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John Mesing, John Mazza selected to Tri-State PGA Hall of Fame
John Mesing and John Mazza were elected to the 2019 Tri-State PGA Hall of Fame. The duo will be inducted at the annual fall meeting Oct. 28. Mesing, nicknamed Max, was a PGA life member who died in 2018. His connection with the sport started at age 7 when he...
8 golfers advance out of Drive, Chip and Putt regional at Oakmont
Eight regional finalists moved on to the big show in the seventh annual Drive, Chip and Putt competition. Four boys and four girls advanced out of a regional competition held Saturday at storied Oakmont Country Club. The eight players will join 72 others competing in the national finals on April...
Penn-Trafford grad Dan Obremski advances to Greenbrier Classic qualifier
The PGA LatinoAmerica Tour will resume later this month, so Irwin native and Penn-Trafford grad Dan Obremski has practiced and participated in events around the country. The PGA Tour Greenbrier Classic in this week in West Virginia, and Obremski will be playing in the Monday qualifier at the Glade Spring...
Hempfield grad Kason Harrell schedules NBA G League tryouts
Kason Harrell has been waiting … and working out … and waiting … and working out — you get the picture. He hopes the waiting is over for now. The former Hempfield basketball star will take a step closer to a potential professional playing career — at least that is...
Drive, Chip and Putt regionals Saturday at famed Oakmont
Youth golfers will have to compete at one worldly golf course to get to another. The annual Drive, Chip and Putt competition comes to the area again at 1:15 p.m. Saturday at Oakmont Country Club. It will be one of 10 regional competitions held across the country. The top eight...
Legendary A-K Valley softball team won improbable world title in 1969
A world championship was brought to the Alle-Kiski Valley in 1969 on Labor Day. Hubby’s of Arnold won the United States Slow-pitch Softball Association title in Toledo, defeating Sol Mintz of Washington, Pa., by a 6-5 score. The road to the championship wasn’t easy. It included a late invitation, an...
A-K Valley’s Girdano remembers ‘slowest touchdown in Tulsa history’
Throughout its storied history, college football has had spectacular moments fans, players and coaches never forget. Auburn’s Kick Six against Alabama in 2013. Desmond Howard striking the Heisman pose against Ohio State in 1991. The famous “The band is on the field” moment between Cal and Stanford in 1982. All...
Kirilloff, Matijevic headed to Arizona Fall League
Former WPIAL sluggers Alex Kirilloff and JJ Matijevic will stay baseball busy in the coming months. The pair, who play for different Class AA minor league teams — Kirilloff the Pensacola Blue Wahoos of the Southern League; Matijevic the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Texas League — have been invited...
Fox Chapel native Jack Kartsonas shines at Palomino World Series
Fox Chapel native Jack Kartsonas pitched on the biggest stage of his career earlier this month. Things started when Kartsonas played in a summer league with college-bound players who are 18 and under called the Youngstown “B” league. He pitched in seven games, threw 37 2/3 innings, recorded a 0.56...
Cutrell wins his second Westmoreland County Senior title
Arnie Cutrell admitted he has not had a great summer on the golf course. Work and other obligations have limited his playing time. But one thing is for sure, the Greensburg native is tough to beat when he has a lead. Cutrell began the final nine holes of the Westmoreland...
Latrobe grad Hanna Green wins 800 in Paris
Hanna Green continued her preparation for the world championships in Doha, Qatar on Saturday by winning the women’s 800-meter dash at the IAAF Diamond League event in Paris. Green, a Latrobe native and Virginia Tech graduate, beat Jamaica’s Natoya Goule for her first Diamond League victory. Her time was 1...
Latrobe’s Bryan Grejtak looks to defend county senior golf title
Bryan Grejtak had just turned 50 when he won the Westmoreland County Senior Amateur last year. Now he has a bull’s eye on his polo as he attempts for a repeat title Sunday at the Latrobe Elks. Grejtak of Latrobe finished the 27-hole event by shooting a 3-under-par 105. He...
Bill Hartlep named Trib sports editor
Veteran journalist Bill Hartlep has been named sports editor for Trib Total Media. Hartlep will oversee all sports coverage for the company’s print and digital operations and work with the staff of the High School Sports Network to continue providing the most comprehensive coverage of scholastic sports in the region....
