Category Archives: Local Sports

On a day when Andrew McCutchen hit a historic home run, it was a blast by Jack Suwinski that made the difference for the Pirates. Greg Brown recaps a Bucco win in Philadelphia.   ALTOONA CURVE Al...

The schedule says it all for the Penguins...two games left, and they have 86 points. With Washington, Detroit, and Philadelphia all having 87 points, the Penguins need to win their final two games, to...

Homer-Center graduate Justley Sharp won both the discus and the shot put yesterday at the Bison Outdoor Classic at Bucknell University in Lewisburg. The Bucknell freshman threw the discus 156 feet, 3 ...

United topped the boys' field with 83 points in the Bill Wilt Memorial Invitational at Armagh on Saturday, beating Northern Cambria and Bellwood-Antis each by just one point. Central Cambria and Conem...

The Penguins dropped out of the second wild card slot in the Eastern Conference, with only two games left in the regular season. Paul Steigerwald has the story of a loss to the first place Bruins. &nb...

The Pirates had a 3-2 lead in the 7th inning, but the bullpen couldn't hold it. Greg Brown reports.   Mitch Keller (1-1, 5.29 ERA) gets the start today in the series finale against the Phils' Zac...

RECAP COURTESY OF THE ALTOONA CURVE: Bubba Chandler dominated in his second start of the season for Altoona, tossing four hitless innings with six strikeouts in game one of a doubleheader, but Harrisb...

The Pirates bounced back from Thursday's loss to the Phillies to win the second game of a four-game series last night 5-2. Bailey Falter had a good game on the mound against his former team, going fiv...

Down in the minors, for the second straight day, the Altoona Curve-Harrisburg Senators game was rained out at PNG field. The game will be made up as part of a series in Harrisburg at a later date. Mea...

It will be a milestone game for one member of the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight as they take on the Boston Burins. Defenseman Erik Karlsson will take the ice tonight for his 1000th career game. He was d...