Author Archives: Hometown1

LIGHT SCHEDULE FOR COUNTY'S SCHOOL BOARDS THIS WEEK
It's a relatively light schedule of school board meetings this week. Marion Center was to meet on Monday for a work session, but has opted instead to combine the meeting with the voting session schedu...
Hometown1 Feb 15, 2026

GRIFFIN IN THE SPOTLIGHT IN BRADENTON
The buzz in Bradenton so far has been baseball's number-one prospect, the 19-year-old phenom Konnor Griffin, who is competing for the starting shortstop job. From manager Donnie Kelly to Cy Young Awar...
Hometown1 Feb 13, 2026

ELROY FACE, PIRATES' LEGENDARY RELIEVER, PASSES AWAY
Elroy Face, the first great Pirates relief pitcher, passed away yesterday. He would have celebrated his 98th birthday next Friday. Known as "The Baron of the Bullpen", Face played sixteen years in the...
Hometown1 Feb 13, 2026

BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS TIP OFF TONIGHT, PLUS INDIANA RIFLE RESULTS
BASKETBALL The WPIAL basketball playoffs tip off tonight and they include a girls 5A game for Indiana, which enters the tournament at 19-3 and with the third seed. They will host number 14 Mars, which...
Hometown1 Feb 13, 2026

McCARTHY'S COACHING STAFF COMPLETED
The Steelers yesterday announced head coach Mike McCarthy's coaching staff, adding one more name and also officially naming Frank Cignetti Jr., which they had not previously done. Cignetti, who most r...
Hometown1 Feb 13, 2026

UPJ TOUGH, BUT IUP SWEEPS DOUBLEHEADER
The IUP basketball teams had to fight it out with UPJ last night, but they both came away winners. Jack Benedict has the story of a doubleheader sweep. With five games to go, the IUP women are 20-1, 1...
Hometown1 Feb 12, 2026

SKENES, KELLY HAPPY TO START WORK WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS
It was nothing but smiles in Bradenton yesterday as the Pirates officially kicked off spring training. But the players and coaching staff have been at Pirate City for a while anyway, so for most it wa...
Hometown1 Feb 12, 2026

HEYWARD EXPLAINS SLAMMING BOOK VIDEO
Steelers defensive lineman Cam Heyward said on his podcast, Not Just Football, yesterday that the video he posted over the weekend of a book being slammed shut was not meant to signal that he was reti...
Hometown1 Feb 12, 2026

TEAM USA, TEAM CANADA ON THE ICE TODAY
Both Team USA and Team Canada hit the ice for their first Olympic hockey games today. Team Canada, with their captain Sidney Crosby, will play first at 10:40 our time against Czechia. Then Team USA pl...
Hometown1 Feb 12, 2026

LIMITED ACTION ON WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE
BASKETBALL BOYS Portage dropped a game to Central Cambria, 64-36. Teagan Kick led the Mustangs with 8 points. JD Brouse led the Red Devils with 18. Northern Cambria knocked off Ferndale, 56-44. ...
Hometown1 Feb 12, 2026

Konnor Griffin
Konnor Griffin is a Bucco! Are you going to go watch him play?
You bet! He's going to put them in the playoffs!
Sure will, but he's not going to make them much better.
Maybe a few games, but he's going to struggle.
Nope! The Pirates have been too bad for too long.
Voting Ends: Apr 14, 2026 | 12:00 PM











