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Outdoors notices for Feb. 9, 2020
Outdoors Notices RIFLE LEAGUES • In the Allegheny Valley Rifle League on Jan. 31, Murrysville (6-7) defeated Clymer (6-7), 1,170-1,163, and Butler (8-5) beat Fort Hand (6-7), 1,163-1,159, in the A-team standings. In the B-team division, Murrysville (6.5-6.5) defeated Clymer (11-2), 1,151-1,149, and Fort Hand (2.5-10.5) beat Butler (6-7), 1,109-1,099....
Justin Champagnie scores 30, leads Pitt to win over Georgia TechVideo
If things seemed beyond ordinary during and after Pitt’s 73-64 victory Saturday against Georgia Tech, here’s a couple of reasons why: • Jeff Capel felt the need to apologize to his team for getting a technical foul late in what was at the time a five-point game. “That was really...
Outlook for every attendee at Pirates spring training 2020
Outlook for every attendee at Pirates spring training 2020: Note: Format is uniform number, player name, age, bats/throws, height/weight, MLB seasons, how acquired Infielders— 55 Josh Bell, 27, S/R, 6-4/250, 4, 2nd rd pick 2011 draft Bell was challenging Babe Ruth records his first two months of 2019; he cooled...
4 position players on the bubble as Pirates spring training opensVideo
Selection Sunday remains five weeks away. But that doesn’t mean that talk of the “bubble” hasn’t started already, nor does it have to be limited to college basketball. A week before Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers and catchers were required to report to spring training, here are four position players who enter...
Kevin Gorman: New Pirates manager Derek Shelton’s short, sweet message: Have funVideo
The Pittsburgh Pirates wanted a new voice with a new message, and they got their wish when Clint Hurdle was fired after his was tuned out too often over the last of his nine seasons. Derek Shelton is preparing for his first spring training as a major-league manager by practicing...
4 pitchers on the bubble as Pirates spring training opensVideo
Selection Sunday remains five weeks away. But that doesn’t mean talk of the “bubble” hasn’t started, nor does it have to be limited to college basketball. On the eve of Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training, here are four pitchers who enter it on a proverbial bubble...
Upper St. Clair boys end Fox Chapel’s bid for undefeated regular season
Upper St. Clair missed its first 12 shots from 3-point range Friday night at Fox Chapel. But once the Panthers starting hitting, there was no stopping them as Upper St. Clair spoiled the Foxes’ bid for an undefeated regular season 61-46 before a capacity crowd and a playoff atmosphere. Fox...
Minor league report: Penguins shut out by Bears, 3-0
Goaltender Casey DeSmith made 28 saves for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 3-0 loss at home to the rival Hershey Bears at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. The Penguins (24-17-3-5) were shut out for the fourth time this season. Highlights: The Penguins’ next game is at home against...
Vanessa Bryant announces ‘A Celebration of Life’ for Kobe and Gianna
LOS ANGELES — Vanessa Bryant posted on her Instagram account Friday that “A Celebration of Life” for Kobe and Gianna Bryant will take place on the morning of “2-24-20” at Staples Center. She said more details were to come for the 10 a.m. PST memorial service that is taking place...
Jason Day looking like old self as he moves into contention at Pebble BeachVideo
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Jason Day received a warm reminder Friday at Pebble Beach how good it feels to hit shots the way he wants, make a bunch of putts and see his name high on the leaderboard. Day made two long birdie putts across the green, holed a 40-yard...
Pitt coach Jeff Capel on losing: ‘I don’t like the feel of it’
Jeff Capel has been a winner on a variety of levels. He won a North Carolina high school championship as a player. As a coach, he came home from international competition, including the 2016 Rio Olympics, with gold medals around his neck. On Mike Krzyzewski’s staff at Duke, he was...
Golden Gloves schedule features several local, regional cards
The Western Pennsylvania Police Athletic League Pennsylvania Golden Gloves tournaments begin this month with several cards leading up to the state finals in April and the national finals in early May. Several fighters from local gyms and communities, as well as those from throughout the Western Pennsylvania region, will compete...
Penn-Trafford grad has NCAA diving ambitions
When she recruited him, Chicago diving coach Becky Benson envisioned Penn-Trafford’s Logan Sherwin qualifying for this season’s NCAA Division III men’s championship meet and earning All-America honors. Sherwin, a freshman, will take a step toward both at the Division III Central Regional meet Feb. 28-29 at Denison. A minimum of...
