Category Archives: Local Sports

Linebacker Patrick Queen was a full practice participant again yesterday and will start Sunday in the Steelers' game against New England, but cornerback Joey porter Jr. and safety DeShon Elliott sat o...

Erie scored three runs in the first two innings off Antwone Kelly and knocked off Altoona last night 6-1 to even up the Eastern League Southwest Division playoff series at a game apiece, with a decidi...

The Pirates open their final home series of the season tonight against the A's at PNC Park. Manager Donnie Kelly has not announced his rotation for the weekend series. The A's will use right-hander Lu...

Conemaugh Township wins the Heritage Conference Boys Golf Championship, River Valley wins the girls title, and the individual championships go to West Shamokin's Alex Talmadge in a playoff and to Rive...

IUP continues preparations for Saturday's game against Millersville. Kickoff is scheduled for two o'clock. Jack Benedict looks at the history of the series.   Check out Matt Burglund's latest, an...

UPDATE: Numerous sources report backup offensive lineman Max Scharping suffered a significant knee injury at Steelers' practice yesterday and is being evaluated. NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports Sch...

The Eastern League's Southwest Division best-of-three series resumes tonight at Erie, where the Altoona Curve have a 1-0 series lead over the SeaWolves. Right-hander Antwone Kelly will start for the C...

The Pirates yesterday dropped another one to the Cubs, who clinched a Wild Card spot in the National League playoffs. Joe Block has the story. The Pirates are off today and welcome the A's to PNC Park...

New coach Dan Muse will welcome sixty-nine players to the opening of Penguins' training camp today at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry. Among the players trying to make the team on Profess...

  It's a small sample size, but the efforts of the IUP defense just two games into the season have been a pleasant surprise for the Crimson Hawks. In a loss to Ashland and a win over Lock Haven, ...