Apr 9, 2018 4 min read

Big Screen back for Penguins playoffs

The Penguins announced Monday the return of the outdoor Big Screen for all home games during the Stanley Cup playoffs.

The large video screen, a staple of Penguins playoff hockey over the past decade, will be located again near the Peoples Gate at PPG Paints Arena (at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Washington Place). In addition to the KeyBank Big Screen, a DJ, face painters, interactive games and appearances by special guests including Iceburgh will take place leading up to game time. The KeyBank Fan Zone will be activated outside the Peoples gate prior to each home game.

Inside PPG Paints Arena, “Gold-Outs” will again be the norm as the Pens will distribute gold t-shirts and towels to all fans in attendance for Game 1 against Philadelphia Wednesday and Game 2 Friday.

There will be a Coors Light party tent with a DJ outside near the Mario Lemieux statue. Food trucks will be along Centre Avenue.

Also, fans can get free playoff yards signs at Pittsburgh area Dick’s Sporting Goods locations while supplies last.

In high school baseball

Ringgold scored three runs in the final two innings to defeat Uniontown, 3-1, in a Class 4A, Section 3 game to stay unbeaten.

Trailing 1-0 after five innings, the Rams scored two runs in the sixth and another in the seventh.

Ringgold is 4-0, 3-0 in the section. Uniontown is 3-3, 1-2 in the section.

• Antonio Cavallo allowed one hit and struck out 11 as Greensburg Central Catholic blanked Jefferson-Morgan, 10-0, in a Section 2-A game played at Seton Hill University that lasted five innings.

The Rockets fell to 2-1, 1-1 in the section. Jake Broadwater had the lone hit, a fourth-inning single. J-M pitching walked 11 batters.

Paul Rice had a two-run double for GCC, which moved to 1-1, 1-0 in the section.

In girls lacrosse

Peters Township High School downed Upper St. Clair, 14-10, behind Emily Anderson’s seven goals and one assist.

Mara Rayburg had two goals and three assists for Peters Township. Erin Gummersbach, Natalie Cocco, Tia Mussitsch, Mackenzie Lehman, and Rachel Raber each scored a goal.

USC was lead by Lindsay Newton’s four goals and two assists, and Celena Kerr’s two goals and one assist.

NHL moves up

All-Star skills, game

The NHL is moving up its All-Star skills competition and game next season.

After years of holding the skills competition on Saturday night and the All-Star Game on Sunday, the NHL is moving each event up a day for the 2019 weekend hosted by the San Jose Sharks. The skills competition will take place on Friday, Jan. 25 and the game on Saturday, Jan. 26 at SAP Center.

The league announced the change Monday.

It’s uncertain if the All-Star Game will still take the form of a 3-on-3 tournament as it has the past two years. The 3-on-3 tournament was negotiated beginning in 2017 for five-day bye weeks for each team.

In the NBA

LeBron James had 26 points and 11 assists, Kevin Love scored 28 points, and the Cleveland Cavaliers got their 50th win and another Central Division title by beating the New York Knicks 123-109.

The Cavaliers pulled within a half-game of Philadelphia for the No. 3 spot in the Eastern Conference, bouncing back from their loss to the 76ers on Friday and winning for the sixth time in seven games.