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Host member Katie James wins WPGA Women’s Amateur
Katie James used home-course advantage to raise a golf trophy Monday. James captured the 12th Western Pennsylvania Women’s Amateur Championship on her home course, Fox Chapel Golf Club, with a steady-as-she-goes round of even-par 73. Sewickley Heights Golf Club’s Madison McDanel, of Central Valley, was a shot back at 74...
Palmer Jackson maintains hot streak with Hannastown club title
Palmer Jackson is one of those rare, up-and-coming amateur golfers who has the uncanny ability to capture lightning in a bottle. Just when you thought the recent Franklin Regional grad from Murrysville couldn’t get any better on the course, he started another hot streak. Some might say Jackson’s favorite club...
Kiski Area’s McGuire finds calling: Pro esports, specifically “Fortnite”
High school athletes across the WPIAL are beginning preparation for the fall scholastic sports season. All will pursue a championship and try to earn a college scholarship with the hopes of turning pro and making the big bucks. Kiski Area rising junior Nick McGuire has them all beat. In a...
Sprint car flips over fence after crash, kills spectator at Williams Grove Speedway
Authorities say a car flipped over the infield fence at a central Pennsylvania speedway and struck a track volunteer, killing him. The Cumberland County coroner’s office said two Sprint car drivers crashed into each other while rounding a turn at Williams Grove Speedway just before 9:30 p.m. Friday. Coroner Charles...
Franklin Regional grad Jackson finishes tied for 7th in Boys Junior PGA Championship
HARTFORD, Conn. — Jack Heath made a 40-foot birdie putt from the fringe on the par-4 18th hole for an 8-under-par 62 and a one-stroke victory Friday in the Boys Junior PGA Championship. “I knew if it went in, I would most likely win, and it went in,” Heath said....
Mt. Pleasant’s Napper wins Tri-State PGA Isaly’s Junior Player of the Year
Mt. Pleasant’s Sam Napper won the Tri-State PGA Isaly’s Junior Boys Player of the Year honors for the 17-18 Division on Thursday at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort Mystic Rock Golf Course. Napper shot a 5-over par 77 to edge Meadville’s Ryan Ferry, who shot a 6-over 78. Todd Hangliter of Seven...
Passion for golf grows into career for Norwin grad Vonderkall
Sometimes all it takes is a tiny spark to launch a career path. For 1996 Norwin grad Chris Vonderkall, the spark came early and caught fire. He let his passion for golf lead the way. “As a kid, I was doing a book report and I did it on Arnold...
Penn Hills baseball team finds success in 1st Pony League season
The Penn Hills 13U travel baseball team includes a strong nucleus of players that has played together many years and continues to have success as it navigates different age groups every season. This summer, the team has participated in four tournaments, winning three in its first year in the Pony...
Director Meehan makes North Park Triathlon family affair
The Janney and the Y North Park Triathlon took place July 27-28 at North Park, and for the ninth consecutive year, Matt Meehan kept the event humming as director of both the kids’ competition Saturday and the adult competition Sunday. Meehan’s journey as the race’s director began in 2006 as...
Hannastown Golf Club brings out best from Westmoreland County and beyondVideo
Do the math on this one. Longtime accomplished amateur golfer Sean Knapp lives in Oakmont. He has played some of the best courses in the country. He won a national championship — the U.S. Senior Amateur — two years ago. The 57-year-old Knapp has been one of the country’s top...
Golf notebook: Quaker Valley graduate Chris Tanabe holds on to win amateur title
Chris Tanabe’s biggest win prior to Wednesday was winning the PIAA Class AA title in 2016. Now, the 2017 Quaker Valley graduate has the Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Amateur championship on his resume. The Bucknell junior fired a 1-over-par 71 during the final round to finish at 5-under 205 and hold...
Hempfield East comes up short in title game
Hempfield East’s attempt to become the first Westmoreland County American Legion baseball team since Lower Burrell in 1965 to win a state championship came up short Wednesday. Despite outhitting Swoyersville for second consecutive game, Hempfield East committed two costly errors in the fourth, resulting in a 2-1 loss at Showers...
Quaker Valley grad Tanabe leads Pennsylvania Amateur after 2 rounds
Chris Tanabe shot a 5-under-par 65 on Tuesday during Round 2 of the Pennsylvania Golf Association’s 106th annual Amateur Championship and takes a three-shot lead into the final round Wednesday at Aronimink Golf Club near Newtown Square. The 2017 Quaker Valley grad will be a junior at Bucknell in the...
