Category: Sports

Kreider Scores 45th Goal, Rangers Hold off Penguins 3-2

(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Frank Vatrano and Braden Schneider scored less than five minutes apart in the second period, and the New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2. Chris Kreider added his 45th goal in the third as the Rangers topped Pittsburgh for the second time in five days. Igor Shesterskin made 22 saves, including a stop on Penguins forward Jake Guentzel in the final seconds. Sidney Crosby scored his 25th goal and Brian Boyle got his ninth for the Penguins. Tristan Jarry made 23 saves but fell to 6-2 in his last eight starts, with both losses coming to New York.

Pirates SS Prospect Oneil Cruz To Start Season at Triple-A

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BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Oneil Cruz will start the season in the minors. The team has optioned the towering 6-foot-7 shortstop to Triple-A Indianapolis in hopes of getting him more experience. The 23-year-old Cruz had put together a solid spring training, going 5 for 15 with two home runs in Grapefruit League play. Pirates manager Derek Shelton said the team believes Cruz needs a little seasoning before being called up for good. Cruz hit his first major league home run last October in a brief big league cameo.

Pitt’s Pat Narduzzi Signs New Contract Fresh Off ACC Title

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh and football coach Pat Narduzzi have agreed on a new contract that will keep Narduzzi with the Panthers through at least 2030. The deal comes three months after Narduzzi led Pitt to its first Atlantic Coast Conference championship on its way to an 11-3 record and a No. 13 ranking in the final AP Top 25 poll, the program’s highest postseason ranking since 1982. Narduzzi is 53-37 in seven seasons with the Panthers. His 53 wins rank fourth all-time in program history.

CCBC Players of the Game 3/24/22


Quaker Valley: Markus Frank
Neumann Goretti: Aamir Hurst
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Quaker Valley falls to Neumann Goretti 93-68


Quaker Valley met Neumann Goretti in Hershey for the 2022 PIAA basketball state championships.  The Saints came out strong from the start leading Qauker Valley early on.  The Quakers came back fast to erase their deficit and take the lead.  Quaker Valley went on to struggle against defending the Spartans and trailed at the half 41-27.  In the second half, Neumann Goretti continued to control the scoreboard but the Quakers still put up a fight to finish the game.  Quaker Valley ended their near perfect season 27-1 with a loss.  The final score was Neumann Goretti 93 Quaker Valley 68.
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Quaker Valley vs. Neumann Goretti Boys Basketball State Championship Score Updates!!!


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Guentzel Scores Twice as Pens Drill Columbus

(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jake Guentzel scored twice in the second period, and the Pittsburgh Penguins breezed past the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-1. Radim Zohorna and Bryan Rust also scored during the second for Pittsburgh. Evgeni Malkin added a power-play goal in the third as the Penguins won their third straight. Tristan Jarry stopped 26 shots to improve to 7-1 in his last eight starts. Gustav Nyquist gave the Blue Jackets an early lead with a power-play goal but Columbus simply couldn’t keep up.

Joe Greco Looks Back On Three Decades Of Coaching Football

(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

“I feel that we definitely left something better than when we found it.”

The “something” is the culture of New Brighton Football, and the “we” is Joe Greco and his staff and players throughout the years. Greco officially retired from his post as head coach of the Lions last week, and he joined Matt Drzik on the March 22 edition of A.M. Beaver County to reflect on the three-plus decades of work he committed to the sidelines of Oak Hill Field.

Coach Greco had two stints as New Brighton’s head coach during his career, once in 1995 and again in 2010. “The first time I became the head coach at New Brighton, we were coming off a WPIAL championship…and then the next time I came back to New Brighton, they were coming off of an 0-10 season,” Greco said. “It was like starting from ground zero, from scratch…we took a lot of pride in the effort we put back in rebuilding the New Brighton program.”

From 1995 to 2021, Greco was the man in charge of New Brighton’s ups and downs–except for a three-year spell in which he was on the staff at Westminster College. “Those three years were really a great experience for me,” he said. “It helped me grow as a coach just in knowledge and experience, and so it was very rewarding. There’s relationships from those three years that I’ve cherished.”

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Longtime NFL Journalist John Clayton Dies at Age 67

(Genna Martin/seattlepi.com via AP, File)
SEATTLE (AP) — Longtime NFL journalist John Clayton died Friday following a short illness. He was 67. The Seattle Seahawks announced the death for Clayton’s family in a statement. Clayton worked for the team in recent years as a sideline reporter on radio broadcasts. Nicknamed “The Professor,” Clayton spent more than two decades covering the Pittsburgh Steelers for the The Pittsburgh Press and the Seattle Seahawks for The News Tribune in Tacoma. Clayton moved to ESPN in 1995, becoming one of the lead NFL writers for the company. Clayton appeared on TV and radio for ESPN and worked at the company for more than 20 years.

Freedom Lady Bulldogs Heading to Chocolate Town!!!


Freedom took on North Catholic in this PIAA semifinal game to see who got to go to Hershey. North Catholic took off to an early start in the game leading Freedom throughout the first half.  The score at halftime was 7-4 North Catholic.  North Catholic continued to lead in the second half until Freedom gained some late momentum to take the lead.  The Lady Bulldogs managed to secure a three possession lead with only seconds remaining on the clock.  Freedom will head to Hershey for the state championship with a final score Freedom 46 North Catholic 39.
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