Category Archives: Local Sports

The Heritage Conference held its softball and baseball championship games last night, and the two undefeated teams heading into the action are still undefeated today. West Shamokin beat Conemaugh Vall...

SOFTBALL Indiana's season ended in the first round of the WPIAL 4A playoffs, with Uniontown defeating the Indians, 5-3 at Norwin. Indiana was led by Rachel Livermore, who was 2-for-3 with a home run, ...

The Pirates went 3-3 on their western road trip to Phoenix and San Francisco. Tonight, they are back home at PNC Park. Joe Block previews the pitching matchup for the series opener against Colorado. W...

The Steelers have agreed to a contract extension with kicker Chris Boswell, who will tie Dallas' Brandon Aubrey for the highest annual salary ever for a kicker to an NFL. The four-year contract extens...

The Heritage Conference baseball and softball championships will be decided tonight, with two of the teams hoping to remain undefeated for the season. In baseball at First Commonwealth Bank Field in H...

The WPIAL softball playoffs begin today with a Class 4A matchup of fifth-seeded Indiana and number twelve Uniontown at Norwin High School. Indiana is 14-5 and finished second in Section One. Uniontown...

The Pirates let one slip away in San Francisco yesterday as the bullpen failed to hold a two-run lead in extra innings. Joe Block has the story. Jones is eligible to come off the 60-day injured list o...

Shawn Ross blasted a sixth-inning grand slam as Altoona broke open its game with Chesapeake and went on to beat the Baysox, 9-3. Curve pitchers retired twenty consecutive batters from the second innin...

The Steelers wrapped up their scheduled three-day rookie minicamp early, dismissing their young players on Saturday instead of Sunday so they could make it home for Mother's Day. There have been no ne...

The Pirates crushed the Giants on Saturday, with Joey Bart and Nick Gonzalez both collecting four hits. Joe Block recaps the impressive win. The series, and the Pirates' six-game road trip, comes to a...