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Packrone leads Mustangs over Latrobe, 60-54

Jude Packrone scored 15 points, including a tie-breaking, driving layup with 1:09 left, as Laurel Highlands fought off visiting Latrobe, 60-54, in a Section 1-5A boys basketball battle Friday night. The Wild Cats (1-2, 3-4) were up 13-11 after the first quarter but the Mustangs (1-2, 5-3) ...

Skyler Gates has a collegiate womenĢƵ volleyball career at the University of Virginia ahead of her and the Brownsville senior will graduate early from high school to get a head start on that next endeavor. Gates played her final game for the Lady Falcons, a Section 3-3A battle against Seton ...

Laurel Highlands had three players in double figures as it rolled to a 52-13 victory over Southmoreland in Section 3-4A girls basketball play on Thursday at Harold “Horse” Taylor Memorial Gymnasium. The Lady Mustangs (1-2, 2-5) were led in scoring by Taylor Schwertfeger, who had 14 points. ...

Vincent named Riverhounds head coach

It didn’t seem fair for Rob Vincent to not get a shot at leading the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC following a run that ended with the team raising the USL Championship league trophy on Nov. 22. Vincent had served as the active head coach of the squad since Oct. 10 when Bob Lilley was placed on ...

Pre-playoff showdown

DETROIT — On paper, the Detroit Lions are strong favorites to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday in a showdown of 8-6 teams with playoff hopes. History points to a different outcome. Detroit is 0-5-1 against the Steelers in the 21st century, and Pittsburgh even won a Super Bowl at Ford ...

Jefferson-Morgan outlasted Bentworth in a 39-32 victory on Wednesday night in Section 3-2A boys wrestling action at Bentworth High School. The Rockets’ E.J. Lingenfield (152), Geno Orlandi (160), Landon Heath (285) and Caleb Dulaney (114) won by fall. Jefferson-MorganĢƵ Payton Bastian ...