of boxers from Boyce Gym in Plum on card at Punch Out Parkinson’s event in Cheswick
Boyce Gym in Plum will be well represented Saturday at the eighth annual Punch Out Parkinson’s fundraising event at The Pittsburgh Shrine Center on Shriners Way in Cheswick. Seasoned Boyce boxers Gavin Alford, Johnny Trujillo and Anthony Carlisano will put it on the line as part of the charity event...
Kiski Area grad Abbie Johns shows plenty of promise in freshman season with Shippensburg women’s basketball
As college debuts go, Abbie Johns couldn’t have asked for much more. The Kiski Area grad opened her freshman season with the Shippensburg women’s basketball team by scoring 14 points in just 16 minutes against then-No. 10 Fayetteville State. In fact, Johns made her first shot: a 3-pointer late in...
Pittsburgh Riveters sign Franklin Regional grad Sydney Lindeman
The Pittsburgh Riveters SC has not played a game yet, but the new pre-professional women’s soccer team just strengthened its defense. The team, set to begin play in May in the USL W League, signed Towson redshirt sophomore and Franklin Regional alum Sydney Lindeman. The 21-year-old defender played club soccer...
Hempfield grad Kason Harrell grateful to lead team to tournament title in Ireland
When he left the Yough boys basketball coaching staff last year, Kason Harrell was unsure of what his own basketball future would entail. Would he coach elsewhere, continue to train young players or keep grinding in the gym to try to prolong his professional playing career? Harrell opted to press...
Level Green’s Brandon Svoboda helps United States win IIHF World Junior championshipVideo
Forward Brandon Svoboda, a native of Level Green, scored a goal for the United States in a 4-3 overtime victory against Finland in the championship game of the International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) World Championship tournament at the Canadian Tire Center in Ottawa. This marked the first time in program...
