Category Archives: Local Sports

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...

Sidney Crosby recorded his fourteenth career hat trick in an upset win for the Penguins in Dallas, where the Stars had lost only seven times this season. Paul Steigerwald has the story.   The Pen...

FROM THE ALTOONA CURVE:   Making his Double-A debut, Curve starter Wilber Dotel tossed five scoreless innings, however, Altoona dropped their second straight game to the Chesapeake Baysox, 2-0, o...

The Pirates home opener was spoiled by the New York Yankees yesterday. Joe Block reports. Mitch Keller took a lot of the blame for the loss, giving up seven runs and eight hits in 3 and 2/3rds innings...

It wasn't a good home opener for the Altoona Curve as they lost to the former Bowie, now Chesapeake Baysox, 3-2. Jack Brannigan got the Curve on the board by drawing a bases-loaded walk in the first, ...