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High school softball: Robinson powers Burgettstown to win

Brooklyn Robinson went 4-for-4 and drove in four runs, powering Burgettstown to a 12-2 win over Wilmington on Sunday in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Burgettstown finished the game by scoring six runs in the sixth inning. Winning pitcher Evellyn Lehman scattered four hits and struck out eight. Kylie ...

Penn State cruises to 5th consecutive NCAA wrestling team title

CLEVELAND (AP) — Mitchell Mesenbrink and Levi Haines each won their second individual championship on Saturday to help Penn State win its fifth consecutive team title at the NCAA men's wrestling championships. Penn State, which clinched the team title during the consolation matches earlier ...

WVU at its best, flattens Miami in first round

By Justin Jackson For the Observer-Reporter MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - If there were any nerves about hosting the NCAA tournament for the first time in 34 years, the 11th-ranked WVU women’s basketball team forgot to show it Saturday. Instead, the fourth-seeded Mountaineers played more the role ...

Crosby and Rakell score as Penguins win shootout

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby and Rickard Rakell scored in a shootout and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-4 on Saturday. Pittsburgh, which is jockeying for playoff positioning, earned an extra point in the shootout for the second time this season. The Penguins have points ...

Kayak exploration is a whole other world

When kayaking was new on my radar, I spent a fair amount of time on the Monongahela River. Big open water, paddling in and around the old coal mine loading sites, in and out of the iron structures and tanks, tossing a line here and there. The occasional barge would bounce a kayak pretty good. ...