Category Archives: Local Sports

Altoona dropped the finale of its six-game series against Harrisburg, 6-4. Jack Branigan was 2-for-4 with a double for the Curve, who will begin a six-game set tomorrow at Akron.

The Phillies' Zack Wheeler was too much for the Pirates offense on Saturday. Greg Brown recaps another Bucco loss.   Wheeler threw six shutout innings for the Phillies, giving up three hits and a...

Altoona doubled up Harrisburg 8-4 on Saturday for the Curve's fourth win in five games against the Senators on the current homestand. Mitch Jebb and Mike Jarvis each had three hits and Jarvis hit his ...

The Pirates started their rivalry series with the Phillies with a loss. Greg Brown reports. The Pirates and the Phillies play again today. Carmen Mlodzinski will start for the Bucs (1-3, 5.20 ERA) whi...

A former Pirates manager is returning to the team in a different role. Gene Lamont, who managed the team from 1997 to 2000 and was one of the original coaches under Jim Leyland, is now special advisor...

The Altoona Curve pitchers were on fire last night, striking out fourteen Harrisburg batters in a 5-4 victory at People's Natural Gas Field. Wilbur Dotel allowed three runs on nine hits and struck out...

A new Pittsburgh Sports team debuted last night as the Pittsburgh Riveters women's soccer team played the Cleveland Force to a scoreless draw. The Riveters of the USL-W league played to the fourth-lar...

The PIAA District 6 AA Track and Field Championships completed Thursday night in Altoona, and the following is a list of student-athletes from the Heritage Conference who qualified for the state meet,...

The PIAA District 6 AA Track and Field Championships completed Thursday night in Altoona, and Alex Polenik of Penns Manor came away as the only two-event winner from the Heritage Conference in the mee...

SOFTBALL Indiana could not solve Hampton pitcher Marissa Snyder, who allowed only a single by Anna Carnavale as Hampton knocked off Indiana 9-0 in the WPIAL Quad-A quarterfinals. Ashley Schick homered...