Category Archives: Local Sports

The District 6 baseball playoffs are set to start Tuesday afternoon at 4 p.m. for the local teams. Homer-Center, the No. 1 seed in Class A, will host Bishop Carroll, while Saltsburg will travel to Cla...

The Giants blanked the Pirates yesterday, 5-0, to end the Bucs winning streak at five. Jose Osuna and Starling Marte each banged out two hits. The Pirates are off today and resume play Tuesday night, ...

Behind the three-hit, four-RBI day of Jason Martin, the Altoona Curve topped Reading, 7-1, Sunday. Dario Agrazal was the winning pitcher, going six innings. The Curve will host Richmond tonight, with ...

After a lengthy rain delay, the Pirates beat the San Francisco Giants, 6-5 Saturday night. Gregory Polanco and Francisco Cervelli both homered, and Josh Bell scored the winning run in the 8th inning w...

The Altoona Curve lost a back-and-forth game against the Fighting Phils of Reading 9-8 yesterday. Jason Martin was responsible for three runs on three hits with one RBI and Logan Hill had a two-run ho...

When Andrew McCutchen came to PNC Park for the first time since being traded on Friday, he was greeted with smiles and handshakes from his former team-mates and a 30-second standing ovation from the f...

The Homer Center Wildcats, the No. 1 Class A team on the Max Preps top 10, suffered their first loss of the season to the Class AA No. 6 team Serra Catholic, 3-0, yesterday in Homer City. Nate Davis o...

The Pirates open a weekend series with the Giants tonight. Andrew McCutchen returns to Pittsburgh after spending nine years with the Bucs. He is currently hitting .250 with three home runs and 14 RBI....

The Homer Center Wildcats ran their baseball record to 16-0 with a 12-0 win over Ligonier Valley yesterday. Nate Davis picked up the win, while the offense was led by Dakota Sunday with three hits. Ho...

The Pirates rallied with a four-run ninth inning in defeating the White Sox in Chicago yesterday afternoon, 6-5. Colin Moran, Jordy Mercer, and Gregory Polanco homered. Richard Rodriquez picked up the...