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Plum resident Allison Polesnak runs Pittsburgh Marathon in wedding outfit
Allison Polesnak knows all about running marathons and half-marathons, especially the one closest to home in Pittsburgh. The Monroeville native, 2007 Gateway High School graduate and Plum resident ran the Pittsburgh Marathon for the fifth time on May 1, her 33rd birthday, while also putting the finishing touches on wedding...
Rain again cancels Friday evening racing at Lernerville Speedway
Rain has yet again forced Lernerville Speedway officials to cancel Friday night racing. The announcement came Friday morning after steady precipitation began to fall late Thursday and continued to drench the area. The forecast calls for additional showers well into the day Saturday. Racing is scheduled to resume next Friday,...
Pittsburgh City United rolls past Youngstown in season opener
Pittsburgh City United started off the UPSL season by defeating the Youngstown Knighthawks, 10-1, on Saturday at J.C. Stone Field. Forward Jonvier Ramson tallied five goals and two assists for City United. Left back Marquis Flowers had two goals and two assists, and midfielder Ibrahim Kayoute had a goal and...
Men’s and women’s U.S. Open qualifiers begin
Local qualifying for the U.S. Women’s Open begins Tuesday in Western Pennsylvania at Shannopin Country Club. That’s where 50 women will compete for three spots for this year’s tournament June 2-5 at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C. Heading the list is LPGA pro Rachel Rohanna,...
Greyhound racing nearing its end in U.S., with only 2 West Virginia tracks left by year’s end
DUBUQUE, Iowa — Vera Rasnake laughed as she led a trio of barking, jostling dogs into the Iowa Greyhound Park, but her smile faded when she acknowledged that after 41 years of being around the sleek animals, her sport was teetering on extinction. After the end of a truncated season...
Pittsburgh Passion claim blowout victory over Tri-State Warriors
The Pittsburgh Passion women’s football team pitched a shutout Saturday night to earn a 35-0 victory over Tri-State Warriors at West Allegheny’s Joe P. DeMichela Stadium. The game was was played in front of fans for the first time in two years because of the pandemic. The Passion (2-0) got...
Pittsburgh native Nicole Hilton wins women’s full marathon in event’s in-person returnVideo
Nicole Hilton’s first full marathon finished in victory and with an American flag around her shoulders. The 2011 South Fayette graduate soaked in all the cheers from the thousands of spectators while rain showers soaked her for much of the race Sunday as the Pittsburgh Marathon returned with much celebration...
Pine-Richland grad hits reset button, returns to slugging ways at Bucknell
Grant Voytovich didn’t mince words about how his freshman season with Bucknell baseball went. “Last year was pretty bad to be quite honest,” he said. Voytovich, a Pine-Richland grad, started the first 11 games last year and hit .158 before being relegated to the bench for the remainder of the...
Runners, spectators return to city streets for 2022 Pittsburgh MarathonVideo
Marathon mania was unleashed in Pittsburgh this weekend. The full 26.2-mile race and 13.1-mile half-marathon kicked off about 7 a.m. Sunday under cloudy skies that turned to rainy, soggy conditions about an hour into the race. But that didn’t dampen the spirit of runners. Many said they were thrilled the...
Top scorer issued red card as Riverhounds lose in Louisville
In a battle of the top two teams in the USL Championship’s Eastern Conference coming into the weekend, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds dropped a 2-0 decision at Louisville City FC on Saturday night. To make matters worse, the Riverhounds lost leading scorer Dane Kelly to a red card in the 80th...
2022 Pittsburgh Marathon by the numbers
The 2022 Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon will be held Sunday morning in Downtown Pittsburgh. Here are some interesting facts and figures about the race: Fastest times Men’s full marathon record: John Kagwe, 2:10.24, 1995 Women’s full marathon record: Margaret Groos, 2:29.50, 1988 Men’s half-marathon: Leonard Korir, 1:01.53, 2019 Women’s...
Olympians, elite runners headline field for 2022 Pittsburgh MarathonVideo
Margo Malone made a name for herself as a distance runner at North Hills High School before continuing to raise her game at Division I Syracuse where she won an ACC title and earned All-American recognition in the 10,000 meters. She moved to Boston to join a professional running team...
