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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Wampum, PA) The Ellwood City boys high school golf team broke a school record in a recent match.
The Wolverines broke the school’s course record at Delmar Golf Course by shooting a team score of 181 in a section match against Laurel on Tuesday.
That record was lower than the previous record of 183, that was set in 1996.
(File Photo of a Football)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Beaver County, PA) Some high school football games that were supposed to be played yesterday were cancelled because of the recent inclement weather.
The game at Geneva College’s Reeves Field between Shenango and Beaver Falls was cancelled because of lightning in the area.
The game between Moon and Bethel Park at Bethel Park was also cancelled and the game between North Hills and Seneca Valley at Martorelli Stadium was cancelled because of the heavy rainfall and storms.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Lake Bachar delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
PITTSBURGH (AP) — 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 his career in the seventh after 11 straight scoreless innings. Yohan Ramirez came on to limit the damage. Mason Montgomery worked the ninth for his 8th save.
The Pirates managed just five hits of their own but took advantage of some early control issues by San Francisco’s Blade Tidwell (0-2) to win for the sixth time in their last nine games.
Oneil Cruz walked three times, including a first-inning bases-loaded free pass from Tidwell that drove in a run. Jake Mangum reached base four times and drove in a run when Tidwell hit him with a pitch in the first immediately following Cruz’s at-bat.
Nick Gonzales’ seventh-inning single pushed his season hit total to 153, the most by a Pirates right-handed hitter since Starling Marte’s 159 in 2019.
The Pirates have won five of their last six series to remain on the very fringe of the National League wild card race with just over three weeks to go in the season. The club expects rookie shortstop Konnor Griffin to return from a two-month absence due to a left ring finger issue on Friday.
Tidwell showed some nerves in his second career start. He needed 40 pitches to get through the first inning. He settled down after that, surrendering two runs in five innings, with five walks and five strikeouts.
Jung Hoo Lee had a pinch-hit RBI double for the Giants. Drew Gilbert had San Francisco’s other hit.
Giants: travel to New York for a three-game set with the Mets starting Friday.
Pirates: host the Los Angeles Angels this weekend. Ryan Johnson (3-7, 5.47 ERA) starts for the Angels in the opener against Pittsburgh’s Jared Jones (2-6, 4.83).
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) fist bumps wide receiver Germie Bernard, left during the NFL team’s training camp in Latrobe, Pa., Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) The Pittsburgh Steelers announced plans today for a week-
long celebration across Pittsburgh that leads up to the team’s 2026-2027 regular season opener against the Atlanta Falcons on September 13th at Acrisure Stadium.
These Steelers Kickoff Week activities and the Steelers home opener are presented by Giant Eagle and UPMC.
According to a release from the Pittsburgh Steelers, here is more information about these events:
The giant Super Bowl rings from the 2026 NFL Draft Steelers Country activation that will be at the center of this year’s Kickoff Week and they will travel to six Pittsburgh neighborhoods Monday through Saturday of game week.
Fans will be invited to help paint a piece of a larger canvas in a “paint by numbers” style at each location.
Each piece will represent a stop along this journey, with all six of them once
completed forming a 24-foot mural which will be unveiled to fans at Acrisure Stadium at the home opener.
All six Super Bowl rings will arrive at Acrisure Stadium for the season opener before eventually being installed inside the stadium following their journey across Pittsburgh.
The Steelers will also host a series of community and charity events along the route, which connects Kickoff Week with neighborhoods across the city.
Monday, 9/7: Patricia Rooney Memorial Fountain in Allegheny Commons Park, North Side
• Super Bowl IX Ring
• This location will also kick off a week-long matching campaign benefiting the Salvation Army Harbor Light Center in recognition of the 40th anniversary of Project Bundle-Up, which Patricia Rooney helped to pioneer.
Tuesday, 9/8: U.S. Steel Community Field at Hazelwood Green, Hazelwood
• Super Bowl X Ring
• This location will also host a free Steelers Youth Football Mini Camp for youth ages 6-14 from 6:30-8 p.m.
Wednesday, 9/9: Schenley Plaza, Oakland
• Super Bowl XIII Ring
• The Oakland stop brings Kickoff Week to the city’s college community, just blocks from the former site of Forbes Field, where the Steelers played their first home game in 1933.
