Category Archives: Local Sports

PENGUINS PROSPECTS NEWS: PEDDLE TO QUEBEC, FIVE OTHERS IN WORLD JUNIORS
Defenseman Brady Peddle, the Penguins third round draft choice last month, has signed to play junior hockey with Charlottetown of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League for the upcoming season. The...
Hometown1 Jul 29, 2025

EARLY DEFICIT NO PROBLEM FOR INDIANA AT WORLD SERIES
Indiana fell behind 3-0 but rallied for 11 unanswered runs to knock off Canada 11-3 in their first round game at the Junior Little League Softball World Series in Kirkland, Washington yesterday. Ella ...
Hometown1 Jul 28, 2025

PIRATES PITCHERS BLAZING HOT IN WEEKEND SHUTOUTS
The Pirates have suddenly gotten hot, winning their fifth game in their last six yesterday, and they've done it by being dominant on the pitching mound. Joe Block has the story. Parker was inducted al...
Hometown1 Jul 28, 2025

DAY OF REST FOR STEELERS TODAY
Steelers players are off today, getting ready to put on their pads for the first time this week at St. Vincent College. They worked out in shorts and helmets again yesterday. Coach Mike Tomlin says th...
Hometown1 Jul 28, 2025

TRADE CANDIDATES LEAD BUCS TO WIN OVER D-BACKS
The Pirates won their fourth game in their last five, and with the MLB trade deadline coming on Thursday, the players who led the way happen to be some of the most-likely Bucs to be headed elsewhere. ...
Hometown1 Jul 27, 2025

BIG BEN, POUNCEY, PORTER SR. NAMED TO STEELERS HALL OF HONOR
The Steelers announced yesterday that Big Ben Roethlisberger, Maurkice Pouncey, and Joey Porter, Sr. will be this year's inductees to the team's Hall of Honor. Roethlisberger played all 18 years of hi...
Hometown1 Jul 27, 2025

CURVE BLAST ANOTHER GRAND SLAM IN RAIN-SOAKED WIN
FROM THE ALTOONA CURVE: Mike Jarvis slammed Altoona's fourth Grand Slam of the season in a 6-1 rain-shortened win over the Chesapeake Baysox on Saturday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field. The Curve e...
Hometown1 Jul 27, 2025

PIRATES OFFENSE FALLS FLAT IN EXTRA INNING LOSS TO DIAMONDBACKS
After a three-game sweep of one of the top teams in baseball, the Pirates offense went cold in an extra-innings loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Joe Block reports. The Pirates and the Diamondbacks re...
Hometown2 Jul 26, 2025

"THE COBRA" TO BE INDUCTED SUNDAY IN BASEBALL'S HALL OF FAME
The Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony is set for Sunday in Cooperstown, New York. Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Dick Allen, Dave Parker and Billy Wagner will all be inducted into the Hall. Suzuki...
Hometown2 Jul 26, 2025

BAYSOX SHUT OUT ALTOONA FRIDAY NIGHT
In the minors, the Chesapeake Baysox shut out the Altoona Curve 7-0. Chesapeake scored two runs in the third, fourth and sixth innings and a single run in the 8th to pick up the win. Antwone Kelly too...
Hometown2 Jul 26, 2025

America 250
The America250 celebration is coming up. Are you doing anything special?
Yes! Can't wait for the Friday night parade and Saturday's YMCA Star Spangled Celebration at Mack Park!
We'll do our typical picnic and sparklers thing!
We're traveling to some great U.S. historical sites, such as Philadelphia or Washington, D.C.
Nothing special. Just a typical weekend at our house.
Voting Ends: Jun 16, 2026 | 12:00 PM









