PITTSBURGH — The Paul Skenes era is ready to begin in Pittsburgh. The top pick in last year’s amateur draft will make his major league debut for the Pirates on Saturday when they face the Cubs, a person with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke to ...
YOUNGSTOWN — In 2021, Youngstown State won the Horizon League regular season title and earned the league’s No. 1 seed heading into the conference tournament. The Penguins ultimately came up short of winning the tournament title and clinching an NCAA bid, but “the past is the past,” ...
MINERAL RIDGE — Mineral Ridge jumped on Lowellville early and maintained a comfortable lead throughout the Rams’ 13-4 sectional championship victory at home Wednesday. Lily Merolillo went 3-for-4 at the plate with four RBIs, in addition to limiting the Rockets to just six hits in a ...
LIBERTY — The Crestview softball team’s bats got going early and did not stop in a six-inning 15-5 road playoff victory over Liberty in Tuesday’s Division III, Northeast 2 sectional semifinal. Katie Lissi recorded four hits on the day, while the trio of Emma Snyder, Sadie Halloran, ...
BOARDMAN — Despite a fast start, Boardman couldn’t overcome Uniontown Lake’s parade of bats on Wednesday. The Blue Streaks came out on top of a shootout, ending the Spartans’ season 16-14 in the Division I, Northeast 3 district sectional championship game. “I knew that team could ...
JOHNSTON — A pair of two-run home runs from senior Ella Nevinski helped push Maplewood past Bristol in a 7-4 victory on Wednesday to punch the Rockets’ ticket to a district semifinal appearance. “I'm very proud of my girls. That was our first sectional championship in probably quite a ...