Category Archives: Local Sports

The Pirates took command early and came away with a series-clinching win over the Rockies yesterday afternoon. Greg Brown has the story. The Penguins didn't do so well in their "Battle of Pennsylvania...

The Steelers' schedule this season will include a five-game stretch against top Division and playoff contenders starting in mid-November, and all five games will be primetime marquee matchups. The fir...

Altoona split a doubleheader with Harrisburg last night, losing the opener, 3-1, and winning the nightcap, 2-0. Duce Gourson and Callan Moss each banged out two doubles in the first game but the Curve...

The following are highlight results from the District 6 AA track and field meet held Tuesday and Wednesday in Altoona. All athletes mentioned here qualified for the PIAA Track and Field State Champion...

The District 6 baseball and softball playoffs begin today with temperatures only expected to reach the forties across the region. The action features a number of games involving Heritage Conference sc...

Mitch Keller cruised through four perfect innings, but it fell apart for the Pirates in the fifth against the Rockies. Greg Brown has the story. The game featured the Major League debut of pitcher Bra...

The Steelers got tired of waiting for often-injured defensive back Corey Trice Jr. to get healthy, placing him on waivers yesterday and signing Makari Paige, a former Michigan Wolverine who was undraf...

WOMEN'S TENNIS Three IUP women's tennis players have earned ITA Atlantic Region honors after the Crimson Hawks won their sixth straight Regional pod championship last weekend to advance to the Divisio...

BASEBALL The WPIAL has announced that 4A top seed Indiana's baseball playoff game against number eight Knoch on Monday will be played at Gateway High School.   LACROSSE The Indiana boys' lacrosse...

District 6 has announced the baseball and softball playoff brackets, with plenty of action for Heritage Conference teams, starting tomorrow, with three teams involved in Class A baseball. Eleventh-see...