Category Archives: Local Sports

Pitt coach Jeff Capel has landed another recruit from Iowa State. Two days after getting 6-11 senior center Dishon Jackson from the Cyclones, Capel has recruited 6-5 freshman Nojous Indrusaitis, a Lit...

A rough day on the diamond for Homer-Center, which could manage just one hit in an 11-1 loss to Bishop McCort. Collin Dunn had the Wildcats' hit. The Crushers scored seven runs in the second inning an...

The Heritage Conference today announced the Heritage Conference All-Conference Teams for boys' basketball, girls' basketball, wrestling, cheerleading, chorus, and concert band. Chorus Homer-Center - R...

More trouble in the bullpen for the Pirates yesterday, but they still managed to grab a win from the Yankees in extra innings. Joe Block has the recap.   Bednar worked a scoreless inning and stru...

The Penguins were officially eliminated from the race for the playoffs yesterday with their 3-1 loss at Chicago. Rickard Rakell had the Pens' goal, his 34th of the season, at 14:36 of the third period...

High school baseball and softball teams will have a tough time getting in their games this week with the weather working against them. In baseball, Indiana is off to a 6-0 start overall and started th...

Sammy Siani cracked a two-run home run in the third inning to lead Altoona to its first win of the season, 2-1 over Chesapeake. Anthony Solometo worked five scoreless innings, giving up one hit and th...

Former Steelers defensive end Ray Seals has passed away at age 59. No cause of death was released. Seals played eight years in the NFL, two of them in Pittsburgh, where he recorded 15-and-a-half sacks...

Class 6A Rank, Team, W-L, Last 1. North Allegheny, 2-2, 1 2. Canon-McMillan, 7-1, 4 3. Butler, 6-0, NR 4. Seneca Valley, 4-3, NR 5. Central Catholic, 4-2, 2 Out: Hempfield (4-4, 3), Mt. Lebanon (1-6, ...

The Pirates' woes continued on a damp Saturday at PNC Park. Joe Block has the recap.   The series concludes this afternoon with left-hander Andrew Heaney on the mound for the Pirates against Yank...