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At the buzzer

There is no buzzer or horn that signifies the end of a professional soccer match, but Charles Ahl came as close as you can to a shot “at the buzzer” when he headed in his first professional goal on the final play of TuesdayĢƵ match that helped the Pittsburgh Riverhounds draw Miami, 1-1, ...

Copperheads’ win extends MarraĢƵ amazing streak

Carmichaels’ 7-2 victory over Potomac Valley at Garrett College Friday ended a five-year drought for the Copperheads who claimed their 15th Fayette County Baseball League championship. The win also extended an amazing streak by one of Carmichaels’ key players. Santino Marra has ...

Melancholy in Millcreek

MILLCREEK TWP. — Connellsville has seen some solid pitching this season, which started for most of its players in the high school campaign, but head coach Brian Sankovich believed the best hurler his team faced came on Monday afternoon in an elimination game during the Pennsylvania ...

Tough one to swallow

MILLCREEK TWP. — In a game that could have easily been played at Hempfield Area High School, or any central location between Fayette and Westmoreland counties, Bushy Run earned a 2-1 walk-off victory over Connellsville on Sunday in the Pennsylvania American Legion State Tournament at David ...

Rising up

No. 15 may have been the most impressive of all. Carmichaels had won 14 previous Fayette County Baseball League championships in a variety of series, but perhaps none was more superb than the baseball clinic the Copperheads put on in a three-game sweep of top-seeded Potomac Valley in this ...

A Prairie place

How far do you think you’d need to drive to see a prairie? To Iowa? Minnesota? Somewhere on the far side of Ohio? Do prairies even still exist? The answers might surprise. Prairies do still exist, but only as a tiny fraction of their original extent. And you can see one as near as ...