Category Archives: Local Sports

LIGONIER VALLEY DUO TO PLAY DIVISION I FOOTBALL
Two players who helped anchor Ligonier Valley's interior line have made verbal commitments to continue their football careers at Division I schools. Christian Jablonski (pictured on right) committed t...
Renda Media Jul 08, 2019

YOUNG TOWNSHIP FINISHES SIXTH
The Young Township Senior Legion baseball team split a pair of games on Sunday, finishing sixth place in the standings. Y.T. will open a three-game playoff series at Unity tonight, at 5:30 p.m. The Yo...
Jul 08, 2019 Andrew Malone / CC

CURVE SWEEP ERIE
The Altoona Curve will head into the All Star break after a three-game sweep of Erie yesterday. The Curve topped Erie 3-2, putting their record at 47 and 38; the best record in the Western Division. T...
Jul 08, 2019

PIRATES BEAT BREWERS AT HOME IN CLOSE GAME
The Pirates finished strong in the first part of the season with a 6-5 win over the Brewers yesterday at PNC Park. Bryan Reynolds hit a go-ahead three-run homer to lead the victory. Francisco Liriano ...
Jul 08, 2019

BUCS RESUME HOT-HITTING, PUMMEL BREWERS
Kevin Newman and Colin Moran each had four hits as the Pirates blasted the Milwaukee Brewers last night, 12-2, in a game that started two hours late because of rain. Newman hit his sixth home run, a c...
Hometown1 Jul 07, 2019

CURVE RAINED OUT SATURDAY
Altoona and Erie were rained out last night and will play a makeup doubleheader on July 23rd. The Curve and SeaWolves play their final game before the All-Star Break today at 2 p.m. Catcher Jas...
Hometown1 Jul 07, 2019

CURVE SHUT OUT SEAWOLVES
Brandon Waddell and Beau Salser combined for a no-hitter as the Altoona Curve blanked the Erie Seawolves 3-0 last night at PNG Field. The curve scored two runs in the 4th off of a sacrifice fly by Jer...
Hometown2 Jul 06, 2019

SULLIVAN SIGNS CONTRACT EXTENSION
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan has signed a four-year-contract extension that will keep him with the Pens. No word yet on how much the contract is worth. Sullivan lead the Pens to back t...
Hometown2 Jul 06, 2019

PIRATES ROUTED IN SERIES FINALE AGAINST CUBS
The Pirates lost on the 4th of July against the Chicago Cubs. Greg Brown reports. The Pirates will host the Milwaukee Brewers tonight starting at 6:40 on WCCS AM 1160 and 101.1 FM
Hometown2 Jul 05, 2019

CURVE EARN WALK-OFF VICTORY OVER ERIE
A sellout crowd of 8,806 saw the Curve get a walk-off win over the Erie Seawolves 6 to 5 on July 4th. The winning hit was a walk-off two-run double by Robbie Glendinning , in the 10th inning. Chris Sh...
Hometown2 Jul 05, 2019

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.
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