Category Archives: Local Sports

After twenty years, Penns Manor football coach Bill Packer has retired. Packer, already retired as a teacher in the school district, wraps up a career that featured some of the best football teams the...

The Penguins got off to an impressive start on their West Coast road trip, taking down the powerful Los Angeles Kings in LA. Paul Steigerwald has the recap.   Rickard Rakell missed a game for the...

The Steelers placed three players on the Professional Football Writers Association All-NFL Team. TJ Watt was named to the team for the fifth time, Cam Heyward for the third time, and Chris Boswell for...

Honors from the Presidents Athletic Conference for a couple of Indiana High School graduates. Allegheny's Bella Antonacci is once again the Newcomer of the Week after scoring 21 points on 10-of-15 sho...

Homer-Center's boys avenged a home loss last month to Penns Manor, beating the Comets in the rematch. Todd Marino has the story. (49-39 Wildcats win.)   Conemaugh Township tightened its grip on s...

Heritage Conference standings for boys' and girls' basketball through January 19, 2025, as provided by the conference.

The Penguins have escaped the icebox of the East Coast and are in Los Angeles tonight for the first of five games out west, taking on the LA Kings. They will play five games on the West Coast, the fir...

The old clich played out over the weekend at the KCAC. The thrill of victory for the IUP men and the agony of defeat for the Crimson Hawks' women. Coach Joe Lombardi's men got a buzzer-beating three-p...

Pitt coach Jeff Capel's struggling Panthers have lost four games in a row, including Saturday's overtime loss to Clemson. Pitt is off until Saturday, when they visit Syracuse. Capel says everyone in t...

Pirates fans might be skeptical of the team's chances in 2025, judging by the reaction of some at PiratesFest over the weekend, but Paul Skenes is ready to take charge on the field and off it. Even wh...