Category Archives: Local Sports

GIRLS BASKETBALL Portage outscored Penns Manor 11-4 in overtime to down the Comets, 59-52. Penns Manor sprinted to a 16-5 lead after one quarter, but the Mustangs chipped away at the lead and had a bi...

When the Penguins take the ice against Arizona tonight, the lineup will not look very much like the team that opened the season two months ago.   Bryan Rust is out "week to week" with an upper bo...

Like his Penguins counterpart, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has a team stuck in a puzzling losing streak. They've lost two straight games to 2-10 teams as they begin preparations for this Saturday's gam...

HOCKEY Trailing by two goals midway through the third period, Indiana rallied behind two goals by Ash Lockard to force overtime, then won its game against Meadville, 6-5, on an overtime goal by Landin...

For the second straight week, IUP has the PSAC West Men's Basketball Athlete of the Week. Guard Garvin Clarke was honored yesterday for his performance Sunday against Point Park. Clarke scored 22 poin...

The Pirates introduced newly-acquired pitcher Marco Gonzalez yesterday. The 31-year-old left-hander came to Pittsburgh via a trade with Atlanta, just a couple of days after the Braves got him from Sea...

For the third time in two years, IUP has won a national championship in rugby, this time stepping up in class to the 15-player division from the 7-man variety. IUP fell behind 12-0 but stormed back to...

It wasn't easy for the IUP men in a basketball matchup with undefeated Point Park on Sunday. Jack Benedict reports on a come-from-way-behind win at the KCAC.   The IUP teams will play a pair of P...

There was a new winger on Sidney Crosby's line at Penguins practice yesterday. So new, in fact, that he isn't a Pittsburgh Penguin yet. And it will take some practice just to learn how to pronounce hi...

The Steelers got to watch the NFL action yesterday, and they couldn't have been encouraged. AFC North rivals Baltimore, Cleveland, and Cincinnati all won. The Ravens lead the division at 10-3, the Bro...