Hempfield East blanks Hopewell; qualifies for Great Lakes Regional
Hempfield East American Legion baseball team continues to make history. Thanks to their win against Hopewell and Swoyersville’s 3-2 victory against South Parkland, Hempfield East has qualified for the Great Lakes Regional tournament in Charleston, Ill. on Aug. 7. Hempfield East bounced back from a tough loss on Monday to...
West Point beats Yough, claims 37th state title
West Point trailed for the first time in the Pennsylvania Little League Softball 11U tournament Tuesday and needed a spark. Pitcher Riley Miller provided it. Miller, who will be a seventh-grader at Hempfield Middle School, struck out the side in the second inning, and West Point erupted for 14 consecutive...
Knoch graduate R.J. Makowski earns master instructor status at taekwondo championships
When R.J. Makowski began his pursuit of taekwondo master instructor status one year ago, he initially thought it would be a similar feeling to when he achieved his six black belt degrees in the Korean martial art. But when the owner of Makowski Martial Arts in Sarver reached the final...
Iron City Homecoming wrestling event a fundraiser for Bruce and Carol Sammartino Foundation
Heroes get remembered but legends never die, and Friday at Pro Sports in Monroeville, Northeast Wrestling, The Pros of Wrestling and superstars from World Wrestling entertainment will come together to honor one of Pittsburgh’s greatest legends, Bruno Sammartino, with a fundraiser for the Bruno and Carol Sammartino Foundation. Iron City...
Beadling SC 16U boys fall in USYS National Championship for 3rd straight year
For the third straight year, the 16U Beadling boys soccer team fought its way to the United States Youth Soccer Championship this past weekend in Overland Park, Kan. But, also for the third straight year, the team comprised of players from the Pittsburgh area fell just short of the ultimate...
Hempfield East Legion team loses to Swoyersville at state tourney
An error and a walk led to three unearned runs in the fourth inning, which was enough for Swoyersville to defeat Hempfield East, 4-1, in an American Legion winners’ bracket game at the state tournament in DuBois. Hempfield East pitcher Lance Dailey was a tough-luck loser. He allowed only two...
Yough rallies, will face West Point for Little League Softball U11 state title
Westmoreland County will be home of the Pennsylvania Little League Softball 11U champion in 2019. That’s because Yough punched its ticket to the title game 6 p.m. Tuesday against defending champion West Point. Yough needed four runs in the top of the seventh inning and held on to edge Loyalsock...
Pitt alum Sheldon Jeter helps U.S. team win 3×3 title
Sheldon Jeter is bringing home a gold medal from the Pan American Games. The Pitt and Beaver Falls alum helped the USA men’s 3x3 basketball team to a championship at the Games, played at the Coliseo Eduardo Dibo in Lima, Peru. Jeter, a member of the Maine Red Claws, an...
Plum native Pat McAfee to serve as ESPN college football analyst
Pat McAfee, the former All-Pro punter with the Indianapolis Colts who has been involved several years in such media ventures as a podcaster, in-studio guest for the NFL Network and an on-air personality for WWE, now will serve as a color analyst for ESPN’s Thursday night college football. Both McAfee...
Seven-run inning carries Hempfield East to victory at state legion tourney
A seven-run third inning erased an early deficit and helped Hempfield East rally for an impressive 11-5 victory against South Parkland in the Pennsylvania American Legion tournament at Showers Field in DuBois. It was Hempfield East’s second consecutive victory in the tournament. It will play Swoyersville, which defeated Hopewell, 8-1,...
West Point beats Yough in Pennsylvania Little League Softball 11U tourney
West Point wasted no time getting on the scoreboard in the winner’s bracket of the Pennsylvania Little League Softball 11U Tournament on Sunday. Sparked by Ella Berkebile’s three-run homer in the first inning, West Point rolled to a 19-3 victory against Yough in three innings at home. West Point advances...
Latrobe’s Hanna Green qualifies for world championships in 800 meters
Hanna Green represented the Red, White and Blue quite well. The elite runner from Latrobe posted a second-place finish in the 800-meter run Sunday night at the Toyota USA Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. Green, who was a standout at Virginia Tech after graduating from Latrobe in...
