Category Archives: Local Sports

The Pirates yesterday dropped another one to the Cubs, who clinched a Wild Card spot in the National League playoffs. Joe Block has the story. The Pirates are off today and welcome the A's to PNC Park...

New coach Dan Muse will welcome sixty-nine players to the opening of Penguins' training camp today at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry. Among the players trying to make the team on Profess...

  It's a small sample size, but the efforts of the IUP defense just two games into the season have been a pleasant surprise for the Crimson Hawks. In a loss to Ashland and a win over Lock Haven, ...

GIRLS GOLF Indiana had two girls playing in the 18-hole sectional individual qualifier for a chance to play in next week's WPIAL Finals, and one of them used a dramatic 18th hole birdie to make it in....

Coach Mike Tomlin says he's excited about looking for the "appropriate formula" of players and strategy for the Steelers, who are dealing with a rash of injuries on the defensive side of the football....

Forget last week, when the Altoona Curve lost five out of six games in Erie. Last night, they put up a seven-run sixth inning to overcome the SeaWolves 11-5 and take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three So...

Paul Skenes gave up a leadoff home run and the Pirates' fading offense couldn't keep up with the Cubs last night. Joe Block recaps another Bucco loss, their tenth in the last eleven games. The series ...

One of the Penguins' most effective defensemen last year was Matt Grzelcyk, but he went unsigned as a free agent in the offseason. With NHL training camps opening up, Grzelcyk has signed a professiona...

VOLLEYBALL Indiana took the first set, 25-22, but Forest Hills won the next three, 25-18, 25-22, and 25-19 to hand the Indians their first loss of the season, 3-1. Paige Fisanich led Indiana with 23 k...

Pirates pitchers are tied with the Tigers for the Major League lead in shutouts thrown, with 17. Unfortunately, Pirates hitters lead the majors in getting shut out, with 16 after getting blanked last ...