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BUTLER TWP — Butler failed to make layups early, failed to defend late — and failed to get back in the WPIAL playoff picture. Pine-Richland used an 11-2 run to begin the...

January 30, 2014 Sports

AREA SCHEDULE CHANGES

The bitterly cold weather continued to wreak havoc with the area high school sports schedules Wednesday. Here are postponements and make-up dates for games that were not...

January 30, 2014 Sports

Knights cruise to win

Chris Kier scored 11 points and the Knoch defense was stifling again as the Knights cruised to a 49-35 home win over Highlands in high school boys basketball action Wedn...

January 30, 2014 Sports

BOWLING

Jolly Girls Standings: Orange Sox 13-3, Red Sox 10-6, Brown Sox 10-6, Pink Sox 10-6, Purple Sox 8-8, Yellow Sox 6-10, Green Sox 4-12, Blue Sox 3-13 High women’s series-D...

January 30, 2014 Sports

Turnovers costly to SV

JACKSON TWP — There is a formula for hanging in against a defending WPIAL champion, but Victor Giannotta did not see it Wednesday night. Seneca Valley's boys basketball ...

January 30, 2014 Sports

Butler wrestlers reach QF round

MURRYSVILLE — Everything Jeremiah Bortmas saw on the internet came to life. The top-seeded Franklin Regional wrestling team, which is ranked No. 1 in the state, was as g...

January 30, 2014 Sports

Dukes rally past NJIT

NEWARK, N.J. — Ovie Soko scored 25 points, converting 11 of 16 from the free throw line, to lead Duquesne to a come-from-behind, 71-64 win over the New Jersey Institute ...

January 30, 2014 Sports

Defense received no help

BUTLER TWP — Getting it half-right wasn't good enough. Butler's boys basketball team limited the third-highest scoring team in the WPIAL to 59 points Wednesday night, bu...

January 30, 2014 Sports

College athletes forming labor union

CHICAGO — Calling the NCAA a dictatorship, Northwestern’s quarterback and the United Steelworkers announced plans Tuesday to form the first labor union for college athle...

January 29, 2014 Sports

MLB approves protective cap

NEW YORK — Big league pitchers might feel safer on the mound this season. Major League Baseball has approved a protective cap for pitchers, hoping to reduce the damage f...

January 29, 2014 Professional

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