Category Archives: Local Sports

Week Seven arrives and high school football teams are beginning the stretch run of the regular season with an eye on the District 6 playoffs. Tonight there are three Heritage Conference games and one ...

Mike Sullivan was a happy coach after the Penguins went to Columbus last night with a team loaded with young prospects and beat an NHL lineup for the Blue Jackets, 3-1. After falling behind, 1-0 in th...

For the first time this season, Russell Wilson was a full practice participant for the Steelers, finally signaling progress in his recovery from a calf muscle injury. He will be the number two QB behi...

GIRLS GOLF River Valley's girls golf team won the school's first-ever District 6 championship yesterday with a narrow, two-stroke win over Westmont Hilltop and Forest Hills at Windber Country Club. As...

The Steelers will start Justin Fields at quarterback Sunday night against the Dallas Cowboys, and Isaac Seumalo looks good to start at right guard.   Fields will get the nod over Russell Wilson, ...

Alex Talmadge fired an even par 72 and claimed his second consecutive District 6 golf championship, and he and his West Shamokin teammates won the team title.   Playing in a steady rain on a sogg...

IUP women's soccer has stretched its shutout streak to 532 minutes with a 1-0 win at Cal U. yesterday. Indiana High grad Hannah Scardina scored the game's only goal, her fourth of the season.   T...

The Penguins will play in Columbus tonight in anther preseason game. The lineup will not include some of the bigger names, as Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust, Kris Letang, and Marcus Petterss...

General manager Ben Cherington says the Pirates are making progress, but "We're not winning enough. It has to happen better and faster."   Cherington held his season-ending news conference yester...

West Shamokin's Alex Talmadge topped the competition at the District 6 AA golf championships held at Scotch Valley Country Club in Hollidaysburg on Wednesday. Talmadge shot an even par 72, beating out...