Category Archives: Local Sports
PIRATES RETURN TO PNC PARK FOR SIX-GAME HOMESTAND
Following their brief road trip to Milwaukee, where they lost two out of three games, the Pirates are back home tonight to open a six-game homestand. The Bucs take on the Mets for the first of three g...
Jun 27, 2025
HOAK, NORWIG HONORED BY PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
The Pro Football Hall of Fame yesterday honored fifteen individuals with the 2025 Awards of Excellence, including two long-time members of the Steelers, former running back and assistant coach Dick Ho...
Jun 27, 2025
JARVIS MAKES THE PLAY AS CURVE TOP BAYSOX AGAIN
Mike Jarvis had two hits and his bases-loaded catch-and-throw double play from right field gunned down the potential tying run at the plate and ended the game as Altoona won its third straight game, 3...
Jun 27, 2025
BEARCATS FALL TO FIRST PLACE HEMPFIELD EAST
In Senior Legion baseball on Wednesday, Hempfield East scored the first five runs and knocked off Homer City Post 493, 5-1. Six of the Bulldogs' nine hits came from the bottom three hitters in the ord...
Jun 26, 2025
SKENES STUMBLES, BUCS LOSE FINALE IN MILWAUKEE
Paul Skenes had his third straight subpar outing and the Pirates dropped the series finale in Milwaukee yesterday afternoon. Joe Block has the story. The Pirates are off today and start a three-game s...
Jun 26, 2025
PENGUINS HAVE OPTIONS IN DRAFT
The two-day NHL Draft begins tomorrow night, with the Penguins currently holding the 11th and 12th picks in the first round and fans and commentators speculating what they might do with them. They cou...
Jun 26, 2025
CURVE TAKE SECOND STRAIGHT IN MARYLAND
Nick Cimillo's two-run double to deep center broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth inning as Altoona topped Chesapeake, 4-2. The Curve had taken a 2-0 lead on Wyatt Hendrie's two-run homer in the third. Terma...
Jun 26, 2025
ADDINGTON TO COMPETE WITH KUNTZ AT LONG SNAPPER
The Steelers have made official the rumored signing of long snapper Tucker Addington to a one-year contract. He was released by the Texans this month. He's played ten games in the NFL and been with fi...
Jun 26, 2025
LACKAWANNA, PEIRCE MERGER WOULD REPORTEDLY ADD TO PSAC MEMBERSHIP
D2football.com reports today that Lackawanna College and Peirce College have agreed to merge, become a four-year institution, and join the PSAC, where it would become the 18th school in the conference...
Jun 25, 2025
TOUGH LOSS IN EXTRA INNINGS FOR POST 493
SENIOR LEGION Homer City Post 493 had chances in the bottom of the 6th and 7th but failed to drive in the winning run before Latrobe Post 515 scored five runs in the 8th inning to down the Bearcats 8-...
Jun 25, 2025
Voter ID
Pennsylvania is one of fifteen states that does not require any form of identification in order to vote. Meanwhile, eight states require photo ID in order to vote with no exceptions. What should Pennsylvania do?
Voting Ends: Feb 24, 2026 | 12:00 PM
