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SR's Ayres showing sports has no limitations

Size doesn't matter. Nick Ayres, an incoming senior at Slippery Rock High School, has certainly proven that. Ayres stands 5-foot-2 and weighs 125 pounds. He is a three-s...

June 20, 2020 Sports

Butler High honor students recognized

The prerecorded commencement program for Butler Area Senior High School was broadcast the evening of June 5. In addition, on June 3, 4, and 5, individual diploma ceremon...

June 20, 2020 Sports

Manfred has been disaster artist

When the commissioner of the game calls what’s transpiring “a disaster,” you know things are dire. But that’s the word Major League Baseball head Rob Manfred used to des...

June 19, 2020 Sports

Moniteau grad gets another chance

Eiler still has something to prove in softball Andrea Eiler had no plans to play softball in college. A left-handed senior pitcher for the Moniteau softball team, Eiler f...

June 19, 2020 Sports

Bat Girl

Freeport graduate DeJidas made impact as freshman for Mercyhurst softball team Mercyhurst University softball coach Leanne Baker asked her players to bring something impo...

June 19, 2020 Sports

SRU loses foe

Rock grid slate shrinks, team faces unknowns SLIPPERY ROCK — One game has already disappeared from the Slippery Rock University football schedule. There may be more — and...

June 19, 2020 Sports

Soccer prowess lands Gruca a spot in SV Hall

This is the first in a series of five articles profiling the Seneca Valley Sports Hall of Fame's class of 2020. ECONOMY — Ken Eastgate was waiting for Ron Gruca's c...

June 19, 2020 Sports

Cranberry cruises to BCABL win

Cranberry used a seven-run third inning to set up its season-opening, 11-0, five-inning win over Karns City Tuesday in Butler County Area Baseball League play. Winning p...

June 18, 2020 Sports

Real racing events popping up at last

Times are changing — hopefully for the good. After months of cancellations and virtual races, real events are popping up on the calendar. This signals a slow return to s...

June 18, 2020 Sports

Hole-in-One

Ralph Schmeling, Cranberry Township, on No. 5, 164-yard hole at Strawberry Ridge, using a driver. ...

June 18, 2020 Sports

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