Category Archives: Local Sports

The Pirates four-game winning streak was snapped on Chicago's North Side as the Cubs demolished the Bucs. Joe Block reports. The Pirates and the Cubs play again this afternoon with Paul Skenes (10-11,...

The Altoona Curve pulled off a comeback on the strength of Callan Moss' grand slam homer as the Curve beat the Akron Rubber Ducks 4-2. The bases were loaded in the 8th and the Curve were down 2-0 when...

Time is running out for a new contract agreement with the Steelers and Joey Porter, Jr. Porter was back on the practice field yesterday, but he is still without a contract extension that will take him...

It's Week Three of the high school football season and we have four games on our Renda Media network tonight, three of them simulcast on Renda Digital TV. On WCCS and Renda Digital TV, it's an early-s...

On a day when the Pirates placed All-Star Braxton Ashcraft on the injured list with arm discomfort, they needed some good news on the mound. Jared Jones certainly answered the call. Joe Block has the ...

The Steelers' Joey Porter Jr. was limited again in practice yesterday, the only player on the active roster with any restrictions. Coach Mike McCarthy said Porter continues the "ramp up" process after...

Former Penguins forward Phil Kessel and his sister, Amanda, who is currently the Penguins' director of minor league operations and assistant general manager of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, were...

Altoona swept their doubleheader from Akron yesterday, making it five wins in a row for the Curve. Will Taylor homered and doubled in the first game, a 6-3 Curve win, and Lonnie White Jr. hit a walk-o...

VOLLEYBALL Purchase Line swept Marion Center, 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-10). For MC: Alivia Ruddock 9 kills, 7 digs Reagan Mantini 9 kills, 2 digs Emma Zamborsky 21 assists Hannah Runk 4 digs Riayn Miller...

The Pirates turned to three rookies to drive in their runs as they beat the White Sox and won their fifth series in a row. Joe Block has the recap of an intense night in Chicago. The benches emptied a...