Bobcats a beautiful species making a big comebackVideo
The clock is ticking for bobcats in North America. Not in the sense that they’re in trouble. Far from it. Bobcats were scarce as recently as the 1970s. Deforestation, development, changes in agricultural practices and even bounties hammered the population. But things are dramatically different. A decade ago, researchers with...
Duquesne’s Michael Hughes backs up his talk
Some basketball players let their play do the talking. Some resort to chatter in getting their point across. Duquesne’s Michael Hughes blends both into a unique style: He’s an aggressive performer and a seasoned trash-talker. “It’s just a narrative that seems to work for me,” Hughes said Friday as Duquesne...
Craig Patrick recalls Herb Brooks’ brilliance on 40th anniversary of Miracle on Ice
On Feb. 22, 1980, Team USA pulled off perhaps the greatest upset in sports history, knocking off the vaunted Soviet national team at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. Even as players climbed atop the podium to receive their gold medals after completing the mission with a win over...
Pirates hope post-surgical Gregory Polanco can be big part of reshaped outfield
Two seasons ago, the Pittsburgh Pirates had an outfield of Corey Dickerson, Starling Marte and Gregory Polanco — all on the under side of 30 with specific, serviceable skill sets. • Dickerson, the left fielder, was on his way to a .300 season. • Marte ended 2018 with an impressive...
Browns hire Kiski Area graduate Joe Woods to lead defenseVideo
CLEVELAND — New Browns coach Kevin Stefanski hired former San Francisco 49ers secondary coach Joe Woods as his defensive coordinator. The addition of Woods, a Kiski Area graduate, to Stefanski’s staff has been rumored for weeks, but Cleveland couldn’t formally interview him until San Francisco’s season ended. After the 49ers...
Demetrious Cox, Jeannette alum, set to begin next phase of football career in revived XFL
Demetrious Cox has not played in a football game since this past NFL preseason, just before the Cincinnati Bengals released the former Jeannette star. Which explains why he can’t wait to suit up and sprint onto the field Sunday to begin his XFL career. “It’s an amazing feeling,” Cox said....
Jimmie Johnson drops ‘Chasing 8’ motto before final NASCAR seasonVideo
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jimmie Johnson has been chasing NASCAR history for so long that his relentless pursuit of rewriting the record books has become part of his legacy. Johnson, tied with Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt with seven Cup Series titles, has been racing for sole possession of the...
XFL loaded with former Steelers, players from region as league debuts this weekend
Landry Jones is considered the face of the upstart XFL, but the former Pittsburgh Steelers backup apparently won’t be under center when his team, the Dallas Renegades, make their debut this weekend. Jones, 29, is dealing with a knee injury that reportedly will keep him from playing in the opener....
One year later, Jared McCann continues to shine with the Penguins
SUNRISE, Fla. — While most of Western Pennsylvania scraped windshields and salted walkways, Jared McCann was in a familiar place Friday. The Sunshine State. “I was sweating getting off the plane,” McCann said with a grin after his team’s practice Friday at BB&T Center. Aside from the temperate climate and...
Penguins goaltender Matt Murray denied a goal with a rare penalty
SUNRISE, Fla. — “Two fifty-one?!?” Matt Murray asked. “How!?!” The Penguins’ goaltender was astonished when a reporter informed him on Friday that Tom Barrasso holds the franchise mark for penalty minutes by a goaltender with the 251 he collected in 12 seasons with the Penguins. Considering Barrasso was a fairly...
Dane Jackson lone Pitt player invited to NFL Combine; PSU has 5 players picked
For the second year in a row, the Pitt football team will have just one representative this month at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. Cornerback Dane Jackson, who was invited to the Senior Bowl in January, will be the Panthers’ lone player attending the annual scouting event in Indianapolis from...
Franklin Regional grad Jared Smith climbs rankings in karate
Jared Smith’s journey at USA Karate’s senior level — ages 18-34 — still is in its early stages, but the Murrysville resident and 2019 Franklin Regional graduate continues to prove he is one of the best at this level in the country. The 19-year-old freshman at Carnegie Mellon put his...
