Category Archives: Local Sports

United senior A.J. Hixson has signed to play Esports at Saint Francis.In the photo, first row left to right, Rich Hixson (father), A.J. Hixson, Angela Hixson (mother); second row left to right, Mike L...

BASEBALL In an important Heritage Conference West doubleheader, West Shamokin kept its chances alive for a conference championship game berth with a sweep of River Valley, 15-4 and 8-2. The Wolves' Ju...

BASEBALL Indiana had six hits, five of them for extra bases, in an 8-1 win over Butler. Ethan Shank, Sully VanHoose, Mike Zimmerman, and Caden Force all doubles and Rocco Cosentino tripled. Indiana is...

BASEBALL IUP Baseball scored in the first and fifth innings yesterday and held on for a 2-1 win over East Stroudsburg on the first day of the PSAC Tournament. Au'Sean Owens led off with a double and l...

The Pirates lost their seventh straight game and have been shut out a Major League-worst seven times after being blanked by the Cardinals yesterday. Here's Joe Block. The Bucs are off today and open a...

Altoona lost to Erie, 6-4, in a twelve-innings day game. The Curve took a 4-3 lead on a Mike Jarvis sacrifice fly in the twelfth, but his brother, Jim tied it for the SeaWolves with a sac fly in the b...

The Steelers will host the NFL Draft next spring and it sure seems like they will be on the stage a lot. Or, they could use all that draft capital to move up and get a quarterback. Yesterday's trade o...

According to reports, the Steelers agreed to a trade with the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers today that will send wide receiver George Pickens to Dallas for a 2026 third-round pick. The Cowboy...

Heritage Conference standings for baseball and softball through May 6, 2025, as provided by the conference. Tie breakers 1. Best section record (Combined Section and Cross-over) 2. Head to Head compet...

BASEBALL Homer-Center broke open a tight game with a seven-run sixth inning and Noah Turk struck out eleven batters in an 8-0 defeat of Marion Center. Turk gave up just two hits in six-plus innings. N...