Category Archives: Local Sports

BENEDICT: CRIMSON HAWKS HAVE HAD HISTORICAL ADVANTAGE OVER MARAUDERS
IUP continues preparations for Saturday's game against Millersville. Kickoff is scheduled for two o'clock. Jack Benedict looks at the history of the series. Check out Matt Burglund's latest, an...
Sep 18, 2025

STEELERS SHORE UP ROSTER AS PRACTICES BEGIN FOR PATRIOTS GAME
UPDATE: Numerous sources report backup offensive lineman Max Scharping suffered a significant knee injury at Steelers' practice yesterday and is being evaluated. NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports Sch...
Sep 18, 2025

CURVE LOOK TO CLINCH TONIGHT AT ERIE
The Eastern League's Southwest Division best-of-three series resumes tonight at Erie, where the Altoona Curve have a 1-0 series lead over the SeaWolves. Right-hander Antwone Kelly will start for the C...
Sep 18, 2025

PIRATES FREEFALL CONTINUES WITH ANOTHER LOSS TO CUBS
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...
Sep 18, 2025

PENGUINS OPEN TRAINING CAMP TODAY WITH 69 PLAYERS
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...
Sep 18, 2025

TORTORELLA: IUP DEFENSE HAS COME TOGETHER QUICKLY
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, ...
Carrie Rayko Sep 17, 2025

GOLF, VOLLEYBALL, SOCCER ROUNDUP
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....
Sep 17, 2025

TOMLIN "EXCITED" TO WORK ON STEELERS' PROBLEMS
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....
Sep 17, 2025

VALDEZ, GRIFFIN LEAD CURVE SURGE PAST SEAWOLVES IN GAME ONE
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...
Sep 17, 2025

SKENES ROUGHED UP IN PIRATES LOSS
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 ...
Sep 17, 2025










