Tuesday, March 17
High school
Baseball
Mount Pleasant vs. Putman Science Academy, Conn., at Myrtle Beach, S.C., 8:30 a.m.
Southmoreland at Monessen, 4 p.m.
West Greene at Bentworth, 4:30 p.m.
Softball
McGuffey at Brownsville, 4:15 p.m.
Avella at California, 4:30 p.m.
Belle ...
Monday, March 16
High school
Baseball
Mapletown at Clairton, 4 p.m.
Washington at Frazier, 4:30 p.m.
West Greene at California, 4:30 p.m.
Softball
Burgettstown at Beth-Center, 4 p.m.
Connellsville at Laurel Highlands, 4 p.m.
Geibel Catholic at Oakland Catholic, 4 ...
Michael Novotny had four hits to help lead Geibel Catholic to a 10-5 win at Springdale in non-section baseball action on Friday.
The Gators' John Hess broke a tie with a three-run double to right field in the top of the fifth inning that scored Novotny, Seth Dolan and Zane Hixson for a 6-3 ...
Saturday, Feb. 28
College
Baseball
Penn State Fayette vs. Christendom at Mylan Park, Morgantown, 12 p.m.
High school
Boys Wrestling
PIAA Class 2A Southwest Regional Individual Championships
At Altoona High School
Wrestling begins at 9 a.m.
PIAA Class 3A West Regional ...
Jim Burns Jr. learned early on in his life that he was never going to be an athlete if he wasn’t a student first.
That expectation is not surprising when your father is the superintendent of schools.
Burns’ father, Jim Burns Sr., had a passion for sports, but also education, as he was ...
The game was the Boston Red Sox at the San Diego Padres on Saturday when I took note of an unusual baseball play that revealed an obscure rule.
Manny Machado was playing third base for the Padres, Wandy Peralta was on the mound and Jarren Duran was on third base for the Red Sox.
Machado ...