Category Archives: Local Sports

PLAYOFF BRACKETS RELEASED FOR DISTRICT 6 BASEBALL, SOFTBALL
The District 6 playoff brackets for baseball and softball were released yesterday. In baseball Class A, 11th seed Penns Manor will play at number 6 Bishop Carroll tomorrow in a play-in game. The winne...
May 15, 2024

NFL SCHEDULE TO BE RELEASED TONIGHT
The 2024 NFL regular season schedule will be released at 8 o'clock tonight. Some of the highlights have already been revealed, including the season opener, featuring the Super Bowl champion Chiefs aga...
May 15, 2024

ASHCRAFT DAZZLES FOR ALTOONA BUT BULLPEN SQUANDERS LEAD
Braxton Ashcraft set a career-high with 10 strikeouts in seven innings but the Curve's bullpen fell apart in the ninth inning and Akron walked it off in a 2-1 win Tuesday afternoon. Infielder Kervin P...
May 14, 2024

MARION CENTER, HOMER-CENTER WIN HERITAGE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Marion Center girls and the Homer-Center boys both took the field yesterday looking for Heritage Conference titles in softball and baseball...and both came away winners over "the Conemaughs." The ...
May 14, 2024

PIRATES HOLD ON FOR THRILL RIDE WIN OVER BREW CREW
The Pirates built a big lead on a career night for Bryan Reynolds, but had to hold off the hard-charging Brewers last night to open their road trip. Joe Block has the recap on a wild Bucco win. ...
May 14, 2024

INDIANA WINS LACROSSE PLAYOFF GAME, D6 TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS BEGIN
The official brackets have not been released yet, but if all falls into place according to the District 6 rankings, Homer-Center will enter the District Double-A baseball playoffs as the number two se...
May 14, 2024

PIRATES FAIL IN THE CLUTCH AGAIN AGAINST CUBS
The Pirates have had a lot of problems this season, but two of their biggest headaches led to another loss on Sunday: the failure to drive in a run with the game on the line and a staggering bullpen. ...
May 13, 2024

HERITAGE CONFERENCE SOFTBALL, BASEBALL TITLE GAMES ARE TODAY
HERITAGE CONFERENCE The weather will be great for today's Heritage Conference softball and baseball championship games. Marion Center will play Conemaugh Valley for the softball title at 3 o'clock at ...
May 13, 2024

CRIMSON HAWKS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1990
For the first time in 34 years, IUP has made the NCAA Division II Baseball Tournament, selected as the number five seed in the Atlantic Regional, which begins on Thursday. IUP's wins over Millersville...
May 13, 2024

CURVE SPLIT DOUBLEHEADER WITH PATRIOTS
Altoona split a doubleheader with Somerset yesterday, losing the first game, 5-2, and winning the second, 3-1. Anthony Solometo gave up three runs in three innings in Game One and the Curve did not ge...
May 13, 2024

Election Day!
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3rd. If you are a registered voter, do you plan to cast a ballot?
Yes, in person at my precinct.
Yes, by mail.
No, I do not plan to vote.
I'm not sure if I will or will not vote
Voting Ends: Never









