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For the second summer in a row, the Monroeville Gators Junior Legion baseball team concluded its season in the state playoffs. It wasn’t the finish the players or coaches had hoped for — Monroeville lost both games in the tournament the weekend of July 28 in Homer City — but...

Dedication is one word that can be used to describe how Sewickley’s Charlie Knoll feels about racing. However, it does not fully address his love for the sport. “It’s something I’m really passionate about, how much I love racing. I hope to do it until I die,” Knoll said. From...

Chuck Sarver woke up Sunday morning, the day after this year’s Freeport International Baseball Invitational had concluded with the annual all-star game and fireworks celebration, and couldn’t help but smile. The FIBI president was grateful the 30th anniversary week of activities, which included more than 50 youth baseball games at...

Mon Valley won’t have to travel far to play for a world-renowned youth baseball championship. The local team of 13- and 14-year olds advanced to the Pony League World Series set for Aug. 9-14 at Lew Hays Pony Field in Washington, Pa. Mon Valley will open the double-elimination tournament 4:30...

Boyce Boxing in Plum is gearing up for a big night as its fighters will feature prominently in a 12-bout card Saturday at Gloria’s Gym in the Monroeville Mall. “I have some guys with no fights and it will be their debut, and others who are open class with 10...

For the opening ceremony of the Little League Softball World Series, teams were asked to submit a song and a fast fact to organizers and ESPN. Greensburg’s West Point 12U team will walk out to the beat of “Black and Yellow” by Wiz Khalifa. As for the fast fact, coach...

The best season in Belle Vernon American Legion baseball program history came to an end Monday. Northeastern scored four runs in the first three innings and held on for a 5-3 win in an elimination game of the Pennsylvania Legion State Tournament at North Allegheny. Ryan Wilson went 2 for...

Her friends and family in Plum know her as Madison Knisley. The wrestling world that watches World Wrestling Entertainment brand NXT live every Tuesday evening on the USA Network knows her as Thea Hail, one of the company’s fastest-rising stars. This Tuesday, the 2021 Plum graduate will challenge for the...

Trafford Junior American Legion team used a six-run eighth inning and stayed alive in the state tournament with a 9-3 victory against Upper Perkiomen on Monday at the White Township Complex. Caleb Kerstetter had two hits and three RBIs, while Jordan White had two hits, including a two-run single in...

Belle Vernon scored a run in the sixth inning and two in the seventh and rallied to defeat host Murrysville, 3-2, in the Pennsylvania American Legion tournament at North Allegheny. The loss eliminated Murrysville from the tournament. Belle Vernon will face Northeastern, which lost 8-4 to Quakertown, at 12:40 p.m....

David Fuhrer doesn’t have to worry about ramping up for his first season on the George Mason men’s golf team. Fuhrer spent all summer building up his confidence. The Fox Chapel graduate has found that belief in himself on the junior circuit. Fuhrer has won three tournaments this summer and...

Captain Albano, who was the 1-2 favorite, won the $350,000 final of the Delvin Miller Adios Pace for the Orchids on Saturday evening at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. He held off Wish You Well for the victory in 1 minute, 49.2 seconds to match a career best. Captain Albano...

Sometimes, all it takes is one hit or one pitch to win or lose a game. For the Bushy Run American Legion baseball team, it was one bad inning. Quakertown (26-2) scored 11 runs on nine hits in the top of the third inning to defeat the Beavers (21-5), 11-6,...

When Matt Ager came to Pittsburgh in 2015, he went to a game at PNC Park and watched the Pirates’ Gerrit Cole pitch against Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ager, a 21-year-old pitcher the Pirates drafted in the sixth round earlier this month out of UC Santa Barbara,...

Three Westmoreland County baseball teams will be participating in the Pennsylvania American Legion State Tournament, which begins Saturday at North Allegheny High School. Murrysville, the tournament host, Region 7 champion Bushy Run and Region 6 champion Belle Vernon will be representing the county against teams from across the state. Bushy...

West Point 12U coach Tina (Skelly) Madison pitched in the 1995 Little League World Series. Now she is going to coach her team there. West Point won the Mid-Atlantic Regional on Friday at Bristol, Conn., by defeating Massapequa, N.Y., the reigning World Series champions, 5-1. Now the team heads to...

The late Sonny Westerman, founder of the Freeport International Baseball Invitational, must have been looking down at James E. Swartz Memorial Field in Freeport Borough on Thursday evening with a smile as pleasant weather and tradition brought out a large crowd for the annual Old Timers game that bears his...

It was a 50/50 day for the West Point Little League baseball teams in the Pennsylvania State Tournament. At Newville, the West Point 12U team defeated Coventry, 2-1, in a losers’ bracket game. West Point scored two runs in the first inning and held on for the win despite being...

A day after his 26th birthday, pitcher Jared Kollar received a gift: a promotion in the minor leagues. Kollar, a Latrobe and Seton Hill alum, is headed to Triple-A with the San Diego Padres. His 9-3 record and 3.04 ERA in 15 starts were good enough to earn him a...

Kye Hodges loves baseball and loves to be on the field with his teammates. It’s that simple formula that has the 15-year-old Central Coast, Australia, resident — nicknamed Big Sexy by his hometown friends — excited to be in Freeport this week with a group of baseball players from Down...

Bushy Run American Legion completed a goal Wednesday by winning its first Region 7 tournament. It was the third consecutive trip to the finals. “The third time was the charm,” Bushy Run coach Scott Peyman said after his team defeated rival Murrysville, 4-3, in the finals at Claysburg. Now it...

The Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh will serve as host for the inaugural JCC Maccabi Campus Games next summer at Pitt. The JCC Maccabi Games are the world’s largest in-person Jewish youth sporting event, and more than 6,000 participants from JCC communities around the world are expected to attend....

Murrysville and Bushy Run will square off for the fifth time this season, this time for the Pennsylvania American Legion Region 7 tournament title at Claysburg. And no matter what happens, both teams will be joining Region 6 champion Belle Vernon in the State Tournament Saturday at North Allegheny High...

Rico Abreu didn’t know he had an extra $4,000 on the line if he could win from his eighth-place starting spot, but he certainly drove like it. Abreu had to survive a wild feature and had a little bit of luck on his side when James McFadden and Tyler Courtney...