Michael Love stories, Page 77

Sunny and warm weather conditions greeted more than 100 golfers July 23 at Meadowink Golf Course in Murrysville for the fourth annual Walter “Pete” Antimarino Golf Outing. The day of activities serves to honor the memory of the legendary Pitcairn and Gateway football coach and is an opportunity for Gateway...

After the last of the fireworks lit up the sky over Freeport Borough on Saturday evening and the final cheesesteak sub and order of fresh cut fries were consumed at James E. Swartz Memorial Field, officials of the Freeport International Baseball Invitational quickly turned their thoughts to next summer’s weeklong...

The field is set for Saturday’s 55th Delvin Miller Adios Pace for the Orchids final at The Meadows. The purse pays $375,000 to the winner, and last Saturday’s elimination winners — Abuckabett Hanover, Water Sports Teen and Hellabalou — will start from post positions 3, 4 and 5, respectively. Those...

Michael Perry knew all about the Freeport International Baseball Tournament when he worked in sports at the Butler Eagle newspaper through 2001. “I knew of the tradition, and that it always was a pretty cool tournament,” said Perry, who will bring his Lake Erie Warhawks 16U team from Cleveland to...

What started out as a way to pass the time during the stay-at-home orders in the early stages of the covid pandemic has turned into a career venture for Plum native Adam Mahr. The 2017 Plum graduate, who now makes his home in St. Petersburg, Fla., has turned his combined...

For the first time since November 2019, a road race with a live start went off on the streets of Downtown Pittsburgh. More than 1,300 runners from ages 3 to 78, including a group of 22 elite pro-milers, tested their mettle Friday evening at the 10th annual Fleet Feet Liberty...

Paul Matisz was hired last week as coach of the girls soccer program at Highlands. There was no need for an introduction to the Golden Rams players. As an assistant under former coach Jenna Plummer the past two seasons and also deeply involved with the Highlands Area Soccer Club, Matisz...

A deep field of 23 top colts and gelding pacers are set for Saturday’s Delvin Miller Adios Pace For the Orchids eliminations at The Meadows. The 55th edition again will have a total purse of $450,000 on the line. The field will be split among three elimination races Saturday. Each...

Eli Sutton has one year of high school baseball remaining. The all-section catcher and rising senior at Knoch is among the players to watch in the WPIAL next spring. He also is one to watch this weekend as a member of Team Pennsylvania for the eighth annual Big 26 Classic...

The pace will be quick as runners of all ages will take to the streets of Downtown Pittsburgh on Friday evening for the 10th annual Fleet Feet Liberty Mile. Under the direction of P3R (Pittsburgh Three Rivers), the Liberty Mile returns to a live start this year and is the...

Wes Lorish kicked off his summer of golf in winning fashion. The rising freshman at Plum captured the boys 12-14 age division at the Tri-State Junior PGA Championship on June 9 at Fox Run in Beaver Falls. Two weeks later, Lorish, 14, finished second in a playoff at the 101st...

Brock White might have to wait a few games to start his 2021 football season. The standout rising senior running back and linebacker at Highlands is in the recovery process after surgery earlier this month to repair an MCL tear suffered at a seven-on-seven event in late May at Valley...

Excitement continues to build for next week’s Freeport International Baseball Invitational, with 20 teams, five area fields and close to 60 games scheduled over five days. “For 27 years, we’ve been saying that there is no pressure to win a game for a trophy,” Freeport International president Chuck Sarver said....

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 Thursday during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Deontae Williams is known for making the big play on the football field. One of...

The Century Steel 2006 Blue and Pittsburgh Hotspurs 2005 Blue girls soccer teams took different paths to qualifying for the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships. But the teams have a common goal of challenging for a national title starting Tuesday in Sarasota, Fla. “At nationals, you have to be turned...

The Monroeville Junior Legion baseball team members were road warriors through the Westmoreland County league regular season and playoffs. The team played just one home game — an 8-2 victory over Rockwood from Somerset County at Gateway High School on July 9 with a trip to the Western Regional tournament...

Plum rising junior Cami Collins said the Pittsburgh Hotspurs 05 Blue girls soccer season has been one to remember, and the goal is to bring home the gold from next week’s U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Bradenton and Sarasota, Fla. “It’s been a lot of fun to play harder...

Saxen Robertson made his mark this past hockey season for the South Kent Selects Academy 16U team in South Kent, Conn. The Cranberry native scored 21 goals and added 21 assists over 36 games, adding to an already stacked on-ice portfolio. Robertson, 17, a defenseman, hopes to continue making his...

Aaron Smith spent the past 11 years on the sidelines for the Valley girls soccer team. The most recent six were as the Vikings’ head coach. But change was in the air for the veteran mentor. Now, as the new Deer Lakes boys varsity head coach, Smith is ready to...

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 22 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Jacob Porter loves Chick-Fil-A. He is a frequent patron. The 12-piece nuggets with barbeque...

Shaun Reddick is no stranger to coaching basketball at Burrell in his nearly 25 years on the bench overall. The teacher in the Burrell School District has mentored players on the hard court at the middle school, freshman and junior varsity levels and served one season as the Bucs girls...

After a busy six months of training and competition on some of the biggest stages in track and field, Jordan Geist is enjoying some rest and relaxation. But the Knoch alum and graduate student at Arizona soon will be back in a training mindset to prepare for the stretch run...

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 22 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. Cadin Olsen spent this past weekend at the Penn football camp, and the Armstrong...

With the start of preseason high school football campst five weeks away, Freeport coach John Gaillot hopes Wednesday’s locally infused Freeport seven-on-seven event will help serve as a springboard to the final series of summer workouts and also generate excitement for the start of the 2021 season. Seven schools —...

Consistency was the calling card for recent Plum graduate and basketball standout Kennedie Montue. Four years of sustained success culminated in a senior season in which the 5-foot-11 guard/forward led the WPIAL in scoring at 23.3 points through the Mustangs’ 14 games. Montue said she and her teammates worked hard...