Category Archives: Local Sports

Homer City Post 493 and Young Township battled to the end last night - literally - in the opening game of the District 31 Senior Legion playoffs, with the Bearcats prevailing, 9-8. As in both games in...

What a day for the Pirates, who lost shortstop Konnor Griffin until September at the earliest, and then went out and beat the Braves on an all-time night by first baseman Ryan O'Hearn. Greg Brown has ...

The Penguins have signed forwards Rafael Harvey-Pinard and Hugh McGing, and defenseman Ryan Mast to their Wilkes-Barre/Scranton AHL affiliate. Harvey-Pinard scored 21 goals with 18 assists for Wilkes ...

Altoona stranded ten baserunners last night in a 3-2 loss to Richmond. Lonnie White Jr. and Keiner Delgado each had two hits for the Curve. Left-hander Dominic Perachi throws for the Curve in the seco...

The official word from the Pirates on Konnor Griffin's hand injury was not good. The 20-year-old shortstop was initially reported to be out about four weeks in media reports, but senior director of sp...

Multiple sources, including MLB.com's Jason Foster, report that Pirates shortstop Konnor Griffin has been diagnosed with a torn tendon in his left ring finger and will miss at least the next month. Fo...

Indiana took down Hollidaysburg, 7-1 in Game One of their 13U All-Stars three-game series at Optimist Park. Cole Burda threw three innings of one-hit shutout ball to begin the game, striking out four ...

Homer City Post 493 ended its regular season with a doubleheader split last night against Young Township, earning the third seed in the District 31 playoffs, which begin tonight against...Young Townsh...

The Pirates were swept by the Braves in a three-game series last month in Atlanta, but since that time, the Braves have the worst record in baseball, 7-16. Tonight, the Bucs get another shot at the NL...

The Curve return home to play Richmond in their final series before the All-Star break. Altoona will send left-hander Connor Oliver to the mound tonight. The Curve lost the first six games it played a...