Category Archives: Local Sports

Pitt senior Gavin Bartholomew was named to the John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List on Friday for the third consecutive season. The award honors the most outstanding tight end in college football, a...

FOOTBALL With less than two weeks to go before kickoff, several Indiana County high school football teams return to the practice field for the start of full-on football practice today. Scrimmages will...

Paul Skenes had his roughest outing of his young major league career on Saturday, and the Pirates lost their sixth straight game, this time to the Dodgers. Joe Block reports.   Bailey Falter (5-7...

COURTESY OF THE ALTOONA CURVE: Sixth Inning Sinks Curve Carter Bins slammed his eighth homer of the year in the defeat.   PORTLAND, Maine - Curve pitchers Drake Fellows and Emmanuel Chapman combi...

The Steelers endured a rough start to the preseason, failing to capitalize on offense, giving up chunk plays to the Houston Texans on defense, and struggling on special teams in a 20-12 loss at Acrisu...

Mitch Keller struggled against a stout Dodgers lineup and the Pirates opened their West Coast trip with a 9-5 loss to Los Angeles. Joe Block has the recap. Game two of the series is tonight. Paul Sken...

Trailing by four at the end of four innings, Altoona's bats churned out seven runs in the fifth inning and that led the way to a 12-9 comeback win over Portland. The big fifth inning was aided by a do...

Our next high school football preview highlights the Portage Mustangs, who strung together three wins last season and returns plenty of starters in 2024. Here's Jake Slebodnick.

It was the same old story for the Pirates' bullpen yesterday, and that led to yet another blown lead and another loss. Joe Block has the story.   The Pirates start a West Coast road trip tonight ...

The Steelers open their three-game preseason schedule tonight at Acrisure Stadium, hosting the Houston Texans. The team put in a light practice yesterday at St. Vincent College. Safety Jalen Elliott w...