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Can-Am Games leave positive economic impact on Butler County

While Paris prepares for the Summer Olympic Games, Butler County has just wrapped up its own summer athletics spectacular, the 2024 Can-Am Police-Fire Games. From July 1...

July 22, 2024 Sports

Mars HOF: Nearhoof was right man for the job in two sports for the Planets

A clutch performer, fierce competitor and inspirational leader. Owen Nearhoof was exemplary in all three roles. The basketball and football programs at Mars Area High Sch...

July 20, 2024 Sports

Meet the 5 players in EA’s College Football 25 from Butler County high schools

Monday’s highly anticipated release of Electronic Arts’ College Football 25 brought a little local flavor. Five former Butler County high school football players are feat...

July 17, 2024 Sports

Why girls flag football is growing in WPIAL, Butler County as PIAA nears sanctioning sport

Abbi Speicher has been surrounded by football her entire life and gained a passion for it long ago. The thought of representing her school while playing the sport was too...

July 15, 2024 Sports

MLB draft 2024: Cardinals draft West Virginia’s JJ Wetherholt, former Mars baseball star, No. 7

JJ Wetherholt, West Virginia’s star middle infielder and a former standout baseball player at Mars High School, heard his name called early in Sunday’s MLB draft. But...

July 14, 2024 Sports

How Karli Shrock’s ability on soccer field and track led to Mars Hall of Fame

A player can find it difficult to earn a prominent role on a team loaded with talented players. Thanks to her speed, Karli (Paracca) Shrock had no such issues with the gi...

July 13, 2024 Sports

BC3 women’s basketball hires former men’s player Chris Burtch as next head coach

BUTLER TWP — A former Butler County Community College student-athlete who coached Western Pennsylvania high school basketball programs to a combined 164 victories and thr...

July 12, 2024 Sports

Mars native on cusp of making U23 World Rowing Championships national team

Medals are won in the winter, but collected in the spring. That mantra sticks in Mars native Blake Vogel’s mind. A rising senior at the University of Washington, he’s att...

July 11, 2024 Sports

Gamble: How Chuck Kennedy’s old race car has found second life, and fame, in Mexico

After an impressive 47-year career in racing, local legend Chuck Kennedy has decided to hang up his helmet. Known for his dedication to the sport, the Hall of Fame driver...

July 11, 2024 Sports

MLB draft 2024: 5 landing spots for WVU star JJ Wetherholt. Will Pirates land the Mars grad?

In Sunday’s MLB draft, it’s expected Mars graduate and now-former West Virginia University standout middle infielder J.J. Wetherholt will be selected higher than any Butl...

July 10, 2024 Sports

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