Category Archives: Local Sports

Homer-Center scored two runs in the bottom of the 9th for an 11-10 extra inning win over Derry in the championship game of the Homer-Center Baseball Tournament. Apollo Ridge beat Penns Manor, 4-2, to ...

The Pirates were shut out by the San Fransisco Giants 3-0 in the first game this season on the west coast. It was a waste of a great start by Quinn Priester as he went six innings, giving up only thre...

The Steelers were looking for help on the offensive line in the draft and were able address that in the second round of the draft last night by selecting Zach Frazier from WVU. The 6-foot-2, 315-pound...

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins season came to an end with a 5-4 overtime loss to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms last night in game two of the best-of-three series. Forward Valtteri Puustinen had a goa...

While much attention in the football world is on the NFL Draft, the IUP Crimson Hawks wrapped up their spring practice schedule with the annual spring game at George P. Miller Stadium. Jack Benedict w...

Defensive lineman Cam Heyward made the announcement last night as the Steelers, for the second year in a row, took an offensive tackle as their number one draft choice.   Barring a trade, the Ste...

The Pirates certainly had their chances to win yesterday, but their pitching and defense let them down again. Joe Block has the story. For tonight's series opener in San Francisco, right-hander Quinn ...

BASEBALL Indiana took a 5-0 lead in the second inning but gave up 7 in the bottom of the frame and Shaler went on to a 13-7 win. It was Indiana's third straight loss. Ben Ryan hit a grand slam for Ind...

FOOTBALL IUP's spring game is tonight at Miller Stadium. They'll kick it off at about 6:05 and it will be more of a game simulation than in recent years. The entire squad has been split into two teams...

The Pirates and Brewers played a sloppy ball game last night, with Milwaukee taking advantage of an extremely poor third inning by Bucco pitchers Josh Fleming and Luis Ortiz. Joe Block has the recap o...