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Rough 3rd quarter sinks Fort Cherry in loss to Rochester

CORAOPOLIS – After beating Rochester by 32 points in a nonsection game in mid-January, the Fort Cherry girls basketball team seemed like a big favorite entering Friday’s WPIAL quarterfinals matchup. But the game wasn’t played on paper. It was on the hardwood at Moon Area High School ...

Determined Barr nears McGuffey’s wins record

By Joe Tuscano Contributing writer HEIDELBERG – The countdown has begun for Lucas Barr. The 133-pound senior entered Friday's first round of the WPIAL Class 2A Wrestling Championship with a dominant 17-2 technical fall over Damien McClay of Chartiers Valley and followed with a pin of ...

Defense carries Canon-Mac past Mt. Lebanon

CANONSBURG – The Canon-McMillan girls basketball team prides themselves on their defense. Ask any of the players and they’ll tell you that. It’s what Big Macs coach John Fontana said is their calling card and they certainly relied on it Thursday night. In a game where there were ...

U.S. wins Olympic gold in women’s hockey on OT goal

United States wins 3rd Olympic gold in women's hockey, beating Canada 2-1 on Megan Keller's OT goal MILAN (AP) — Megan Keller backhanded in a shot 4:07 into overtime and the United States won its third Olympic gold medal in women's hockey, beating Canada 2-1 at the Milan Cortina Games on ...

College basketball: Balanced effort wins for Presidents

Washington & Jefferson’s men’s basketball team had six players score in double figures, led by Matt Seidl’s 19 points, as it rolled to a 99-82 victory over host Bethany in a key Presidents’ Athletic Conference South Division game Wednesday evening. The Presidents shot 51 percent ...