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Eisenhower opens Region 3 play tonight

RUSSELL — The Eisenhower Knights (0-1) will look to get their first win of the season tonight as they welcome Fairview (0-1) in their Region 3 football opener. The Knights are hoping to rebound from last week’s season-opening loss to Iroqouis 35-20, a game that was closer than the score ...

Shippee earns 1st medalist outright

COUDERSPORT — It was all Kate Shippee on Thursday as she fired an 82 for the individual medalist spot while leading the Warren girls golf team to a second-place finish at the Coudersport Girls Golf Invitational held at Coudersport Golf Club. “This is her first outright invitational win and I couldn't be more proud of her,” Dragons head coach Scott Pearson said of Shippee. “She had to quickly adjust to the much slower greens than she has played on the last few days, and this course has many tight fairways, doglegs and small undulating greens which brings in a lot of strategic ...

Warren boys fall at McDowell on Wednesday

ERIE — Warren’s boys soccer team dropped a tough nonregion matchup Wednesday as they fell 4-0 against McDowell. “Obviously, the scoreline isn’t what we wanted, but I thought our defense played really well for large stretches of the game,” said head coach Steffen Blair. The Trojans kept the pressure on all game and capitalized on Warren’s inconsistencies. “Bryce (Grolemund) and Reilly (Morgan) were fantastic and did a great job limiting what McDowell does well,” Blair said. “We knew this would be a game where we’d be without possession for stretches, but our ...

Warren girls tennis rebounds at Bradford

BRADFORD — The Warren girls tennis team defeated Bradford 4-1 in nonleague action Thursday. “Overall, this was a competitive match for us and we are happy to come out with our first win of the season,” said head coach Thomas Pellegrino. “We were out a couple starters today so I am very pleased with how the girls stepped up and we were excited to see four new players get a varsity win this early in the season. We’ll continue to improve and prepare for our match up with Cathedral Prep next Tuesday.” At first singles, Warren’s Scotlynn Perry beat Jackie Sipko 6-2, 6-2. At ...

Pirates two-hit Giants in 5-2 victory

PITTSBURGH — Six relievers combined on a two-hitter to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-2 win over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday afternoon. Rookie Khristian Curtis (1-0) earned the victory by working three-plus innings. The 24-year-old right-hander gave up the first two runs of ...

Pirates’ Griffin eyes return from IL today

PITTSBURGH — Konnor Griffin is ready to get back to work. The Pittsburgh Pirates rookie shortstop said Thursday that he feels good and is hopeful of being activated off the 60-day injured list today when Pittsburgh opens a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels. The 20-year-old Griffin hasn't played since early July due to an issue with the knuckle on the ring finger of his left hand. Griffin wore a splint for about six weeks and has played a handful of games while on a rehab assignment. "It's been driving me nuts watching the games on my phone," said Griffin, who ...