Category Archives: Local Sports

The NCAA men's basketball tournament is back. A trip to the title game is on the line when a pair of teams battle in the Final Four from Indianapolis later today. Number-2 UConn and third-seeded Illin...

Twenty-four hours after he was promoted to the main roster, Konnor Griffin was formally introduced to the media as a member of the Pirates main roster. The 19-year-old is expected to take over at shor...

There was a lot of in-conference action on area ballfields on Thursday and some exciting out-of-conference play as well. Here's the roundup: SOFTBALL West Shamokin scored two runs in the bottom of the...

It's not just another home opener for the Pirates today. 19-year-old shortstop Konnor Griffin will make his Major League debut against the Baltimore Orioles tonight and the Pirates will hold a news co...

Lightning struck the Penguins last night as Tampa Bay skated away with the game, but everybody else chasing the Pens in the race for second place in the Metro Division, (the Islanders, Blue Jackets, F...

The Altoona Curve dropped their season opener to Harrisburg last night, 7-2. Khristian Curtis got the start for the Curve and threw five innings, giving up one run on two hits, striking out nine and w...

The Pirates have announced that Konnor Griffin was promoted to the big league roster and will make his team debut on Friday during the home opener against Baltimore. Griffin was the Pirates first-roun...

SOFTBALL There's a big non-conference softball game scheduled this afternoon. West Shamokin will host Indiana, weather permitting, at 4:30. Indiana opened the season with a loss to Souderton, from Mon...

The Pirates got a second straight win over the Reds yesterday, and by the same score both times! Joe Block has the story. Nick Gonzalez, Bryan Reynolds, and Oneal Cruz all had two hits for the Pirates...

The Penguins' grueling week continues tonight with their third game in four nights, in Tampa Bay against the Lightning. The Pens are in second place in the Metro Division with 92 points, eight behind ...