Greg Macafee stories, Page 44

It’s not every day you see an Oklahoma Sooner and Penn State Nittany Lion square off in Western Pennsylvania. But that’s exactly what happened when T.J. Howe, the Nittany Lion, and Beau Titsworth, the Sooner, took to the course Thursday during the final round of the 116th WPGA Open Championship...

In the first year of its girls basketball league-style AAU circuit, the Under Armour Association has been providing players from around the country a unique opportunity they didn’t quite have before. Since April, elite travel teams nationwide have participated in league sessions in Manheim and Westfield, Ind. Not only have...

Just like the weather throughout the day, the golfers who were competing at the 116th WPGA Open Championship at Valley Brook Country Club on Wednesday experienced a series of peaks and valleys. Well, most of them. From the start of the day, former Oklahoma Sooner and Pittsburgh transplant Beau Titsworth...

High School Football America released its rankings for the top 10 states for high school football Wednesday, and Pennsylvania came in at No. 7. This list will create some debate. We used our algorithm to breakdown the Top 10 states in the nation, coming into the 2019 season. The list...

In honor of the club’s 20th anniversary, Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC announced and honored its inaugural hall of fame class this past weekend. This Friday, we induct five Pittsburgh soccer greats into our inaugural Hall of Fame class. We reflect on this class this week, starting with our founder Paul Heasley....

When the WILL Waves headed to Morenci, Mich. over the weekend, they were in search of a second straight National Wiffle League Association title. They came home with a fifth-place finish after an impressive offensive performance. “We were pumped up (heading into Saturday morning),” player/manager Jacob Davey said. “We wanted...

Last season was an interesting breakout performance for Plum point guard Connor Moss. As the youngest player on the basketball team, Moss finished second in scoring with 14.1 points per game, was a top rebounder and shot 83% from the free-throw line. A year earlier, Moss averaged 9.9 points and...

For the second straight year, the WILL Waves, a travel Wiffle ball team based out of the Wiff is Life League in Canonsburg, will compete for the National Wiffle League Association National Championship in Morenci, Mich. Last year, the Waves won the national tournament, and Jordan Castelli was awarded the...

It’s not every day you see a coach change jobs after taking his team to the brink of a state title. But that’s the position the Deer Lakes boys soccer team was in after former coach Jordan Wiegand accepted the coaching position at Pine-Richland this past spring. On Thursday, the...

For the third straight year, the 16U team for Beadling Soccer Club will be competing for the US Youth Soccer national championship between July 21-28, in Overland Park, Kansas. In the last two years, the 16U team has reached the national championship game, but came up just short. Coach Robert...

Just like many high school players in the Pittsburgh area, Pine-Richland alum and former Pittsburgh Pirate Neil Walker played American Legion baseball. But not every player has received the highest honor American Legion baseball has to offer. In the middle of May, Walker was named the 2019 American Legion Graduate...

For the first time in the history of their schools, Apollo-Ridge and Leechburg will have a boys soccer program as the two schools have formed in a co-op agreement. Building a program from scratch is no easy task. It involves garnering interest from a student body — in this case...

During the beginning stages of a first-round game with Bushy Run on Tuesday, the Kiski Valley Legion baseball team seemed like it had everything under control. But Bushy Run (14-4), which has the third-highest run total in District 31, was able to produce six runs between the fourth and sixth...

The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 23 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. At some point in his high school career, Union junior lineman Aaron Gunn thought...

On Saturday, six boxers who are based out of the Pittsburgh area will take center stage at the Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead. Among them are Ukrainian-born boxers Lyubomyr Pinchuk and Oleg Dovhun. Both will fight for title belts in their respective weight classes. Pinchuk (10-1-1) will take on Johnnie...

Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Adam Frazier will go into the All-Star break with a National League Player of the Week award under his belt. Congrats to @A_Fraz12 on being named the NL Player of the Week!#LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/chjJLGtDFe— Pirates (@Pirates) July 8, 2019 In a week when the Pirates won series...

The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason WPIAL Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 23 during a HSSN Media Day live broadcast at Kennywood Park. When the Aliquippa football team captured its first PIAA state...

Since 1925, American Legion baseball has been a staple in small communities all across the country. In Western Pennsylvania alone, 34 teams currently play in two different regions, and over the course of the next few weeks a majority of those teams will compete for spots in regional and state...

The Fox Chapel golf program has been known to produce talented golfers, and over the past week a few of them got to test themselves at Oakmont Country Club for the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association Amateur Championship. Michael Marisco (2016 grad), Andrew Friend (’18), Gregor Meyer (’19) and Scott Bitar...

Just like most of the gymnasts performing their routines, the 2018-19 gymnastics season had a lot of twists and turns that ultimately made it an extraordinary campaign. For the first time in the short history of its program, Thomas Jefferson captured a WPIAL championship. After losing to Moon by a...

After suffering a bacterial infection, last week former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch announced that he is as close to being back to 100% as he can be. I just wanted to take a moment to say THANK YOU. Thank you to each and every one of you who sent...

In a matter of 24 hours, former Sewickley Academy guard Jett Roesing added four more Division I offers to an ever-growing list. After announcing offers from both Canisius and Towson last week, Roesing pulled in offers from Manhattan, Delaware, UMass and Youngstown State on Monday and Tuesday. Blessed and thankful...

Burrell’s Ian Oswalt was ranked among the best wrestlers in his weight class this past season. But the talented sophomore, who lost twice all season, fell in the PIAA semifinals to Notre Dame-Green Pond’s Ryan Crookham, the eventual state champion. “I was pretty upset after that,” Oswalt said. “That drove...

The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 23 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Mars offensive lineman Michael Carmody has been one of the most well-known players in...

Since she was a freshman, Freeport’s Sidney Shemanski has been a key contributor in three sports. She began her high school career by starting as freshman in soccer and contributed to a run in the state tournament. Then, in basketball, she was named a captain and earned a spot in...