Brendan Howe

3 weeks ago | cranberryeagle.com | Brendan Howe |Ed Thompson

As the weather allows this spring, Butler County baseball teams will take the diamond with a good amount of talent, especially on the mound. Opposing hitters figure to have a tough time against the top hurlers within county borders, and those pitchers do some damage from the plate themselves. Butler, Seneca Valley, Mars and Karns City have all been perennial playoff teams, while Moniteau made a deep run into the state playoffs last spring.

3 weeks ago | butlereagle.com | Brendan Howe |Ed Thompson

As the weather allows this spring, Butler County baseball teams will take the diamond with a good amount of talent, especially on the mound. Opposing hitters figure to have a tough time against the top hurlers within county borders, and those pitchers do some damage from the plate themselves. Butler, Seneca Valley, Mars and Karns City have all been perennial playoff teams, while Moniteau made a deep run into the state playoffs last spring.

1 month ago | butlereagle.com | Brendan Howe |Holly Mead

Sports O’HARA TWP — North Catholic entered expecting what Oakland Catholic would throw at them. The latter expected to play better than it had the first two times against the former — and did just that. The third-seeded Trojanettes fell into an early and insurmountable 12-0 hole against the No. 2 Eagles. North Catholic trailed wire-to-wire in a 57-29 WPIAL Class 4A girls basketball semifinal loss at Fox Chapel High School.

2 months ago | cranberryeagle.com | Brendan Howe |Rob McGraw |Kyle Prudhomme

JACKSON TWP — Walking across the court on senior night, Tyler Pepin fought away tears. If he had been there, Pepin knows his father wouldn’t have been able to. Seneca Valley’s lone boys basketball senior held bouquets of flowers in both hands Feb. 7, passing through two rows of standing teammates, toward his mother, Irma Pepin, and younger sister, Danielle Pepin. It was a bittersweet moment, with his dad, Dan Pepin, having died unexpectedly in October 2023.

2 months ago | butlereagle.com | Brendan Howe |Rob McGraw |Kyle Prudhomme

JACKSON TWP — Walking across the court on senior night, Tyler Pepin fought away tears. If he had been there, Pepin knows his father wouldn’t have been able to. Seneca Valley’s lone boys basketball senior held bouquets of flowers in both hands Feb. 7, passing through two rows of standing teammates, toward his mother, Irma Pepin, and younger sister, Danielle Pepin. It was a bittersweet moment, with his dad, Dan Pepin, having died unexpectedly in October 2023.