Category Archives: Local Sports

Homer-Center played Comeback Kids again after falling behind to Claysburg-Kimmel 9-3 in the second inning. The Wildcats scored three runs in the bottom of the third to make it 9-6. It stayed that way ...

The Pirates lost their fourth straight game last night in their series opener against the Reds. Joe Block has the story. In the second game of the series tonight, Bailey Falter [2-3, 4.02 ERA] starts ...

Altoona opens a six-game series tonight at Akron. The Curve are 20-19 and third in the Eastern League's Southwest Division. The Rubberducks are 24-15 and tied with Erie for first place, five games ahe...

Sidney Crosby couldn't complete the play at the goalmouth in overtime and was stopped in the shootout as Team Canada lost to Finland 2-1 in Stockholm, Sweden yesterday. Marc-Andre Fleury made twenty s...

BASEBALL The District 6 playoffs swing back into action today with a number of Heritage Conference teams on the field. In Class A, the top four seeds play with three of the games featuring Heritage Co...

BASEBALL The top-seeded Indiana High Little Indians play number nine Ambridge tonight in the WPIAL Quad-A quarterfinals. Indiana is 19-1 and had a first round bye. Ambridge is 9-10 and beat Knoch, 5-0...

The Pirates' season has been a nightmare so far, and it got worse yesterday, with a sweep at the hands of the Phillies and bad news on pitcher Jared Jones. Greg Brown recaps the loss to the Phils. &nb...

Altoona dropped the finale of its six-game series against Harrisburg, 6-4. Jack Branigan was 2-for-4 with a double for the Curve, who will begin a six-game set tomorrow at Akron.

The Phillies' Zack Wheeler was too much for the Pirates offense on Saturday. Greg Brown recaps another Bucco loss.   Wheeler threw six shutout innings for the Phillies, giving up three hits and a...

Altoona doubled up Harrisburg 8-4 on Saturday for the Curve's fourth win in five games against the Senators on the current homestand. Mitch Jebb and Mike Jarvis each had three hits and Jarvis hit his ...