Category Archives: Local Sports

The Athletic's Josh Yohe and other sources report that the Penguins and Seattle Kraken have been involved in trade talks involving center Shane Wright, who was taken with the fourth overall selection ...

The Pirates rebounded from Saturday night's disappointing loss to take the series in Cleveland, and it was a seldom-used outfielder who led the way. Greg Brown has the story.   The Pirates are cu...

At the Region 7 Senior Legion Tournament at Claysburg-Kimmel, Homer City Post 493 lost for the first time yesterday, a seventh-inning rally coming up short and the Bearcats falling to Phillipsburg, 6-...

Just eight days are left before the Steelers return to St. Vincent College for the start of training camp. Players are due to report next Tuesday with the first public workout the following day. Steel...

Derek Berg homered for the second straight game, but Altoona pitching gave up four home runs and the Curve lost to the Reading Fightin' Phils, 10-6. Ryan McCarty and Ivan Brethowr also hit home runs f...

At the Region 7 Senior Legion playoffs at Claysburg-Kimmel yesterday, Connor James belted a dramatic two-run walk-off home run to lead Homer City Post 493 to a 4-3 win over Bedford. The Bearcats had l...

The Pirates were oh-so-close to a doubleheader sweep of Cleveland on Saturday, but relievers Gregory Soto and Dennis Santana, the two biggest disappointments in a woeful bullpen this season, failed ag...

Derek Berg had four hits and Matt King added three as Altoona stacked up fourteen hits overall, but lost to Reading, 9-5. The Fightin' Phils scored four runs in the sixth inning and another in the sev...

The smoke from Canada's wildfires forced last night's Pirates/Guardians game to be postponed as the air quality at Progressive Field was poor. At 5:00 PM yesterday, air quality index levels in Clevela...

Yesterday, the Pirates promoted slugging infielder Murf Gray from high-A Greensboro to Double-A Altoona and he paid immediate dividends for the Curve as he helped them win 6-2 over Reading last night....