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Gateway grad set to represent Team USA at Para Powerlifting World Cup
Next week, Blaze Foster competes in one of the biggest events of his life when he represents Team USA at the Para Powerlifting World Cup in Bogota, Colombia. How Foster, a 2007 Gateway grad, got to the point to competing on an international stage is a case of hard work...
Monroeville native Dinzeo competes at U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Trials
Aaron Dinzeo has competed in many distance races in his life, but not many were like the one he ran recently with a unique prize on the line. The Monroeville native and former track and field and cross country standout at Cal (Pa.) joined a select group of 260 at...
Quaker Valley grad Harkins helps win SUNY swim title
For the third consecutive season, Quaker Valley alum Harry Harkins sparkled in relays as the SUNY Geneseo men’s swimming team won the State University of New York Athletic Conference title for the seventh year in a row. Harkins, a junior, anchored the 800-yard freestyle team that improved its meet record...
A-K Valley campus clippings: Josh Yourish shines for George Mason at A-10 championships
Deer Lakes graduate Josh Yourish transitioned to distance running this winter, and he capped his freshman indoor season at George Mason by helping the 3,200-meter relay team earn bronze Sunday at the Atlantic 10 championships in Kingston, R.I. The quartet’s time of 7 minutes, 45.68 seconds trailed conference champion Rhode...
‘More motivated’ Evgeni Malkin ‘dominant’ this season for PenguinsVideo
With 16 games remaining in the season and having missed 14 contests because of injury, Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin has matched his totals from 2018-19 in goals and surpassed them in even-strength points. His plus/minus is a whopping plus-34 better than last season, and his shooting percentage, average ice...
Jason Zucker on fit with Penguins: ‘It’s still a learning curve’Video
From the first game he played after being acquired via trade from the Minnesota Wild last month, Pittsburgh Penguins wing Jason Zucker has been anything but boastful. “I don’t think I played very well tonight,” Zucker said after a 2-1 overtime loss to Tampa Bay on Feb. 11. “I thought...
Hempfield’s Holmberg repeats as mid-region’s top field athlete
Another indoor track and field season, another award for Maddie Holmberg. Holmberg, a Penn State senior and Hempfield alum, was named the United Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association Mid-Atlantic Region Field Athlete of the Year. She is a repeat winner of the award, which has a lot of...
Pitt freshman running back Izzy Abanikanda puts on pads, makes an impactVideo
When the hole opened in the middle of Pitt’s defense, Izzy Abanikanda zigged and zagged through traffic. All of sudden, the freshman running back, only three months removed from high school, was in the open. That’s when he turned on his speed and outran sophomore A.J. Woods, one of the...
Pitt’s Rashad Weaver recovered from knee injury, ready to take next step
Rashad Weaver retweeted the slight against his teammates without comment, which says something about Pitt’s senior defensive end. It merely was a listing of someone’s ranking of the top 10 defensive lines in college football. Clemson’s line is No. 1 on the list for 2020. Pitt’s Coastal division rival Miami...
Golf’s famous ‘Hinkle Tree’ from ’79 Open in Toledo uprooted by wind
A tree that appeared overnight during the 1979 U.S. Open to become a part of golf lore has met its end. The Black Hills spruce known as “The Hinkle Tree” was partially uprooted by a gust of wind this week at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, and was cut down....
7 WPIAL wrestlers advance to PIAA Class AA semifinals
HERSHEY — Friday has gone a lot better for WPIAL Class AA wrestlers at the PIAA individual championships at the Giant Center. But can the evening session make it a great day for the WPIAL. Seven wrestlers advanced to the semifinals, which will begin at 7:15 p.m. The group includes...
Penguins release statement on coronavirus
As the world and the United States continue to grapple with the threat of coronavirus, the Pittsburgh Penguins publicly addressed the potential pandemic that has spread to Pennsylvania. The team released a statement Friday afternoon, hours after Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine held a...
Chris Stratton brings positive spin to Pirates bullpen
BRADENTON, Fla. — Chris Stratton has a comfortable feeling in his first spring training with the Pittsburgh Pirates. “I feel like I’ve been a Pirate for three or four years,” the relief pitcher said. “I don’t why. I guess it’s just the group of guys that we have. It’s been...
