Category Archives: Local Sports

North Carolina edged Gonzaga, 71-65, last night to win its sixth NCAA men’s national championship. Joel Berry III was the MVP.

BASEBALL Two teams improved to 2-0 in Heritage Conference action Monday. Blairsville defeated Penns Manor, 11-0, in five innings. Adam Ratkus pitched 3 1/3 innings for Blairsville and Brian Knupp fini...

Rookie Andrew Benintendi delivered the deciding blow when he smacked a three-run homer to cap a five-run rally for the Red Sox in the bottom of the fifth. Boston went on to beat the Pirates, 5-3, in t...

The Heritage Conference All-Conference Teams for boys’ basketball, girls’ basketball, wrestling and cheering were released on Monday. For basketball and cheerleading, the Heritage Conferen...

The Pirates open the season this afternoon at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox at 2:05 p.m. Gerritt Cole starts against Rick Porcello. Pre-game is at 1:40 p. m. on AM 1160 WCCS and 101.1 FM.

The IUP baseball team swept a doubleheader from Gannon Sunday by scores of 7-3 and 11-5. In game one, Wes Carson went 2 for 4 with two RBI and a double, while Matt Eperesi was 1 for 3 with a home run ...

The Penguins climbed back into second place, leap frogging Columbus, by beating Carolina, 3-2, on Sunday night. Pittsburgh (48-19-11) is one point ahead of the Columbus Blue Jackets and five points be...

The Pirates lost their final exhibition game of the spring, 6-4, to the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday. Pittsburgh scored three runs in the fifth inning to tie the score at 4-4, but the Pirates gave up...

The Pirates and Toronto Blue Jays played to a 1-1 tie Friday night in Montreal. Josh Harrison and Adam Frazier led the Bucs with two hits. Frazier smacked a triple in the fifth to drive in Jordy Merce...

The Penguins ended a four-game losing streak with a 4-3 shootout win against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Friday. The Penguins (47-19-11) are one point behind the Columbus Blue Jac...