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North defeats South in BeeGraphix Football Classic, 28-14

FALLOWFIELD TOWNSHIP — Saturday night at Myron Pottios Stadium, the North downed the South in the BeeGraphix Football Classic, 28-14.The effort of the NorthĢƵ defense was the story of the game as it limited the South to 98 yards of total offense on 42 plays.North assistant coach Chris ...

Memory Lane: Gil Joseph

Growing up Gil Joseph like a lot of youngsters had dreams of playing professional baseball. The Hiller, Pa., native is one of the few who saw the dream come true.Joseph was a standout right-handed pitcher for Brownsville High School in the 1970s.“We had a lot of good athletes, guys like Dan ...

A taste of summer

Although summer does not begin until June 21, most folks consider summer, the months of June, July and August. We call this period the meteorological summer, since most of our summer like weather and summer activities occur during this time period. By early September, the heat and humidity have ...

Laurel Highlands a likely place to encounter state symbols

As far back as third grade at Mount Braddock School, when we learned about our state tree, flower, and bird, these symbols carried meaning.They stand for larger intangibles, and the peoples’ common recognition of the value of wild native things. More recently, because I’d just learned of ...

Money in the Bank tonight

WWE presents Money in the Bank tonight on the WWE Network, and it better hope that the show delivers as it looks average at best on paper.Jinder Mahal will defend the WWE championship against Randy Orton, the former champion.The event takes place in St. Louis, OrtonĢƵ hometown, so will WWE ...

Negative Tweets, KISS, T-shirt ‘help’ Pens

Hockey players can be a very superstitious bunch, from playoff beards to when to and not to touch a conference trophy to goalies talking to goal posts.Their fans can be just as obsessed as to what causes good luck and bad luck.Of course, it's all in people's heads. We all know nothing like that ...