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Blackhawk’s Watson-Trent looks to bounce back after injury-shortened season
The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 23 during a HSSN Media Day live broadcast at Kennywood Park. When Zack Hayward first stepped into the weight room at Blackhawk...
Pitt adds walk-on guard K.J. Marshall to 2019-20 roster
K.J. Marshall, who played in three state high school championship games in North Carolina, has joined Pitt’s team as a freshman walk-on guard. Marshall, 5-foot-11, 160 pounds, was a high school teammate of Pitt sophomore Au’Diese Toney. Marshall averaged 9.5 and 9.4 points over the past two seasons, hit 84...
Steelers training camp preview: 5 positional battles to watch
As the Pittsburgh Steelers prepare to report to training camp Thursday at Saint Vincent, they do so knowing that much of the roster is set. Such is the case for a veteran team that carries Super Bowl aspirations a year after missing the playoffs for the first time in five...
Steelers training camp preview: 3 players on the hot seat
One is coming off his worst NFL season. Another lost his starting job, confidence and a huge payday. The other is pushing for a bigger role in the offense. A look at three players on the Pittsburgh Steelers roster who will be on the hot seat when training camp opens...
Steelers 2-a-days: Can Diontae Spencer translate CFL success? What’s Cameron Sutton’s role?
Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2019 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, (at least) two per day, between...
Bullpen, offense waste strong Jordan Lyles start in Pirates loss to PhilliesVideo
Jordan Lyles described his most recent start as a “hard-to-get-out-of-bed type outing.” Lyles pitched well enough for a satisfying night’s sleep Friday. But the Pittsburgh Pirates’ playoff hopes are quickly getting put to bed. Lyles snapped out of two-month-long funk, but neither the offense nor bullpen provided any support in...
The great bait debate ends for Section 3 of Spruce Creek
It was, in some ways, an outrageous amount of debate for so little water. But, finally, a decision was made. Anglers who want to fish what’s known as Section 3 of Spruce Creek near Franklinsville in Huntingdon County can do so year-round. They must release any fish they catch. And,...
Pirates will skip Trevor Williams (flu) in rotation, Joe Musgrove moved up to start Saturday
The Pittsburgh Pirates announced that Trevor Williams has been bumped from his scheduled Saturday start because of “severe flu-like symptoms,” and that Joe Musgrove’s turn in the rotation will be moved up a day to pitch in Williams’ place against the Philadelphia Philies. Williams was tagged for season highs allowed...
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’...
Francisco Cervelli works out at PNC Park, Pirates getting him work at many positions
It wasn’t just the heat wave that had Francisco Cervelli drenched in sweat in the Pittsburgh Pirates clubhouse Friday afternoon. Members of the training staff put Cervelli through a strenuous workout in the left-field corner of PNC Park about four hours prior to Friday’s game. Cervelli was doing somersaults and...
Clint Hurdle hints that Keone Kela’s return to Pirates bullpen is imminent
Keone Kela’s most recent rehab appearance was so good, the reliever headed back to Pittsburgh and seemingly soon will find himself back on the Pirates roster. Kela needed only 11 pitches to strike out all three batters he faced for Triple-A Indianapolis on Thursday night. Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said...
Kevin Gorman: Celebrating the 1979 Pirates, not the generational gap
For a 6-year-old Pittsburgh kid who needed nothing more than a ball and a glove to spend a summer day happily, the 1979 Pirates were my glorious introduction to baseball. With the Pirates winning the World Series and the Steelers on their way to a fourth Super Bowl, Pittsburgh branded...
After day out of lineup and team day off, Josh Bell back hitting cleanup for Pirates on Friday
Over a 31-day span from April 28-May 29, Josh Bell had 12 home runs, 25 extra-base hits, a .402 average and herculean 1.278 OPS. “Wouldn’t it be a wonderful world for Josh if he stayed in that spot the entire rest of his career?” Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle mused...
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...
Haymaker Hammerheads claim 3rd straight Monroeville Invitational title
The Monroeville Invitational swim meet has been a summer tradition for five decades, and the competition and fellowship continued July 13 at Garden City pool. More than 300 swimmers ages 5 to 18 from the five Monroeville club teams — Bel-Aire, Garden City, Gateway Heights, Haymaker and Park — took...
Quaker Valley grad Kayla Foster finishes college lacrosse with Liberty records
Quaker Valley graduate and Liberty senior women’s lacrosse player Kayla Foster made more history. Foster, an attack, broke the Lady Flames’ points record early in the year with her 188th career point and became one of only two players in school history to earn all-conference honors in four straight seasons....
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...
Pirates reliever Richard Rodriguez dominant, fueled by demotion
Richard Rodriguez pitched so poorly in his first major league action the Baltimore Orioles took the almost-unprecedented step of scrapping him from their September active roster in 2017. Keep in mind, rosters are unlimited in September in the majors. So, when Rodriguez followed a mostly spectacular 2018 for the Pittsburgh...
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...
Tips on choosing the right sleeping bag for your outdoors trip
The evidence is there, in every household, hiding in plain sight in the silverware drawer. Look at the butter knives. At least one will be slightly bent at the tip. And how did it get that way? Because you or someone like you used it as a screwdriver. Hey, been...
Penn State, other Big Ten East powers face offensive uncertainty
CHICAGO — The two most important spots on a football team are the coach and the quarterback. Ohio State has questions at both. The Buckeyes aren’t the only powerhouse program with uncertainty in the Big Ten’s East Division. Michigan and Michigan State each have a new offensive coordinator, and Penn...
Enter Mariano Rivera: Yankees closer awaits place in Baseball Hall of FameVideo
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — It never changed for Mariano Rivera — from his childhood in the fishing village of Puerto Caimito in Panama to the pitcher’s mound at Yankee Stadium. “I always wanted to be the last guy to kick the ball or took the last shot at the basket. Give...
Shane Lowry, J.B. Holmes share British Open lead after 2nd round
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Everyone in the massive grandstand rose to cheer and celebrate a bold performance by Rory McIlroy, who longed for such support and affection on his walk toward his final hole at Royal Portrush in the British Open. Except this was Friday. And now McIlroy can only...
