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Warren tennis season winds down

HERMITAGE — The Warren girls tennis team traveled to Buhl Park last Tuesday and returned with a pair of individual championship appearances, two individual trophies and a third-place finish overall in a tournament featuring 10 teams. One of the biggest highlights of the day came from the ...

Dragons earn 3-2 win over Mercyhurst Prep in Region 2

ERIE — Warren’s girls tennis team started its week on a good note as the Dragons earned a narrow 3-2 Region 2 victory over the Mercyhurst Prep Lakers. Warren’s Scotlynn Perry won at first singles 6-1, 6-1 over Khloe Kensil. At first doubles, the Dragons’ Laken Carroll and Laelah Mueller beat Liz Taylor and Jillian Seon 1-6, 7-6, 6-1. Warren’s second doubles team, Caylin Warner and Carly Fitzsimmons, beat Vivian Dunn and Sophia Hanes 6-0, 6-1. At second singles, Mercyhurst’s Fiona Gade beat Olivia Romanosky 6-3, 6-2. At third singles, Mercyhurst’s Lucy Dunn beat ...

Rough Monday for Knights soccer

It was a tough night for the Eisenhower soccer teams Monday night as the boys lost at home to nonregion North Clarion 7-0, while the girls took the long bus ride to Girard and lost 3-0 in Region 3 play. In the boys game, North Clarion jumped out early, scoring their first goals just four minutes into the game and adding another goal two minutes later as they built a 4-0 halftime lead and never looked back. North Clarion added three second-half goals to make the final 7-0. In girls action, the Knights held Girard scoreless until the 10-minute mark of the first half before Girard’s ...

Warren girls shut out Oil City 4-0

OIL CITY — Warren’s girls soccer team picked up a shutout win Monday as the Dragons defeated Oil City 4-0, led by another strong performance by senior goalkeeper Bella Campbell. The Dragons set the tone in the first half as they scored three times via Lani Wenzel, Delaney Moore and Violet Brooker. Brooker’s goal, assisted by Wenzel, was the very first of her career, and Moore’s was her first of the 2026 season. Wenzel would convert again in the second half for the convincing win. Also recording assists were Joanna Bennett and Ava Wymer. Warren also had a solid outing from ...

Steelhead Alley

Autumn in Erie brings one of North America's most celebrated freshwater migrations: lake-run rainbow trout arriving in the shale-bedded tributaries that make up “Steelhead Alley.” Anglers from across the commonwealth, and even the region, are awaiting the signal that fish are in to begin their own migration, hoping to land one of Pennsylvania’s most sought-after fish species. But what is the outlook for 2026? Will it be worth hours in the car and the inevitable crowd that awaits streamside? The single biggest factor shaping the fall steelhead run is rain. While other anglers may ...

Selecting rain gear for fall steelhead

Fall steelhead fishing is not a fair-weather pursuit. As fall fronts push inland, temperatures drop and tributaries swell with rain from cold, grey skies, the fish start running upstream — and you need to be there too. Standing thigh-deep in water just this side of freezing while also being pelted by drizzle that freezes on your eyelets is about more than grit; it is about having the correct outer layer, something designed to keep the rain out and the warmth in while still allowing you to breathe. Pick the correct wading rain jacket and your day could last for hours; pick the wrong ...