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High Point playing host to Motocross Championship
The 43rd Annual Circle K High Point National will be held Saturday at Mount Morris High Point Raceway on Saturday in Mount Morris. Pa. The course is in Greene County close to the West Virginia border near Morgantown. It is part of the 2019 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned...
‘Huddle Up’: Going one-on-one with Kevin Rabbitt
What is Kevin Rabbitt’s biggest pet peeve? What athlete would he trade places with? Who was the best player he ever faced? Who is the most famous contact in his phone? Rabbitt goes one-on-one with Gus Frerotte and Dave Hager in this week’s “Huddle Up with Gus” podcast. Rabbitt, an...
Soosman soars into Sunnehanna Amateur lead
Despite rainy and windy condition, Spencer Soosman (University of Texas) soared into the lead of the 66th Annual Sunnehanna Amateur at Sunnehanna Country Club in Johnstown. Soosman shot a 2-under par 68 and enters Friday’s third round with a 5-under par, 135, and a two shot lead over Hunter Wolcott...
Riders stoked after makeover to Westmoreland BMX
The dirt racing track at Westmoreland BMX in Allegheny Township’s Northmoreland Park, with its varying jumps throughout the S-shaped course, had not be altered in more than a decade. That changed in November when the track was leveled and redesigned. The course’s length and the position of the turns and...
Carlynton’s Lexi Jones helps Pens Elite 14U team to national title
When her older brother, Jack, and good friend Hannah Price started playing hockey, Lexi Jones got plenty of exposure to the game at an early age. By the time she was 7, she had gone from spectator to player. Eight years later, Jones is a national champion. Jones, a rising...
Australian leads Sunnehanna Amateur in Johnstown
Australian Lachlan Barker shot a 5-under par 65 to grab the first round lead at the 66th annual Sunnehanna Amateur at Sunnehanna Country Club in Johnstown. The Iowa State golfer, who placed third in the 2019 3rd Colleton River Collegiate event, holds a one shot lead of James Nicholas, who...
Kevin Rabbitt podcast part 3: Facing Michigan’s Fab 5 as a freshman at Rice
Kevin Rabbitt knows what it’s like to guard Jalen Rose. Rabbitt, then a guard at Rice, faced Michigan’s Fab Five team that entered the 1992-93 season ranked No. 1. “My very first game at Rice … this was a big moment, we played (our) opening game (on ESPN), we played...
Podcast part 2: Kevin Rabbitt grows into a Division I prospect in Kansas
Kevin Rabbitt’s company, Harmar-based NEP Group, is behind the scenes of many sporting events you watch. Rabbitt, an Overland Park, Kan., native, is chairman and CEO of NEP Group, a worldwide outsourced technical production partner that supports producers for live sports and entertainment. In part two of this week’s “Huddle...
Knapp, Zachetti win WPGA senior event; Shieds wins Tam O’Shanter Open
Sean Knapp prepped for the Sunnehanna Amateur, which begins on Wednesday, by winning the WPGA Senior Series event at Hannastown Golf Club, Greensburg on Monday. The Oakmont resident shot an even par 70 to edge Don Dubyak, who shot a 3-over 73. Knapp and Brady Pevarnik finished fourth in the...
Bushy Run Legion team holds big plans
They’re talking big at Bushy Run this American Legion season. We’re not just talking District 31 and Region 7 titles. Bushy Run is talking state title and beyond. “This is the best team I’ve ever coached,” coach Scott Peyman said. “I don’t see a weakness on the team.” Bushy Run...
Scoring Factory’s Pete Strobl to coach in Germany
Basketball guru Pete Strobl, who founded The Scoring Factory training business in Pittsburgh, is headed overseas to coach the professional game. Strobl, 41, was named head coach of Basketball Löwen Braunschweig, which played in the highest level of German basketball. He was an assistant for Basketball Bundesliga of Ratiopharm Ulm...
Western Pa. representative readies legislation to separate private, public school playoffs
The executive director of the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference sat down with outspoken public school advocates in February for a frank conversation about the current PIAA playoff system. Those talks in Harrisburg, facilitated by state Rep. Aaron Bernstine (R-Beaver/Butler/Lawrence), led to the “Parity in Interscholastic Athletics Act” that the Western Pennsylvania...
