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Dan Karpency earned a split decision over Jamie Walker to win his first championship as a pro boxer on Friday at PromoWest Pavilion in Columbus, Ohio.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Asdrúbal Cabrera hit the last of Washington's four home runs and drove in five runs, and three relievers combined for 6 2/3 innings of one-hit ball as the Nationals thumped the Pittsburgh Pirates, 13-0, on Monday night.
The Ringgold girls tennis team opened the season Monday afternoon with a 4-1 non-section victory over visiting California.
Dan Karpency earned a split decision over Jamie Walker to win his first championship as a pro boxer on Friday at PromoWest Pavilion in Columbus, Ohio.
The Uniontown golf team's return to Uniontown Country Club was a triumphant one Monday afternoon with the Red Raiders securing a 218-243 victory over visiting Waynesburg Central in the Section 8-AA opener for both teams.
Zach Summers and Keaton Riley shared medalist honors Monday afternoon to lead visiting Charleroi to a 214-247 victory over Beth-Center at Chippewa Golf Course in the Section 8-AA opener.
Fort Cherry returned home from Chippewa Golf Course Monday afternoon with a 251-256 victory against Bentworth in the Section 4-AA opener.
The new mantra, "Shut out the noise," chosen by Ben Roethlisberger from the late Darryl Drake's repertoire, definitely gets an UP vote out of Saturday night's 17-7 Steelers win over the Kansas City Chiefs.
During the late 1950s the University of Maryland had a pipeline for talent out of Fayette County with five former football players there at the same time, including Uniontown graduate Joe Hrezo, who died on on Aug. 2 at 77.
When Bray Wyatt returned to the ring at SummerSlam, the biggest note-worthy aspect of his quick win over Finn Balor was how graphic and detailed Wyatt’s lantern was.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kris Bryant heard a voice from the crowd just before he homered to put the Chicago Cubs ahead in the seventh inning Saturday.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kevin Newman felt the entire crowd on his side when he stepped to the plate in the ninth inning of a tie game.
Uniontown sophomore Adena Rugola shot 6-over 76 Friday at Chippewa Golf Course to finish alone in fourth place in the annual TriCADA golf tournament.
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High school football players took to the field on Monday, Aug. 5 to prepare for the upcoming season with heat acclimation week, a policy that the PIAA instituted in 2013.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols doesn’t want to talk about his growing list of accomplishments until his career comes to an end.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Fresh off his first full season in the majors, Jameson Taillon seemed to be on the brink of big things for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
LATROBE — Mark Barron came here from the Los Angeles Rams looking for another winning program, and believes he’s found one lining up next to rookie Devin Bush as inside linebackers with the Steelers.
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LATROBE -- The weather at Saint Vincent College matched the mood of the Pittsburgh Steelers as a thunderstorm sent the team from the practice field an hour early.
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Sam Swetz coached the Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus women’s volleyball team to a third-place finish nationally in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association last season.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mitch Keller was barely a teenager when a hotshot outfielder from downstate New Jersey joined his hometown Cedar Rapids Kernels. Keller immediately became an enormous fan of Mike Trout, and he cheered on the Angels from Iowa while his favorite player rose to the top of their sport.
Ringgold High School graduate Michael Brantley, Joe Montana’s favorite receiver on an excellent Rams football team, went on to attend Indiana State, where he played recreational basketball against Larry Bird.
Summer conditioning workouts transitioned into formal practice Monday morning with the start of official practice for all fall sports.
Summer conditioning workouts transitioned into formal practice Monday morning with the start of official practice for all fall sports.
Washington County had more errors than hits, and that proved costly, in a one-run loss at the Pony League World Series.
The Uniontown Area High School Academics, Arts and Athletics Hall of Fame has announced its seventh class of inductees consisting of 12 individuals and one team.
Washington County runs its way to the host team's first 2-0 start at the Pony League World Series since 2001.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Darryl Drake, the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receivers who spent more than 30 years molding players at the position at the college and professional level, has died. He was 62.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright got off to a rocky start when his first pitch sailed over the right field wall.
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The first round of the FedEx Cup provided some good golf this week, but also was plagued with some of the wackiest things seen on a golf course in quite some time.
From the notebook of a sportswriter who wrote two stories after Friday night's game, and in retrospect sees them as intertwined.
Two weeks ago, the idea of WWE positioning NXT on TV opposite of AEW was mentioned in this column.
Marcell Ozuna regained his swing in time to be in the middle of a breakout rally by the St. Louis Cardinals.
Donnie Pordash has enjoyed a long, enjoyable career with the Texas Rangers.
You guys know I could rattle on about the Steelers depth chart in previewing tonight's preseason opener against Tampa Bay.
The women aren’t fooling around when it comes to gangster life in the film “The Kitchen,” releasing to theaters this weekend.
From animation to computer generated imagery, Pikachu takes the lead in his own movie in “Pokemon Detective Pikachu,” which hit rental outlets this week.
Defense wins championships, and nothing was more evident in Team Gerke's 30-22 victory over Team D-League on Wednesday night in the finals of the 10th-12th grade division in the Grant Street Basketball League.
Kyle Martin has his sights set on Paris … and it’s not for romance.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Keston Hiura found that less thinking resulted in more hitting and an end to his struggles at the plate.
Terry Seneoff recorded the first hole-in-one of his golfing career at Carmichaels Golf Cub on Monday.
Elizabeth Forward graduate Angus McHolme won the Youghiogheny Country Club Men’s Championship for the third consecutive year. McHolme won by the scores 4 and 3, 3 and 2, and 8 and 2 in the 36-hole championship. McHolme, who will attend Methodist University this fall, will represent the WPGA on the Frank B. Fuhrer, Jr. team with Scott Bitar, Brady Pevarnik and Neal Shipley in the Williamson Cup Matches at Irondequoit Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., on Aug. 11-12.
Everyone agrees that Javon Hargrave is having an outstanding camp.
It seems like yesterday that baseball season started, but the last three months have been a roller coaster of emotions for those involved in the Laurel Highlands baseball program.
Rodney Gallagher has two national championships, two Division I offers and ... he is a month away from starting high school.
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Chalking up another birthday on Friday made me realize that, it's true, you can't outrun Father Time, but that doesn't mean you can't recapture your youth every once in awhile.