Thursday, 9/10: Lawn of Point State Park, Downtown
• Super Bowl XIV Ring
• The rings return to one of Pittsburgh’s most iconic locations, Point State Park, where they were first displayed as part of Steelers Country during the 2026 NFL Draft.
Friday, 9/11: Acrisure Stadium, North Shore
• Super Bowl XL Ring
• To mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, volunteers will join a nationwide movement to “Honor Through Action.” As part of the largest annual day of service in U.S. history, volunteers will pack more than 248,500 healthy, non-perishable meals for local families at risk of hunger. All meals packed will be donated to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank for distribution to local individuals and families in need.
Saturday, 9/12: Duquesne Incline Overlook, Mt. Washington
• Super Bowl XLIII Ring
• The Steelers will cover Duquesne Incline fares from 12-2 p.m.
Sunday, 9/13: Kickoff Game, Steelers vs. Falcons at Acrisure Stadium
• All six Super Bowl rings and the completed fan-painted mural will arrive at Acrisure Stadium
as the week-long journey culminates on gameday.
Specific times when fans can see the rings and participate in the mural painting will be announced
on Steelers Nation Unite Instagram, Facebook and X social channels the morning of each
activation.
Additional Kickoff Week Events
The 2026 Acrisure Stadium Kickoff and Rib Festival, 9/3-9/7 (Labor Day Weekend): Located around Acrisure Stadium, the midway of the festival along Art Rooney Avenue will feature rib vendors, festival food and beverages, games, musical performances and more. The FedEx Great Hall will be open for fans to view the team’s Super Bowl trophies, Steelers memorabilia, the Terrible Towel Wall and more. Visit here (click here) for more information and specific times.
Steelers Run Walk on 9/7: The 38th annual race is the major fundraiser for the Art Rooney Scholarship Fund and features a 3.1-mile course on the North Shore highlighted by a finish on the Acrisure Stadium warning track. The run and walk kicks off at 8 a.m. on September 7 at Acrisure
Stadium. Visit here (click here) for more information.
Immaculate Prediction $100K Season Challenge: The newly updated Immaculate Prediction game, available exclusively in the Steelers Mobile App (click here for more information) will feature a special season-long
prediction challenge for 2026. During the week leading up to the season opener, fans can lock in their predictions for the entire season for a chance to win $100,000 (terms and conditions apply). To learn more about how to celebrate the start of the season, visit Steelers.com/Kickoff.
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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) The Pittsburgh Steelers announced an expanded school engagement effort yesterday which will reach over 130 schools across 30 Allegheny County school districts that represents nearly 80,000 students.
This will begin around the start of the 2026 season and it will continue over the first several weeks of that season.
Participating elementary, middle and high schools will receive customized Steelers kits that are designed to create a stronger connection between the team, students and their schools.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: San Francisco Giants’ Rafael Devers rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run off Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bubba Chandler during the first inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rafael Devers continued his hot hitting with his 32nd home run of the season and the San Francisco Giants scored twice in the 10th inning to defeat Pittsburgh 5-4 on Wednesday night, ending the Pirates’ four-game winning streak.
Devers had a solo shot with one out in the first inning to open the scoring a night after the Giants dropped a wild 13-12 decision in the series opener. The first baseman extended his hitting streak to 10 games by going 2 for 3 with two walks.
Bryce Eldridge’s RBI double down the left-field line in the 10th inning put the Giants ahead 4-3 and Turner Hill added a sacrifice fly. Both runs came off Camilo Doval (3-2), who led the NL with 39 saves for the Giants in 2023.
The Pirates had runners on first and second with two outs in the ninth. However, Hill made a sliding catch of Nick Gonzales’ sinking liner to left field to preserve the 3-3 tie.
The Pirates scored single runs in the seventh and eighth innings.
Jason Foley (2-1) pitched a scoreless ninth. Dylan Smith allowed the automatic runner to score in the 10th but closed it out for his fourth save.
The Giants scored twice off rookie Bubba Chandler in the fifth to break a 1-1 tie. Eldridge hit a sacrifice fly, and Hill had an RBI single.
Pirates rookie Esmerlyn Valdez drew a bases-loaded walk from Brandon Roupp with two outs in the fourth. Roupp allowed only one run and two hits in five innings. Chandler also pitched five innings and gave up three runs and five hits.
Giants RHP Blade Tidwell (0-1, 4.54 ERA) is scheduled to start in the series finale on Thursday against Pirates RHP Lake Bachar (1-3, 3.70).
