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PONY Baseball celebrating 75th anniversary

Editor’s Note: This is the first of a series about the history of PONY Baseball and Softball Inc., leading up to the Pony League World Series in August. When the founders of Pony League Baseball squeezed into the offices at the Observer-Reporter in January of 1951, not in their wildest ...

High school baseball: Fort Cherry stays undefeated

Blake Merckle had two hits and scored two runs, Ryan Huey struck out eight over five strong innings and Fort Cherry remained undefeated with a 6-3 win over McGuffey in a nonsection game at EQT Park on Thursday night. Fort Cherry (6-0) scored the game's first four runs and that was enough for ...

High school softball: Humphreys’ big game powers Trinity

Gabby Humphreys had a day to remember Thursday, hitting two home runs, a double and was the winning pitcher with nine strikeouts in a 12-2 win for Trinity (3-1, 8-1) over Connellsville (1-3, 5-3) in Class 5A Section 4 softball action. Humphreys drove in three runs and yielded three hits over ...

WVU advances in College Basketball Crown

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Honor Huff scored eight of his 21 points in overtime and West Virginia beat Stanford 82-77 on Thursday night in the College Basketball Crown quarterfinals. Huff shot 5 for 14 from the field and 11 of 13 from the free-throw line for the Mountaineers (19-14). Treysen ...

Lightning move into 1st in Atlantic after beating Penguins

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Anthony Cirelli registered his second career hat trick, Nikita Kucherov had a goal and three points, and the Tampa Bay Lightning moved into first place in the Atlantic Division after a 6-3 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night. Zemgus Girgensons scored ...