Category Archives: Local Sports

Altoona pitcher Bubba Chandler is the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for his 10-strikeout 7-inning shutout performance against Bowie on Friday. Since coming off the injury list on May 29th, Chandl...

The Penguins yesterday announced a seven-game preseason schedule featuring three home games and one in Elliot Lake, Ontario, where they will play the Ottawa Senators in the annual Kraft Hockeyville Pr...

YOUTH LEGION S.W. Jack belted Mahoning Valley, 8-3. Chace Force got the Drillers going with a two-run single in the first inning. Max Drew had two hits and Dylan Shank drove in two runs. Brady Oakes t...

The Pirates' offense couldn't break through against Tampa Bay and they ended up wasting another great effort by Paul Skenes on Sunday. Greg Brown has the story.   Other Pirates injury news over t...

Altoona lost the first game of their series in Bowie last week, but the Curve won the next five, capping the series with a 7-2 win yesterday, and closing the first half of the season with 13 wins in t...

The Penguins have announced their prospect camp dates next month. They'll begin on Saturday, July 6th at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry. The Saturday, Sunday, and Monday sessions will st...

The Steelers waived two players last week. They filled those two roster spots by the weekend. Wide receiver Jacob Copeland rejoined the team for a third time. He was on the practice squad twice last s...

Pitt picked up five more verbal commitments during its final official visits weekend. The best of those prospects could be Georgia running back Synkwan Smith, a Rivals.com three-star prospect. Other t...

The regular season records that have been reported as of this morning. S.W. Jack of Indiana11-1 (3 games remaining) Mahoning Valley (Punxy) 8-3 (4 games remaining) Marion Center 5-4 (6 games remaining...

Jared Jones regained command of his pitches after a wild first inning to go seven innings and Bryan Reynolds extended his hitting streak to 19 games in a 4-3 Pirates win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Greg ...