Category Archives: Local Sports
STEELERS PICK UP FIFTH-YEAR OPTION ON WATT
This one was a no-brainer: the Steelers have picked up the fifth-year option on linebacker T.J. Watt. Under the collective bargaining agreement with the players' union, the team had until May 4th to e...
Apr 29, 2020
PIRATES, YANKEES, AND BOSOX IN SAME DIVISION?
USA Today reports MLB is examining a plan to start the season in late June with games played in each team's home stadium, but without fans. The plan allows for at least 100 regular season games, an ex...
Apr 29, 2020
PITT BASKETBALL LANDS BIG-TIME RECRUIT
Pitt basketball coach Jeff Capel has signed his highest-rated recruit ever, 6-foot-7 Erie McDowell forward William Jeffress. He averaged 23.2 points and 8.3 rebounds per game over three years and will...
Apr 29, 2020
PITT ADDS ANOTHER FOOTBALL RECRUIT
Pitt football coach Pat Narduzzi added another recruit yesterday. Three-star wide receiver Myles Auston, from Virginia Beach, is the seventh player to announce his intention to come to Pitt in 2021. A...
Apr 28, 2020
IUP'S MANDEL, BORLAND NAMED ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
IUP's Athletes of the Week are men's track & field grad student Noah Mandel and women's lacrosse sophomore Chloe Borland. Mandel is a cross country and track & field distance runner from Erie....
Apr 28, 2020
BOYS AA ALL-STATE BASKETBALL TEAM HAS ONLY ONE D6 PLAYER
As was the case with yesterday's Class A team, the Pennsylvania Sports Writers Class AA All-State basketball team includes no Heritage Conference players and only one player for District 6. That's thi...
Apr 28, 2020
STEELERS AUGMENT DRAFT CLASS WITH TEN FREE AGENTS
The Steelers added 10 free agents to their six draft choices over the weekend. Pittsburgh took 6-foot-4, 238-pound Notre Dame wide receiver Chase Claypool with their first pick, in the second round on...
Apr 27, 2020
NO HERITAGE CONFERENCE PLAYERS ON BOYS CLASS A ALL-STATE TEAM
The Pennsylvania Sportswriters released its Boys Class A all-state basketball team today, and there are no Heritage Conference players on it. In fact, there is only one player from District 6 on the t...
Apr 27, 2020
DYLAN STAPLETON SIGNS WITH TEXANS
Indiana High School grad Dylan Stapleton signed with the Houston Texans as a free agent yesterday after the NFL draft. His brother, Riley, had not yet signed with a team as of this morning. The two pl...
Apr 26, 2020
STEELERS' SATURDAY DRAFT FEATURES TWO OFFENSIVE, TWO DEFENSIVE PLAYERS
The Steelers rounded out their draft yesterday by selecting Maryland running back Anthony McFarland and offensive lineman Kevin Dotson of Louisiana-Lafayette in the fourth round, Maryland safety Antoi...
Apr 26, 2020
Homer Center Trucks
Have the “superloads” of equipment headed to the Homer City Energy Campus been an imposition on you?
Voting Ends: Oct 4, 2026 | 12:00 PM
