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Eagles post softball win over Lakers

YOUNGSVILLE — Youngsville picked up its fourth win of the season Tuesday with a 12-2 six-inning victory over the visiting Mercyhurst Prep Lakers. The Eagles were able to pull ahead early when Alyssa Gentz singled and eventually scored on Hailey Gray’s RBI single to start the scoring. ...

Youngsville one-hit in home setback to Mercyhurst Prep

YOUNGSVILLE — David Manning broke up Mercyhurst Prep’s no-hitter with a one-out single during the first inning of a 31-1 Eagles loss against the Lakers on Tuesday at Davis Street Field in Youngsville. The hit was the first allowed by Mercyhurst Prep in its six region games this season as ...

Meeting of MLB alumni

Local sports historian Greg Peterson had a conversation Tuesday with former World Series champion pitcher Bill Scherrer, middle, at the Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown, N.Y. Scherrer, a Tonawanda, N.Y. native, was a member of the 1984 Detroit Tigers, who knocked off San Diego in the Fall ...

Knight track teams turn in highlight performances

WATTSBURG — Despite dropping both the girls and boys competition against Seneca on Monday, Eisenhower’s track & field teams still had plenty of highlights with four boys qualifying for districts with their performances. Teammates Easton Fitzgerald and Joe Mistretta each qualified for ...

Pirates fall 2-1

ST. LOUIS — Alec Burleson hit a two-run double, Matthew Liberatore struck out eight in a season-high seven innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Tuesday night. Liberatore (3-3) allowed just one run on three hits and three walks as the Cardinals won a ...

‘They believed and they did it’

Now or never. “This has been the message to our kids all year,” said Sheffield track coach Jason Snell. “Five years of building a program and being in a position to win it four different times. So close so many times. Now or never, and they did it. They believed, and they did ...