Little League World Series announces return to full participant field, fan capacity for 2022
For the first time since 2019, the Little League World Series will enjoy a return to normalcy. After two years of covid-based restrictions on the size of the field and fan capacity, the Little League World Series announced on Wednesday that the 2022 tournament will be a standard competitor field...
Riverhounds treat crowd of more than 5,000 to 4-0 victory over Atlanta
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds drew their largest crowd post-pandemic Saturday night, and those in attendance were treated to a sterling performance. Dane Kelly scored twice, and Luis Argudo and Russell Cicerone added a goal each in a 4-0 win for the Riverhounds over Atlanta United 2 in front of 5,202 at...
Former Latrobe stars have map to follow to overseas pro basketball leagues
Professional basketball outside of the country could await former Latrobe teammates Austin Butler and Jake Biss, but what comes along with it remains somewhat of a mystery to the backcourt stalwarts. Should they not play stateside … There’s the living out of suitcases part. The strange cities part. The language...
Resurrected Pittsburgh Karate Championships begin Saturday
After nearly a decade, the Pittsburgh Karate Championships return to the Pittsburgh area. The event, which ran for nearly four decades prior to its hiatus, will kick off Saturday morning at the Quality Inn in New Kensington and will feature more than 300 competitors of all ages, from those who...
After weather delays, Lernerville racing season ready to begin Friday
The weather in Sarver early Friday evening calls for temperatures in the low 60s with no rain in sight. That is good news for area racing fans who plan to flock to Lernerville Speedway as the season finally gets started. Mother Nature put a halt to the first two attempts...
Norwin grad JJ Matijevic gets call up to major leagues with AstrosVideo
JJ Matijevic’s ascent through the minor leagues hit the ceiling Wednesday when he was called up to join the Houston Astros. For the first time, he is a major leaguer — at least for now. The Astros brought him up to replace infielder Jose Altuve, who is on the 10-day...
Riverhounds fall to MLS club FC Cincinnati in U.S. Open Cup
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds took an MLS team to extra time but fell 2-0 to FC Cincinnati in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup on Tuesday night. Alvaro Barreal scored both goals for Cincinnati. The Riverhounds fell to 1-6 all-time against MLS teams, but all six losses have come...
Father-daughter tandem trying to boost youth basketball in Penn Hills
Don Johnson referees youth basketball games and is always amazed at the traffic in the parking lot at North Allegheny. The school’s parking lot is always filled when he goes to call games. Johnson wants to see the same type of attendance grow at Penn Hills. Johnson has been volunteering...
Riverhounds go bust in Las Vegas
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds took their first loss of the season Saturday night, losing 1-0 to Las Vegas Lights FC. It was the first meeting between the Riverhounds (4-1-1) and Lights (4-3), who began play in the USL Championship as an expansion team in 2018. Las Vegas scored the game’s lone...
Kiski Area grad Moyer settles in to more prominent role with Fairmont State softball teamVideo
Courtney Moyer remembers the moment vividly. She was sitting in the Fairmont State dugout, watching as her team took on Notre Dame College last season. The next thing she knew, Courtney Worcester, the Falcons’ standout senior shortstop, was coming off the field with an injury. As if seeing one of...
Pittsburgh Passion win opener at Detroit
The Pittsburgh Passion women’s football team played a game for the first in two years Saturday and showed little rust in securing a 27-8 victory at Detroit. Marceline Chavez caught a 46-yard TD pass and ran for a 54-yard score, Arielle Smith scored on a 3-yard run, and Ellie Mularski...
Penn Hills grad makes successful jump to college volleyball
Alain Tamo-Noche knew going from playing volleyball at Penn Hills to playing at the NCAA Division II level was going to be a major change. Once Tamo-Noche made it to Wilberforce, Ohio, to play in the inaugural season for the Central State men’s volleyball program, he had another curveball thrown...
Albert Dikwa scores twice as Riverhounds edge Tulsa
Albert Dikwa had his first multi-goal game as a member of the Riverhounds on Saturday, helping lift Pittsburgh to a 4-3 victory over FC Tulsa at ONEOK Field in Oklahoma. Alex Dixon and Dane Kelly also scored for the Hounds, who improved to 4-0-1 in the Eastern Conference, the best...
