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  • Hannah Fox of Hermitage chips during Saturday’s First Tee Multi-Center Tournament at Buhl Farm Golf Course.

    Hannah Fox
June 27, 2010

First Tee Multi-Center Tourney held on Saturday.

Herald staff

---- — The First Tee Multi-Center Tournament was held Saturday at Buhl Farm Golf Course. The event brought together several First Tee programs to compete in a tourney.

More than 300 youngsters are helped every summer at the local First Tee program, whose building is at the golf course. The local program was a prototype for others across the country.

Carole Barker is the executive director of The First Tee of Sharon. The national youth development program, which has 200 chapters, teaches golf and life skills.

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  • Sage Pope WM baseball, Sharpsville and Wilmington softball playing for D-10 titles

    Sharpsville and Wilmington softball teams and the West Middlesex baseball squad return to the diamond today to compete for District 10 championships.
    SOFTBALL
    Class A Championship
    Coach Bob Zikovich's Sharpsville Blue Darlings (15-2) battle a tough Saegertown (18-2) squad at 2 p.m. today at Penn State-Behrend in Erie.

    May 28, 2012 1 Photo

  • Marina Wareham PIAA Track Notebook: KC's Wareham made round trips to "The Ship"

    The most impressive race during this weekend’s PIAA Track & Field Championships did not take place at Shippensburg University, nor will you read its results in any newspaper on or any web site.
    To be sure, it was a race against time, but not in the sense of being defined by a coach’s hand-held device, nor Seth Grove Stadium’s scoreboard clock.

    May 28, 2012 1 Photo

  • Hickory girls Hickory girls grab PIAA Class AA Track team title

    SHIPPENSBURG — This news bulletin just in: Mercer County athletes dominated during this weekend’s PIAA Track & Field Championships.
    Nothing new there, you say? Well, perhaps you’re correct, considering how well the area aggregation annually accounts itself on Memorial Day Weekend at Shippensburg University. Therefore it was not surprising how much hardware was hauled home — once again.

    May 27, 2012 1 Photo

  • Matt Bell PIAA Track: Hickory's Bell, Lubarski, Regginello grab gold

    SHIPPENSBURG — There’s a big difference between being seeded 1st and finishing 1st — Matt Bell can attest to that.
    After settling for silver last year, the Hickory High senior put the shot 59 feet, 6 3/4 inches Friday afternoon to garner gold at the annual PIAA Track & Field Championships at Shippensburg University.

    May 26, 2012 1 Photo

  • WM to play for D-10 baseball title; GC, Sharon, Sharpsville lose

    Four area baseball teams were in action on Friday in the District 10 semifinals as the squads battled to compete for District 10 championships on Monday.
    West Middlesex rolled past error-prone Linesville, 8-0, in Class A action at Slippery Rock University’s Jack Critchfield Park.
    In Class AA, both Sharon and Sharpsville suffered 2-1 losses. The Tigers fell to Saegertown at Ainsworth Field in Erie while the Blue Devils lost to Titusville at SRU.
    In Class AAA, the Grove City Eagles were denied the chance to defend their D-10 crown after suffering a 6-3 loss to Warren at SRU.

    May 26, 2012

  • Farrell volleyball falls in D-10 semifinals

    The Farrell High boys volleyball team suffered a 2-0 (25-15, 25-12) loss to Saegertown on Thursday night in the District 10 semifinals at Meadville Area High’s “House of Thrills.”
    “This was the first year we made it out of the first day (pool play) of the playoffs,” said Steelers’ coach Dan Dragicevic. “I’d like to cite my seniors (Eric Demus, Anthony Perkins, Jaylen Chambers and Lawrence Hughes).

    May 25, 2012

  • Kristen Belko Locals ready to go for gold at Shippensburg

    Now that Mercer County is on the map, it’s incumbent upon the area aggregation to chart a course for the ultimate destination — Seth Grove Stadium’s medals stand — during this weekend’s PIAA Track & Field Championships.
    Led by West Middlesex High sprinter Clay Allen, many Mercer Countians are seeded at or near the top of their respective events for the annual 2-day marathon at Shippensburg University, which commences 9 a.m. Friday. It will continue beginning 9 a.m. Saturday.

    May 24, 2012 1 Photo

  • Anthony Martwinski D-10 Playoffs: Local teams go 6-for-6

    ä Grove City 1, Harbor Creek 0 — At Slippery Rock University’s Jack Critchfield Park, what the Grove City Eagles couldn’t accomplish themselves, the Harbor Creek Huskies unwittingly did for them.
    Unable to plate runs themselves, Torin Smith scored the Eagles’ only run when teammate Tyler Devine’s seeming inning-ending pop-up to left field was dropped by Harbor Creek’s Chris Merritt in the bottom of the 7th inning of Tuesday’s tourney opener.

    May 23, 2012 1 Photo

  • Clay Allen Great year for WM track; local qualifiers listed

    It’s been a big year for the Big Reds.
    Though there’s no official documentation, the 2011-12 academic year may be the most successful in West Middlesex High’s athletic annals.

    May 23, 2012 1 Photo

  • SPORTVIEW: Local names Kroko, Lutz, Kareklas in news elsewhere

    IT’S ALWAYS GOOD to hear of former area people who have gone on to athletic success in other areas, or the family of former area residents. Following are a few of those stories:
    ä Bob and Betty Kroko of Sharon are avid followers of professional baseball. No, not necessarily the Pittsburgh Pirates or Cleveland Indians like many local fans.
    The Krokos keep a close eye on the Austria Major League!

    May 22, 2012

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