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May, one of my favorites

ItĢƵ a rainy Wednesday in Uniontown, however even a rainy day can be beautiful in late spring. The spring rain has added a dimension of color to the landscape that only appears around the beginning of May when the trees have put on their leaves and the woods and hillsides are full of this ...

UniontownĢƵ clay target shooting team had a strong showing to open the spring portion of its season. The Red Raiders took first place in trap, skeet and 5-stand. They scored 4,159 in trap, had a total of 154.5 in skeet and 96 points in 5-stand. Aden Brame led Uniontown in male trap ...

California could only muster one hit, but the Trojans were able to manufacture enough offense for the pitching of Logan Hartley and Owen Rechichar in a 3-1 victory over Brownsville on Thursday in non-section baseball action at Redstone Field in Republic. Hartley didn’t allow an earned run ...

Cardinals remain Skenes’ kryptonite

PITTSBURGH — The almost maniacal preparation Paul Skenes pours into every start is already the stuff of legend, just two years into his career. Still, even the Pittsburgh Pirates ace knows no matter how his pregame routine goes, he's never really sure what kind of stuff he's going to have on ...

Losing a legend

The most successful high school baseball coach in the history of Fayette County has passed away. Thomas “Tom” Sankovich, who led Connellsville to four WPIAL championships and a state title in 1989, died Thursday evening. He was 85. Sankovich is known for establishing the Falcons’ ...

‘K’ mania

Bailey Barnyak was putting the finishing touches on a brisk three-inning 18-0 Carmichaels softball victory at Avella on Monday when she was surprised to see her coach Dave Briggs start to stroll out to the mound. “It was the last inning, and I remember he called time out and was walking ...