The PIAA delayed the start of fall sports and heat acclimation week for high school football for two weeks Friday after Gov. Tom Wolf’s recommendation that interscholastic sports not take place until Jan. 1, 2021 on Thursday. District 6 chairman Bill Marshall made the official motion Friday ...
H.S. football The Mirror will preview a high school football team each day until Aug. 22. For a complete rundown of all of the teams in the region, pick up a copy of “Blitz’’ at area newsstands. Today: Bellwood-Antis Monday: Northern Bedford BELLWOOD — Bellwood-Antis showed it ...
If the coronavirus hasn’t been depressing enough, Penn State fans got word via social media late Tuesday night that the Nittany Lions’ best player, linebacker Micah Parsons, is opting out, or bypassing, the season — should one actually be held. The information wasn’t ...
TORONTO — The Pittsburgh Penguins entered their qualifying round matchup against Montreal healthy but wary. Optimistic but guarded. While they’d shown plenty of grit during a regular season that featured extended absences by high-profile names on their star-laden roster, in a short series ...
PITTSBURGH — Niko Goodrum drove in five runs, two on a double in a big 11th inning that sent the Detroit Tigers over the Pittsburgh Pirates, 17-13, in a startling slugfest on Friday night. Both teams finished with 16 hits, surprising since each club had four players in the starting lineup ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Still young, often inconsistent, forever fearless, Li Haotong is capable of just about anything on a big stage in golf. He was at his best Friday in the PGA Championship. Three years after his 63 in the final round of the British Open, Li hit only four fairways at Harding ...
It’s been decades since any local course employed caddies, but when golf first began to be played in the United States, caddies were an essential part of the game. When golf courses were first being built in our area in the 1890s, young boys were attracted to the local links with hopes of ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — It was a busy week at the Scotch Valley Country Club. In match-play tournament action, Christopher Perry was the championship flight winner over Andrew Ferguson. Dave DeGol Sr. won over Seth Smith in the first flight, while Alex Elliott won over Aaron Harr in the second ...
Tyrone native John Zimmers’ name was in the headlines once again last week. This time, it was for his fine work in preparing the prestigious Inverness Golf Club for competition during last week’s LPGA’s Drive On Championship in Ohio. Zimmers, the former superintendent at Oakmont ...
ST. LOUIS — The entire three-game series between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis at Busch Stadium was postponed Friday night after two more Cardinals players and a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus. Major League Baseball announced that the whole weekend set was off. Hours ...
Northwestern returned to the football field for the first time since a false positive for COVID-19 led to 37 players being quarantined and workouts being paused. Coach Pat Fitzgerald said after the start of camp the Wildcats still are “batting a thousand” after a player who tested for the ...
Ford is on a nice little winning streak at Michigan International Speedway, although it may not feel that way to Brad Keselowski. Keselowski still hasn’t won a Cup race in his home state, and it seems like every year that is a story when NASCAR comes to Michigan. Keselowski will have two ...
ATLANTA — Kneeling is a powerful gesture. T-shirts send a meaningful message. Locking arms is a mighty symbol of unity in these troubled times. It doesn’t stop there. If you look even deeper across the gamut of sports., a truly inspiring movement is emerging from the nation’s social ...
I’m writing this in response to Neil Rudel’s column on July 31 advocating that parents be permitted to attend PIAA sporting events this fall. I have been a track and field coach since 1978. I am currently the head girls track and field coach at Hughesville High School, a Class 2A school ...
It’s a sad fact of life that most things are not truly appreciated until they’re gone. In today’s sporting world, that includes the fans. From the days of the ancient Olympics, athletes have reaped the rewards of their skills in the arena, from fame and fortune to public adulation and ...
Defending Greater City Baseball League champion Lilly Conrad Chiropractic/American Legion has a juggernaut of a batting lineup in its own right. Lilly’s potent offense is quite capable of scoring a lot of runs with its bats. When it gets help from an opponent through walks and errors, a ...
The calendar may read that we are in the final months of the traditional summer season here in Pennsylvania. But as we all know, 2020 has been far from a traditional year. With warm temperatures likely to continue well into the autumn, there will be plenty of opportunities left to enjoy ...
While the brutal series of 90-degree days has eased somewhat, the hot, dry summer continues. To contend with those conditions, a few of the hardcore anglers I know have resorted to working the night shift to catch some fish rather than deal with the relentless heat and bright days. ...
LANCASTER — Come with me. back to a time when going to hunting camps in Pennsylvania involved train rides, then long mule shuttles to primitive cabins or tents. To a time when squirrels and rabbits were the main targets, not deer or turkeys, which were scarce. A camp taking two deer in a ...
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf sent shockwaves across the entire scholastic sports landscape Thursday afternoon when he announced at the end of a press briefing that he, along with the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Department of Education, was strongly recommending Pre-K-12 school and ...