Area tennis players shine at Fox Chapel Junior Open
After a one-year hiatus because of last summer’s flooding, the 22nd annual Fox Chapel Junior Open returned home. Last year, the tournament was forced to move to Mt. Lebanon. Fox Chapel rising sophomore Carissa Shepard claimed the Girls 16 singles title and teamed with Fox Chapel freshman Catherine Petrovich to...
Jeannette’s Ciara Gregory rejoins Charlotte basketball team as assistant
Former Jeannette star Ciara Gregory has a bond with the North Carolina-Charlotte women’s basketball program. The former 49ers sharpshooter has lived in the Charlotte area since she graduated a couple of years ago and she routinely keeps up with the team. The 3-point record-holder will be around the program a...
Oakmont’s Devin Gee cruises to Tri-State PGA title
Oakmont Country Club head professional Devin Gee cruised to the Tri-State PGA Section Championship title on Tuesday by finishing with an 11-under par 131 at Indiana Country Club. Gee shot a 1-under par 70 on Tuesday after breaking the course record Monday by shooting a 10-under par 61. Gee, Allegheny...
U.S. Amateur run has Franklin Regional grad Palmer Jackson eager for more
Palmer Jackson graduated from high school two months ago. He is moving into a dorm at Notre Dame this week to begin his freshman year of college. At just 18 years old, Jackson is a teenager about to embark on the next chapter of his life. On the golf course,...
Moon’s Mancini, Woodland Hills’ Wolford selected for USA Rugby training camp
Two members of the West Pittsburgh Foxes Rugby Club are heading north for a major event. Moon rising senior Sofia Mancini and Woodland Hills rising senior Vanessa Wolford were invited to the USA Rugby Girls High School All-American East training camp this week in Ontario, Canada. At the East and...
Franklin Regional grad Palmer Jackson’s run at U.S. Amateur ends
Palmer Jackson’s run at the U.S. Amateur ended Friday. The Murrysville native and Notre Dame commit fell to Vanderbilt junior John Augenstein 3-and-2 in the quarterfinals at Pinehurst No. 2 at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club at the Village of Pinehurst, N.C. Jackson struggled with his driver throughout the match,...
Latrobe’s Hanna Green awarded track & field grant on heels of world championships
Latrobe native Hanna Green, who ran to a runner-up finish in the 800-meter run last month at the Toyota USA Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, received a financial boost as she prepares for her next elite race. A little green never hurts. Green was one of 25...
Franklin Regional grad Palmer Jackson advances to quarterfinals at USGA Amateur
Palmer Jackson is having the time of his life at the United States Golf Association’s Amateur Championship at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club in Pinehurst, N.C. The 2019 Franklin Regional graduate advanced to the quarterfinals by taking down two recent college graduates Thursday. He earned a 1-up victory over Auburn...
Franklin Regional grad Palmer Jackson advances at USGA Amateur
Palmer Jackson had his troubles on Pinehurst No. 2 during the second round of stroke play qualifying at the United States Golf Association’s Amateur on Tuesday. He shot a 6-over 76 and saw his consecutive rounds in the 60s end at nine. It was a different story for the 2019...
Belle Vernon grad Kaitlyn Slagus to carry on basketball career in Ireland
Kaitlyn Slagus isn’t ready to throw her high-tops over the telephone wires quite yet. The former Bucknell and Belle Vernon star forward has plans to continue her basketball career overseas. Slagus, who recently graduated from Bucknell, was awarded a Victory Scholarship from the Sport Changes Life Foundation and will attend...
Jackson’s 60s streak ends, but he advances to Match Play at U.S. Amateur
Palmer Jackson’s consecutive streak of rounds in the 60s ended on Tuesday at the 119th U.S. Amateur. But the 2019 Franklin Regional graduate and Notre Dame commit was safely in the field of 64 that will advance to Match Play competition beginning Wednesday at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club in...
Harrison City native Dave Antill makes ace at USGA Mid-Am qualifier
Dave Antill did not qualify for the U.S. Mid-Amateur, but the former Hannastown Golf Club member made a lasting memory in his attempt to play in the national championship. Antill, playing in a USGA qualifier Monday at Pinnacle Golf Club in Grove City, Ohio, made a hole-in-one on the 198-yard,...
