Category Archives: Local Sports

The Pens signed restricted free agent Hendrix Lapierre to a two-year contract. He was with the Capitals last season and recorded four goals and 12 assists in 74 games. He was traded to the team on Jun...

After two straight losses in which the Phillies' offense manhandled Pirates pitching, the Bucs turned to some young arms (and young bats) to earn a split of their four-game series in Philadelphia. Jar...

Things were quiet in the Penguins' front office yesterday after a flurry of moves on the first day of NHL free agency, but there was news from one of their biggest rivals...NHL all-time leading goal s...

In Senior Legion baseball, Homer City Post 493 has had a tough week, made worse last night when they were swept in a doubleheader by Plum, making it five straight losses for the Bearcats. Falling behi...

Altoona hammered Portland, 10-3, led by Duce Gourson, who had three hits, with a grand slam. Keiner Delgado and Titus Dumitru also homered and Dumitru, Jesus Castillo, and Callan Moss all had two hits...

At the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association's 52nd C.R. Miller Match Play Invitational yesterday, West Shamokin grad and IUP incoming freshman Alex Talmadge lost in the first round, 2-and-1 to eventu...

IUP has 271 athletes named PSAC Scholar-Athletes this year. The conference on Wednesday announced the honors for maintaining at least a 3.25 grade-point-average. Fifty-eight percent of IUP's 462 stude...

It was supposed to be a great pitching matchup but both Paul Skenes and Zack Wheeler were knocked out of the game early, and the Pirates lost a second straight game to the Phillies. Joe Block recaps t...

Penguins president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas said last week he didn't want to make "an aggressive mistake" on July 1st, the first day of free agency, so the moves he did make were not splashy, b...

A five-run fifth inning was enough to push Bushy Run Post 260 past Homer City Post 493, 7-5 last night. Ben Cowburn and Brayden Rado each had two hits for the Bearcats. Dylan Ridley had three hits for...