Category Archives: Local Sports

ANOTHER BIG NIGHT...FOR ANOTHER JARED JONES
The Pittsburgh Pirates "other" Jared Jones had a big Saturday night. Jones, the Bucs' 2025 ninth round draft choice, went 4-for-5 and slugged two home runs, his ninth and tenth of the season, playing ...
Hometown1 Jun 07, 2026

BRAVES DOUBLE-UP PIRATES IN WEEKEND SERIES OPENER
The Pirates lost the first game of a weekend series against the Atlanta Braves. Joe Block reports. The Pirates are back in action against the Braves this afternoon. Braxton Ashcraft will start for the...
Hometown2 Jun 06, 2026

FIFTH INNING DOOMS CURVE FRIDAY NIGHT AGSINST FISHER CATS
The Altoona Curve gave up five runs in the bottom of the 5th en route to an 8-3 loss to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Matt Ager had a great start for the Curve, giving up two runs in four innings in ...
Hometown2 Jun 06, 2026

WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS FACE ELIMINATION IN PLAYOFFS
One of the Penguins farm teams are still in the playoffs, but Wilkes-Barre Scranton is now facing elimination as they lost to the Toronto Marlies 5-1 in game five of their best-of-seven series. Forwar...
Hometown2 Jun 06, 2026

PITT BASKETBALL TO PLAY MISSOURI ON NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Pitt basketball will have another road game on the 2026-27 non-conference schedule On Friday, the Panthers announced a Dec. 1 contest at Missouri as part of the ACC/SEC Challenge at Mizzou arena in Co...
Hometown2 Jun 06, 2026

INDIANA, HOMER-CENTER BOTH ROLL ON TO PIAA SEMIFINALS
Both Indiana and Homer-Center dominated their opponents in the PIAA quarterfinals yesterday, and both move on to the state semifinals. Indiana kept a remarkable shutout stretch alive and did it in sty...
Hometown1 Jun 05, 2026

JONES WINS FIRST GAME AS PIRATES TAKE DOWN ASTROS
Chalk up another series win for the Pirates with their victory over Houston last night, and a milestone for Jared Jones, his first win since his return from elbow surgery. Joe Block has the story. It'...
Hometown1 Jun 05, 2026

TWO MORE VETERANS ADDED TO STEELERS' ROSTER
With the Steelers enjoying Kennywood Park yesterday for their final day of mandatory minicamp, the front office was the only part of the team thinking about football. The team signed former Green Bay ...
Hometown1 Jun 05, 2026

CURVE BUST OUT THE BATS TO BEAT FISHER CATS
Lonnie White Jr., Duce Gourson, and Keiner Delgado all homered and had two hits, and PJ Hilson also homered as Altoona clobbered New Hampshire, 8-3. The home runs by White and Hilson were both three-r...
Hometown1 Jun 05, 2026

INDIANA, HOMER-CENTER PLAY BASEBALL QUARTERFINALS TODAY
PIAA quarterfinal baseball happens today on Renda Digital TV, with Indiana taking on Hopewell, co-presented by Force Turf Solutions and Marcus & Mack. In Quad-A, Indiana has not been scored-upon i...
Hometown1 Jun 04, 2026

America 250
The America250 celebration is coming up. Are you doing anything special?
Yes! Can't wait for the Friday night parade and Saturday's YMCA Star Spangled Celebration at Mack Park!
We'll do our typical picnic and sparklers thing!
We're traveling to some great U.S. historical sites, such as Philadelphia or Washington, D.C.
Nothing special. Just a typical weekend at our house.
Voting Ends: Jun 16, 2026 | 12:00 PM











