Girls’ basketball state playoffs ticket information
Staff WriterWednesday, March 4, 2020PUNXSUTAWNEY, PACLARION — The Punxsy girls’ basketball team will play its PIAA State Championships opener this Saturday, March 7, at 2:30 p.m. at Clarion University....
View ArticleThree Lady Chucks receive D-9 League honors; Presloid named Rookie of the Year
Staff WriterMonday, March 9, 2020PUNXSUTAWNEY, PAThree Lady Chucks received District 9 Basketball League honors this week, with juniors Sarah Weaver and Riley Presloid being on the All-Star team and...
View ArticleSix-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady leaving Patriots
Staff WriterTuesday, March 17, 2020 By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports WriterTom Brady, the centerpiece of the New England Patriots' championship dynasty over the past two decades, appears poised to leave the...
View ArticleRace drivers use games to stay sharp as virus shuts tracks
By JAMES ELLINGWORTH and JAKE SEINER AP Sports WritersSaturday, March 21, 2020 DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Le Mans winner Neel Jani won't feel his tires grip the road in a competitive environment for...
View ArticleTokyo's delayed Olympics: Who pays bills for another year?
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports WriterWednesday, March 25, 2020 TOKYO (AP) — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed until 2021, now comes the multi-billion-dollar question: Who pays the bills for the delay, and...
View ArticleKobe, Duncan, Garnett headline Basketball Hall of Fame class
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball WriterSaturday, April 4, 2020 Kobe Bryant was already immortal. Now he's officially a Hall of Famer as well. And he's got plenty of elite company in the 2020 class. Bryant...
View ArticleOne constant in this unique NFL draft: Joe Burrow at the top
By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer Thursday, April 23, 2020 In this most unique of drafts, filled with technological concerns and even uncertainty when real football might return, there was one...
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Gigliotti signs on to play soccer at PSU-New Kensington
By Nick LaBelle, Of The Spirit Friday, April 24, 2020 PUNXSUTAWNEY — With his high school playing career having come to an end, Vincent Gigliotti, a senior at Punxsutawney Area High School, recently...
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Miners double up Senators, 8-4
Thursday, June 11, 2020 REYNOLDSVILLE — Playing the Sykesville Senators on their own turf in Reynoldsville on Thursday, the Rossiter Miners scored the game's first seven runs — three in the first, one...
View ArticleWashington's NFL team drops 'Redskins' name after 87 years
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports WriterMonday, July 13, 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington NFL franchise announced Monday it is dropping the "Redskins" name and Indian head logo, bowing to recent pressure...
View ArticlePSAC announces cancellation of fall sports
Wednesday, July 15, 2020 (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference announced Wednesday that it has canceled fall sports. The decision affects 18 schools, primarily those in the...
View ArticleFederation League Semi-Finals Schedule Released
Friday, July 17, 2020 The best-of-five Federation League semi-finals will open this Saturday (July 18), with the Rossiter Miners (fifth seed) meeting the top-seeded DuBois Rockets and the Brookville...
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It only took one: Rockets take Game 1 of Fed League semis
Saturday, July 18, 2020 DUBOIS -- The DuBois Rockets saw T.J. Gornati (pictured above) and Dan Stauffer team up to pitch a four-hit shutout as the Rockets claimed a 2-0 victory over the Rossiter Miners...
View ArticleSix-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady leaving Patriots
Staff WriterTuesday, March 17, 2020 By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports WriterTom Brady, the centerpiece of the New England Patriots' championship dynasty over the past two decades, appears poised to leave the...
View ArticleRockets take Game 1 of Fed League Finals; Game 2 on Sunday
Staff WriterSaturday, July 25, 2020DUBOISBrandon Orsich pitched a one-hit, complete-game shutout for the DuBois Rockets on Saturday, and his top-seeded team won Game 1 of the best-of-seven Federation...
View Article2 MLB games postponed as Marlins deal with virus outbreak
Monday, July 27, 2020 MIAMI (AP) — Two major league games scheduled for Monday night were postponed after more than a dozen Miami Marlins players and staff members tested positive for the coronavirus...
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Rockets complete sweep to win 2020 Fed League title
Staff WriterWednesday, July 29, 2020PUNXSUTAWNEY, PAPictured here are the members of the 2020 Federation League champions, the DuBois Rockets, posing with the league trophy after completing a four-game...
View ArticleUpdate: PIAA to mull options after Wolf statement
Staff WriterThursday, August 6, 2020 At a press conference today (Thursday, Aug. 6), when asked about whether the state would reconsider allowing parents as spectators at PIAA sports events this fall,...
View ArticlePanel delays decision on Pennsylvania sports for two weeks
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated PressFriday, August 7, 2020 HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The governing body for Pennsylvania school sports on Friday delayed making, for at least two weeks, a decision about...
View ArticleBig Ten, Pac-12 pull plug on fall football amid pandemic
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football WriterTuesday, August 11, 2020 The Big Ten and Pac-12 won't play football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19, taking two of college football's five power...
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