Category Archives: Local Sports

The Heritage Conference baseball and softball championships will be decided tonight, with two of the teams hoping to remain undefeated for the season. In baseball at First Commonwealth Bank Field in H...

The WPIAL softball playoffs begin today with a Class 4A matchup of fifth-seeded Indiana and number twelve Uniontown at Norwin High School. Indiana is 14-5 and finished second in Section One. Uniontown...

The Pirates let one slip away in San Francisco yesterday as the bullpen failed to hold a two-run lead in extra innings. Joe Block has the story. Jones is eligible to come off the 60-day injured list o...

Shawn Ross blasted a sixth-inning grand slam as Altoona broke open its game with Chesapeake and went on to beat the Baysox, 9-3. Curve pitchers retired twenty consecutive batters from the second innin...

The Steelers wrapped up their scheduled three-day rookie minicamp early, dismissing their young players on Saturday instead of Sunday so they could make it home for Mother's Day. There have been no ne...

The Pirates crushed the Giants on Saturday, with Joey Bart and Nick Gonzalez both collecting four hits. Joe Block recaps the impressive win. The series, and the Pirates' six-game road trip, comes to a...

The Steelers have signed three more of their ten draft picks, leaving four left to sign. Cornerback Daylen Everette (third round), guard Gennings Dunker (third round) and fullback/tight end Riley Nowa...

The Altoona Curve blasted four home runs Saturday night in a 7-1 defeat of Chesapeake. Callan Moss, Omar Alfonzo, Jack Brannigan, and Will Taylor all homered, while Curve pitchers combined to strike o...

Penguins defenseman Parker Wotherspoon will represent Team Canada at the 2026 IIHF World Championship. Wotherspoon joins Pittsburgh's Jason Spezza, who is serving as Team Canada's Assistant General Ma...

The Steelers have signed sixth-round draft pick Gabriel Rubio to a four-year contract. Rubio, a defensive end out of Notre Dame, was selected 210th overall in the 2026 NFL Draft. He played in 39 caree...