Beginning March 17th through April 14th, there will be Sunday Spring Shoots at Hookstown American Legion #952
1265 State Rte 168
They’ll start at 11 AM.
Food and Coffee available
Money Prize, Meat Prizes
Children Only Shoots.
By MITCH STACY, AP Sports Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After the Columbus Blue Jackets beefed up their roster at the NHL trade deadline for a Metropolitan Division playoff run, the injury-plagued Pittsburgh Penguins came to town looking more vulnerable than usual.
Missing some top defensemen, the Penguins jumped out to a three-goal lead anyway and then held off the new-look Blue Jackets, cruising to a 5-2 win Tuesday night in a game marked by monster hits and scuffles.
Jared McCann scored twice and Matt Murray made 21 saves as Pittsburgh — which began the day tied for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference — snapped a two-game skid.
The Penguins were without blue-liners Kris Letang (upper body) and Brian Dumoulin (concussion), who were hurt in the outdoor game Saturday at Philadelphia. Pittsburgh defenseman Ollie Maata was already on injured reserve with a separated shoulder.
But the Penguins held Columbus in check, even after another defenseman, Chad Ruhwedel, went out after a big hit from Blue Jackets captain Nick Foligno. Ruhwedel and wing Bryan Rust, injured in a violent collision with Columbus newcomer Adam McQuaid, will be evaluated Wednesday, coach Mike Sullivan said.
Jake Guentzel, Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby also scored for Pittsburgh.
“We’ve got nothing but character in here, for sure,” Murray said. “It’s tough seeing teammates go down, they were important guys for us, so we had a job to do and tonight everybody stepped up, so it was awesome to see.”
Oliver Bjorkstrand and Cam Atkinson scored and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 22 shots for the Blue Jackets, who lost after posting back-to-back shutouts last week and making a flurry of moves before Monday’s trade deadline. Columbus started the day in third place in the division.
Columbus added center Matt Duchene, wing Ryan Dzingel, defenseman McQuaid and goalie Keith Kinkaid. All but Kinkaid played on Tuesday night, with Dzingel, a former star at Ohio State, picking up an assist for his new team.
Crosby sent a centering pass from the left corner to Guentzel in the slot and he went top shelf on Bobrovsky with 6:15 left in the first period to open the scoring.
McCann made it 2-0 late in the period when he rifled one in with the unwitting assistance of Columbus defender David Savard, who appeared to keep Bobrovsky from seeing the puck until it was past him. Malkin extended it to 3-0 early in the second with a long, rising shot from the left point.
“They’re an opportunistic team,” Foligno said. “They’re quick-strike, they don’t need many chances to score goals. Disappointing that we didn’t show up in the first (period). We can’t get in a hole like that.”
Bjorkstrand got Columbus on the board when he charged in and shot over Murray’s glove later in the second, and Atkinson scored his team-leading 35th goal on a power play when Artemi Panarin’s hard shot deflected right to him in the right circle.
But the Blue Jackets couldn’t tie it.
McCann banged a wrist shot past Bobrovsky with 6:33 left in the game, and Crosby scored an empty-net goal with five seconds remaining, giving the Penguins superstar a goal and an assist on the evening. He has 27 goals and 50 assists this season.
“We came out hard, kind of let up there in the second but had to find a way to get two points,” Murray said.
NOTES: Columbus forward Boone Jenner played in his 400th game with the Blue Jackets. … D Erik Gudbranson, obtained Monday from Vancouver, didn’t play for Pittsburgh because he’s going through the immigration process.
UP NEXT
Penguins: At the Buffalo Sabres on Friday.
Blue Jackets: Host the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday.