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Konnor Griffin celebrates as he rounds second after hitting an RBI double, his first Major League career hit and run, during the second inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Pittsburgh, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh Pirates rookie shortshop Konnor Griffin continues to recover from a left-ring finger injury that has kept him sidelined for close to two months.
Griffin continued a rehab assignment with Triple-A Indianapolis yesterday and is eligible to come off of the injured list on Friday.
Griffin tore the sagittal band in his left ring finger while making a diving defensive play in the Pirates’ game against the Washington Nationals in Washington D.C. on July 5th.
He was placed on the 10-day injured list initially and was eventually transferred to the 60-day injured list.
The twenty-year-old shortshop’s 2026 statistics include 5 home runs, 25 RBIs, and a batting average of .276.
Griffin signed a nine-year, $140 million contract with the Pirates on April 8th, which was the largest contract in Pirates history.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Brandon Lowe (5) is greeted by Bryan Reynolds as he returns to the dugout after hitting a solo home run off San Francisco Giants pitcher Cesar Perdomo during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brandon Lowe scored from third when San Francisco third baseman Oseilvis Basabe short-hopped a throw to first with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Giants 13-12 on Tuesday night.
Lowe led off the ninth against Carson Seymour (0-1) with his fourth hit of the night, before eventually moving to third on a single by Nick Gonzales and a fielder’s choice by Oneil Cruz.
Pittsburgh backup catcher Rafael Flores Jr. then laced a hard grounder to third that Basabe picked cleanly, only to see his throw to first get away from first baseman Rafael Devers.
Lowe’s four-hit night included his 29th home run of the season. Cruz had four hits and drove in four runs for Pittsburgh, which recovered later after blowing a six-run lead.
The Pirates have won five of seven despite allowing the Giants to rally to tie it at 12 thanks to a five-run eighth, the final two runs scoring on Drew Cavanaugh’s double.
Gonzales had three hits for Pittsburgh to boost his batting average to .310. Spencer Horwitz and Jacob Gonzalez added two hits each for the Pirates.
Mason Montgomery (6-3) worked around two hits in the ninth to keep the game tied and put Pittsburgh in position to win it.
The late heroics hardly seemed necessary after the Pirates erupted for nine runs in the third. Bryan Reynolds led off with a single against Logan Webb, and the Pirates spent the next 34 minutes chipping away against Webb and reliever Braxton Roxy behind eight singles, two walks and a hit batter.
Reigning NL Cy Young winner Paul Skenes, who has endured a bit of a slog during his third season in the majors, gave up five runs in 4 2/3 innings. He failed to lock down his first win since mid-July when he allowed consecutive two-out hits in the fifth and was removed after throwing 95 pitches. The right-hander allowed five runs on eight hits with three walks and four strikeouts as his ERA ticked up to 3.97.
Turner Hill had four hits for San Francisco. Cavanaugh finished with three and Christian Koss added two hits for the Giants, who fell to a National League-worst 24-46 on the road.
The series continues on Wednesday. Landen Roupp (8-13, 4.25 ERA) starts for the Giants against Pittsburgh’s Bubba Chandler (6-9, 4.26).
(Caption and Credit for Photo: Mario Lemieux speaks to the media after the Penguins won the Stanley Cup Final on June 11 , 2017 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. (Chaz Palla | TribLive)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) According to sources, Mario Lemieux and his business partner Ron Burkle sold their minority stake in the Pittsburgh Penguins when the Hoffmann Family of Companies purchased the team from Fenway Sports Group.
This will be the first time that Lemieux will not be part of the Penguins ownership group since he bought the team out of bankruptcy in 1999.
The sixty-year-old Lemieux’s accolades include winning two Stanley Cups with the Penguins as a player (1991,1992) and winning three Stanley Cups as an owner (2009, 2016, 2017).
(Credit for Photo: Steelers safety DeShon Elliott walks off the field during warmups before the Steelers Bengals game at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Sebastian Foltz/Post-Gazette)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) The Pittsburgh Steelers placed safety DeShon Elliott on the injured reserve on Sunday.
Elliott will miss at least the first four games of the 2026-2027 NFL season.
Elliott, who signed a two-year extension in June of 2025 with the Steelers that keeps him under contract through 2027, suffered a significant leg injury in 2025’s Week 8 against the Green Bay Packers and missed the rest of the 2025 NFL season.