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Running on all cylinders

CONNELLSVILLE TWP. — In sports, there is potential for letdown in the next game following a solid victory … and those in attendance Thursday night at “The Swamp” on the campus of Geibel Catholic Junior/Senior High School who were supporting the Lady Gators felt a tad bit of ...

Local calendar

Saturday, Jan. 17 High school Boys basketball Geibel Catholic at Greensburg Salem, 1:30 p.m. Girls basketball Jefferson-Morgan vs. Propel Montour, at Aliquippa High School, noon Trinity at Mount Pleasant, noon Boys wrestling Belle Vernon, Connellsville at Escape the Rock ...

Surprised but not shocked

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Art Rooney II sensed Mike Tomlin might be ready for a change. Nineteen years doing any job is a long time, let alone in the white-hot spotlight that comes with coaching the Pittsburgh Steelers. So when Tomlin walked into Rooney's office on Tuesday and told his longtime boss ...

H-S Athlete of the Week: Jason Zellie, Beth-Center

Name: Jason Zellie School: Beth-Center Class: Senior Sport: Basketball ZellieĢƵ week: Zellie scored a combined 61 points in Beth-CenterĢƵ last three games, including the 1,000th of his career in a 52-45 loss to first-place Chartiers-Houston last Tuesday. The 6-foot-1 senior tallied 19 ...

Cummings scores 23 as Pitt routs Georgia Tech

ATLANTA (AP) — Brandin Cummings scored 23 points and Barry Dunning Jr. added 17 for Pittsburgh in an 89-66 win over Georgia Tech on Wednesday night, snapping a three-game losing streak. Nojus Indrusaitis put up 16 points off the bench for the Panthers (8-9, 1-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), ...

UCLA pulls away from Penn State, 71-60

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) — Trent Perry scored a career-high 30 points, Tyler Bilodeau added 21 and UCLA rolled to a 71-60 victory over Penn State on Wednesday night. Perry made four 3-pointers, shot 7 of 13 from the field and made all 12 of his free-throw attempts in surpassing his previous ...