Swin Cash reportedly set to join front office of New Orleans Pelicans
Former McKeesport basketball star Swin Cash is reportedly set to join the front office of the NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans. ESPN is reporting Cash, who played at UConn and in the WNBA, will become vice president of basketball operations and team development. Her duties will include scouting, developing players and...
Podcast part 4: Kevin Rabbitt discusses life after basketball
Kevin Rabbitt’s company, Harmar-based NEP Group, is behind the scenes of many sporting events you watch. But his post-athletic career started much differently. Rabbitt, an Overland Park, Kan., native, is chairman and CEO of NEP Group, a worldwide outsourced technical production partner that supports producers for live sports and entertainment....
‘Huddle Up’: Gus Frerotte talks with Harmar-based NEP Group CEO Kevin Rabbitt
Kevin Rabbitt’s company, Harmar-based NEP Group, is behind the scenes of many sporting events you watch. Rabbitt, an Overland Park, Kan., native, is chairman and CEO of NEP Group, a worldwide outsourced technical production partner that supports producers for live sports and entertainment. He joined Gus Frerotte and Dave Hager...
Jackson, Fajt win Westmoreland County Better-Ball title
A birdie on the final hole helped Franklin Regional senior Palmer Jackson and Greensburg’s Kevin Fajt won the annual Westmoreland County Golf Association’s Better-Ball tournament at Hannastown Golf Club in Greensburg. Jackson and Fajt approached the final hole a shot behind Greensburg’s Arnie Cutrell and Javon Trout, but Cutrell and...
Jackson, Fajt qualify for Sunnehanna Amateur
A day after Palmer Jackson and Kevin Fajt won the Westmoreland County Golf Association’s Better-Ball tournament, the duo were in Johnstown participating in the Sunnehanna Amateur qualifier. Jackson and Fajt each earned a spot in the prestigious tournament by earning one of the five qualifying spots. Jackson shot a 1-under-par...
Her Point Park career over, Anna Shields to pursue professional running
Though her days of leaving NAIA competition in the dust are over, Anna Shields is far from the finish line as a runner. After a stellar career at Point Park that produced 10 national titles and 15 All-American accolades, she is spending part of her summer exploring options to compete...
Kiski Valley Legion to lean on pitching, defense
In a way, baseball can be broken down to a variable equation: pitching, defense and hitting. Kiski Valley Legion coach Den Montgomery feels his team has two-thirds of the puzzle with pitching and defense, but the hitting remains a work in progress. The Vikings have a deep pitching staff and...
Brentwood Firecreacker 5K readies for 36th edition
It’s back, and it returns with much anticipation and fanfare. The 36th annual Brentwood Firecracker 5K Run, which begins and ends at Brentwood Towne Square and annually kicks off Brentwood’s Fourth of July holiday festivities, takes place at 9 a.m. on July 4. The 3.1-mile race course runs on Brownsville...
Quaker Valley Legion team returns strong, winning core
Expectations are “relatively high” for Quaker Valley’s American Legion baseball team — and for good reason. The team is led by veteran pitchers Jake Commens and Isaiah Piatt — recent graduates — and has a core of juniors and sophomores that has won more than a dozen tournaments in Western...
Franklin Regional grad Jon Stickel leaves Hamilton hockey at head of the class
Jon Stickel stuck with a steadfast in-season rule: no “heavy-lifting study sessions” after practice. If that meant the Franklin Regional graduate and hockey player at Division III Hamilton — a prestigious liberal arts college located in Clinton, N.Y. — hit the books at 7 a.m., Stickel knew what worked best...
Norwin PAL Junior Legion baseball team to rely on pitching depth
It has been a slow start for the Norwin PAL Junior Legion baseball team. The squad opened the summer season with a 1-4 record. But the more time the team sees on the field, the more good things coach Ken Lindsay is seeing. “We are young and trying to get...
Fajt, Jackson set for busy weekend
It will be a busy weekend for Murrysville’s Palmer Jackson and Greensburg’s Kevin Fajt. They will be teamed together in the Westmoreland County Better-Ball tournament, which will begin at noon Saturday at Hannastown Golf Club. There are 16 two-man teams competing for the title. Some of the other teams include:...
Hempfield East American Legion looking for another big season
The Hempfield East American Legion baseball team is on a mission. The 2018 season had its great moments — winning the District 31 and Region 7 tournaments — and it’s not so great moments — barely having enough players to compete in the Pennsylvania Legion State Tournament. The 2019 team...
