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It’s become a common refrain. Mars’ boys lacrosse team was tops in its class in the WPIAL this season, winning the district title for the ninth season in a row. Head coac...
July 02, 2025 Sports
This season was more of the same when it came to girls lacrosse in Butler County. Mars won another WPIAL Class 2A title, Butler reached the district tournament and a numb...
July 02, 2025 Sports
Moniteau Team 1 won the Allegheny River League Bronco 12U North Division Championship recently and went 9-1-2 this season. Asa Anthony hit 10 home runs, one grand slam; L...
July 02, 2025 Sports
In 2022, Lexie Hames took to the pitching circle for the first time as a freshman for Seneca Valley’s varsity softball team. She admits there were things she needed to le...
July 01, 2025 Sports
It was the Year of the Pitcher. It’s not uncommon for a high school baseball team’s best athlete to also be a stud pitcher, but Butler County’s aces took things to anothe...
July 01, 2025 Sports
Mars graduate and St. Louis Cardinals farmhand JJ Wetherholt was named to the 2025 MLB All-Star Futures Game on Monday. Among the 50 players included on those rosters, We...
July 01, 2025 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Catcher Henry Davis drove in the game's only run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning and preserved the lead with a tag at the plate in the ninth, givin...
July 01, 2025 Sports
The Pittsburgh Penguins made a move at the start of NHL free agency, shipping goalie Alex Nedeljkovic to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for a 2028 third-round pick. The ...
July 01, 2025 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Andrew Heaney carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, and Spencer Horwitz powered Pittsburgh's offense as the Pirates cruised past the St. Louis Cardinals...
June 30, 2025 Sports
A position switch took Jordan Hoover out of his comfort zone, but it led to him becoming an all-around star on the volleyball court. He was used to the responsibilities o...
June 30, 2025 Sports
The PSAC announced last week it has extended an invitational for Lackawanna College to join the conference as its 18th member. The announcement means Lackawanna would tra...
June 30, 2025 Sports
District 10 all-region teams were announced this week, with multiple Slippery Rock athletes earning honors. Region 2 baseball all-star honors went to catcher Connor Zorn ...
June 30, 2025 Sports
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The Miami Dolphins are sending All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey, Pro Bowl tight end Jonnu Smith and a 2027 seventh-round draft pick to the Pittsburgh...
June 30, 2025 Professional
NEW YORK — The WNBA is expanding to 18 teams over the next five years, with Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia all set to join the league by 2030. Cleveland will begin p...
June 30, 2025 Sports
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County. Monday, June 30 College Summer Baseball 7 — Allegheny A’s at Butler Iron Bucks Tuesday, July ...
June 30, 2025 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Oneil Cruz hit a pair of two-run homers, Tommy Pham and Bryan Reynolds also went deep and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the New York Mets 12-1 Sunday to comple...
June 29, 2025 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Dennis Santana will serve a three-game suspension, reduced from four, for an altercation with a fan during a game at the Detroit ...
June 29, 2025 Sports
Carl Bowser survived challenges from Jeremy Weaver and AJ Flick after starting the race in the pole position to win a rain-shortened Sprint main event Friday night at Ler...
June 29, 2025 Sports
The list of accomplishments is not short for Butler High graduate CJ Singleton. He was an elite cross country and track runner at the district, state and national level f...
June 29, 2025 Sports
The 50th Annual Butler Road Race on Saturday led to a homecoming for Blaise Supler, one that produced a first-time winner and historic finish, at the event. A Butler nati...
June 29, 2025 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Dave Parker, a hard-hitting outfielder who was set to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame next month, has died, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced Satur...
June 29, 2025 Sports
The Pittsburgh Penguins selected so many players this weekend, including another 10 on the second and final day of the NHL draft, that their full list looked like a CVS r...
June 29, 2025 Sports
During the half-hour drive to the river, Dave and I chatted, among other things, about what the state of the river would be. A series of thunderstorms in the northwestern...
June 29, 2025 Sports
Summer has not brought with it a reprieve for North Catholic distance runner Jack Steineman, and he’s not complaining. Following a freshman track season that saw him brea...
June 28, 2025 Sports
Butler is one win away from the Pa. Little League sectionals. The 12U major division all-star team beat Franklin 5-3 Thursday, in Franklin, in the first game of the Distr...
June 27, 2025 Sports
Derek's Grass Cutting Service and Backwoods Contracting won the Butler Youth Baseball major division championship this season. ...
June 27, 2025 Sports
Butler County golf, trap and horseshoes results from this week: GOLF Lake Arthur Ladies League June 25 Standings: Tweedle Dees 19, Cheshire Cats 18, Qu...
June 27, 2025 Sports
The NHL and NHL Players' Association are on the verge of extending the collective bargaining agreement more than a year before it expires and expanding the regular season...
June 26, 2025 Sports
A pair of former Butler County track and field standouts closed out the NCAA season with Division I All-American honors after nearly making the podium at the national cha...
June 26, 2025 Sports
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