Category Archives: Local Sports

The Four Nations Faceoff is complete, and players have returned to their teams, so it's back to regular season play for the NHL. Today, the Penguins will host the Washington Capitals at PPG Paints Are...

The Pirates pre-season workouts continue, but today, they'll finally see some other uniforms out there with the first game of Grapefruit League play as they play against the Baltimore Orioles. Carmen ...

A member of the Steelers Super Bowl era has passed away. Reports say that former running back Mike Collier died last week at the age of 71. No cause of death was announced. He was a part of the team t...

Team Canada comes through again, winning the 4 Nations Face-Off with a Connor McDavid overtime goal for a 3-2 win over Team USA. McDavid's championship goal came just over eight minutes into the extra...

The Pirates have found their fifth starter, yesterday signing veteran left-hander Andrew Heaney to a one-year contract, pending a physical. Heaney is an 11-year veteran who has played the last two sea...

BASKETBALL The District 6 basketball tournament continues tonight with Boys Class A and AAA action. That includes a AAA 4/5 matchup between Heritage Conference runner-up West Shamokin and Westmont Hil...

WRESTLING Indiana sends six wrestlers to the WPIAL AAA championships today and tomorrow at Canon-MacMillan High School. Tuscan Blystone, Nico Fanella, Jackson Higgins, Carter Putt, Hunter Williams, an...

Here's a look at how the District 6 playoffs have gone so far with updated schedule, results and brackets through Wednesday night. Schedule Girls Brackets 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A Boys' Brackets 1A 2A 3A 4A ...

Former Buccos reliever Scott Sauerbeck died Tuesday at the age of 53. Sauerbeck spent five of his seven seasons with the Pirates, going 19-15 with a 3.82 ERA in 308 innings. He was traded to Boston in...

GIRLS BASKETBALL The girls took the court last night in the District 6 playoffs, with three Heritage Conference teams moving on to the semifinals. AAA top seed River Valley took care of West Shamokin....