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A total of 453 PennWest Clarion students received their diplomas during a pair of commencement ceremonies in Tippin Gymnasium on Saturday with about 3,200 family members, friends and various officials in attendance.
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MEADVILLE — Kendall Mealy and Rylee Kregel collected three hits apiece while Addyson Kregel and Teagan Reichel each cranked a home run as Meadville recorded a 14-4, six-inning victory over visiting Franklin on Saturday in non-region softball action.
Ethen Knox had a stellar day both on the track and in the field as he took home three gold medals in leading the Oil City boys track and field team to a runner-up finish on Saturday in the 35th Annual Oil Country Invitational.
The dawn of a new era for Tri-City Raceway Park will begin on Sunday as Josh and Kyrsten Shiffer recently purchased the big half-mile oval and they’re getting ready for the opener, which will feature the FAST on Dirt Sprint Car Series, along with three other classes.
KNOX — Eliana Wry was a four-event winner while Raegan Antrilli set a new record in the pole vault as the Cranberry girls track and field team came away with a 77-67 road victory over Keystone on Thursday in a Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference dual meet. The Panthers earned a split follo…
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Shohei Ohtani continued his power surge with his fourth home run in three games and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Miami Marlins 6-3 in Walker Buehler’s first major league start in nearly two years. Ohtani became the first big leaguer to reach 11 homers this season when he crushed an elevated fastball from Roddery Muñoz for a two-run shot in the first inning. Freddie Freeman, James Outman and Teoscar Hernández also went deep as the Dodgers won their fourth straight. Nick Gordon homered as the Marlins lost for the third time in four games on their West Coast trip.
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Powerful storms have erupted in the central United States, bringing tornadoes to rural Oklahoma and large hail in parts of Kansas. Forecasters are warning that the storms could stretch into the early hours of Tuesday amid a rare high-risk weather warning for the two states. Tornadoes were spotted skirting northern Oklahoma, including one that touched down about a 45-minute drive north of Tulsa. In Kansas, some areas were pelted by apple-sized hail. The severe weather follows heavy rainfall in Houston, where floodwaters began to recede Monday.
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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler went four innings and struck out four during his first major league start in nearly two years against the Miami Marlins. The right-hander allowed three runs and six hits. He threw 77 pitches, including 49 strikes. Manager Dave Roberts said before the game that Buehler’s pitch count was anywhere from 80 to 85. Buehler did not get a decision, but did depart with the Dodgers holding a 6-3 lead on the strength of four home runs, including Shohei Ohtani’s fourth in three games. It was Buehler’s first start since June 10, 2022, at San Francisco The 29-year-old two-time All-Star had his second Tommy John surgery on Aug. 23 that year.
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Another dominant performance by the Minnesota Timberwolves has the reigning but reeling NBA champion Denver Nuggets on the cusp of a stunning early exit from the playoffs. Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns led the short-handed Timberwolves to a 106-80 blowout of the Nuggets  for a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference semifinal series. Games 3 and 4 are in Minneapolis this weekend. The Timberwolves have won all six of their playoff games. The Nuggets have trailed by large margins in all seven of theirs. They bounced back against the Lakers but haven't cracked the code against Minnesota.
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Shohei Ohtani continued his power surge with his fourth home run in three games and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Miami Marlins 6-3 in Walker Buehler’s first major league start in nearly two years. Ohtani became the first big leaguer to reach 11 homers this season when he crushed an elevated fastball from Roddery Muñoz for a two-run shot in the first inning. Freddie Freeman, James Outman and Teoscar Hernández also went deep as the Dodgers won their fourth straight. Nick Gordon homered as the Marlins lost for the third time in four games on their West Coast trip.
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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler went four innings and struck out four during his first major league start in nearly two years against the Miami Marlins. The right-hander allowed three runs and six hits. He threw 77 pitches, including 49 strikes. Manager Dave Roberts said before the game that Buehler’s pitch count was anywhere from 80 to 85. Buehler did not get a decision, but did depart with the Dodgers holding a 6-3 lead on the strength of four home runs, including Shohei Ohtani’s fourth in three games. It was Buehler’s first start since June 10, 2022, at San Francisco The 29-year-old two-time All-Star had his second Tommy John surgery on Aug. 23 that year.
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Another dominant performance by the Minnesota Timberwolves has the reigning but reeling NBA champion Denver Nuggets on the cusp of a stunning early exit from the playoffs. Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns led the short-handed Timberwolves to a 106-80 blowout of the Nuggets  for a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference semifinal series. Games 3 and 4 are in Minneapolis this weekend. The Timberwolves have won all six of their playoff games. The Nuggets have trailed by large margins in all seven of theirs. They bounced back against the Lakers but haven't cracked the code against Minnesota.
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Corey Seager hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning and the Texas Rangers rallied past the Oakland Athletics 4-2. The defending World Series champions were trailing 2-0 until Seager drilled a full-count pitch from Lucas Erceg over the right-center wall with two outs. Texas added an insurance run in the ninth on an error by first baseman Tyler Nevin. Kirby Yates got three outs for his sixth save. The A’s, who are leaving Oakland at the end of this season for Sacramento while they await a new stadium in Las Vegas, drew a season-low 2,895 fans at the Coliseum. Texas has won four of five, and tied a season high with its three-game win streak. The A’s have dropped two in a row after winning six straight.
