See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County.
Monday, Feb. 16
Girls Basketball
7 — WPIAL Class 4A first round: Freeport at South Park
7 — WPIAL...
BUTLER TWP — Santino Sloboda is an unusual wrestler, even by the sport’s standard.
He sometimes seems jittery, like he just wants to get to the next match. He’s a bit gum...
CLARION — A week ago, Karns City girls basketball’s Naomi Venesky was named MVP of the Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference.
In Saturday’s KSAC championship game, her te...
Sophie Hensel became Slippery Rock girls wrestling’s first district medalist Saturday since the team launched, claiming silver in the District 10 Girls Wrestling Individu...
JEFFERSON TWP — Joe Lafko remembers facing Knoch boys basketball as late as the 2023-24 season.
Then the head coach at Hampton, he was impressed with the Knights.
“I like...
CLARION — Two quarters into Friday night’s Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference semifinal clash with Clarion, Brendin Sankey wished he was somewhere other than PennWest ...
Alexis Cashdollar scored 15 points in her final high school game, and No. 14 Mars girls basketball fell 63-36 to third-seed Indiana in Friday’s first round of the WPIAL C...
Brady Mayo’s 3-pointer with 4.7 to go pushed Slippery Rock University’s men’s basketball team past Clarion 80-78 at home Wednesday.
The win pushed The Rock to 15-8 on the...
BRADENTON, Fla. — José Urquidy and the Pittsburgh Pirates finalized their $1.5 million, one-year contract Wednesday.
The sides agreed to terms last week, subject to a suc...
PITTSBURGH — Elroy Face, an All-Star reliever for the Pittsburgh Pirates who saved three games in the 1960 World Series to help them upset the New York Yankees, has died....