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Lost art

WEST MIFFLIN — Who says bunting is a lost art in baseball? Not Carmichaels coach Dickie Krause, who had leadoff batter Colin Andrews bunt for a hit to begin TuesdayÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ game in the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Class A baseball playoffs at West Mifflin High School. The Mikes, who added a ...

Back home

Joe Hough and his brother Paul Hough helped put in the building blocks for a Brownsville boys basketball team that eventually won a WPIAL championship. Joe Hough, who was an assistant under Paul, has had several coaching stops since then but was brought back to Brownsville as the Falcons boys ...

Falcons’ season ends in WPIAL quarterfinals

PITTSBURGH — ConnellsvilleÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Mason Miller had a quality outing in MondayÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ game against Shaler in the quarterfinals of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs at Plum High School. Unfortunately for Miller and the Falcons, his mound opponent was the Titans’ Colby Weber, who has been one of the ...

‘Time to go back home’

When Dierre Jenkins played basketball for Dave Shuck at Uniontown from 1998-2002, defense was stressed, and if you didn’t play defense, you weren’t going to see much time on the court. The 2002 graduate of Uniontown Area High School played in two state championship games and was an ...

Breaking through

IRWIN – ConnellsvilleÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ baseball team has been a frequent playoff participant in recent years under coach Rob Orndorff but getting past the first round was an obstacle the Falcons hadn’t been able to hurdle. “ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ like the old cliche about the Houston Oilers, they would always ...

Brownsville battles but falls to Seton LaSalle, 2-1

WASHINGTON – Brownsville played its first playoff softball game since 2012 on Thursday afternoon and early on it appeared the 10th-seeded Lady Falcons might be on their way to winning and advancing to the WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinals. But unfortunately for the Lady Falcons (11-6), ...