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| Girls Class 1A Semi-Final Games | |
| Quigley Rochester 6:00 p.m. WBVP/WMBA |
55 66 Final |
| Vincentian West Greene 6:00 p.m. |
55 59 Final |
| Girls Class 6A Semi-Final Games | |
| North Allegheny Norwin 6:00 p.m. |
37 36 Final |
| Bethal Park Peters Twp. 6:00 p.m. |
28 36 Final |
| Boys Class 2A Semi-Final Games | |
| South Side O.L.S.H. 8:00 p.m. WBVP/WMBA |
55 70 Final |
| Serra Catholic Sewickley Academy 8:00 p.m. |
57 49 Final |
| Boys Class 5A Semi-Final Games | |
| Chartiers Valley Mars 8:00 p.m. |
44 53 Final |
| Moon Penn Hills 8:00 p.m. |
59 46 Final |
| WMBA /WBVP (Girls)
Rochester – Jasmine Mack |
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| WBVP/WMBA (Boys)
Southside – Logan English |
In game two of the WBVP doubleheader it was the OLSH Charger taking on the South Side BEaver Rams. Bob Barrickman and Jason Colangelo had the call from Cannon Mac High School. It was South Side getting off to a good start, but then OLSH took over. They had a 22-17 lead after 1 and never looked back. Building that lead to 33-24 at the half. They had a strong third quarter and made it a 47-36 score after 3. Then went on to win 70-55 to get to the 2A WPIAL championship to play Serra Catholic.
Listen to Bob Barrickman’s recap here:
Score will be updated at the end of each quarter.
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In game one of the WBVP/WMBA doubleheader it was the Lady Rams of Rochester taking on the Lady Spartans of Quigley Catholic. Tom Hays and Bruce Fry had the call from North Hills High School in a game that started with all Quigley taking a 16-9 lead after 1. Then it became a back and fourth battle with Rochester taking a 25-24 lead at the half. In the third the teams were trading baskets and it was 41-40 Quigley after 3. Rochester took over in the fourth and came away with the win 66-55 and will play West Greene for the 1A Girls WPIAl Championship.
Listen to Bruce Fry’s recap here:
1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA’s Bob Barrickman and Jason Colangelo have the call from Canon-McMillan High School of this 2019 WPIAL Class 2A Semifinals high school boys basketball playoff game as the Rams battle the Chargers.
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If you can’t tune into the broadcast on 1230 WBVP 1460 WMBA and want to hear the broadcast streaming live over the Trib-Live High School Sports Network click on the logo below at 7:30 p.m. for for the pre-game. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:00 p.m……….
Score will be updated at the end of each quarter.
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Casey adds backing to $15 minimum wage bill in US Senate
By MARC LEVY, Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania said Tuesday that he is adding his support to legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, joining the party’s growing chorus at the state and federal level ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
The bill Casey is joining is already backed by 30 fellow Democrats. It is written by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and backed by five other Democratic senators who, like the politically independent Sanders, are seeking the party’s nomination to run for president.
Casey acknowledged that winning passage in the Republican-controlled Senate is a tall order, but that it is important to build support for it now if a Democrat is elected president in 2020.
“I would not be a candidate during 2020 running for Senate or Congress not supporting this because I think it’s popular across the board,” Casey said. “Not only do people know the data on wages, they’ve lived these lives of very little wage growth and I think it’s the No. 1 economic challenge that we have.”
In the Democrat-controlled U.S. House, similar legislation is sponsored by 198 Democrats, including eight of nine Pennsylvania Democrats.
The bill is widely embraced by labor unions and other groups aligned with the Democratic Party. Previously, Casey had authored legislation to increase the federal minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2020 and to index it to the annual change in median wages.
The “Raise the Wage Act” that Casey will co-sponsor would also index future annual increases in the federal minimum wage to median wage growth and gradually raise the $2.13 minimum for tipped workers to the full federal minimum wage.
Five states — Illinois, New Jersey, California, Massachusetts and New York, as well as the District of Columbia — have put their minimum wages on a path to reach $15 an hour.
Pennsylvania, however, is one of 20 states that remain at the $7.25 minimum. In recent weeks, Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, introduced similar $15 minimum wage legislation, although it faces long odds in the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature.
A top state Republican lawmaker, Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, said Monday that Wolf’s $15 proposal is not reasonable or worth discussing.
However, Corman, R-Centre, suggested there is enough Senate Republican support for a more modest increase to bring a bill to the floor, although Corman would not define what he views as a reasonable increase.
