Category Archives: Local Sports

SPRING PLAYOFF SEASON ARRIVES WITH RAIN AN EVER-PRESENT FACTOR
SOFTBALL In the WPIAL Quad-A quarterfinals, Indiana's game against Hampton was suspended due to rain yesterday and will resume today at noon at Norwin High School. It's the bottom of the first and Ind...
Hometown1 May 15, 2025

PIRATES WIN RAIN-SOAKED GAME IN NEW YORK
On a rainy night in New York, the Pirates salvaged a game in their three-game set against the Mets. Joe Block has the story. The Pirates are off today and will start a three-game series in Phil...
Hometown1 May 15, 2025

CURVE SPLIT TWINBILL WITH SENATORS
Altoona split a doubleheader with Harrisburg, winning the first seven-inning game 8-0 but dropping the second one 6-4. Sammy Siani had three hits with two doubles in the first game and Termarr Johnson...
Hometown1 May 15, 2025

STEELERS WILL OPEN SEASON AGAINST JETS
The Steelers will start the season with a road game for the tenth time in the last eleven years. The NFL unveiled the schedule for the 2025 season, and the opener for Mike Tomlin's crew will be agains...
Hometown1 May 15, 2025

EX-PENGUIN NAMED COACH OF FLYERS
Former Penguins forward and assistant coach Rick Tocchet has been named the new head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers, another team for whom he played in his NHL career. According to David Pagnotta of...
Hometown1 May 15, 2025

PITT NAMES 2025 ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME
Football star Aaron Donald and basketball standout Sam Young lead a group of eight new members of the Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame. The others to be enshrined September 26th at the Petersen Events Cent...
Hometown1 May 15, 2025

PIRATES CAN'T BREAK OUT OF OFFENSIVE DOLDRUMS
The Pirates' offensive misery continued as they wasted another great start by Mitch Keller last night in New York. Joe Block recaps another quiet night for the Bucs' bats. Rosters have not been...
Hometown1 May 14, 2025

STEELERS WILL PLAY VIKINGS IN IRELAND
The Steelers will play the Minnesota Vikings in Dublin, Ireland at 9:30 AM our time on September 28th. The NFL yesterday announced four regular-season games in Europe and another in Brazil. The Viking...
Hometown1 May 14, 2025

CROSBY SCORES IN TEAM CANADA WIN
The Penguins' Sidney Crosby scored a power play goal as Team Canada shut out France 5-0 yesterday at the IIHF World Championships. After preliminary round wins over Denmark and Hungary, Team USA lost ...
Hometown1 May 14, 2025

WPIAL 4A SOFTBALL BRACKET WITH INDIANA VS HAMPTON ON WEDNESDAY
Here's a look at the WPIAL 4A bracket as Indiana prepares to take on Hampton in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Renda Media May 13, 2025












