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HOCKEY
Pen’s Crosby homers in BP
PITTSBURGH – If the Pittsburgh Pirates need an answer to their power-hitting problems, maybe they can find it across town in Penguins star Sidney Crosby.
The former NHL MVP homered into PNC Park’s right-field seats while taking batting practice Wednesday with eight Penguins teammates. Crosby, who played youth baseball in Canada until he was 13, was the only one of the group to reach the seats.
The session was arranged by former first baseman Sean Casey, who recently toured Haiti with Penguins forwards Max Talbot and Mike Rupp.
Crosby missed by several feet of homering during his first round of batting practice before going deep on the 15th swing of his second round.
FOOTBALL
Johnstown grad earns honors
Greater Johnstown High School graduate Ben Landis, a junior punter at Fairmont State, has been named West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) Special Teams Player of the Week.
Landis averaged 43.5 yards a punt on eight attempts against Clarion. He had a long punt of
50 yards and placed five of his kicks inside the 20-yard line. Two of those punts landed at the
5-yard line.
Fairmont State won 27-16.
SOCCER
UPJ men garner top-10 ranking
The Pitt-Jonstown men’s soccer team is ranked 10th in the first National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Atlantic Region poll released on Tuesday.
Coach Eric Kinsey’s team opened with a 1-0 victory over the University of District of Columbia and a 2-1 loss to Chestnut Hill College.
The University of Charleston (W.Va.) is the top-ranked team in the region and the No. 6 squad in NCAA Division II.
GOLF
Zack enters SRU Hall of Fame
Three-time golf All-American John Zack was one of six individuals inducted into the Slippery Rock University Athletic Hall of Fame’s 27th class this month.
A four-year letterman and player with the lowest scoring average each season, Zack earned College Division All-America honors in 1975, 1977 and 1978. He culminated his collegiate career with a fourth-place national finish and first-team All-America honor in his senior season. He also won the Penn State Invitational with a course-record 216 in 1978.
Aside from his achievements as a member of The Rock, Zack earned an invitation to play in the 1978 Western Amateur (top
72 amateurs in the nation) and was club champion at both the Pleasant Valley Golf Course and Windber Country Club in 1977 and 1978. He played on the professional mini tour in Florida from 1979-82 and was the Tri-State PGA Open runner-up in 1980.
The Johnstown native also earned three berths in the prestigious Sunnehanna Tournament for Champions – 1978, 2008 and 2009.
He won the Sunnehanna Country Club championship in both 2008 and 2009 and those titles qualified him for the Amateur.
Zack won the 1973 Greater Johnstown junior championship and 1974 District 6 high school title.
After graduating from Slippery Rock, Zack began a successful career as a golf pro and corporate sales representative, primarily within the golf industry.
He was the golf pro at Somerset Country Club from 1979-81, Seven Springs Resort in 1982, Summit Country Club in Cresson from
1983-86 and Ebensburg Country Club from 1987-90. He is a 1974 graduate of Greater Johnstown Area Vocational-Technical School.
Sports
Local Sports Briefs 9-9-2010
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Pirates pick up fourth straight victory
There were times earlier in his career when James McDonald would run into trouble and innings would slow to a crawl. Even worse, runners would disappear, and not in a good way.
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AAABA League will open after busy offseason
The AAABA League opens on Tuesday at Point Stadium with two new, but familiar managers, a new but familiar sponsor, an expanded interleague schedule and two new franchises committed to the 2013 season.
A lot of activity took place during the offseason, including the AAABA national committee’s vote to expand the age limit to 21 years old beginning in 2013. -
AAABA League Preview
A look at this season's Johnstown AAABA League:
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2012 AAABA League schedule
A look at this season's schedule:
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2011 AAABA in Review
A look back at the 2011 AAABA season:
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Sympathetic Pirates add to Cubs’ slide
Andrew McCutchen and the Pittsburgh Pirates can relate to what the Chicago Cubs are going through.
Perhaps more than anyone, they know what it feels like to be on an extended losing streak
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Richland's Lumley settles for pair of silver medals
Paige Lumley was on an emotional roller coaster and seeing silver on Saturday at the PIAA Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg University.
The Richland senior had state record jumps twice during the triple jump competition, but ended up with a silver–medal leap of 40 feet,
1¾ inches.
Defending state champion, second-seeded junior Lanae Newsome of Brookville, won with a jump of 40-3½. -
Ridge’s Dull takes second with school-record time
Matt Dull finished his athletic career with his best on Saturday at the PIAA Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg University.
The Chestnut Ridge senior ran a career-best time of 38.12 to finish second in the 300 hurdles final, also setting another school record. -
Hit batsman lifts Pirates over Cubs
Matt Hague was hit by a pitch from Rafael Dolis with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates sent the Chicago Cubs to their 11th straight loss with a 3-2 victory Saturday night.
Hague took a 96 mph fastball from Dolis (2-4) in the back near the shoulder blade, scoring Jose Tabata and eliciting an incredulous look to the sky by the Cubs reliever. -
Generals return to defeat Sting
It’s been a dramatic month for the Johnstown Generals.
There were two postponed games that left the immediate and long-term future of the franchise in serious doubt just two weeks ago. - More Sports Headlines
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