Jerin Steele stories, Page 12

In May, Sye Lynch got a phone call from Logan McCandless that provided him with an opportunity for which he’s been waiting. McCandless Motorsports recently parted ways with full-time driver Parker Price-Miller and was in need of a replacement for their car in the All Star Circuit of Champions series....

AJ Flick has had some pretty good years behind the wheel of his sprint car at Lernerville Speedway. The Apollo native has won six track championships, with five of those coming in the last six years. But this might be his best season yet. Flick won four features in a...

Autism awareness is a cause that’s close to Jeff Stull’s heart. His youngest son, Cody, was diagnosed with autism as a baby and worked with early intervention specialists, who made a positive impact. He also has a passion for racing, and with the help of some friends from local businesses...

Edward Kizza said it was an emotional week both physically and mentally given the Riverhounds had three games in eight days. After a big 1-0 win at Louisville City Wednesday, he said it was imperative the team come home and finish the job. Kizza helped the Hounds do so with...

Keith Buterbaugh can still remember running routes in the backyard while his brother Mike threw him the ball. Younger brother Joe Buterbaugh took it all in and was happy to catch some passes when called upon. Both got an up-close look at their brother’s work ethic and passion for sports....

On May 24, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds players and coaches were celebrating on the field at Highmark Stadium after a milestone 1-0 win over the Columbus Crew in the U.S. Open Cup round of 16. At the same time, the Hounds’ front office staff was celebrating as well. A record crowd...

The score was the same as last week, but how the Pittsburgh Riverhounds got there was different. They were fairly lifeless in the final third for most of the second half against Louisville City a week ago, but Saturday night, the Hounds had the top team in the Western Conference,...

Kristen Murslack kept a busy schedule in her high school years at Pine-Richland. Her day typically started with swim practice in the morning prior to going to school. After school, there was a soccer practice or game or another swim practice before carving out time to do some homework. It...

Justin Grubb recently moved back to Western Pennsylvania after wrapping up a five-year career playing professional soccer in Florida. He wants to give his kids the chance to grow up in the same environment he did and at the same time stay involved in the game. So he searched for...

The Pine-Richland Athletic Hall of Fame announced its 2023 class last week. Michael Buterbaugh, Bill Colpo, Matthew Crummy, Kevin McCabe, Kristen Murslack and the 1960 Richland football team are the new members that will be inducted this fall. They are the Hall’s fifth class. The class was approved by the...

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds ran their unbeaten streak within the USL Championship to 10 in a scoreless draw against Louisville City Saturday night at Highmark Stadium, but Bob Lilley was not pleased with how they kept the run going. That’s because he didn’t feel like they gave themselves a chance to...

Andrew McDermott has had plenty of coaching influences in his life. His grandfathers, Joe Boario and Bob McDermott, coached together at Leechburg, and Andrew McDermott played basketball for the Blue Devils under Damian Davies before being his assistant for three years. Now it’s his turn to take the reins. McDermott,...

Craig Patrick won two Stanley Cup titles in his 17 seasons as the general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was victorious again in the greater Pittsburgh area Wednesday night and was part of an event that helped the Robert Morris hockey programs. Team Patrick defeated Team Fuhr, 8-1, in...

Kiski Area quarterback Carson Heinle has heard “good ball” before when he has thrown a pass. Hearing those words from two-time Super Bowl champion Eli Manning brought a whole new emotion. “It was insane,” Heinle said. That was one of many highlights during Heinle’s time at the Manning Passing Academy...

Mike Van Sickle was in contention for the win at the 120th WPGA Open Championship but settled for a third-place finish. Van Sickle, a 2005 Pine-Richland grad, was in the final pairing Wednesday of the three-round event at Edgewood Country Club in Pittsburgh and ended up shooting two-under par for...

Ricky Thornton Jr.’s breakout season continued with a win at the Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway on Saturday night, but he had to earn it. Thornton had an epic battle with Hudson O’Neal, exchanging the lead several times before taking the lead for good on lap 75 and pulling away...

John Hughes produced some eye-popping statistics this spring. He had a .649 batting average and pitched to a 2.08 ERA, but maybe the most incredible stat of all was that he didn’t strike out once in 53 plate appearances. Hughes won the WPIAL regular season batting title and finished second...

Mason Zeigler considers himself an “extreme hobbyist” when it comes to racing dirt late models. He doesn’t follow a series full-time, but when there’s a big check on the line anywhere in the Northeast or Midwest, his hauler is typically in the pits. “I guess we’re sort of like a...

Rain has been part of the story for the majority of Firecracker 100 weekends, and this year hasn’t been different. But no matter how much Mother Nature has thrown the racetrack’s way, it has prevailed. After a rain delay of more than two hours Friday night, cars returned to the...

Jonathan Davenport has endured some heartbreaking results over the years at Lernerville Speedway, but he always has had an inspiration to win at the track. In 2011, Davenport helped spread his best friend Jamie “Peanut” Brown’s ashes around the top of the Buffalo Township speedway. On Friday, Davenport finally got...

Persistent rain forced a postponement of the Thursday portion of the Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway to Friday. The rain started as an intermittent drizzle during heat races, but it became heavier prior to the scheduled twin 25 lap main events. Thursday’s features are scheduled to be run Friday starting...

Michael Norris still gets a surreal feeling when he looks for his position on the scoreboard. That’s because he no longer is searching for the familiar No. 72 from his family-owned team. Instead, he is looking for the No. 10. Norris, a Knoch grad, has combined his efforts with his...

Tyler Dietz’s late model racing career started with a chance conversation. Already a well-established ace in the pro stock class, Dietz was approached by Dan Huston about a late model he had in his garage at Lernerville Speedway’s season finale weekend, the Steel City Stampede, in 2019. “Dan told me...

What a year it was for Pine-Richland athletics. Five Rams teams won WPIAL championships, the football team returned to state champion glory, and there were several individuals that won district and state championships. Inside a newly renovated gym for 2023-24, there will be plenty of updated banners. Below is a...

The Pine-Richland girls lacrosse team received a pretty tough draw in the Class 3A state quarterfinals. Not only were the Rams up against one of the best teams in the state in Penncrest, but they had to play the morning after seven seniors on the team had their graduation ceremony....