When you are part of a wrestling program in the state of Pennsylvania that has produced 14 individual state, eight WPIAL team and one team state champion, the expectations are very high, and normally, anything less than a state title is considered a failure. When Connellsville was awarded its ...
For anyone that followed the 58th Annual Powerade Christmas Wrestling Tournament last Friday and Saturday at Canon-McMillan High School, the results, on paper, may not appear to be that strong for the WPIAL, but how District 7 fared in the two-day event that featured 74 teams should not be a ...
<em>In these times of limited sports activity due to the coronavirus pandemic the Herald-Standard will occasionally present “From the Vault,” a story the sports staff has dug up from the past and reprinted here. Today is a column by Jonathan Guth on a Pittsburgh Pirates game ...
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs have been lighting up scoreboards all season long, and don’t expect that to change this evening in Super Bowl 54 (I am not good at Roman numerals and too lazy to look it up) with the Chiefs piling up the points. Kansas City came from 24-down to ...
It had been about 10 years since I ventured to a Steelers game.Thanks to my amazing wife, Megan, I was rewarded with tickets to Monday’s game against Miami.I used to be one of those die-hard Steelers fans who took it personally when they lost, and while I still support the team and watch ...
The United States women’s soccer team isn’t done yet, but should be commended for its success — past, present and most-likely future.The US defeated host France, 2-1, on Friday in the World Cup quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals for the eighth time. Including this year’s ...
