Butler County Community College golf team aims for title repeat
Butler County Community College opens the season Sept. 1 at The Links at Spring Church against Community College of Allegheny County Boyce. Five Lawrence County grads headline the Pioneers roster including Mike Rozzi Neshannonk High, and Shenango high grads Nathan McCandless Matthew Benson Bryan Peterson along with Laurel’s Luke Ostermeyer. Rozzi joins as a WPCC all conference pick and regional junior college standout, bringing strong green play and consistency to a deep squad looking to win its fifth WPCC title and ninth overall. The team also features four returners from 2016 and freshmen capable of contributing immediately.
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Lawrence County
Butler County Community College
Pioneers
Western Pennsylvania
Neshannock High
Mike Rozzi
Rozzi
WPCC
National Junior College Athletic Association
Miller
Shenango High
Nathan McCandless
Matthew Benson
Bryan Peterson
Laurel
Luke
Ostermeyer
Benson
Peterson
McCandless
Luke Ostermeyer
Links
Spring Church
Community College of Allegheny County Boyce
Puig hits 12th inning homer in Dodgers win over Pirates
Yasiel Puig belted a 22nd homer in the 12th inning to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-5 victory at PNC Park over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Granderson added a grand slam as L.A. rallied in the seventh. Ross Stripling earned a save bid with late-inning output. Pirates starter Gerrit Cole allowed five runs, while Jose Osuna and Sean Rodriguez homered for Pittsburgh early.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Curtis Granderson
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Puig
Dovydas Neverauskas
Pirates
Ross Stripling
Max Moroff
Granderson
Gerrit Cole
Luis Avilan
Mets
Dodgers
Josh Harrison
Josh Bell
Clint Hurdle
Cole
Pittsburgh
Hurdle
Tony Watson
Alex Wood
Alex
Dave Roberts
Jose Osuna
Sean Rodriguez
Harrison
Los Angeles Dodgers
Yasiel Puig
Pnc Park
Mincher leads Laurel High past Union in league golf
Laurel High 227 Union 262 in WPIAL Section 5-2A front nine at Rolling Hills. Mincher shot 38, Haswell 39, Giddings 46 as Spartans open with 1-0, 2-0. Gardner 45 for Scotts, Summers 52, Lombardo 52, Porter 54, Falena 59. Wilmington tops Heartland Christian 191-224 at Salem Hill. Olcott42 leads Shenango past Mohawk 220-234 with Alexander 40, Bennett 44, George 47, Deal 50. Dailey medalist 35 for Warriors.
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Mincher
Laurel High
Union
Matt Mincher
Rolling Hills
Jake Haswell
Spartans
Parker Giddings
Adam Enscoe
Sam Haswell
Braydon Gardner
Scotties
Dominic Summers
Caleb Lombardo
Braydon Porter
Vincent Falena
Olcott
Shenango
Lucas Olcott
Een
Stonecrest
Jaret Alexander
Wildcats
Brandon Bennett
Thomas George
Jake Deal
Madison Dailey
Warriors
Preston McConnell
Jack Barth
Zack Toscano
Sam Jones
Grove City College names Smith track coach
Grove City College hires Laurel High graduate Jessica Cooper Smith as head men's and women's track and field coach. A decorated former athlete, she previously coached at Westminster College guiding titles in 2016, after earlier stints at Washington & Jefferson College.
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Grove City College
Laurel High
Jessica Cooper Smith
Smith
Todd Gibson
Grove City
Westminster College
Titans
Gibson
Jessica
Westminster
Washington & Jefferson College
U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association
Mideast
NBA probes Lakers tampering with Paul George matter
The NBA is investigating whether the Los Angeles Lakers tampered with All-Star Paul George while he was under contract with the Indiana Pacers. Pacers asked for the probe, Lakers cooperative, no findings yet, ongoing review by Wachtell Lipton. George, a four time All-Star and Los Angeles native, was traded to the Thunder after signaling he would leave Indiana as a free agent next summer.
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NEW York
NBA
Los Angeles Lakers
Paul George
Indiana Pacers
Pacers
League
Lakers
Mike Bass
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
George
Los Angeles
Oklahoma City Thunder
Indiana
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Triple-A
Oklahoma City
Brock Stewart
Yu Darvish
Darvish
Milwaukee Brewers
Stewart
Arizona Diamondbacks
Jameson Taillon
Wilmington
Heartland Christian
Erika Hoover
Heartland Christian School
Ohio
Salem
Hill Country Club
Matt Kinkela
Kamon Lum
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