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Steelers not surprising themselves

PITTSBURGH — The phrase sounded odd coming out of DeShon Elliott’s mouth. Even though it happened to be true. Standing inside the Pittsburgh locker room Sunday after another taut victory over the Baltimore Ravens pushed the Steelers to 8-2 and gave them a little wiggle room atop the AFC ...

Pirates’ Skenes named NL ROY

Hard-throwing Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes capped a remarkable season by winning the National League Rookie of the Year Award on Monday, while Luis Gil of the New York Yankees edged Baltimore’s Colton Cowser to take the AL honor. It’s the first time the rookie awards went to two ...

Bowling leagues

Candy Vinopal’s 201-502 led the Youngsville Ladies at Valley Bowling Center. Amy Willsie rolled a 183-491 and Cindy Reasbeck had a 172-460. ——— In the Rusted Nutz Garage League at Valley Bowling Center, Tommy Jukes drilled a 201-549. Joe Yaegle had a 197-540, Darcy Rex cracked a ...

‘No regrets’

Collin Clough was a four-year varsity starter for Youngsville High School’s wrestling team, team captain for two of those seasons, a multiple-time Northwest regional tournament qualifier with 70 career high school wins, and a District 10 region all-star. All while wrestling for his dad, ...

Steelers bottle up Jackson in 18-16 win

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers insist they have no secret formula when it comes to stopping Lamar Jackson. That there is nothing mystical about their approach to the otherworldly Baltimore Ravens quarterback. They study film. Just like everybody else. They read their cues. Just like ...

Ravens fail to top Steelers — again

PITTSBURGH — Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens still haven’t figured out how to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers. Pittsburgh’s defense stifled Jackson and the NFL’s top-ranked offense on Sunday as the Steelers topped their AFC North rivals behind Chris Boswell’s franchise-tying six ...