Category Archives: Local Sports

The Pirates started the weekend series against the Nationals on the wrong note. Joe Block reports. The two teams play again today, with Braxton Ashcraft starting. He is 8-3 with a 3.33 ERA. Zack Litte...

The Altoona Curve's week-long series with the Portland Seadogs is now even at 2-2 after a 9-3 loss last night. The Curve bats were held hitless until the fifth inning against Sea Dogs starter John Hol...

The Pens signed restricted free agent Hendrix Lapierre to a two-year contract. He was with the Capitals last season and recorded four goals and 12 assists in 74 games. He was traded to the team on Jun...

After two straight losses in which the Phillies' offense manhandled Pirates pitching, the Bucs turned to some young arms (and young bats) to earn a split of their four-game series in Philadelphia. Jar...

Things were quiet in the Penguins' front office yesterday after a flurry of moves on the first day of NHL free agency, but there was news from one of their biggest rivals...NHL all-time leading goal s...

In Senior Legion baseball, Homer City Post 493 has had a tough week, made worse last night when they were swept in a doubleheader by Plum, making it five straight losses for the Bearcats. Falling behi...

Altoona hammered Portland, 10-3, led by Duce Gourson, who had three hits, with a grand slam. Keiner Delgado and Titus Dumitru also homered and Dumitru, Jesus Castillo, and Callan Moss all had two hits...

At the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association's 52nd C.R. Miller Match Play Invitational yesterday, West Shamokin grad and IUP incoming freshman Alex Talmadge lost in the first round, 2-and-1 to eventu...

IUP has 271 athletes named PSAC Scholar-Athletes this year. The conference on Wednesday announced the honors for maintaining at least a 3.25 grade-point-average. Fifty-eight percent of IUP's 462 stude...

It was supposed to be a great pitching matchup but both Paul Skenes and Zack Wheeler were knocked out of the game early, and the Pirates lost a second straight game to the Phillies. Joe Block recaps t...