CRESSON — Luke Repko and Brady Houser won the first flight of the Summit Country Club’s Member-Guest two-day tournament on Sunday. Repko and Houser shot a 137, three strokes better than runners-up Duane Della and Jackson Forosisky. Greg Caldwell and Geoff Patterson won the second flight ...
PITTSBURGH — Esmerlyn Valdez hit his third home run of the day, and the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 on Saturday to sweep a doubleheader. The Pirates won the first game 7-6, as Valdez hit two home runs — including a go-ahead grand slam in the ...
PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes won his second straight start after going winless for nine in a row as the Pittsburgh Pirates scored 10 runs in the fourth inning to rout the Milwaukee Brewers, 14-5, Sunday and head into the All-Star break with a three-game sweep. “It’s cool,” Skenes said of ...
PHILADELPHIA — Last year’s MLB All-Star Futures Game saw Esmerlyn Valdez and Konnor Griffin suit up as the representatives of the Pirates in the game. Those once future stars are now present ones with both starring for the Pirates this season. This year, the representatives for the ...
JOHNSTOWN — John Strittmatter grew up on a dairy farm in Ebensburg and learned the importance of developing a strong work ethic at a very young age. John and his younger brother, Jody, who both went on to outstanding high school and college wrestling careers, toiled on the farm with their ...
TYRONE — Twenty years ago, Sean Brannan and Anthony DeGol were helping Hollidaysburg’s boys golf program reach levels it had never been to before. Brannan won a PIAA boys individual championship title in 2006, and with the help of DeGol, the Golden Tigers took home the team championship ...
