Chris Dugan

Perfect start to state playoffs for Bentworth. PAGE B1

CRESSON – As a pitcher it’s good to have a slow heartbeat and that definitely describes Chartiers-Houston junior Taryne Drilak. In her first start in the circle in the state playoffs, Drilak calmly and methodically mowed through District 6 champion Bellwood-Antis’ lineup. Drilak pitched a three-hitter with eight strikeouts and Chartiers-Houston defeated Bellwood-Antis, 2-0, in […]

Fort Cherry scored a run in the top of the first inning and starter Colton Temple and reliever Dylan Lueck made sure that was enough as the Rangers defeated host Everett 1-0 in the PIAA Class 2A baseball playoffs Monday. The win sends Fort Cherry (19-2) to the quarterfinals on Thursday against District 10 champion […]

McMURRAY – Perfect games are elusive. Not just the perfect games that pitchers throw, but teams can have days when everything goes right. They pitch, hit and field flawlessly. The WPIAL champion Bentworth softball team had one of those rare games Monday in the first round of the PIAA Class 2A playoffs. The Bearcats hit […]

LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — His father called wanting to know why Alex Bowman didn’t race at the NASCAR’s O’Reilly series stop at Nashville Superspeedway as previously scheduled. Making sure his son was OK was paramount considering Bowman’s latest injury in a battle with vertigo that had the driver wondering if he’d ever drive again. “I […]

McMURRAY – Perfect games are elusive. Not just the perfect games that pitchers throw, but teams can have days when everything goes right. They pitch, hit and field flawlessly. The WPIAL champion Bentworth softball team had one of those rare games Monday in the first round of the PIAA Class 2A playoffs. The Bearcats hit […]

With each of his outings, Wild Things starting pitcher Zander Sechrist could see the improvement. He worked deeper into the game, threw more pitches and allowed fewer runs. With each outing, he was more difficult to hit. Though the results were getting better, there was one thing missing. The lefty-throwing pitcher was still without a […]

The Wild Things have experienced tremendous success in recent years finding pitchers from small colleges – primarily NCAA Division II and NAIA schools – who have been overlooked by major league scouts, for whatever reasons, and turning them into standouts in the Frontier League. First there was lefty Kobe Foster, who in 2022 helped Tennessee […]

The Wild Things have passed the quarter pole of the Frontier League season, so it's time to see what the numbers tell us about this team.

There wasn’t much surprise or mystery around the Frontier League’s Pitcher of the Week announcement Monday. In a pitching-starved league, the Wild Things’ Kobe Foster has been its most dominant hurler this year. And the lefty pitched one of his best games ever last Friday night in Washington’s 10-0 victory over Florence. It led to […]