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The Final Four is set

All that talent at Arizona and Michigan. All that momentum and good vibes at UConn. And somebody has to play the part of the unheralded “little guy.” At the Final Four next weekend, that role belongs, improbably, to Illinois. In a sign of the times, the Illini — a Big Ten team with more ...

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Tuesday, March 31 High school Baseball Belle Vernon at Ringgold, 4 p.m. Brownsville at Washington, 4 p.m. Burrell at Southmoreland, 4 p.m. Carmichaels at Jefferson-Morgan, 4 p.m. Connellsville at Montour, 4 p.m. Deer Lakes at Mount Pleasant, 4 p.m. Elizabeth Forward at Laurel ...

West Virginia got its first taste of the Big 12ĢƵ best hitter in Landon Hairston and the 17th-ranked Mountaineers saw their six-game winning streak end following a 14-4 loss against No. 22 Arizona State on Friday night. Hairston blasted two home runs, one of them a grand slam that broke the ...

It didn’t take long for Kristin Erb to make her pitch to the PennWest California University softball team. The first-year coach has been making great pitches for a long time. Erb is the all-time winningest pitcher in NCAA Division II history and had been a veteran assistant coach at the ...

Stars top undermanned Penguins 6-3

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist in his return from injured reserve and the Dallas Stars pulled away from the undermanned Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Saturday. Jason Robertson reached the 40-goal plateau for the third time in his career and assisted on Rantanen's ...

Autumn Stemple celebrated senior day by pitching Waynesburg to a 3-1 victory over visiting Grove City in the first game of a softball doubleheader on Saturday, handing the Wolverines their first PAC loss of the season. Grove City (4-1, 12-3) bounced back to take the second game, 7-0, to earn a ...