PUP softball notebook: With prolific high school career coming to a close, New Castle star Keara Mangieri preparing to put prodigious power on display at next level for Pitt - Pittsburgh Union Progress

PUP softball notebook: With prolific high school career coming to a close, New Castle star Keara Mangieri preparing to put prodigious power on display at next level for Pitt - Pittsburgh Union Progress

Three years ago, Keara Mangieri was hardly on anybody’s radar as a little-known freshman at New Castle. Now, the Red Hurricanes’ star shortstop is the talk of the town, generating enough buzz to strike up a storm with every thunderous crack of her bright-red Easton Inferno Ghost Unlimited bat. “When you hear that crack of the bat, you know it’s gone,” said New Castle coach Laurie Lidak. “To look at her, you wouldn’t think she has the power to pu…