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West Point Little League softball team readies to defend crown
They are the reigning 11U state champions, and they are eager to defend their crown. The girls on the West Point Little League softball team will kick off their quest for back-to-back titles soon. Beginning Friday, West Point Little League of Pennsylvania Section 2, District 26, is hosting the 11U...
David Gravel pulls away from Kyle Larson to win Silver Cup at Lernerville
Sprint cars don’t have rear-view mirrors, so David Gravel couldn’t see how far he was pulling away from the field. Had he been able to look behind his No. 41 machine, all he would have seen was the dust coming off his rear tires. Gravel rolled through lapped traffic with...
Plum Youth Legion team comes back to reach state tourney
For the second straight game in the Pennsylvania Youth Legion Baseball Western Regional at Homer City, the Plum Youth Legion team rallied from an early five-run deficit. The latest comeback, Tuesday evening in a 7-5 win over Westmoreland County league rival Uniontown, put the Post 980 Junior Mustangs in this...
Jackson, Goetz qualify for US Amateur
Hannastown Golf Club members Palmer Jackson and Mark Goetz posted the top two scorers at the United States Golf Association’s U.S. Amateur qualifier on Tuesday at Quicksilver Golf Course near Midway. Jackson, a Franklin Regional grad who will be playing for Notre Dame this fall, followed his 1-under par 71...
Hempfield East Legion team wins Region 7 with 11-inning victory
Dajauhn Hertzog’s glove was the first one to go. Then, the rest of Hempfield East’s players heaved their mitts as high as they could before rallying around their winning relief pitcher to celebrate. It took 11 innings, but the feeling of winning a second consecutive Pennsylvania American Legion Region 7...
Pittsburgh RBI program embraces being part of Freeport International Baseball Invitational
The Freeport International Baseball Invitational hits the sweet spot in the youth summer schedule: near the end. For most teams, the five-day invitational marks the final days of the season. When Pittsburgh Pirates RBI 18-under coach Nelson Cooper IV learned an invitational was being played just 40 minutes north of...
Hempfield East among 3 teams left at Region 7 Legion tournament
A portable tent buckled under forceful wind gusts as rain began to fall in sheets Monday at Latrobe High School, prompting a lengthy delay at the Region 7 tournament of the Pennsylvania American Legion baseball playoffs. It was a scene in stark contrast to the calm, steamy weather conditions that...
Field prep key to successful Freeport International Baseball Invitational
Each year, the board of directors for the Freeport International Baseball Invitational works many hours putting together a local, regional and international field of players and teams they hope will produce a competitive week of games. The preparation doesn’t stop at the participants as the board makes sure the fields...
Expect fierce competition for Silver Cup at Lernerville Speedway
When the World of Outlaws come to Lernerville for the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup, they bring a challenging field of cars. With the potential of NASCAR driver Kyle Larson returning to defend his win from last year, competition rises. Add Danny Dietrich and Logan Wagner from the PA Posse...
Tommie Campbell zooms into leadership role for CFL’s Montreal Alouettes
Years of searching have yielded nothing. Tommie Campbell still can’t find anyone who can run with him — not even now as the Montreal Alouettes defensive back approaches his 32nd birthday (Sept. 19). Asked if he still “has it,” Campbell’s answer was simple. “Everywhere I go, I haven’t had anybody...
West Point Major team opens Little League state tournament with win
West Point Little League Major Division baseball team got three RBIs from Cameron Elder and opened the state tournament Sunday at Camp Hill with a 9-5 victory against Harborcreek. Elder had a double and single and earned the save in relief. Dylan Firmstone had two hits and Jacob Hornyak had...
Bushy Run’s season comes to shocking end
Bushy Run entered the Pennsylvania American Legion Region 7 tournament on a roll. Its pitchers didn’t allow a run in five District 31 playoff games. But after an opening-round win, Bushy Run’s season came to a sudden end two days later. Beech Creek scored four runs in the top of...
Jeannette grad Robert Kennedy pulls in pair of local offers
Coming out of Jeannette, Robert Kennedy was considered one of the better football talents — and all around athletes —- in the state. A quarterback, wide receiver and defensive back for the WPIAL and PIAA Class A champion Jayhawks two years ago, Kennedy opted to attend Lackawanna, a junior college...
