Along my travels over the years as a sports writer and in my private life, few people made my day better seeing them than Phil Pergola did. Whether I saw him in the locker room before or after a game ...

2014 • Mitch’s Bail Bonds manager Ryan Encapera has become a master at putting together a winning lineup. When his scheduled starting pitcher, Brian Fisher, was unavailable, Encapera was left with onl...

2014 • Mark Sever, 22, of West Newton is just beginning his second year of premier late model racing but he is having a big impact on some of the veteran drivers. The young driver is currently second ...

2014 • Cal U seniors Clarissa Enslin and Kelsey Nuhfer repeated at as large academic All-Americans by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Nuhfer received Academic All-American status ...

With parents’ blood pressure rising throughout the area as kids are off from school for the summer, here’s a little food for thought to make your day: • Over the last couple of years, Major League Bas...

2014 • California Area’s baseball season came to an end because of the solid pitching performance of Cranberry’s Dylan Cyphert, who had committed to Penn State. The Trojans lost the PIAA Class AA firs...

2014 • The California baseball team is about to face something new for them – a southpaw with a wicked fastball. The Trojans will square off against District 9 runnerup Cranberry and lefty fastballer ...

Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part story on Monessen star Charel Allen. While it’s impossible to compare athletes from different eras, it’s impressive to know that Monessen’s Charel Allen ...

I’ll never forget how I met Dave Stein. I was a youngster who hung with a bunch of kids in the neighborhood playing sports at the old Jefferson playground in Monessen. Today, that playground is the ma...

2014 • Good things come to those who wait. This is true for the California Trojans, who had to wait 40 hours to finish the final four innings of their WPIAL Class A championship game against rival Car...

2014 • The WPIAL’s decision to push back the baseball playoff games back a day, won’t help Carmichaels. Their game is now scheduled for 3:30. The 24-hour delay still won’t give Mikes pitcher Brandon L...

What better way to celebrate my birthday today than to serve up a little food for thought for your enjoyment: • The last week or so, whenever I wanted a good laugh, I just read the NFL news reels that...

2014 • Mitch’s Bail Bonds upped their record to 3-0 in Fayette County League play with a 6-5, 10-inning victory over NY Pizza in Hopwood. Brian Fisher pitched all 10 innings for Mitch’s striking out 1...

2014 • It took a pair of nailbiting one-run games to lift 11th-seeded Mars to the WPIAL Class AAA semifinals. No. 7 Elizabeth Forward made the Planets endure a lot of stress with a four-run sixth inni...

2014 • A local man is going to be inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. Ron Necciai, who is from Gallatin and currently resides in Rostraver Township, will be inducted into the HOF at a ...

2014 • The Class AAA softball quarterfinals proved to be a real nail-biter. Inning after inning, number two ranked South Fayette managed to put runners on base against the Elizabeth Forward, but could...

Now that, hopefully, the rain is behind us and a week of sunny days is ahead, here’s some food for thought: • I am surprised that given his standing on the team and in the community that Cam Heyward h...

2014 • California’s offense rebounded in a big way to roll over Sewickley Academy, 16-5, in the Class 1A baseball semifinals to advance to the WPIAL Class 1A title game. First-year California coach Ni...

Several generations were successful in a variety of athletic endeavors. In part one of this story, the Charleroi High School football career of Tom Hisiro was explored. A two-way star, he was named to...

2014 • Sunday—no paper 2004 • The baseball season didn’t end well for Yough. Eight errors and some poor base running added up to an 11-1 loss to Washington in five innings at California University’s R...