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Heritage Conference hands out spring sports honors

ARMAGH — Margaret Elias of Cambria Heights and Reese Pinizzotto of Portage were the area representatives for softball on the Heritage Conference All-Conference Team for spring sports released Friday. Heights’ Carson Lobick and Portage’s Easton Slanoc made the baseball team, Heights’ Mason Kline and Logan Skebeck, and Portage’s Josh Papcun and Logan Gentile were on the boys track team, and Heights’ Brielle McMillen, Rachel McClellan, Elyce Hilyer and Avery Crynock, along with Portage’s Jada Irvin and Kendall Bednarski, were on the girls track team. SOFTBALL: Ella ...

Injuries forcing Pittsburgh Pirates to shuffle their lineup

PITTSBURGH — Over the course of a long six months-plus Major League Baseball season, every team will ride its share of ups and downs, and be faced with adversity on several occasions. The Pittsburgh Pirates are going through that situation right now, and their season may very well depend ...

Pirates trade for infielder Jacob Gonzalez, pitcher Brandon Eisert

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired infielder Jacob Gonzalez and left-handed pitcher Brandon Eisert from the Chicago White Sox on Friday night in exchange for left-handed pitcher Jaden Woods and Pittsburgh’s Competitive Balance-A round (No. 34 overall) selection in the 2026 First-Year Player Draft. Friday’s game between the Pirates and Milwaukee Brewers at PNC Park was postponed due to inclement weather. The Pirates and Brewers will play a split doubleheader on Saturday. The first game will start at 12:05 p.m., while the second game will begin at 4:05 or one hour after ...

If you can learn to love soccer, you can learn to love rugby

As soccer’s 2026 World Cup starts wrapping up, we can now look forward to another World Cup in the United States – the Men’s Rugby World Cup in 2031, then the Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2033. For the first time ever, rugby comes to the USA with its biggest tournament. While locations ...

Curve’s Berg answers the call when needed

One of the biggest parts of Minor League Baseball involves seizing opportunities when they come up. That’s exactly what Derek Berg has been doing the last month-plus. Picked in the 10th round of the 2024 draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates, Berg is getting his chance to catch for the ...