Mark Madden: 49ers should stick with Jimmy Garoppolo, not what’s left of Tom BradyVideo
Which scenario is most likely re: San Francisco’s quarterback situation? • Jimmy Garoppolo, at 28, builds on leading the 49ers to this past season’s Super Bowl and helps them challenge for the championship again. • Tom Brady, 43, replaces Garoppolo, masters a new system while playing with new teammates, improves...
Henri Richard, winner of 11 Cups with Canadiens, dies at 84Video
MONTREAL — Henri Richard, the speedy center who won a record 11 Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens, died Friday. He was 84. His death was announced by the team. Richard had Alzheimer’s disease. Richard was captain of the Canadiens from 1971 to his retirement in 1975, succeeding the legendary...
Pitt puts on pads, produces two long scoring plays in spring drillsVideo
Real football returned to the South Side on Friday. On the third day of Pitt’s spring drills, the team strapped on pads and started hitting each other on the indoor practice field at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. The team also lined up in regular offensive and defensive formations and...
First Call: Mika Zibanejad’s 5-goal game highlights wild night in Metropolitan Division
Friday’s “First Call” is dedicated entirely to a wild night in the Metropolitan Division and the Eastern Conference. And there was a lot of impact on the Penguins. Some of it helped. Some of it didn’t. First and foremost, the Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres for the first time this...
Duquesne aims to avoid Atlantic 10 tiebreaking rule with win in regular-season finale
The Duquesne Dukes finish their regular season Friday night at PPG Paints Arena. Richmond is in town. There is a lot on the line. The Spiders take the court in second place of the Atlantic 10. The Dukes are in a three-way tie for fourth with St. Bonaventure and Saint...
Steelers ‘Believe it or Not’: Does the team really want to keep Bud Dupree?
It’s the third installment of our “Steelers Believe It or Not” series in preparation for NFL free agency starting March 18 and the NFL Draft opening April 23. We’re taking a look at some of the things the Steelers have told us about what they plan to do this offseason...
Empty Thoughts: Penguins 4, Sabres 2
Observations from the Penguins’ 4-2 win against the Sabres: BUFFALO, N.Y. — In the early days of training camp this past September, the Penguins toyed with some different line combinations. They gave Dominik Kahun a look with Sidney Crosby on the first line. That never really materialized. Brandon Tanev worked...
Minor league report: Nailers’ losing streak reaches five games
Goaltender Emil Larmi made 30 saves for the Wheeling Nailers in a 6-2 road loss to the Indy Fuel at Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis on Thursday. Forward Nick Saracino scored both goals for the Nailers (24-28-5-0) who are mired in a five-game losing streak. Highlights: The Nailers’ next game...
WPIAL Class AAA wrestlers shine, Class AA struggles on Day 1 of PIAA tournament
HERSHEY — You couldn’t ask for a crazier day for WPIAL wrestlers than Thursday at the Giant Center. Talk about your polar opposites. The WPIAL Class AAA wrestlers shined, as 34 of 56 competing advanced to the PIAA quarterfinals. Class AA wrestlers didn’t do very well, as only 11 of...
Hempfield wrestler Berginc pulls off shocking win in PIAA tournament
HERSHEY — It was a perfect first day at the PIAA Class AAA individual wrestling championships for Hempfield, highlighted by a huge upset by junior Ethan Berginc. The student at Jeannette, which co-ops with Hempfield for wrestling, stunned Giant Center crowd when he edged local favorite and No. 2 seed...
Matt Murray shines in Penguins’ road victory against SabresVideo
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Pittsburgh Penguins have an ongoing competition between goaltenders Matt Murray and Tristan Jarry. And management appears content to let it play out during the final four weeks of the regular season before determining who the starting goaltender will be entering the playoffs. If either has pulled...
Pitt women’s ACC tourney run ends in 2nd round with loss to Georgia TechVideo
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Francesca Pan scored 12 of her 26 points in the fourth quarter, and seventh-seeded Georgia Tech pulled away from 15th-seeded Pitt on Thursday night for a 68-58 win in the second round of the ACC tournament. Dayshanette Harris scored 21 points for Pitt (5-26), which was coming...