Team from Puerto Rico makes Freeport baseball invitational regular stop
The echos from the fireworks grand finale had yet to roll out of the valley to bring last year’s Freeport International Baseball Invitational to a close, and FIBI president Chuck Sarver already was thinking about this year’s invitational. As soon as the lights to historic Swartz Field kicked back on,...
Sye Lynch hoping to follow in dad’s footsteps at Lernerville
Every year, Ed Lynch Jr. gathers with family and friends to watch his win in the 2002 Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup at Lernerville, but he doesn’t need the video to recall every detail of the night he beat the World of Outlaws. “I remember it like it was yesterday,”...
Region 6 Legion roundup: Plum eliminated by Belle Vernon
For the second straight day, the Plum Senior American Legion baseball team was shut out at the Region 6 tournament, and Saturday’s 9-0 loss to Belle Vernon eliminated it from the postseason. Plum finished its season 13-4. “Belle Vernon hit the ball on us, and we didn’t hit again,” Plum...
Excitement builds for 25th Freeport International Baseball Invitational
It seems like just yesterday the late Ralph “Sonny” Westerman sat in the stands at Freeport’s James Swartz Stadium and said how he’d like to invite baseball teams from everywhere to play in a non-tournament setting. Now, the Freeport International Baseball Invitational is turning 25. This year’s event will take...
Hempfield East, Latrobe stay perfect in Region 7 Legion tournament
Hempfield East didn’t play well five days ago in losing the District 31 American Legion Championship game to Bushy Run. Things were different Saturday at Derry in the Region 7 tournament. Hempfield East pounded out 14 hits and got a solid pitching performance from Andrew Rosenberg to cool off the...
Renegades Elite baseball players benefit from travel tournaments
Mike Huber is fixated on his senior season with the Thomas Jefferson baseball team. Even in the summer months. Huber, a junior first baseman at TJ this past spring, competed recently for the Renegades Elite 17U team, traveling to tournaments in Atlanta, Cincinnati and Columbus. Along with Huber, the Renegates’...
Bushy Run, Latrobe earn wins at American Legion Region 7 tournament
The last time Bushy Run allowed a run was July 5. Mifflin County didn’t waste any time stopping that streak Friday by scoring an unearned run in the top of the first inning, but it was the only run it scored off Bushy Run starter Tyler Horvat during the first...
Pine-Richland Palomino powers through postseason
The summer baseball season is beginning to wind down for the Pine-Richland Palomino baseball team, which competes in the Butler County Area Baseball League. But there’s still some business to finish. After accruing a 10-6 mark during regular-season play, the Rams entered the Butler County Area Baseball League playoffs as...
Franklin Regional’s Nadesan, South Fayette’s Patterson compete at World Junior Nationals
Franklin Regional rising junior Anup Nadesan and South Fayette rising sophomore Jacob Patterson were among players at the World TeamTennis Junior Nationals July 21-24 in San Diego. The tournament consisted of 16 coed teams from across the country. Nadesan and Patterson were among three boys and three girls on the...
Norwin Little League team advances to state tournament for 3rd straight season
Will the third time be the charm for the Norwin Little League 11-year-old baseball team? The coaches and players hope so. Norwin is making its third trip to the state tournament Saturday, and coach Jason Faust is hoping previous experiences will help them reach the top. After winning the district...
Ar-Ken Youth Football and Cheer making a return to Arnold, New Kensington communities
In March, a few community members from Arnold and New Kensington set a goal to reorganize the Ar-Ken Youth Football and Cheer organization with the mission of giving young players an opportunities they once had. In recent weeks, that goal has started to come to fruition. On July 8, that...
Connellsville blanks Plum in Region 6 Legion tournament
A pair of unearned runs in the top of the eighth proved to be the difference as Connellsville defeated Plum, 2-0, on Friday in the first round of the Region 6 Senior American Legion playoffs at Chippewa Park. Plum falls to the loser’s bracket and will play at 11:30 a.m....
