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Battle tested

HERSHEY — Every great champion needs to be tested, and Saturday night in the PIAA Class 3A Individual Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center, Belle Vernon senior Elijah Brown was tested by Garnet ValleyĢƵ Paxton Hunt. Brown capped off his high school career with a second straight ...

Dangerous duo

HERSHEY — ConnellsvilleĢƵ Kai Vielma entered his semifinal bout in the state tournament as the favorite, while teammate Tommy Gretz was most likely viewed as the underdog. VielmaĢƵ performance didn’t pay out a whole lot on the tote board, as the No. 1 seed at 145 pounds used three ...

Kids’ Day Corrections

After our winter of 2025-26, spring pursuits are on the minds of most western Pennsylvanians. For some that means gardening; itĢƵ hiking for others, or even the simple pleasure of mowing the lawn. But when many in this region think toward spring, they fantasize about fishing for trout. To ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ryan McLeod and Alex Tuch scored short-handed goals and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 on Thursday night. McLeod now has a league-best five short-handed goals this season. Josh Norris added a power-play goal, Owen Power scored and Mattias Samuelsson ...

Seth Munda stopped all 19 shots Connellsville threw at him to help lift Burrell over the Falcons, 2-0, in the PIHL D2 playoffs on Thursday at cfsback Event Center in Belle Vernon. Jared Well scored the only goal the Bucs would need with 10:15 remaining in the opening period. Colton Boda ...

Keep moving

On December 13th actor and TV star Dick Van Dike celebrated his 100th birthday. He is still very active and at 99 was still acting. When asked whatĢƵ the secret, his reply was “keep moving.” As Dick grew older he made a lot of changes in his life, giving up alcohol and smoking and ...